Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Friday, July 03, 2009
Front Page
Bomber hits N-facility bus
SHAHID RAO AND DANISH HUSSAIN RAWALPINDI - The suicide bomber was killed and 37 others were injured, when a suicide attacker rammed his motorcycle into the bus, carrying employees of sensitive government organization, at Chuhar Chowk here on Thursday. However, some eyewitnesses and sources ...
US attacks Taliban heartland
CAMP DWYER (AFP/Reuters) - Thousands of US Marines poured into Afghanistans Taliban heartlands Thursday, quickly capturing a ...
Pak troops to block escape
ISLAMABAD (AFP/Reuters) - Military said Thursday it had redeployed troops along the Afghan border to prevent Taliban fighters ...
International
US foot-dragging in helping Pakistan fight militants criticised
NEW YORK-The short headline on a major American newspapers editorial on Thursday-Pakistan Fights, (US) Congress Sleeps-conveys ...
North Korea ups tension with short-range missiles
SEOUL (Reuters/AFP) - North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking tension in the region that ...
America ready for NKorean missile
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States is prepared to intercept any North Korean long-range missile as Pyongyang further tested ...
'Afghan troops' help Taliban kidnap US official
PESHAWAR - Taliban militants with help of their sympathisers within Afghan armed forces have kidnapped a United States Military ...
Israeli settlements endanger two-state deal, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded on Thursday that Israeli settlement building in the West Bank stop, ...
Scribe who flung shoe at Indian minister sacked
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Jarnail Singh, the Sikh journalist who created a stir by flinging a shoe at Indian Home Minister P ...
Legal action urged against Mousavi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian hardliners pressed on Thursday for legal action against moderate leaders accused of inciting ...
Girl killed by tank fire in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A seven-year-old girl in Gaza was killed on Thursday when she was struck by a shell fired from an Israeli tank, ...
India to give $240m for South Asian University
NEW DELHI ( Agencies) - The Union Cabinet today approved payment of Indias contribution of $239.930m to the South Asian ...
Poll runner-up vows new rights group in Iran
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian presidential election runner up Mir Hossein Mousavi on has renewed a demand for a complete re-run of the ...
Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day
LONDON (AFP) - Britain could have more than 100,000 cases of swine flu a day by the end of August, the government said Thursday, ...
Ex-Taliban leader eyes Afghanistan presidency
KABUL (AFP) - Mullah Abdul Salam Rocketi, former Taliban commander and would-be president of Afghanistan, admits he had a ...
Wimbledon set for another all-Williams final showdown
LONDON (AFP) - Serena and Venus Williams will meet in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time after a rollercoaster Thursday ...
World Twenty20 finalists gear up for Test battle
GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Pakistan and Sri Lanka make an emotional return to Test cricket on Saturday, almost four months to the ...
Rahim wins maiden medal for Pakistan
SINGAPORE - Pakistan's youngster Rahim Khan won bronze medal in javelin throw event of the inaugural Asian Youth Games 2009 here ...
Business
Corporate sector entry in NSS to hurt banks deposits
KARACHI - The overall deposit growth of the banking sector may remain stagnant in this fiscal as corporate sector has been ...
NA body not cabinet should okay trade policy
ISLAMABAD - Trade policy must be approved by the National Assembly Committee on Commerce rather than federal cabinet before its ...
Tajikistan seeks business access through Pak ports
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Tajikistan is in a dire need of access to the world through Pakistani ports like Gwadar and Pakistan is also ...
Pakistan, China vow to increase border trade
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan and China would intensify their efforts to increase bilateral trade through land route, Ambassador ...
Mobile industry to cut waste with move to make 'one charger for all
THE hours spent combing the office to find a mobile phone charger to fit your handset will soon be over, after much of European ...
Govt fails to make 1,500MW 9 plants functional on time
LAHORE - The much-hyped nine thermal power projects of over 1,500 megawatt, announced by the Ministry of Water and Power to be ...
