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 30, 2009
Front Page
No option but to hold talks: Singh
NEW DELHI (Reuters/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended efforts to improve ties with Pakistan on Wednesday in a sign the government is moving towards resuming a stalled peace dialogue with Islamabad despite Opposition pressure. Singh made a spirited defence of a joint statement he ...
Gilani reciprocates Indian PM's views
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has reciprocated the sentiments for peace expressed by Indian Prime Minister ...
Musharraf misses his day in court
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the Secretary Interior to provide details of the terrorist activities ...
International
Israel must move seriously: S Arabia
RIYADH (AFP) - Regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia on Wednesday rebuffed US calls for diplomatic overtures towards Israel and said ...
Fighting in Nigeria rages; 43 more dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, (AFP) - Troops struggled to crush a sect that is inspired by the Afghan Taliban in northern Nigeria Wednesday ...
Iran to try 'rioters' as political tensions high
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran plans to put on trial 20 people accused of rioting in the unrest that rocked the nation after Mahmoud ...
Long voyage ahead for India's new nuclear sub
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India joined an elite club of six nations last week with the launch of its own nuclear-powered submarine, but ...
Tehran arrests 3 for 'Satan worship'
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has arrested three people, including a Jewish woman, in the northwestern province of Ardabil for promoting ...
Clashes flare at Iran rebel camp
KHALES, Iraq, (AFP) - Clashes flared for a second day on Wednesday between Iraqi security forces and residents of a camp housing ...
150 years later, Darwin vindicated... by jellyfish
PARIS (AFP) - Creatures large and small may play an important role in the stirring of ocean waters, according to a study released ...
Saturn's 'day' shorter by five minutes
PARIS (AFP) - A day on Saturn is pretty short, and it just got shorter. The time it takes the beringed behemoth to complete a ...
'10,000 went missing in one night in Xinjiang'
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly 10,000 Uighurs involved in deadly riots in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region went missing in one ...
Suspected rebel killed in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistans forces have shot dead a suspected rebel accused by the authorities of spearheading an armed ...
Business
Mangla generating 880MW; two units yet to be restored
LAHORE - Two more Mangla Powerhouse units, having a capacity of 220MW, resumed power generation, belying the Federal Water and ...
PSM increases prices up to Rs5,000 per ton
KARACHI - The Pakistan Steel Mill (PSM) has increased the prices of all its major steel products from Rs 1,500 per ton to Rs ...
Non-food inflation goes up
KARACHI - As overall inflation declined during June 2009, city-wise inflation (YoY) in all major cities except Islamabad, also ...
Working agreement likely to be signed tomorrow
KARACHI - The Pakistan Airline (PIA) and Pakistan Airline Pilot Association (PALPA) is likely to sign a Working Agreement (WA) by ...
Gas diverted to powerhouses from textile
LAHORE - The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has disconnected the gas supply to the major textile units all over the ...
12-month T-bill yield rises to 11.877pc
KARACHI (Reuters) - The cut-off yield on Pakistans 12-month paper rose to 11.8769 per cent at an auction on Wednesday from ...
Punjab government to be e-governed from next year
LAHORE - The government of the Punjab is going to be e-governed from the next year, as the EDO IT in every district has been ...
Create framework for corporate debt: NA body
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue has emphasized to create a framework for an ...
Sindh plans setting up model quarries, processing units
KARACHI - The Sindh government has decided to establish model quarries and processing units to develop granite and marble with ...
Intense selling deprives KSE of another 137 points
KARACHI - Bears once again won the battle as intense selling grabbed the local bourse amid significant rise in T-bill yields by ...
Politics
Plan chalked out to rescue Karachi
KARACHI- The government, after due consultations and threadbare discussion with all stakeholders ranging from the gas and oil ...
Pak-Tajik leaders to stem flow of arms
DUSHANBE (AFP/Reuters) - The Pakistani and Tajik presidents Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to fight militants at a regional ...
Bigwigs summoned in BB murder case
RAWALPINDI (PPI) - In connection with Benazir Bhutto murder case, Additional District and Sessions Judge Rawalpindi, Mian Khalil ...
America asked to stop ISI bashing
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has called upon the US to stop bashing ISI as it could cause serious damage to the efforts in fighting ...
'Q' leader shot dead in Shangla
PESHAWAR - A leader of PML-Q was shot dead while two others including his son and nephew sustained critical injuries when some ...
Osama, deputy may be in Fata, says UK envoy
ISLAMABAD - The UK High Commissioner Robert Brinkley has expressed apprehension that al-Qaedas leader Osama bin Laden and his ...
Paltry aid disappoints US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday denounced the international response to Pakistans humanitarian crisis as ...
Ban says UN's role strengthened to deal with Pakistani IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the role of the UN humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan had ...
Aid with strings unacceptable
ISLAMABAD - Urging the international community not to attach any strings with the provision of financial assistance to Pakistan, ...
PM allocates additional Rs1.25 billion for IDPs
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani allocated additional Rs 1.25 billion for the Internally Displaced Persons ...
Aafia fit to stand trial: US judge
NEW YORK - Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist accused of trying to kill American soldiers and FBI agents in ...
Pakistan looking beyond P22 frigates: Numan
BEIJING (APP) - Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Noman Bashir has said that the induction of P22 frigate in Pakistan Navy was a ...
