Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Sunday, July 26, 2009
Front Page
LHC CJ bays for Musharraf blood
FEROZEWALA - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has said that former president Pervez Musharraf should be punished for his unconstitutional steps. Addressing the oath-taking ceremony of Ferozewala Bar Association on Saturday, Justice Khawaja Sharif said that Musharraf had seen ...
NFC reconstituted
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has finally re-constituted the much-awaited National Finance Commission (NFC) under the ...
PM censures baboos over public service
LAHORE (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the vision of the government is clear as it wants a prosperous and ...
International
Sri Lanka's Vaas denies he was forced to retire
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's veteran seamer Chaminda Vaas insists his international career is not over despite retiring from Test ...
ECB dismiss Pietersen IPL injury claims
LONDON (AFP) - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Saturday dismissed claims that Kevin Pietersen aggravated his ...
Bell set for England recall
LONDON (AFP) - Ian Bell is set to return to England's Test team next week at his Edgbaston home ground after star batsman Kevin ...
Bangladesh look to keep winning at newest venue against West Indies
ROSEAU (AFP) - Bangladesh hope to christen international cricket's newest venue with victories in the first three one-dayers ...
Implementing 'responsibility to protect' must not violate state sovereignty: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS - The implementation of the doctrine of "responsibility to protect" should not contravene the principle of state ...
Iran vows to hit Israel's nuclear sites if attacked
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Iran would strike Israels nuclear facilities if the Jewish ...
Indian judges to lose job
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said failure to furnish details of assets or declaring false details by ...
Accountability urged in '01 Afghanistan massacre
NEW YORK - It is critical for the US to use due diligence in investigating a possible cover-up of an alleged 2001 massacre in ...
'Complex challenges' await Afghan poll: US
KABUL (Reuters) - US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said on Saturday he was sure voting in next ...
Bush mulled using mily in arrests
NEW YORK - Top Bush administration officials in 2002 considered sending US troops into a Buffalo, a New York suburb, to arrest a ...
2nd Gitmo inmate to be tried in US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Justice Department signalled in court filings Friday that the Obama administration may transfer a 2nd ...
China launches Arabic int'l TV channel
BEIJING (AFP) - China Saturday launched an international Arabic-language television channel as part of an ambitious programme to ...
Bomb in Iraq kills five
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb in the western Iraqi city of Falluja killed five people and wounded 21 others on Saturday, ...
Honduran regime tightens control after Zelaya stunt
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - The military-supported interim regime in Honduras on Saturday tightened control on the region close to ...
Khamenei calls for unity
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Saturday on the countrys various groups to set aside their ...
British PM in the firing line
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in the firing line Saturday after voters handed his governing Labour Party ...
Business
New textile policy aims to achieve $25b export in 3 years
KARACHI - The textile policy has been designed to enhance the exports of textile sector to $ 25 billion in next three years. This ...
Sindh Excise, Taxation Ministry starts automation at Rs150m cost
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation, Mukesh Kumar Chawla on Saturday said he has started computerization and ...
Pak-China economic group to boost ties
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal minister for Investment, Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan said that Pakistan was encouraging potential Chinese ...
2 new fertilizer plants to be functional by year-end
ISLAMABAD (APP) -Agriculture Development Commissioner Qadir Bux Baloch said on Saturday two new fertilizer plants would be ...
Commodity prices rebound on US recovery hopes
LONDON (AFP) - Commodity markets rebounded this week on hopes that the US economy will haul itself out of recession and spur ...
Govt to introduce inland freight subsidy
ISLAMABAD - The government is poised to introduce inland freight subsidy in the trade policy 2009-12, sources in the Ministry of ...
PSO plans importing 1,085,000 MTs fuel oil in Aug
KARACHI -The Pakistan State Oil plans to import 1,085,000 MTs of fuel oil during August 2009, said PSO Managing Director Irfan ...