Govt targets $19.9b exports, $28.7b imports
ISLAMABAD- The government has set a total export target at US $ 19.9b in the trade policy for the current fiscal year, to be ...
Tarin asks FBR to establish facilitation cells in NWFP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin on Thursday directed the FBR to establish Facilitation ...
Raise in POL prices to push SMEs to closure
KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has invited the attention of the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani ...
Traders' input to be accommodated
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) -Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Thursday assured the members of Islamabad Chamber of ...
Bulls on rampage as KSE gains 227 points on buying spree
JAVED MAHMOOD, SADIQ RIZVI KARACHI - Intense buying continued at the Karachi stock market as investors celebrated the reduction ...
Politics
Mullah Nazir makes conditional peace offer
WANA - Taliban local commander Mullah Nazir has offered to remain peaceful if the government does not extend military operation ...
Pakistan, France should chalk out roadmap: PM
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and France Thursday resolved to expand economic cooperation and continue with joint fight against the ...
Norway shuts embassy over security fears
ISLAMABAD - Norway closed down its embassy temporarily here on Thursday due to security concerns. A foreign ministry official on ...
Aspirants lobby to get cabinet slots
ISLAMABAD - Aspirants were lobbying hard to clinch ministerial slots and existing Cabinet members were exploiting their ...
Talks revival in mutual interest
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday asked India to honour its commitment to Kashmiri people and allow them to exercise their right ...
Fazlullah killed?
The chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat chapter, Maulana Fazlullah, has been killed, reported Waqt TV channel on Thursday, qouting ...
Troops kill 23 more militants
PESHAWAR (Reuters/AFP) - The military said on Thursday that 23 more militants had been killed and another five captured in the ...
Hefty power bill forces man to commit self-immolation
Survival is becoming the only objective for a majority of Pakistanis due to the rising inflation, shrinking incomes and scarce ...
Two cops among four dead in bomb attacks
PESHAWAR - Two policemen were killed and four others including two passersby were injured as a result of a remote-controlled ...
Mehsud buying children for terror
WASHINGTON (Online) - Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, is buying children as young as 7 to serve as suicide bombers in the ...
Japan's Amano wins race to head IAEA
VIENNA (AFP) - Veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano won the contest on Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy ...
War on terror cost over $40b
ISLAMABAD - Dr Hafeez A Pasha, head of Planning Commissions Panel of Economists on Thursday said that war on terror during ...
Hawks seek expulsion of renegades from 'Q'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid) central command is mulling over the option of striking off the membership of ...
Monsoon threatens displaced, says UN
ISLAMABAD (Reuters/AFP) - The looming arrival of monsoon rains threatens to bring more misery to the nearly 2 million people ...
US rules out mediatory role on Kashmir issue
WASHINGTON-(Online): Categorically ruling out any mediatory role on the Kashmir issue, the Obama Administration has said it ...
Pak-India tensions surface at faith meet
Astana (Online) - Simmering India-Pakistan tensions came to the fore on the concluding day of a global faith meet here Thursday ...
Communal riots in India claim 3 lives
NEW DELHI (APP) - Communal violence in Mysore claimed three lives here on Thursday. The agitation was triggered when a madrassa ...
Indian court allows homosexuality
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A top Indian court issued a landmark ruling on Thursday decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, ...
Entertainment
Jolie, Aniston Hollywood top-earning actresses
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie is Hollywoods top earning actress, banking $27 million in the past year to beat out her ...
Timberlake to star in Ritchie's new film
JUSTIN Timberlake is set to star in one of Guy Ritchies new movies. The SexyBack singer met the British film director at his ...
Funeral set for Tuesday at Staples Center
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jacksons funeral is being scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at the Staples Center in ...
Kate Moss engaged?
KATE Moss is reportedly engaged to her rock star beau Jamie Hince. The British supermodel fueled speculation the couple is set to ...
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, known for his distinctive nose and roles opposite Marlon Brando in A ...
