Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
The Nation in print for Thursday, June 10, 2010
Front Page
Pak needs to learn from Chinese experience: Zardari
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari underlined the need to learn and follow the growth and development of China, saying that mutuality and convergence of interests should be fully utilised. There is a lot for Pakistan to learn from the Chinese experience of development and growth, the President ...
CJP for strict verdict to stop more tampering
ISLAMABAD Keeping in view the history of the country, the 17-member bench should give such a verdict on this highly sensitive ...
UN slaps new sanctions on Iran
UNITED NATIONS A divided UN Security Council on Wednesday imposed a fourth round of sanctions on Irans military establishment in ...
International
HRW urges India to prosecute soldiers
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Human Rights Watch has urged India to prosecute soldiers accused of killing three men during an alleged fake ...
Business
Trade with India to have salutary effect on prices in Pakistan: Envoy
KARACHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sees transformed South Asia where with the cooperation of all countries, the ...
Punjab CM for converting iron ore into steel
LAHORE - A delegation led by Chairman of the Management Board of Business Area Plant Technology of ThyssenKrupp and Manager of ...
Car sales up 39pc in 11MFY10
KARACHI - Car sales witnessed an increase of 39pc in 11MFY10 to 124,983 units compared to 90,125 in same period last year in the ...
PSO receivables swell to Rs135b
KARACHI - The receivables of Pakistan State Oil reached to Rs 135 billion on Tuesday from Rs 122.46 in the last month of May due ...
Rates for conversion
KARACHI (PPI) - The State Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday announced the rates applicable for conversion into rupee of Foreign ...
Bears tighten grip on stock market
KARACHI - The bears tightened their grip on the Karachi stock market on Wednesday as investors were concerned over the ...
Power tariff-hike to crush national economy: fpcci
KARACHI (APP) - A meeting of FPCCI has strongly condemned further increase in power tariffs and said that reason made by NEPRA ...
Euro crisis to hurt textiles
KARACHI - The depreciation of Euro, caused by ongoing sovereign debt crisis in EU countries, is assumed to have mixed ...
May CPI seen up 13.45pc
KARACHI (Reuters) - The consumer price index (CPI), the key indicator of inflation, likely rose by 13.45 percent year-on-year in ...
HBL staff to get shares under BESOS
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - A delegation of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) Officers Federation of Pakistan called on Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan ...
Fed sees robust US growth despite euro crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy is on track to grow 3.5 percent this year as it sees only a modest impact from the eurozone ...
World Bank sees modest global growth in 2010-2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank said Wednesday it expects the global economy to grow between 2.9 and 3.3 percent this year and ...
'Rs4.5b subsidy of USC on different items to stay'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The governments subsidy of Rs. 4.5 billion on different items to Utility Store Corporation (USC) for the relief ...
Water filtration projects
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Special Initiative, Lal Khan called on Provincial Minister for Finance and Planning & Development ...
Meezan engages services of Wateen, Multinet
LAHORE (PPI) - Meezan Bank has engaged the services of two renowned data operators, Wateen and Multinet to connect its 201 ...
Appeal
LAHORE - Chairman Anjuman Tajran, DHA Sheikh Naisr Naseer Adil has appealed to the Chief Minister Punjab to withdraw decision for ...
DHL eyes Chinas $7.5b fashion market
LAHORE (PR) - DHL, the worlds leading logistics company, is strengthening its capabilities in China to capitalise on the ...
AL Habib cash finance
KARACHI (PR) - Bank AL Habib has launched AL Habib Cash Finance to fulfill individual personal and family needs while keeping ...
MoU for alternate energy signed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese firm M/S Xian Hong Yuan ...
Five-day Youth Entrepreneurial Summit
LAHORE (PR) - University of Central Punjab is holding its fifth Youth Entrepreneurial Summit (YES10) under the banner of IDEAS, ...
PC Taipan
PESHIAWAR (PR) - The Pearl Continental Peshawar is reopening its Taipan, the Chinese specialty restaurant today (Thursday). ...
Personal Global Number
ISLAMABAD (PR) - PTCL has introduced 'Personal Global Number on its landline to facilitate its valued customers. According to the ...
PIAF hails CM decision on 2 holidays
LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Irfan Qaiser Sheikh has hailed the Punjab Chief ...
Appointed
OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The China South Asia Business Forum has appointed Annisul Haq, President, SAARC Chamber of Commerce ...
