Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
The Nation in print for Thursday, July 09, 2009
Front Page
Barrage of US missiles kills 50 in S Waziristan
PESHAWAR - Two deadly separate US missile strikes slammed into South Waziristan Agency, a stronghold of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Chief Baitullah Mehsud, on Wednesday, killing 50 suspected militants, security officials said. In the first attack, an alleged training compound of Baitullah Mehsud at ...
Chaudhrys Camp wins 'Q' polls
LAHORE - The Chaudhrys Camp Wednesday expressed show of strength in all the four provincial headquarters, as the nominees of ...
Pak-India talks depend on Mumbai: UK
MULTAN - British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband has said that his country supports ...
International
G-8 nations fail to agree on plan to fight climate change
THE worlds major industrial nations and newly emerging powers failed to agree Wednesday on specific cuts in heat-trapping gases ...
Indonesians hand second five-year term to Yudhoyono
JAKARTA (Reuters/AFP) - Indonesias voters handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a second five-year term on Wednesday, placing ...
Violence against Afghan women unpunished: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Violence against women, including rape, is widespread in Afghanistan, according to a new United Nations report ...
Afghanistan in a serious state, warns UK minister
LONDON (Reuters/AFP) - Britains defence secretary, making his first speech since being promoted to head the ministry last month, ...
Internet sites in US, South Korea attacked
SEOUL (Reuters) - More than two dozen Internet sites in South Korea and the United States, including the White House, were ...
'US lets Israel to build Jewish homes'
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel and the United States have reached a deal allowing the Jewish state to build about 2,500 housing units ...
75,000 children to die during G8 meet: charity
LAQUILA, Italy, (AFP) - More than 75,000 children will die during the three-day Group of Eight summit, the Save the Children ...
Biggest arms scam in India unearthed
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An arms corruption scandal is threatening to delay Indias $30 billion plan to modernise its military to ...
'Kashmir extremely sensitive hotspot
WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to confirm former Indiana Congressman Tim Roemer ...
'Mily operating under civilian leadership'
NEW YORK - Visiting Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said on Tuesday that Pakistan has made a complete transition ...
First Ashes Test: Honours even on day one
CARDIFF (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood kept Australia at bay with an unbroken century stand as England got through ...
Yousuf moves to number one on return
CHENNAI (India) (Reuters) - Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf moved to the top of the official test rankings for batsmen this week after ...
Younis lauds 'brilliant' Sangakkara
COLOMBO (AFP) - Pakistan captain Younis Khan Wednesday hailed the 'brilliant' leadership of his counterpart Kumar Sangakkara ...
Windies players set to boycott B'desh series
MIAMI (Reuters) - West Indies players are to boycott the test series against Bangladesh due to start on Thursday, the Caribbean ...
Business
President seeks UAE investments
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday invited Abu Dhabi Fund for Development to avail opportunities of investing in ...
Punjab Mineral Corporation tramples High Court orders
LAHORE - The PML-N Punjab government is working against the PPP governments agenda of regularising the contractual staff and ...
IMF says world starting to pull out of recession
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that the global economy is beginning to pull out of the worst ...
KSE sheds 73 points on selling pressure
KARACHI - The KSE 100-index shed 73 points to close at 7,476 points as the bourse witnessed selling activity as the oil prices ...
6 employees of Mangla Power House suspended
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has taken strict notice of eruption of fire in power ...
LCCI backs traders strike call against loadshedding
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday announced to support the July 21 strike call given by ...
ADFD invited to invest in energy sector
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - A delegation of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), UAE led by its Acting Director General Muhammad Saif Al- ...
Carbon surcharge removal and its impact
KARACHI - In compliance with the Supreme Court verdict whereby carbon surcharge on petroleum products was put on hold, the OGRA ...
Over 1,000 staff working for Mangla restoration
LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company has formulated a comprehensive and well coordinated plan to carry out gigantic task of ...
Stocks slip on poor economic outlook
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets weakened Wednesday as investors fretted over the poor global economic outlook ahead of a key ...
Politics
Administrators to replace nazims
ISLAMABAD - Deciding to put off the Local Bodies elections for an indefinite period, due to murky security situation, Prime ...
'Illegal' decision to be challenged
LAHORE - Declaring the governments step of appointing administrators in the local bodies as illegal, immoral, undemocratic and ...
Swat operation almost over: Army
PESHAWAR - The Armed Forces with the help of gunship helicopters targeted a hideout of militant leader Maulana Fazalullah at ...
Troops will stay in Valley: COAS
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday presided over a high-level meeting ...
'Oil prices should be linked to rupee'
ISLAMABAD - Justice (r) Rana Bhagwandas Commission on Oil Prices Mechanism has recommended deregulation of HOBC and fixing rate ...
Peshawar blast kills 1
PESHAWAR (AFP/APP) - A bomb hidden in a mango cart killed one man and wounded five others Wednesday in Peshawar, a senior police ...
Pakistan must not fall into terrorists hands: Sarkozy
PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview released on Wednesday has said that he would visit Pakistan ...
Zardari to 'relinquish' some powers
LONDON - President Asif Ali Zardari has agreed to relinquish his constitutional powers including the appointments of Army Chief, ...
Britain 'outsourced' torture to Pakistan
LONDON (Reuters) - A British opposition politician has accused the government and intelligence agents of colluding in the torture ...
Violent protests in Srinagar
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Protesters in Kashmir set fire to a police van and stoned other security vehicles Wednesday after the body of a ...
US, India to promote strategic ties: Hillary
WASHINGTON - The United States and India are seeking to create a very deep and broad strategic engagement, Secretary of State ...
4 shot dead in Karachi
Karachi - Former MQM leader along with two sons and a passer-by were gunned down within the Landhi Police Station precincts on ...
