Friday, February 10, 2012
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
The Nation in print for Thursday, July 02, 2009
Front Page
Troika for total purge of militants
ISLAMABAD - Top leadership of the country (troika) Wednesday reaffirmed commitment to fight in the troubled areas of north-west and tribal belt till complete elimination of the militants. The militants would be chased till they surrender or get killed, it was asserted in a high level meeting held ...
Troops clear Shah Dheri
ISLAMABAD - Security forces have killed five terrorists apprehending three others from Swat and Dir while one soldier embraced ...
81pc see Taliban a threat
NEW YORK - A new public opinion survey released Wednesday says that PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is the most popular politician in ...
International
Israel put Palestinians in harms way, says AI
JERUSALEM (Reuters/AFP) - Amnesty International said on Wednesday Israel inflicted wanton destruction in the Gaza Strip in ...
EU not qualified for nuclear talks: Iran
STOCKHOLM (Reuters/AFP) - Sweden vowed to protect staff at European Union embassies in Iran on Wednesday, the first day of its EU ...
Philippine fighters urge truce, talks
COTABATO CITY, Philippines, (Reuters) - Muslim fighters want the Philippine government to halt an offensive in the southern ...
US seeks EU funds and troops for Afghanistan
BERLIN (AFP) - Europe must commit more funds and troops to stabilise Afghanistan after the August presidential elections, the US ...
UN chief vows to push for nuclear-free NKorea
TOKYO (AFP) - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he was determined to achieve a nuclear-free North Korea amid ...
New anti-Indian attack despite crackdown
MELBOURNE (AFP) - An Indian student Wednesday told how youths tore off his turban and tried to hack off his hair in Australias ...
Croatian Premier resigns, quits active politics
ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatias Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigned and quit politics on Wednesday, only hinting at frustration with his ...
Thousands march in HK for economic relief, democracy
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched on Wednesday in Hong Kongs biggest annual protest calling for greater ...
Palestinian minister for Jerusalem resigns
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Palestinian Authoritys Minister for Jerusalem Affairs said on Wednesday he has resigned from his post over ...
Crash survivor was 'ejected' from plane
PARIS (AFP) - A teenage girl who miraculously survived the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros was ejected from the plane into ...
Federer, Murray storm into semi-finals
LONDON (AFP) - Five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer reached his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final on Wednesday with a ...
Federer happy to see old boys bounce back
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer admitted he was delighted to be at the centre of a Wimbledon old boys reunion after reaching his ...
India look to take the advantage against West Indies
GROS-ISLET (St Lucia) (AFP) - India will be looking to edge closer to a rare One-day International series victory against the ...
Williams sisters at the double
LONDON (AFP) - Venus and Serena Williams warmed up for the Wimbledon singles semi-finals by reaching the last four in the doubles ...
Pakistan's poor run continues
SINGAPORE - Pakistan players' miserable run at the inaugural Asian Youth Games continued on Wednesday with athletes failing in ...
Hussey holds firm as Harmison stakes claim
WORCESTER (AFP) - Stephen Harmison, bidding to regain his Test place, helped peg back Australia after a 141-run stand from the ...
Two Greek weightlifters fail doping tests
ATHENS (AFP) - Two Greek lifters participating at the Pescara Mediterranean Games have tested positive for unspecified banned ...
Business
Businessmen flay raise in POL prices
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI - Condemning the hike in petroleum products, the business community have said that the decision of ...
WB okays $50m for Sindh
KARACHI - The World Bank has approved US$50 million IDA credit to Pakistan to improve water resource management and enhance ...
KSE gains 108 points on first day of fiscal year
KARACHI - The stock market started the new fiscal year on a positive note as the KSE 100-index gained 109 points to close at ...
PSM hikes products prices
KARACHI- Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has increased the prices of all its major steel products from Rs500 per ton to Rs1500 per ...
Merger of Silk and Atlas banks scrapped
KARACHI - The proposed merger deal of Atlas Bank Limited with Silk Bank, formerly Saudi Pak Commercial Bank (SPCB), has been ...
Sock market plunged by 41 per cent in FY09
KARACHI - Karachi stock market plunged by nearly 41 percent in FY09 which is the highest fall since FY98, The Nation has learnt. ...
