Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
- Memo case: Lawyer insists recording of Ijaz statement abroad
The Nation in print for Sunday, July 05, 2009
Front Page
Military blitz on militants
ORAKZAI AGENCY - Warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked Taliban militants on Saturday in Orakzai Agency where a military helicopter crashed on Friday killing 26 soldiers on board. At least 10 militants were killed when jet fighters and attack helicopters bombed their hideouts here at Chapper ...
Top-3 mull US Helmand assault impact
ISLAMABAD - Top leadership of the country Saturday reviewed progress on the current military offensive in South Waziristan Agency ...
'Q' dissidents challenge Chaudhrys
LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Q dissidents have challenged the recently-formulated General Council and the election announced ...
International
Super Serena wins third Wimbledon crown
LONDON (AFP) - Serena Williams clinched her third Wimbledon title and 11th Grand Slam crown with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-2 victory over ...
Pakistan young guns rattle Sri Lanka
GALLE (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamer led Pakistan's spirited new-look attack to bowl out Sri Lanka for ...
I'd almost written off Grand Slam dream: Roddick
LONDON (AFP) - Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick admitted on Friday that he was so depressed about his game 12 months ago that he ...
Kim grabs share of lead at Jamie Farr event
SYLVANIA (Ohio) (AFP) - South Korea's Kim Song-hee shot a seven-under 64 to seize a share of the lead after the opening round of ...
Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy
VICENZA, Italy (Reuters/AFP) - Anti-G8 demonstrators clashed briefly with Italian police on Saturday in the first big protest ...
Iraq declines US help offer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq on Saturday ruled out foreign involvement in its efforts to reconcile rival factions, just after ...
Obama calls for reform in Independence Day address
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama urged Americans, who celebrate Independence Day Saturday, to implement broad ...
North Korea should not 'aggravate tensions, says US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States urged North Korea on Saturday not to aggravate tensions as it slammed Pyongyangs latest ...
Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governor
NEW YORK - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Partys vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign ...
Obama urged to seek release of ex-US lawmaker held by Israel
WASHINGTON - An Islamic civil rights group has urged US President Barack Obama to demand the release of a former US lawmaker who ...
Forty secret interrogation cells unveil real face of India
Worlds oldest democracy United States may have been forced to close Guantanamo Bay detention centre, but the largest democracy ...
Afghans wary of new US, Britain operations
KANDAHAR (AFP) - Residents of Afghanistans Helmand are sceptical about US and British operations underway in their southern ...
Business
WB to provide $50m IDA credit to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The World Bank has approved a US$50 million IDA credit to Pakistan, designed to improve water resource ...
Farmers term water shortage a conspiracy
KARACHI - Farming community of Sindh has risen in protest against shortage of irrigation water and termed it a conspiracy to ...
Above 600MW to be added to system by mid July
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Three new power generation plants currently on test generation would start contributing 600mw power in the ...
Weekly inflation up by 10 per cent
ISLAMABAD - Over all inflation soared up by 10 per cent during the last week ended on July 2 in comparison with the corresponding ...
Body on commerce to be confided on trade policy, says Amin Fahim
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim Saturday said that the Standing Committee on Commerce would be taken into ...
Power being managed thru coordinated plan
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has said that it was tackling the most critical electricity situation ...
Commodity markets stumble on US economic woes
LONDON (AFP) - World commodity markets were rocked this week by weak data in the United States, a leading consumer of raw ...
Pak traders asked to invest in Indonesia
LAHORE - Indonesian Ambassador Ishak Latuconsina has invited Pakistani business companies to take the initiative and invest in ...
Karachi Port considers reduction in charges
KARCHI - Karachi Doc Labour Board is an undying problem for KPT but it cannot be made defunct all at once since it might cause ...
Palm Oil cultivation proves a success
KARACHI - After hectic efforts and long await, one of the most important project in the agricultural sector, the cultivation of ...
Pakistan suffers from 'brain drain alarmingly
LAHORE - Hardly any country has suffered more from the 'brain drain than has Pakistan. Nearly 3,500 graduates of countrys medical ...
Politics
Tribesmen clash with Taliban; 19 die
Noor Muhammad Mohmand MOHMAND AGENCY - At least 12 members of traditional tribal lashkar were killed and several others injured ...
Free judiciary ensures stable democracy: CJ
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday said that an independent and robust mechanism for ...
Timely justice, not the speedy one
ISLAMABAD - The panelists at the two-day National Conference on Implementation of National Judicial Policy-2009 praised the ...
Pakistan to share proof
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will share the evidence of foreign involvement aimed at its destabilisation with the relevant states in ...
Swat operation incharge changed
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Major General Ashfaq Nadeem has been appointed incharge Swat operation in place of General Officer ...
France urged to reveal secret files
PARIS (AFP) - Anti-terror judges leading an inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers in Pakistan have asked Frances ...
N Korea goes ballistic
SEOUL (AFP/Reuters) - North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast Saturday, South Korean officials said, in what ...
2 US soldiers killed in Afghan fighting
KHOST (Reuters/AFP) - Two US soldiers were killed in a complex attack on a base in southeast Afghanistan that ended with air ...
SC moved against Hafiz Saeeds release
AUTHORITIES on Saturday filed two petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the release from detention of Jamaatud Daawa chief ...