IMF warns Asia of spillovers from European crisis
SINGAPORE (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Asia on Wednesday of potential spillovers from the European debt ...
Insecticide spray campaign
KARACHI (PR) - To comply with the orders of Corps Commander (5 Corps Karachi) Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal, the Executive Officer, ...
Two-stage turbocharged gas engine
LAHORE - Responding to growing global demand for high-efficiency power generation, GE has developed the worlds first two-stage ...
Oil rises above 72 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday as investors awaited key energy inventory data from top consumer the United ...
Indus Motor focusing on localisation
KARACHI - Indus Motor Company plans to expand and roll out the Phase II of Press Shop in 2010-11 for making additional body parts ...
Killings hit world workers
GENEVA (Reuters) - Murders of labour activists rose sharply in 2009 as the global economic crisis brought violence against ...
Politics
Pak-UK manifold ties crucial for regional security
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pak-UK multidimensional cooperation in various areas especially in ...
PM seeks access for Pak goods to EU markets
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the global recession and its after-effects have resulted in ...
Pak vies for more IMF injection
ISLAMABAD Fragility of recovery and persistent economic vulnerabilities are forcing the Government to go for another financial ...
Europe, Canada tighten visa rules for Pak mly personnel
LAHORE Canada and some European countries have tightened their visa policy for the officials of the Pakistani armed forces, ...
Senators demand privatisation of sick units
ISLAMABAD The legislators in the Upper House of the Parliament while participating in the debate on the budget focused more on ...
Revised security for NATO tankers on cards: Malik
ISLAMABAD NATO and local transporters suffered a huge loss of around Rs2 billion when a convoy of NATO vehicles was attacked on ...
LHC orders govt to announce LBs election schedule
LAHORE Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the federal and Punjab governments to announce the ...
VAT acceptable if govt slaps farm tax: MQM
ISLAMABAD Terming the budget a traditional one, MQM in the National Assembly on Thursday rejected the imposition of Value Added ...
FBR needs Rs245b more to meet revenue target
ISLAMABAD Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had accumulated around Rs 1,135 billion during July-May period of the current financial ...
SC to decide fate of NRO review petition today
ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court will hear today (Thursday) the review petition of the Federation against the December 16, 2009 ...
Punjab govt waking up to militant threat: FM
ISTANBUL (Reuters) The Punjab government is coming out of denial about the threat from militants there, Foreign Minister Shah ...
Attack unlikely to impact supplies: US
WASHINGTON (AFP) An insurgent attack that left a large NATO convoy in flames in Pakistan is unlikely to disrupt the supply of US ...
Taliban down Nato chopper; 4 US troops die
KABUL (AFP) Taliban militants shot down a Nato helicopter in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing four US soldiers and ...
President to represent Pakistan in SCO summit
ISLAMABAD Aiming at strengthening the stability and security in Asia and further enhancing the role of Shanghai Cooperation ...
'Minorities in Pak better treated than in India'
LAHORE - An Indian newspaper Dalit Voice has reported that Pakistan government and its Muslim people treated its minorities as ...
ATC acquits 11 for lack of evidence
RAWALPINDI An Anti-Terrorism Court here on Wednesday acquitted 11 persons accused of having involvement in different acts of ...
Corruption on rise except in Punjab: Nawaz
LAHORE PML(N) Quaid Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said the graph of corruption is constantly coming down in Punjab as against its ...
Health policy draft sent to cabinet at last
ISLAMABAD Moving at the snails pace and after missing the repeatedly set deadline, the Health Ministry has finally tabled draft ...
PAC asks PASSCO to speed up recovery process
ISLAMABAD Reviewing the audit reports of Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Food and Agriculture Division, and Livestock and Dairy ...
Hamesh's remand in NAB custody extended
LAHORE An accountability court on Wednesday handed over Hamesh Khan, former president of the Bank of Punjab (BoP) and the main ...
Unesco chief speaks out against killing of Pak reporter
UNITED NATIONS - The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding press freedom Wednesday condemned the killing of a ...
Pak HC meets Chidambaram
PAKISTAN High Commissioner Shahid Malik on Wednesday met Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram, days ahead of the scheduled meeting ...
NA body concerned over development contract
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Special Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee on House and Library on National Assembly ...
Sports
Portugal's friendly win clouded by Nani misery
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Portugal scored all their goals in the second half of a comfortable 3-0 World Cup warm-up victory over ...