Death penalty in first Saudi 'terror trial
RIYADH (Reuters/AFP) - A Saudi court has sentenced one person to death in the first publicly reported sentences since ...
China vows death for rioters
URUMQI, China, (AFP) - Mobs wielding makeshift weapons roamed this restive city Wednesday, with vigilantes pummelling two Uighur ...
India to take up satphones 'spoofing with Pakistan
AHEAD of the meeting between foreign secretaries of the two countries in Egypt next week, India Wednesday said it would take up ...
Anti-Taliban tribal leader shot dead
PESHAWAR (AFP) - A tribal elder who was raising a militia against the Taliban has been killed, an official said Wednesday, in the ...
President takes notice of killing
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has taken serious note of the reports of kidnapping and murder of a three-year-old girl at ...
Shahi Imam Abdullah Bukhari dies
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Syed Abdullah Bukhari, the Shahi Imam of Delhi Jamia Masjid, died on Wednesday after protracted illness. Jama ...
Entertainment
Grown-up Potter stars at premiere of 6th film
LONDON (AFP) - The stars of the sixth Harry Potter film walked up the red carpet in London Tuesday to a rapturous welcome from ...
Google to launch operating system
GOOGLE is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers, in a direct challenge to market leader Microsoft and its ...
Mystery surrounds Jackson burial location
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The location of Michael Jacksons final resting place remained shrouded in mystery Tuesday hours after a ...
Lohan turned down role in The Hangover
LINDSAY Lohan could have made a glorious comeback in smash hit film The Hangover - but the silly girl passed up the chance The ...
Roller-skating baby advert becomes YouTube sensation
A new television advert featuring roller-skating babies has become an internet sensation. The video of babies in nappies ...
King 'bore the burden of early stardom: Clinton
GONAIVES (Haiti)(AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton honoured Michael Jackson Tuesday as an immensely gifted artist and ...
Islamabad
Two-day Swimming gala for children
ISLAMABAD - NWFP Swimming Association organised two days swimming competitions for the IDP's children at Adil Khan Swimming Pool, ...
Islooites nervous about road diversions, barriers
ISLAMABAD - The large number of diversions and road barriers set up at every nook and corner of the twin cities have mounted the ...
Ministry mum over Polyclinic findings
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Health has kept mum over the incident of a patients death at the Polyclinic (Federal Government Services ...
Murder accused shot dead on court premises
RAWALPINDI - An under trial accused was shot dead by his brother-in-law while another prisoner sustained critical injuries during ...
Home stress affects academic performance: Study
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A stressful situation at home can affect teenagers performance at school for days, according to a new ...
Health reporters awarded
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to recognise the contribution and efforts of health journalists the Ministry of Health organised the first ...
Fatima Jinnah's death anniversary observed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Nation observed 42nd death anniversaryof Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali ...
National
IDPs Play for Peace Sports Festival concludes
PESHAWAR (APP) - IDPs Play for Peace Sports Festival concluded amidst funfair and thundering applauses with Shah Mansoor, Kacha ...
Karachi
ICC brings forward start of Champions Trophy
KARACHI (Reuters) - The start of this year's Champions Trophy in South Africa has been brought forward by two days to Sept. ...
Inzamam pleads for more Tests for Pakistan
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, on Wednesday begged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ...
Sajjad to face Sascha Lippe of Germany
KARACHI - Pakistan's Muhammad Sajjad scored rare shocking win over world champion John Higgins after his Scottish opponent was ...
City Govt staff concerned over new Haj policy
KARACHI - Thousands of the employees of City District Government Karachi (CDGK) have expressed their grave concern over the new ...
Haqiqi worker among four killed in City
KARACHI - As per as four people including a Sanitary Inspector of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) and a worker of the ...
IO directed to submit final report in girl murder case
KARACHI - Judicial Magistrate District (East), Malik Mohammad Akhtar, on Wednesday directed the IO to submit the final report ...
Transporters still not ready for cut in fares
Karachi (PPI) - Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) President Syed Irshad Bukhari has said that even after no decrease in rates if ...
'Q being run democratically, says Mushahid
KARACHI - Secretary General of PML-Q, Mushahid Hussain Syed, has said that next five months were crucial for the country because ...
Environment Minister visits DHA main office
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Environment Askari Taqvi and former MNA Capt Akhlaq Hussain Abidi visited DHAs main office here on ...
Lahore
Aisam likely to join Pakistan team in Philippines
LAHORE - Pakistan's tennis ace Aisamul Haq Qureshi is likely to join the team in the country's Davis Cup tie scheduled to be ...
40pc cases still untraced, LHC told
LAHORE - More than 40 per cent of total cases registered by the Lahore police during the first half of current year are still ...
Doctors divided over protest call
LAHORE - Various associations representing the medical community across the province are divided over the issue of organising a ...
Filth depots vanishing fast
LAHORE - The filth depots in the City are vanishing rapidly, which is badly hampering proper collection and transfer of garbage ...
Humayun to challenge Pervaiz's election in ECP
LAHORE - A prominent leader of the PML-Q rebel group Humayun Akhtar Khan has announced to challenge the election of Ch Pervaiz ...
'Q' wants Shujaat party president
LAHORE - In a joint resolution, PML-Q Punjab General Council demanded election of Ch Shujaat Hussain as central president for the ...
Symbol of democratic ideals
Fatima Jinnah, popularly acclaimed as the Madar-i-Millat for her role in the Freedom Movement, contested the 1965 elections at ...
Tale of theatre drama
LAHORE - The Punjabi stage dramas viewer-ship has considerably declined throughout the Punjab in the last nine years, renowned ...
Suggestions forwarded to Chief Minister
LAHORE - Education department has recommended action against publishers involved in publication of guide books and guess papers ...
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