Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- 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
The Nation in print for Thursday, July 23, 2009
Front Page
SC summons Musharraf
ISLAMABAD - Judges regularisation case took a new turn on Wednesday when the apex court issued notice to former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf leaving it as optional for him whether or not to defend himself personally or through a counsel. According to principles of law, universally ...
US wants operation in whole tribal belt and Balochistan
ISLAMABAD - Terming drone attacks as counter-productive, Pakistan on Wednesday raised concerns over the US-led offensive against ...
Former strongman unlikely to defend his acts
ISLAMABAD - Former president Pervez Musharraf is weighing his options to fight legal battle ahead but his close aides claim that ...
International
UN's BB murder probe commission to contribute to justice: Munoz
UNITED NATIONS - The UN commission of inquiry into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will make a ...
Too soon to talk of curbs on Israel: US
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - Washington believes it is too early to talk about imposing sanctions on Israel to force it to freeze ...
Pandemonium in SKorean parliament
SEOUL (AFP) - Scores of legislators scuffled inside South Koreas parliament Wednesday as the conservative ruling party pushed ...
Millions of Afghan children forced to work: survey
KABUL (Reuters) - Almost 30 years of conflict have forced millions of Afghan children to go without education and work to help ...
UK does not have enough copters in Afghanistan
LONDON (AFP) - Britain does not have enough helicopters in Afghanistan, a junior foreign minister said Wednesday, stoking a ...
India to start field trials for jet purchase
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will begin field trials in August to buy 126 fighter jets, defence officials said on Wednesday, ...
WMD, proliferation biggest threat to Asia peace: Hillary
BANGKOK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the proliferation of nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction pose ...
US, Asean ink friendship pact
PHUKET, Thailand, (Reuters/AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed a friendship treaty with Southeast Asia on ...
Racism still an issue for UK police
LONDON (Reuters) - Racial discrimination remains a problem for police and in certain areas has got worse a decade after a damning ...
5 Iranians killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters/AFP) - At least five Iranians were killed on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses of religious ...
B'desh probing child deaths
DHAKA (AFP) - Authorities in Bangladesh said Wednesday they had begun an investigation into the deaths of 22 children who ...
Malik ton puts Pakistan on top
COLOMBO (AFP) - Former captain Shoaib Malik hit an unbeaten 106 on Wednesday to put Pakistan on course for a face-saving victory ...
A glance at third day's play
Pakistan in complete control It was another tight contest between bat and ball early on. It wasn't plain sailing for Pakistan as ...
Star of day three
Malik masters Sri Lanka Throughout this series Shoaib Malik had got starts but failed to convert it into something substantial. ...
Frank Schleck takes stage, Contador stays in yellow
LE GRAND-BORNAND (France) (AFP) - Luxemburg rider Frank Schleck won the 17th stage of the Tour de France here on ...
Windies players to return as mediator named in pay dispute
GEORGETOWN (AFP) - West Indies cricket players returned to work on Tuesday under an agreement that saw former Commonwealth ...
Business
SECP approves 18 securities for future trading
lahore - Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved an exhaustive eligibility criterion, as a result of ...
Country faces over 0.5m tons fertilizer shortage for Khareef
LAHORE - The country is facing the fertilizer shortage of over 500,000 tons for khareef crop as currently we need at least three ...
Mills have sugar stock of 1,740,505 million tons
LAHORE - Pakistan Sugar Mills Association Punjab Zone Chairman Javed Kayani has said that mills have sugar stock of 17,40,505 ...
Agri credit disbursement rises over 10pc to Rs233b
KARACHI- Agricultural credit disbursement by commercial and specialized banks rose 10.14 per cent year-on-year to Rs 233.01 ...
Govt to announce fund for resolving textile sector issues
ISLAMABAD - In order to resolve the problems of textile sector, the government would announce textile fund in the textile policy, ...
Stock market extends rally, gains 20 points
KARACHI - Positive activity witnessed for the second consecutive day where KSE 100-index added 20 points to close at 7802 points ...
Loadshedding closes over 50pc Karachi flour mills
KARACHI - The prolonged breakdown of electricity have caused closure of majority of flour mills and 'Chakies in city, resulting ...
DFIs asset base posts 3.1pc growth
KARACHI - The asset base of the Development Finance Institution (DFIs) posted 3.1pc growth to reach Rs106.8 billion during the ...
Massive loadshedding cripples economic activities
LAHORE - Senior Political Assistant of Chief Minister Punjab and former Member of National Assembly, Pervez Malik has said that ...
Country's frail power sector holds economy hostage
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - If you are a Pakistani with no electricity to run fans or drive water pumps at home, and no job because ...
Politics
Russian arms seized
ISLAMABAD-A huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered by the security forces during different search operations in Malakand ...
It is a test of ex-president
LAHORE-After General Yahya Khan, it is the second time in Pakistan history that the judiciary has summoned a former Head of the ...
Pakistan offers fresh inquiry
PARIS (AFP) - Pakistan will hold a new investigation into a bomb attack that killed 11 French engineers if France produces ...
721 escorts for leaders, families
LAHORE - Instead of protecting the masses, the Elite Force seems to have become a protocol-cum-security outfit for the elite ...
Over 30 dead in operation
PESHAWAR (AFP/Reuters) - Troops backed by fighter jets killed more than 30 suspected Taliban militants and arrested another 10 ...
New Taliban group emerges in Waziristan
WANA (Online) - Three groups of Taliban in South Waziristan Agency on Wednesday selected Ikhlas Khan alias Waziristan Baba as the ...
Zardari hails China handling of Xinjiang
ISLAMABAD - Backing fully internal and external approach for promoting harmony, President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday commended ...