Waqar urges team to leave bickering, controversies behind
LAHORE Pakistan coach Waqar Younis believes bickering and controversies have inflicted great damage to the national team. He ...
Pakistan tennis sensation Samir gets ITF grant
LAHORE Pakistans rising tennis star Samir Iftikhar brought another laurel for the country by winning a special bonus from the ...
Arif resigns from IGC chairmanship
ISLAMABAD Lt Gen (retd) Syed Arif Hassan resigned from the chairmanship of the Islamabad Gun Club (IGC) owing to his personal ...
Pakistan edge out Indonesia in Five-nation Rugby
LAHORE The Pakistan national rugby team defeated Indonesia by 13-11 in the opening match of the Asian Five-nations Div II ...
India strong enough even without Sachin, Yuvraj: Sangakkara
PUNE (India) Sri Lankas captain, Kumar Sangakkara was little surprised over the exclusion of two Indian key players - Sachin ...
PSB Inter-provincial U-14 Boxing gets underway
LAHORE The three-day PSB Inter-provincial Boys Under-14 Boxing Championship rolled into action here at the Wapda Sports Complex ...
LCCA Premier League
LAHORE The Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) as part of its preparation of holding the Premier League, have started trials ...
Sindh Games: A rare opportunity to bridge urban-rural divide
KARACHI The Sindh Games were launched 24 years ago in Larkana and have played significant role in promoting Olympic sports ...
Deaf cricket elections on 24th
LAHORE The elections for the post of president, secretary and treasurer of the Pakistan Deaf Cricket Association will be held on ...
Lahore, Faisalabad in PHF Inter Academies Tournament semis
LAHORE Lahore, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Karachi Academy No.2 qualified for the semi-finals of the first PHF Inter Academies ...
Sheikhupura book berth in semis
LAHORE Sheikhupura White demolished P&T Gymkhana by 69 runs in the 7th NBP Punjab Invitation Okara Cricket Cup at the Okara ...
Murray begins Queen's defence with gritty win
LONDON (AFP) Andy Murray started his bid to retain the title at Queens Club with a 7-6 (10/8), 6-3 victory over Spains Ivan ...
PFF chief hopes Asian teams would put up better show
LAHORE Pakistan Football Federation president and AFC Disciplinary Committee Chairman Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat hopes ...
Adnan selected for Asian Formula Renault C'ship
LAHORE Pakistans top racing driver Adnan Sarwar has been selected for the 2010 Asian Formula Renault Championship to be held at ...
Asia Cup camp ends today
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday that the camp training for the Asia Cup bound Pakistan team will terminate as ...
Azeem ready for Test challenge
LAHORE Disappointed at not being selected for the forthcoming Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Pakistan Under-19 cricket teams skipper ...
Basit, Zain advance
KARACHI Basit Gabol beat Hassan Ahmed 8-2 and Zain Malik beat Ahmer Ahsan 8-0 to qualify for the next round of the 2nd Maroof ...
Woods to defend Australian Masters title
MELBOURNE (AFP) Tiger Woods has announced he will defend his Australian Masters title in November, a year after drawing huge ...
KCCA office bearers take oath
KARACHI The Karachi City Cricket Association held a function here the other day at its office located at the National Stadium in ...
Putin vows safe Sochi Games
SOCHI (Russia) (AFP) Russia will provide maximum security to ensure that the 2014 Winter Olympics in its southern city of Sochi ...
AFC chief snubs Aussies, backs Europe for 2018
CAPE TOWN (AFP) Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed Bin Hammam has delivered a snub to Australia by backing Europe to ...
NKorea can beat Brazil: 'Asian Rooney'
TEMBISA (South Africa) (AFP) North Koreas best-known player Jong Tae-Se said Tuesday he hopes the team can change the image of ...
Injured Robben to miss Dutch opener
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Injured Netherlands winger Arjen Robben has been ruled out of his countrys World Cup opener against Denmark ...
World Cup delight as family says Mandela to attend opener
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) /World Cup delight as family says Mandela to attend opener Nelson Mandela gave the World Cup the ultimate ...
National
Govt urged to raise issue at world level
KARACHI - The Mater Mariner Society (MMS) of Pakistan urged the Minister Ports and Shipping to raise the issue of violation of ...
MPs patronising criminals
KARACHI - The residents of Lyari, who have abandoned their home due to the ongoing gang-war which has claimed more than 30 lives ...