Humanitarian Response Plan to yield positive results
ISLAMABAD - United Nations Spokesperson and Information Officer Stephanie Bunker said on Wednesday that United Nations Pakistan ...
Aitzaz meets Army Chief?
ISLAMABAD - The Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a late night meeting with Aitzaz Ahsan last week in Rawalpindi, WAQT ...
Body formed to restore lawmakers Haj quota
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi said Wednesday a four-member committee has been formed to ...
Entertainment
Cameron marrying an unknown fan?
CAMERON Diaz has agreed to marry an unknown comic book fan. The "What Happens in Vegas" actress was given the unexpected proposal ...
Microsoft, Yahoo seal web deal
YAHOO and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival ...
Weight loss improves mood in depressed people
RESEARCH to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior finds that after a 6-month ...
Jacko's Dr raided for 2nd time
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Police seized cell phones and a computer hard drive from the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's ...
Byatt, Coetzee on Booker longlist
LONDON (AFP) - Literary heavyweights AS Byatt and JM Coetzee were named on the 13-strong longlist for the 2009 Booker Prize, ...
A pepper worth its salt to your health
FOR those too busy to eat their five a day, help is at hand. Scientists have developed a pepper that contains more vitamins and ...
Sports
Wither comes the web of gambling?
LAHORE - The reports of shadowy Indian gambling mafia wafting its way towards Pakistan cricketers during the ongoing Sri Lanka ...
Afridi to lead Pakistan in Sri Lanka Twenty20
LAHORE - All-rounder Shahid Afridi has been named Pakistan cricket team captain for the next month's Twenty20 international ...
World champion Amir Khan to visit Pakistan in October
LAHORE - The Pakistan Boxing Federation has invited WBA light welter weight world champion British boxer Amir Iqbal Khan as a ...
A glance at today's game
Pakistan start as slight favourites Pakistan will be looking to their fresh set of players to deliver the goods against Sri Lanka ...
Not much to pick between Pakistan, Sri Lanka
LAHORE - As Sri Lanka prepares to host Pakistan in five ODIs starting on Thursday in Dambulla, the latest ICC Player Rankings ...
Australia lack aura: Strauss
BIRMINGHAM (England) (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss insisted the present Australia side lacked the "aura" of the one that ...
Bangladesh clinch one-day series
ROSEAU (Dominica) (AFP) - Half-centuries from Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Ashraful trumped a maiden One-day International ...
Serena, Venus advance in 'hometown' tournament
STANFORD (California) (AFP) - Second seeded American Venus Williams defeated Stephanie Dubois of Canada 6-2, 6-3 in the opening ...
Akram disagrees with Donald on legalising ball tampering
LAHORE - Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram has rejected former South African fast bowler Allan Donald's suggestions of ...
Islamabad
PIMS trainee doctors go on strike
ISLAMABAD - The House Officers and postgraduate trainee doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) went on strike ...
Poor sanitation claims lives of 1.5m children annually: Afridi
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi has said that every year around the world 1.5 million ...
'Body formed to restore Haj discretionary quota'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi said on Wednesday a four-member committee has been ...
AIDS project for truckers hits snags
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Truckers Project, a brainchild of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), has hit snags due to bureaucratic ...
Pindi property record computerised
RAWALPINDI (Online) - The purchase and sale of property in Tehsil Office Rawalpindi has been computerised aimed to rule out the ...
US team to impart training to NH&MP officers
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A team of American Police professionals will impart training to the officers of National Highways & Motorway ...
Karachi
I will get FIR registered against Musharraf: Zain Bugti
LAHORE - Terming the military operation and discriminatory attitude towards the Baloch disastrous for the country, Jamhoori Watan ...
Durrani seeks trial of 'corrupt' nazims
KARACHI - Provincial minister for Local Governments, Agha Siraj Durrani, said on Wednesday that he would protest against MQMs ...
SHC issues notices in petition by City Nazim
KARACHI (APP) - A division bench of High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Syed Mehmood Alam ...
City Govt, KESC blamed for rain-related mishaps
KARACHI - Multi-Parties Conference (APC) on Wednesday demanded the lodging of cases against City Government Karachi and KESC over ...
15,000 forms sold for Class XI admissions
KARACHI - During last two days more than 15,000 admission forms have been sold from 50 branches of Bank Al-Habib Limited on ...
4 dead in separate incidents
KARACHI - Four people including a couple were killed in separate incidents here on Wednesday. As per report, 50-year-old Ghulam ...
ANP threatens to quit Sindh coalition
KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh on Wednesday threatened to quit the provincial coalition set-up in case the government ...
Lahore
'Goondas are ruling', observes LHC CJ
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice has observed on Wednesday that the failure of police in implementing the law ...
Secy Home orders jammers installation
LAHORE - Provincial Home Secretary has issued instructions to install mobile phone jammers in the jails to ensure suspension of ...
...keen to know all about wall-chalking
LAHORE - Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Wednesday took suo moto notice of a clash between the ...
New rules for parking lots
LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has enforced new regulations in parking stands to mitigate various parking ...
Lawyers kick off second phase of movement
LAHORE - To give vent to their anger against former dictator Pervez Musharraf as well as PCO judges and to express solidarity ...
Day care centre inaugurated at PU
LAHORE - Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran inaugurating a Day Care Centre at PU College of Information ...
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