Jackson Neverland funeral ruled out as will surfaces
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The family of Michael Jackson ruled out holding a poignant funeral at the stars Neverland estate on ...
Islamabad
Inter provincial carjackers gang busted
ISLAMABAD - Capital police have arrested six persons of an inter-provincial gang allegedly involved in car snatching and theft ...
Polyclinic inquiry report submitted
ISLAMABAD-The fact finding inquiry report of the death incident of a patient due to wrong blood transfusion in the Polyclinic ...
SC directs OGDC to submit report
ISLAMABAD - The apex court on Thursday directed the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) to submit details regarding the ...
'Work apace on Hasanabdal-Mansehra highway'
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil has said that the present democratic government is ...
Ulema support sought to curtail population growth
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Population Welfare Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has urged the support of Ulema and religious scholars ...
'Lack of skilled population major dilemma of S Asia'
ISLAMABAD - While use of technology in South Asian (SA) countries has brought silent revolution in their economies and ...
Karachi
Passion restored, Pakistan relish Sri Lanka tour
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan start their Test series against Sri Lanka Saturday riding the wave of a feel-good factor after winning ...
Pakistani objections delay new tour programme
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan has complained of being marginalised in the draft of the next six-year international cricket programme, ...
Aisam holds Pakistan hopes in Davis Cup tie
KARACHI - Former tennis stalwart and national selector Saeed Hai has said with a fit and in-form Aisamul Haq Qureshi and a ...
Port Grand set to be inaugurated on Aug 14
KARCHI - The Port Grand, which is being developed on sea, is Pakistans only short break food and fun destination which is ...
Nirmala Deshpande paid glowing tributes
KARACHI - A peace activist, Nirmala Deshpande from India, was paid tributes on the other day at the auditorium of PIA, in which ...
Concern shown over user charges
KARACHI- Pakistan Medical Association has expressed serious concerns over the issue of imposition of user charges on OPD ...
MQM to create huge signature banner
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has planed to make the worlds largest signature banner, measuring 55,000 square meters, ...
'Outages due to low gas pressure'
KARACHI - Low gas pressure at Korangi Gas Power Station on Thursday resulted in prolonged loadshedding of 198-megawatt hours ...
PIA cadet case: petition disposed of
KARACHI - A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC), comprising Justice Mohammad Athar Saeed and Justice Bin Yameen, on ...
Lahore
Rallies, blasts mar business at The Mall
LAHORE - The traders and shopkeepers are increasingly shifting their businesses from The Mall to some peaceful and trouble-free ...
LHC orders to reopen blocked thoroughfares
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Thursday ordered the inspector general police (IGP) ...
PPP doesn't believe in dividing Punjab: Fauzia
LAHORE - Central Secretary Information Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Fauzia Wahab said on Thursday that PPP did not believe in ...
CM wants transparent examination system
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that there is a need for eliminating booti-mafia from our society and ...
Wasa starts flushing out rainwater plan
LAHORE - The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has launched monsoon action plan to ensure flushing out of heavy rainwater ...
Tehsil Nazim Mianwali restored
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday restored officiating tehsil nazim Mianwali and 18 members of the tehsil council by ...
Amendments suggested in judicial policy
LAHORE - Lawyers body has suggested amendments in the National Judicial Policy to make it more viable and quick to the meet the ...
Judges appointment to hear police matters proposed
LAHORE - Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) has presented certain suggestions to the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee ...
PCB slaps Asif with Rs one million fine
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has fined fast bowler Mohammad Asif one million rupees for bringing the country's name ...
Pakistan eye fourth place in ICC ranking
LAHORE - Following victory over Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 at Lord's last month, Pakistan aims to ...
Hanif writes to President about selection committee
LAHORE - There is never a dull moment in Pakistan cricket - even when their team is winning major world tournaments. Former ...
PCB awards 'C' category contract to pacer Aamir
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded a 'C' category contract to rookie fast bowler Mohammad Aamir. Aamir will ...
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