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 Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Front Page
PM pledges to secure Afghan border
WASHINGTON - Against the backdrop of a new missile attack inside Pakistan's border, President George Bush and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani held talks at the White House Monday on boosting cooperation in various fields, especially in their joint battle against extremists. But neither of the ...
Customs duty on petroleum products to go
KARACHI - Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar said Monday that the government will completely eliminate customs duty on the ...
Power shortfall 6,119MW
LAHORE - Water and Power Development Authority has started squeezing the demand for reducing electricity frequency to put aside ...
Fleecing masses for energy cost
ISLAMABAD - PPP-led fragile coalition government, ever since it took over after the February 18 elections, has been overloading ...
International
Iran would respond if US has new approach
WASHINGTON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview aired on US television Monday that if the United ...
Olmert doubts full peace deal by year-end
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that Israel and the Palestinians will not be able to agree ...
Indian PM visits bomb-hit city as more attacks feared
AHMEDABAD - India's Prime Minister vowed Monday his government would "defeat" those behind a weekend bombing wave in two ...
50 Hamas men detained
NABLUS - Palestinian security forces arrested more than 50 Hamas members in the West Bank Monday in an apparent tit-for-tat ...
Some countries helping Kabul make heroin
KABUL - Afghanistan should not alone be blamed for its large drugs output, with chemicals used to turn opium into heroin ...
Cambodia, Thailand open talks
SIEM REAP, Cambodia, - Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand held fresh talks Monday to resolve a nearly two-week ...
US soldiers cleared after Iraqi civilians shot dead
BAGHDAD - The US-led multinational force in Iraq has cleared American soldiers of any wrongdoing after they shot dead three ...
Turkey's top court mulls AKP fate
ANKARA - Turkey's Constitutional Court met Monday to decide whether to outlaw the Islamist-rooted ruling party for ...
PKK under suspicion as bombs kill 17 in Istanbul
ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan implicitly blamed separatist Kurdish rebels Monday for a bomb attack ...
Syrian envoy for ending 'state of war' with Israel
JERUSALEM - Syria's ambassador to the United States on Monday called for ending the "state of war" with longtime foe ...
US Congress urged to pass legislation boosting Pakistan's economic aid
NEW YORK: - A leading American newspaper on Monday asked US Congress to approve a legislation which would provide substantial ...
Business
Discount rate hike to hurt industry, stocks
KARACHI - The capital market analysts and experts are of the opinion that further hike in the discount rate by the State Bank of ...
Shares nosedive as SBP may hike interest rate
LAHORE - The equity market on Monday nosedived- the highest fall in almost two weeks- ahead of a central bank meeting, which is ...
Record deficit for next United States President
THE next US president is expected to face a record federal budget deficit of almost half a trillion dollars, reports BBC. The ...
Foreign trade up $11.70b
KARACHI - The country's total foreign trade has reached $59.20 billion in the last financial year 2007-08 over $47.50 billion of ...
Siemens and Bosicor sign agreement
KARACHI - The Siemens Pakistan have entered in to an agreement with Bosicor Chemicals Pakistan Limited for the erection, ...
Oil price up as Nigerian pipelines attacked
LONDON - Oil prices rose on Monday after rebels said they had sabotaged two pipelines in Nigeria, a major exporter of ...
Wages Act Report sought from private institutions
ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Islamabad Hamid Ali Khan has said that Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration ...
Urea sales up
KARACHI - The urea sales in the first half of 2008 from January to -June stood at 2,694k tons, up by 33 per cent as compared to ...
IGI launches Stock Fund
KARACHI - The IGI Funds Ltd, the Asset Management Company of IGI Financial Services and Packages Group has recently ...
IMF warns global financial markets fragile, systemic risks elevated
WASHINGTON: - The subprime market crisis erupted in the United States has triggered financial market turmoil around the world and ...
Politics
Inquiry ordered over PM flight delay
LONDON - High-level inquiry has been ordered over one hour delay in Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's special airplane's flight ...
US commander warned on raids
ISLAMABAD - Taking serious view of the reported US missile strikes in South Waziristan, Pakistan Monday warned the US that it ...
Dr Khan's detention case: Contempt plea filed against President
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam will today (Tuesday) take up a contempt petition against President Pervez ...
Pak, Indian troops clash on LoC again
NEW DELHI -A group of Pakistani troops crossed into the Indian-held Kashmir Monday and shot dead an Indian soldier, ...
Rulers, lawyers going into a tug-of-war
LAHORE - The statement made by the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary about 'prick of conscience' ...
Cabinet meeting: Army to stay in Swat till peace restored
PESHAWAR - NWFP Information Minister Mian Ifthikhar Hussain has said that army would stay until the restoration of durable peace ...
Big brokers manipulating bourses: CJ
BHURBAN - The enactment of the Competition Ordinance, 2007 has replaced the monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices, Chief ...