MNCs repatriate $729.5 million profit
KARACHI - The growth in repatriation of profits and dividends of the corporate sector of the foreign companies has decreased by ...
Pakistan Steel Mills raw material to arrive tomorrow
KARACHI - The Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) will get its first vessel of iron ore (raw material) on July 27 (tomorrow) which has ...
Govt can take over KESC on faulty management
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said if Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) ...
Politics
Allied forces build up near Pak border
NORTH WAZIRSTAN - American and NATO forces have started build-up of troops in Afghan areas adjoining to North Wazirstan near ...
Complete shutdown in interior Sindh
KARACHI - Responding to a strike call given by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, many areas in interior Sindh observed complete ...
Double Shah pays back Rs8 billion
ISLAMABAD - Sibtul Hassan Gilani who got notoriety with the name of 'Double Shah was engaged in plea bargain with National ...
Gilani calls Nawaz
LAHORE-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani talked to PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Saturday, and discussed political situation ...
US Senate okays 'stringed' Pakistan aid
WASHINGTON (Online) - The United States has approved a 'stringed military aid for Pakistan aimed at ensuring that the assistance ...
Sonia throws weight behind Manmohan
New Delhi (Online/PPI) - Notwithstanding the voices of dissent within the party, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has endorsed ...
NA Cabinet dissolved
ISLAMABAD(Online)-Federal Minister for Kashmir and Northern Areas, Qamar-uz-Zaman Kaira has dissolved the Cabinet of Northern ...
Musharraf a liar: Indian ex-army chief
ACCUSING former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf of 'telling lies, retired Indian Army chief VP Malik on Saturday said ...
US urged to appoint envoy on Kashmir
WASHINGTON - An international conference on Kashmir adopted a declaration on Friday deploring 62 years of 'irresolution of the ...
Ex-president expects justice from SC
LONDON (Online)- Former President Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf has said that he cannot predict and does not know what would ...
America must talk to moderate Taliban
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the United States to initiate dialogue with moderate Taliban for the restoration of peace not only in ...
Mortar shell kills woman
MIRAMSHAH - A woman was killed and seven others injured as a result of firing by gunship helicopters at Matches Camp in outskirts ...
2 dead in Quetta attack
QUETTA - Two persons were killed in an incident of target killing in Quetta on Saturday while three persons including two ...
Hillarys top Muslim aide to marry Jew
NEW YORK - Huma Abedin, an American of Indian and Pakistani descent who is a top aide to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ...
14 terrorists dead, 29 others apprehended
ISLAMABAD - As many as 14 terrorists were killed and 29 others rounded up by the security forces during search and clearance ...
Former MNA remanded in murder case
RAWALPINDI - An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here Saturday gave three-day physical remand of former MNA Shah Abdul Aziz to Attock ...
Gilani calls back Tarin
ISLAMABAD(Online) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called back Finance Adviser Shaukat Tarin immediately from his foreign ...
2 kidnapped recovered
LANDI KOTAL - Two kidnapped including a Nigerian national were recovered by the security forces from Tehsil Bara ...
Suicide bomb squad hits Afghan city
KHOST (Reuters/AFP) - Up to seven suicide bombers attacked government buildings in the east Afghanistan city of Khost on ...
Entertainment
Anna Friel doesn't take her success for granted
ANNA Friel insists she never takes her career success for granted. The Land of the Lost star - who started her career in UK soap ...
Family fears Jackson's body will be stolen
MICHAEL Jacksons family is scared that his dead body might be stolen after receiving weird notes from fans, sources say. The ...
Lindsay launches milkshake
HOLLYWOOD actress-singer Lindsay Lohan added another feather to her versatile cap when she served delighted fans a custom ...
Tiny monkey is king of rodeo on border collie
Dogs can be darned tricky critters. So when youre in the saddle hold tight, keep your hat on and above all, let him know whos ...
Pattinson & Stewart being kept apart?
ROBERT Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were reunited at Comic Con in San Diego the other day. But the couple was hardly seen ...