PM wants power crisis resolved
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday took cognizance of the energy shortage in the country and ...
Bilour threatens to stop train service
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour Wednesday warned that the train service could be ...
PPP leader quits Senate
ISLAMABAD (Online) - PPP Senator Dr Javed Leghari on Wednesday resigned from his Senate post due to ill health. Senate ...
Parents bury paralysed kids for eclipse healing
HYDERABAD (AFP/APP) - Parents buried paralysed children up to their necks in a muddy riverbed Wednesday, believing that a total ...
Zardari asks for review of Railways performance
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has noted that it is time to make a serious review of Pakistan Railways that has ...
Pakistan objects to expanded Afghan war
NEW YORK - Pakistani officials are expressing reservations about the expanded war in Afghanistan by US-led forces, saying it ...
Relations with India to improve: Qureshi
THE stunning confessions of the lone surviving gunman in Mumbai attacks will not set back the peace process between archrivals ...
UN says IDPs most under-funded crisis
ISLAMABAD - The United Nations has termed the prevailing crisis in Pakistan as one of the most under-funded crises, saying that ...
US created Taliban to occupy Asian region: Imtiaz
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Former chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Brig (r) Imtiaz Ahmad has said that the United States created ...
3 injured in Quetta shop blast
QUETTA - Three people sustained injuries on Wednesday when an explosion occurred in a cold drink shop at Liaquat Bazaar the ...
Even a drizzle can cause emergency
SANTIAGO - In one of the driest regions on earth, even a drizzle can cause an emergency. Less than 100th of an inch (about 0.2 ...
Kasab says ready for gallows
MUMBAI (AFP) - The sole surviving gunman of last years Mumbai attacks told the judge in his trial Wednesday that he was prepared ...
Entertainment
Jessica Biel only eats half her meal
JESSICA Biel has discovered the perfect way to stay in shape - she only eats half her meals The Easy Virtue star - who is ...
Party over more than 4,000 years ago but remnants still remain
THE party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. ...
Jacko's 'secret son'?
A Norwegian rapper claimed to be the secret son of Michael Jackson was seated with the Jackson family at the singer's memorial ...
Phone gadget to diagnose disease
RESEARCHERS have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such ...
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's Al Nassma, the world's first brand of chocolate made with camels' milk, plans to expand into new Arab ...
Madonna not cooperating with inquiry
MADONNA is refusing to co-operate with an inquiry into the stadium roof collapse that killed two of her crew in Marseille, ...
Islamabad
President calls for greener Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday launched the Monsoon tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling at ...
PRCS, ICRC chalk out IDPs' rehab plan
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday chalked out a ...
Rs 26.890m mobile computer literacy programme in jeopardy
ISLAMABAD - The Youth Ministrys mega project of Mobile Computer Literacy and Awareness Programme of Rs 26.890 million is in ...
'They work to ensure rule of law'
RAWALPINDI - Traffic police is an important segment of police force, which has also been working for the rule of law. After ...
'LHVs' role vital to promote breast-feeding'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A weeklong drive of mass awareness and advocacy will be lunched by the National Alliance for Promotion of ...
PAL plans to set up National Translation Bureau
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has planned to set up a National Translation Bureau to translate Pakistani ...
Karachi
Qamar Zia offers to mediate in Mansoor, Naveed ban row
KARACHI - Former Olympic and World Cup goalkeeper Qamar Zia, who was part of the movement that ousted former PHF president Mir ...
MQM rallies for KESC re-nationalisation
KARACHI - MQM lawmakers have demanded of the federal government to nationalise the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) so that ...
Cop linked to 'Karachi operation' gunned down
KARACHI - A cop was killed here in the limits of Pakistan Bazaar police station on Wednesday. Murad alias Sipahe, a known figure ...
Malpractice haunts City Govt edu dept
KARACHI - The education department of the City District Government Karachi is promoting the own-pay-scale (OPS) system despite ...
Encroachments along drains matter of concern
Karachi (PPI) - Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Faruqui Wednesday visited different areas of the city to take stock of ...
1,917MWs supplied against 1,965 demand
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) touched 1917 megawatts of electricity supply at 2p.m Wednesday against the ...
Kamal visits Old City areas
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal has said that the old City areas including Tower, Cloth Market, Kharadar and Methadar would ...
Lahore
Riots 'engineered' by DPOs and DCOs: PPP
LAHORE - Some PPPs Punjab office-bearers have held PML-N responsible for recent outbreak of violent protests across the province, ...
LHC seeks report from CS, Secy Health
LAHORE - Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought reports and comments from the Chief ...
Proposals forwarded
LAHORE - The secretary higher education has sent a set of proposals to the Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding ...
Survey for meter-parking at Anarkali starts
LAHORE - City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has launched a survey to install meter-parking system at Anarkali on ...
Destruction looms over Dai Anga's mausoleum
LAHORE - The mausoleum of Zeb-un-Nisa commonly known as Dai Anga, wet nurse of great Mughal emperor Shahjahan, is in danger of ...
US-Israel-India alliance against Pak, Iran: Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said that we could have faced the same ...
Nazir, Naved back in Pakistan squad
LAHORE - ICL rebel players, opener Imran Nazir and all-rounder Rana Navedul Hasan have staged a comeback in the Pakistan national ...
Aisam, Querrey prevail over Baghdatis and partner
LAHORE - Pakistan's number one tennis player Aisamul Haq Qureshi registered another success as he won in the first round of the ...
LHC verdict in Shoaib case likely soon
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court's verdict on Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar's writ petition, challenging the 18-month ban and a Rs ...
Senate committee summons Bajwa
LAHORE - The Standing Committee of National Assembly on Sports summoned Secretary Pakistan Hockey Federation Muhammad Asif Bajwa ...
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