Rice exports down from 3.3m tons to 2.9m
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan exported about 2.9 million tons of rice in the fiscal year 2008-09, decreasing from 3.3 million ...
Sugarcane Cess declines by 33 per cent in Sindh
KARACHI - The collection of Sugarcane Development Cess has declined by 33 per cent owing to less production of crop in FY2008-09, ...
PIA in final discussions with Airbus and Boeing for 27 new single-aisle aircraft
LAHORE - The PIA is likely to complete a major deal for about 27 new single-aisle aircraft within a couple of weeks, once it ...
Pakistan offers tremendous potential for investment
KARACHI - Pakistan offers a tremendous potential for investments. This was stated by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of ...
Politics
Fazlullah seriously injured: Malik
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah has been ...
PM forms body to tackle power crisis
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday in Cabinet meeting constituted a special committee comprising ...
UN body mandate to probe BB killing begins
UNITED NATIONS-The members of an independent commission tasked with looking into the facts and circumstances surrounding the ...
Tribesmen request Army help
TRIBESMEN attacked Taliban hideouts in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 28 militants and suffering seven fatalities ...
US rejects Indian concerns on Pak aid
WASHINGTON (APP) - Brushing aside Indian concerns on American assistance for Pakistan, the United States has said the Indians ...
Delhi not afraid of talks with Islamabad
NEW DELHI (APP) - Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said on Wednesday that India will certainly keep talking with ...
Ghafoor punished at last
LAHORE - At last justice was meted out to one of the most controversial provincial ministers for misbehaving with Oppositions ...
US freezes assets of LT facilitators
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States imposed Wednesday sanctions on an Al-Qaeda backer and three leaders of Laskhar-e-Taiba, ...
Tribal leader gunned down
PESHAWAR (AFP/APP) - A pro-government tribal leader and vocal critic of militants was killed Wednesday in an ambush near his home ...
Raza Kasuri in America
WASHINGTON - Senior Supreme Court advocate Ahmad Raza Kasuri arrived here Tuesday for a visit to the United States during which ...
WHO urges greater funding for IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - Extra funding is urgently needed to strengthen disease control efforts, re-stock rapidly dwindling supplies of ...
Pakistan says force alone no solution to Afghan problems
UNITED NATIONS-With the security situation in Afghanistan deteriorating, Pakistan has called for promoting internal solutions to ...
Shahbaz for early end to mily operation
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the nation was supporting the military operation to eliminate ...
Indian troops withdrawn from Baramulla
SRINAGAR (AFP) - India withdrew paramilitary forces from a curfew-bound town in Occupied Kashmir on Wednesday in an apparent bid ...
Military operation yielding positive results: Iftikhar
PESHAWAR - Claiming that the ongoing military operation against militants is yielding positive and fruitful results, NWFP ...
Terrorism claimed over 3,000 lives in tribal areas
FATA secretariat has issued a report about monetary and human losses due to terrorism and extremism in the tribal areas, reported ...
Cop killed in attacks on checkpost, convoy
ORAKZAI AGENCY - A policeman was killed and nine others were injured when militants attacked a police check-post and a convoy in ...
Pakistan receives $500m ADB loan
KARACHI (Reuters) - The State Bank of Pakistan said on Wednesday it had received $500 million from the Asian Development Bank ...
Six terror suspects killed in DI Khan
DI KHAN (NNI) - Dera Ismail Khan police on Wednesday killed 6 suspected terrorists when they tried to blow up a police mobile ...
IHC throws out plea for Punjab CM removal
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad High Court here Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking removal of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz ...
Musharraf defaulter of Rs500,000: MD Pepco
Managing Director Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Tahir Basharat Cheema has said that the company has sent electricity ...
India given prisoners' list
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday handed over the list of Indian prisoners (including fishermen) in ...
One dead in rocket attack
NOWSHERA (APP) - At least one person was killed while four sustained injuries when four rockets fired from an unidentified ...
School blown up
BAJAUR (APP) - Another school was blown up by militants here at Hajja area at Agency Headquarters Khar taking the total number of ...