Doctor named in court manslaughter document
MICHAEL Jacksons personal doctor is an official target in a manslaughter investigation into the singers death, according to ...
Islamabad
Pakistan martial Arts team off to Bangkok
ISLAMABAD - As many as 35-member contingent will represent Pakistan in the first ever Asian Martial Art Games 2009, which are ...
Abolition of LG system opposed
RAWALPINDI - The Rawal Town Council has unanimously adopted a resolution against the abolishment of Local Government System and ...
Top priority being given to education: Minister
RAWALPINDI - Punjab Minister for Education and Excise and Taxation Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that the provincial ...
Speakers stress need to strengthen democracy
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Speakers here at a consultation on Supremacy of Parliament and the role of political parties stressed the ...
Court issues arrest warrants of DIG
RAWALPINDI (APP)- A local court has issued arrest warrants of Deputy Inspector General of Police, two others in a case regarding ...
NGO to work for IDPs rehabilitation
ISLAMABAD - MuslimAid Country Director, Khobaib A Vahedy has said that the Amn camp, which was established by MuslimAid in Swabi ...
443 VIPs fined for violating traffic rules
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Remaining steadfast to the basic objectives defined at the time of inception of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) ...
Karachi
Bullar clinches lead with sparkling round
KARACHI - India's Gaganjeet Bhullar fired a sparkling 10-under-par 62 to open up a two-shot lead in the weather-hit penultimate ...
NA to find truth in human trafficking allegations on PHF
KARACHI (Reuters) - A parliamentary committee in Pakistan is to investigate allegations that hockey federation officials misused ...
Govt to amend labour laws
KARACHI - Acting Governor Sindh, Ms. Shehla Raza has reiterated Government of Sindhs commitment to eliminate bonded labour from ...
KESC to compensate rain incidents victims
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has established community support teams to help needy persons affected in ...
DHA undertakes huge construction projects
KARACHI- Defence Housing Authority has undertaken a huge construction project, regarding this is the Defence Authority Creek Club ...
Book on Altaf to be launched on 28th
KARACHI - A pictorial book has been compiled by Rasheed Jamal titled; Pictorial Biography of Altaf Hussain and will be launched ...
City Nazim opens two health units in City
KARACHI (APP)- Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that Haq Parast leadership has provided billions of rupees worth modern ...
Zardari in City on a private visit
KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday reached here on a private visit. PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, ...
Lahore
PCB to decide future course after meeting ICC chief
LAHORE - PCB chief Ijaz Butt will meet ICC president David Morgan on Tuesday to decide if they should stop pursuing legal action ...
Qureshi/Querrey conquer high flying pair to get into top four
LAHORE - Pairing with USA's Hope Sam Querrey, Pakistan's top tennis star Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi stormed into the Indianapolis ...
Police, NBP, Port Qasim win in Gold Cup Hockey
LAHORE - Police, NBP and Port Qasim win their matches while PIA was held for another draw by Army in the 2nd NBP Gold Cup Hockey ...
Loadshedding reduced
LAHORE - Repair work on the remaining non-functional units of Mangla powerhouse is in the final stage and it will start ...
Hindus created another Pakistan in form of B'desh
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said that after the creation of ...
Love triangle ends in tragedy
LAHORE - A hotel owner and his young friend were shot dead allegedly by six armed men of a local village for developing relations ...
5 groups to change healthcare setup
LAHORE-Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday formed five separate working health groups in order to bring ...
Elite Force cop dies foiling dacoity bid
LAHORE - An Elite Force young cop, brother of eight, was shot dead allegedly by two robbers over resistance in Muslim Town police ...
Veena denies marriage with Asif
LAHORE - Actress Veena Malik has denied the rumours about her marriage with Pakistani pacer Muhammad Asif saying that such ...
Bhuddu's tomb, an ignored historical site
LAHORE - One of the ignored historical monuments in the City, the tomb of Bhuddu situated on opposite side of the University of ...
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