Two injured in grenade attack
QUETTA-A grenade attack injured two men at Sariab Road here on Saturday night. According to local police, unidentified attackers ...
British immigration officials 'have 11 minutes for each visa'
LONDON (Online) - British immigration officials in Pakistan have just 11 minutes to check each visa application fuelling concerns ...
Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam for US lawmaker
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has conferred Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam Award on US Congressman Chris Van Hollen in recognition ...
PPP CEC meeting tomorrow
ISLAMABAD - Co-Chairman of Pakistan People Party and President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the partys Central ...
Court orders exhumation of bodies of IHK women
SRINAGAR (AFP) - The high court in Occupied Kashmir Saturday directed the police to exhume the bodies of two women whose alleged ...
'Pak operation helped US security'
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday that the Pakistani governments crackdown on the Taliban had helped ...
Entertainment
Madonna pays emotional tribute to pal Jackson
MADONNA has made a heart-felt tribute to Michael Jackson saying: 'He was the king of pop who inspired us all. In an interview ...
Beckhams celebrate 10th wedding anniversary
DAVID and Victoria Beckham are enjoying a luxurious break at an eco-spa resort in the Seychelles as they celebrate their tenth ...
Sienna Miller is clumsy
SIENNA Miller injured herself while filming her new movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - just by walking down the street I didnt ...
Kylie doesn't like auditions
KYLIE Mingoue has denied claims shes putting her singing career on hold in a bid to get back into acting. The pint-sized pop ...
Malkovich stars as Austrian serial killer
VIENNA (AFP) - Hollywood actor John Malkovich in the role of a serial killer may not raise any eyebrows, but put him on stage ...
2 is not company, as far as fish are concerned
IT might be assumed that aquarium fish dont mind who or what they encounter in their tanks from one minute to the next, if their ...
Islamabad
Parliament to pass child protection bill soon: Kaira
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Information, Qamar Zaman Kaira Saturday said that the government was determined to make child ...
Approval of new drugs rules in doldrums
ISLAMABAD - The approval of much-awaited Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)s new Drugs Rules supposed to replace the ICT Drugs ...
Summer art show delights visitors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A month-long summer art show by 4 artists with a collection of 26 works was put on display by Nomad Art Gallery ...
Construction work comes to a halt in D-12
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The development of much-delayed residential sector D-12 is being hampered after the security of the federal ...
Women economic empowerment plan on cards
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - The government plans to launch new schemes for the protection and economic empowerment of women during the ...
Police arrest outlaws after encounter
ISLAMABAD - Capital police have busted a 7-member inter- provincial gang after an encounter near Darbar Pir Sohawa and recovered ...
National
Third time lucky for Roddick?
Could this be third time lucky for Andy Roddick? Today's (Sunday's) Wimbledon final would be his third meeting with Roger Federer ...
Pakistan holds the aces
Younus Khan won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan gave Test cap to three players i.e. Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rauf and ...
Aamer off to a flying start
He may only be 17 years old but he has already been earmarked as being one for the future. Young Mohammad Aamer has had a real ...
Karachi
Pakistan end England series with a draw
KARACHI - England played one-all draw against Pakistan in the third and final hockey test to save a whitewash in three test ...
Wrong policies behind flawed irrigation system
KARACHI - Despite spending billions of rupees on the uplift projects of water sector, yet no change is visible on surface due to ...
Climate change impact on Karachi to deepen by 2030
KARACHI - Countries in the Asia-Pacific region have been urged to draw long-term solutions and invest more in green technology to ...
Women uplift projects await government nod
KARACHI - The Women Development Department of Sindh govt has prepared its performance report of outgoing financial year 2008-09. ...
105 killed from January to June 09
KARACHI - A total of 105 men, affiliated with different religious and political parties, had been killed in Sindh during the ...
Police submit final charge-sheet in heroin case
KARACHI (APP) - Police submitted final charge sheet in Umra Pilgrim Heroin smuggling case here on Saturday before the link judge, ...
Cobra caught from poultry farm
KARACHI - A black cobra was finally caught by Edhi volunteers on Saturday which had entered a poultry farm at Rahim Goth on ...
Lahore
Record-breaking Federer braced for comeback kid
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer will attempt to write a new chapter in tennis history on Sunday when he targets a record 15th Grand ...
Asif set to join Pakistan's Champions Trophy squad
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is likely to include dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif in the 30-member preliminary ...
City shuts to protest outages, raise in fuel prices
LAHORE - City witnessed complete shutterdown on Saturday as the traders and shopkeepers closed down their business and took to ...
Shalimar Garden still on Unesco list of endangered historical sites
LAHORE - The Shalimar Garden is still a part of the UNESCOs list of endangered historical sites around the world since 1981 in ...
Rs1.14b to control DG Khan, Rajanpur floods damages: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that effective measures are being taken to control the ...
Another patient falls prey to doctors 'negligence'
LAHORE - A 50-year-old patient died at the Shaikh Zayed Hospital due to allegedly negligence of the doctors on Saturday. The ...
Younger generation must work for Pak solidarity: Nizami
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said the younger generation has to work ...
Nasira's victory to ensure supremacy of law, say lawyers
LAHORE - Addressing a well-attended gathering at the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Saturday, the speakers were of ...
Mid-term polls only solution to current crisis: TI
LAHORE - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that mid-term elections were the only solution to the prevailing ...
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