Two weapon smugglers arrested
KARACHI - Crime Investigation Department (CID) claimed to have arrested two illegal weapons smugglers after an encounter with ...
Wazir tribe to keep peace accord intact
WANA (Online) - A grand jirga of Ahmedzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan has announced to keep intact the peace agreement with ...
No military operation in Balochistan: Raisani
QUETTA - Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani Wednesday dispelled the impression that preparations were being ...
2 children drown in pond
QUETTA - Two children drowned to death in Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan on Wednesday. According to reports, Wali Muhammad ...
Rich tribute paid to Zubaida Khanum
ISLAMABAD The sweet and melodious memories started twinkling in Zubaida Khanums eyes, as the talented young singer Saira Tahir ...
Centre asked to refrain from steps raising sugar price
LAHORE - Punjab Minister for Food Malik Nadeem Kamran has said that the federal government should refrain from taking those ...
Korean deprives Pakistani of Rs0.1m
ISLAMABAD A South Korean national residing in the Federal Capital deprived a middle-class Pakistani national of Rs 0.1 million ...
Kashmiris' inclusion in future talks must: ICG
LAHORE - The International Crisis Group (ICG) in its report on Pak-India relations in the context of Kashmir dispute has observed ...
Need for innovation in research and development stressed
ISLAMABAD The first sectoral meeting on Science and Technology of Pak-US Strategic Dialogue was held on Wednesday to bring ...
'Black Day' observed in universities
ISLAMABA D Like other parts of the country, the universities of the Federal Capital observed black day on Wednesday on the call ...
Minority MPAs stage walkout from BA
QUETTA-All three minority members of Balochistan Assembly staged a walk-out from the session of the Assembly in protest against ...
Naek fails to resolve issue
ISLAMABAD Chairman Senate Farooq Hussain Naek on Wednesday failed to resolve a row between Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ...
Pak, EU to promote parliamentary exchanges
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and European Union (EU) have agreed to promote parliamentary exchanges as part of strategic engagement to ...
Two killed in train-tractor collision
FEROZEWALA-Two people were killed while three other sustained injuries in a tractor trolley and an express train collision near ...
Wildlife black market earns Rs5b annually
ISLAMABAD - The brutal slaughter of freshwater turtles out of money minting motives goes unabated in the downstream areas of ...
FIA apprehends two travel agents
ISLAMABAD Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) apprehended two travel agents and recovered 275 passports and fake medical cards ...
Lahore
Social crime ratio in Punjab more than Balochistan, Sindh: CCPO
LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Deputy Inspector General Mohammad Aslam Tareen has said mutual cooperation between ...
Govt must focus education on war-footing: Speakers
LAHORE - Despite untiring efforts of the Chief Minister Punjab, the province is still presenting a bleak picture in education ...
Two lawyers' licences suspended
LAHORE - Punjab Bar Council Wednesday suspended licences of legal practice of Mian Siddique Ali and Ch Nauman Yousaf Sindhu ...
LHC starts contempt proceedings against 'fraudulent' girl
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued contempt notice to a young lady Sidra Kanwal who had fraudulently obtained the ...
Punjab govt left with little option
LAHORE Since the Federal governments announcement of 50 per cent raise in basic salaries and 15 to 100 per cent increase in the ...
Alleged robber beaten to death
LAHORE - A 35-year-old alleged robber was beaten to death by the residents of Liaqatabad here on Wednesday morning, police said. ...
Suicide
LAHORE - A woman committed suicide over some family dispute in Factory Area police precincts, police said on Wednesday. The ...
Rs22m released for blast victims
LAHORE - The Punjab Government has released Rs 22.638 million to the City District Government Lahore for making payment to 426 ...
Dream of progress can't be materialised sans edu: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that public service is the mission of PML-N and all resources are being ...
Zaheer demands third party audit of Sasti Roti scheme
LAHORE: Subsidy of at least 25 percent should be provided on daily use items to control the price-hike, while the province should ...
'Suspended' warden allowed to continue duty
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif took suo moto notice on Wednesday and summoned the Lahore SSP ...
Pepco spending Rs57,041 million on 30 projects to revamp power supply
LAHORE Funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB), the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) is ...
Rulers safeguarding vested interests, says Imran
LAHORE Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said the rulers have safeguarded their interests in the budget instead ...
190 lecturers regularised
LAHORE - The Punjab Higher Education Department was working on the provision of permanent faculty to the 450 colleges in the ...
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