Entertainment
Vegetarians less likely to get cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - Vegetarians are 12 percent less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters and the advantage is particularly ...
Tiger takes a playful lunge at lion
THIS tiger may look like it is lunching on a lion but the big cats are only cooling down as they cool off at a Nanjing Hongshan ...
Happy 30th birthday, Walkman
TOKYO (AFP) - Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened ...
Jacksons disgusted by Joe's behaviour
Were not the only ones disgusted by Michael Jacksons father Joe and his behaviour following Michaels death. Instead of mourning ...
Jackson and Rowe 'are not biological parents of any of his children'
THE mystery surrounding Michael Jacksons children took a further twist yesterday, with reports that Debbie Rowe is not the ...
Life without limbs
Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs - but he doesnt let the details stop him. The brave 26-year-old - who is mainly torso ...
Islamabad
Iranian team to feature in National Women Football
ISLAMABAD - Iranian women football team will be featuring in the 5th National Women's Football Championship of Pakistan, which ...
CDA submits environment impact report to ministry
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has submitted the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the Kashmir ...
SC gives interim relief to sacked law officers
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to let the sacked employees of its prosecution ...
Kaleem seeks traders help to ensure Capitals security
ISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Police Syed Kaleem Imam Wednesday called upon the traders of the federal capital to extend their ...
Zardari promises special kids better future
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday said Pakistan Peoples Party and the Aiwan-e-Sadr would take up the cause of ...
MNAs to be taken into confidence
ISLAMABAD - Federal Coordinator for the victims of terrorism, Asma Arbab Alamgir Khan Wednesday said that members of the National ...
Countryside paintings delight visitors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - To collect funds for the IDPs, an exhibition of paintings by Nofil Farooq was put on display here at a local ...
Karachi
Pakistan down England 2-1 in opener
KARACHI - In hot and humid conditions, Pakistan edged past England 2-1 in the first of three Test series at Cannock Hockey Club ...
83 VIPs defaulter of Sindh House Islamabad
KARACHI - At least 83 federal and provincial ministers, bureaucrats, judges, MNAs, MPAs, senior police officials and other VIP ...
Countrywide condemnation of POL price-hike
KARACHI- People across the country have strongly protested against the latest increase in the prices of petroleum, sources ...
IDPs can live wherever they want: SHC
KARACHI - Division Bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Athar Saeed and Justice Bin Yameen on Wednesday disposed of the ...
Mumtaz advocates confederal system
KARACHI - Chairman Sindh National Front (SNF), Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, has stressed the need for immediate implementation of a ...
Land mafia grabs university land
KARACHI - The land mafia has grabbed the precious land of the Karachi University (KU) and started construction work at the ...
Newly-arrived baby elephants' monitoring period comes to end
KARACHI - The four newly brought baby elephants will be accessible to general public from today (Thursday) as the 48 hours ...
Lahore
Vegetables getting out of common man's reach
LAHORE - The transporters, businessmen, growers, consumers and general public have strongly rejected the sharp increase in the ...
More rains predicted in City
LAHORE - The City received showers on Wednesday with experts predicting more rains during the next 3-4 days. Lahore received 20 ...
Mercury dip brings no relief from outages
LAHORE - The masses continued to suffer the anguish of electricity dearth for long durations, finding no respite despite better ...
PA passes two bills unanimously
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed two bills including University of Wah bill 2009 and Punjab general ...
LHC chides police high-ups for blocking City roads
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court on Wednesday chided police top brass for permanently blocking several thoroughfares in ...
Ill-informed ministers irk members
LAHORE - It was yet another Question-Hour at the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, which irked members from both sides of the ...
Death of 'police tortured' youth sparks protest
LAHORE - Hundreds of FC College colony residents Wednesday held strong protest demonstration at Main Boulevard Gulberg shortly ...
Sri Lanka-Pakistan Test series on Ten Sports
LAHORE - Test cricket returns for Pakistan as they get set to play a three match Mobitel Test and five-match One-day ...
Nouraiz appreciates PFF for football promotional work
LAHORE - Former Federal Minister and President Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF) Chaudhry Nouraiz Shakoor Khan has appreciated ...
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