56 dead as women bombers cause carnage
BAGHDAD - Three women bombers blew themselves up on Monday in a crowd of Shia pilgrims in Baghdad, one of a string of ...
APDM flays PML-N 'double standards' to reinstate judges
ISLAMABAD - A regular organisational structure of All Parties Democratic Movement will be established at central, provincial, ...
Kishanganga project: Pakistan, India fail to resolve issue
NEW DELHI - Pakistan and India have not been able to resolve issue of Kishanganga hydro-electric project during the 3- day ...
Move aimed at curtailing Army's strength: Pervaiz
LAHORE - Commenting on government's futile attempt to place the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) under Interior Ministry, Leader ...
PAF gets 4 more F-16s
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has received four more F-16s jet fighters at a ceremony held at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha on ...
Two Pakistanis escape from captivity
PARACHINAR - Two of the six Pakistanis kidnapped from Afghanistan managed to escape from the captivity of the kidnappers, while ...
Fatima Jinnah's anniversary
LAHORE - To commemorate the 115th birth anniversary of Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, Nazaria Pakistan Trust in ...
Parliament to frame foreign policy: Nawaz
WASHINGTON - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that foreign policy should be framed on the recommendations of the National ...
Entertainment
Bardem set to propose Cruz
THE Oscar-winning actor - who began dating Penelope when they worked together on Woody Allen movie "Vicky Christina Barcelona" - ...
'Feeling' robots learn to read human emotions
A robot with empathy sounds like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but with the aid of neural networks European researchers are ...
Dark Knight breaks $300m record
THE new Batman film has broken another box office record in North America as it spends a second week at number one. The Dark ...
LaBeouf booked for DUI after late-night wreck
SHIA LaBeouf was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving Sunday after an early morning wreck in which the "Indiana Jones" star ...
100 skydivers form a diamond
Gliding through the air four thousand feet above the ground, this diamond pattern looks like a giant handkerchief knitted into ...
Lemon in melon
A new variety of melon that tastes like a lemon is to go on sale in the UK. The new melon resembles the honeydew variety but ...
Islamabad
No plan in sight to cope with dengue
ISLAMABAD- Despite regular recurrence of deadly viral disease Dengue almost every year, the authorities are still without any ...
Flour shortage belies govt claims
RAWALPINDI- Acute shortage of flour still persists in various parts of the city on the contrary to tall claims of the ...
PM's help sought over budget cut
ISLAMABAD - Around 62 Vice Chancellors (VCs) and Rectors of the leading public sector universities Monday expressed concern ...
'National Seed Policy needed to ensure quality'
ISLAMABAD - Speakers at a daylong workshop here on Monday stressed the need for formulating National Seed Policy to ensure ...
Mazharul Islam replaces Mufti as new Lok Virsa ED
ISLAMABAD- The Establishment Division has issued the termination order of Executive Director Lok Virsa, Uxi Mufti on Monday and ...
Compliance with Minimum Wages Act assured
ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Islamabad Hamid Ali Khan has said that Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration would ...
Karachi
All set to welcome Iftikhar in City
KARACHI - Arrangements to give warm welcome to deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry have been finalised here by the ...
Deposed CJ to address SHCBA tomorrow
KARACHI - President of Karachi Bar Association (KBA), Mehmood-ul-Hassan and Secretary-General Naeem Qureshi said on Monday that ...
Four killed in City
KARACHI - Four persons included a PPI activist killed here on Monday. Some unidentified men killed a supporter of the Punjabi ...
SHC orders security at PTCL offices
KARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Ms Qaiser Iqbal and Justice Khwaja Naveed Ahmed Monday ...
KU issuing exam results with errors
KARACHI - The Karachi University has produced the degree results with massive paper-checking errors, bothering hundreds of degree ...
Gas fuels 5 units of Bin Qasim
KARACHI - Five out of six power units of Bin Qasim power plant have been running on gas, The Nation has learnt here on Monday. ...
Lahore
Govt, millers at loggerheads over price
LAHORE - Flour crisis still persists in the Punjab province as the flour millers and the government are at loggerheads over the ...
'New generation training must to promote Pak ideology'
LAHORE - Nazaria Pakistan Trust Vice-Chairman Prof Dr Rafique Ahmad has said that it is essential to train young generation if we ...
16 injured as police station catches fire
LAHORE - At least 16 people, including four policemen and five accused received multiple burn injuries shortly after the ...
LHC directs Advocate General to decide complaint
LAHORE - Justice Syed Asghar Haider of the Lahore High Court has directed Advocate General Punjab to get the complaint decided ...
Shahbaz directs DCOs to set up relief centres
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed all District Coordination Officers (DCOs) and District ...
Cloudy weather with rain forecast
LAHORE - The local meteorological department has forecast cloudy weather with chances of rain for the City during the next 24 ...
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