Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Thursday, June 11, 2009
Front Page
80 militants killed in Bannu operation
BANNU - More than 80 militants were reportedly killed and many more sustained injuries during the two days of operation which the security forces had launched against Jani Khel and Baka Khel tribes in Frontier Regions (FR) Bannu. Besides, five vehicles likely to be used for suicide attacks by the ...
UN suspends activities after Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR - In the wake of gory suicide blast at Pearl Continental Hotel and serious threats to foreigners, the United Nations ...
NWFP govt admits security lapses
PESHAWAR - The death toll in Pearl Continental Hotel blast reached 19 on Wednesday, as six more bodies were retrieved from the ...
International
Two shot at Washington's Holocaust Museum
WASHINGTON - Two persons were wounded in a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington on ...
UN chief outraged by Peshawar bombing
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations condemned on Wednesday the terrorist bomb attack against a 5-star hotel in Peshawar that ...
Pakistani-American convicted of support for terrorism
NEW YORK - A former mechanical engineering student of Pakistani origin has been found guilty of conspiring to allegedly provide ...
Car bomb rips through crowded market in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters/AFP) - A car bomb ripped through a crowded market in southern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 33 people and ...
Gaddafi 'turns page on past' with visit to Italy
ROME (AFP) - Italy rolled out the red carpet Wednesday for Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi who said he has turned the page on the ...
Election rivals use Hitler tactics: Iranian President
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his election rivals on Wednesday of adopting smear tactics ...
Seven powers reach deal on UN North Korea curbs
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Seven key powers reached a tentative deal Wednesday on a draft UN Security Council resolution that would ...
Democrat warns Obama risks 'future Guantanamos'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama risks creating future Guantanamos by continuing his predecessors policy of ...
Libya's top diplomat elected UNGA President
UNITED NATIONS - Libyas seasoned diplomat Ali Treky was elected on Wednesday as President of the 64th session of the UN General ...
UK judges rule against house arrest for 'extremists'
LONDON - Britains highest court on Wednesday in its historic decision judgement said that control orders under the terrorism act ...
Business
Inflation surges by 21.55pc in 11 months
ISLAMABAD - The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has surged by 21.55 per cent in the first eleven months (July-May) ...
Trade deficit down by 19pc in 11 months
ISLAMABAD - Countrys trade deficit has recorded a decline of 19.03 per cent during the first eleven months (July 2008-May 2009) ...
Scarce fertilizer supply to dampen crops prospect
LAHORE - Contrary to the Punjab governments claims regarding timely provision of fertilizers, on concessional rates, to the ...
Sindh floats new option for GST on services
KARACHI - The Sindh government has floated a new option that the provinces share of General Sales Tax on services be distributed ...
Govt to announce measures for value addition in budget
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Ministers Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Wednesday that the government will announce measures ...
Peshawar suicide attack hits market sentiments
KARACHI- Terror attack in Peshawar and whispers of likely delay in introducing the modified ready board leverage forced the ...
President woos banks in poverty alleviation
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday called upon the entrepreneurs from banking and financial sector to assist the ...
WB okays $250m for poverty alleviation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - In recognition of track record and performance of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, the World Banks Board of ...
Italy to give 20 million euros for TVET sector
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Italian Government will extend a soft loan of 20 million Euros to Pakistan to promote Technical and Vocational ...
More than 100 cos issued LoI for energy projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has issued Letter of Intent (LoI) to more than 100 companies for ...
Politics
Pakistan, India can't afford war: Gilani
QUETTA - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that All Parties Conference (APC) on Balochistan issue would be summoned ...
US sees dramatic shift in Pak attitude
WASHINGTON - Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, said Wednesday he saw a 'dramatic ...
2pc cut for domestic gas consumers proposed
ISLAMABAD - Government is all set to provide relief to industrial sector by slashing for them gas tariff up to 10 per cent while ...
2 die as police open fire on anti-IDPs Karachi rally
KARACHI-Two persons were killed while several others sustained severe injuries, when police opened fire to stop a rally of Sindh ...
US nudges India for talks with Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AFP) - US diplomat William Burns on Wednesday hailed India as a key partner and promised warmer ties between the two ...
Differences over LGs intensify
Islamabad - Fate of as many as 111 District/City governments in the country hangs in balance in the wake of serious differences ...
EC postpones by-elections
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The Election Commission of Pakistan announced on Wednesday the postponement of by-elections at NA-55 ...
UN now set to probe Benazir's murder
UNITED NATIONS - Delayed by refusal of some experts to join it out of security concerns, the U.N. commission to investigate the ...
Aafia assured of repatriation efforts
WASHINGTON - Pakistans Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani assured Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist now ...
Provincial hierarchy discretionary powers will be curtailed
LAHORE - The Punjab government is planning to curtail discretionary powers of the provincial hierarchy including the Chief ...
SC orders reinstatement of 478 SSGPL employees
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered reinstatement of 478 employees of the Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited ...
US provides MI-17 cargo helicopters
ISLAMABAD (Online) - In response to a request from the government of Pakistan, the United States delivered four MI-17 cargo ...
Sri Lanka beat West Indies
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillekeratne Dilshan hammered an opening stand of 124 as Sri Lanka beat the West Indies ...
Entertainment
'Millionth English word' declared
A US web monitoring firm has declared the millionth English word to be Web 2.0, a term for the latest generation of web products ...
Rachel Stevens robbed
RACHEL Stevens has been robbed after three men followed her into her North London home. The former S Club 7 member was accosted ...
Britney to tour Australia for first time
POP icon Britney Spears is to perform in Australia for the first time in her career later this year when she takes her Circus ...
Jessica sorry for defacing property
HOLLYWOOD beauty Jessica Alba has apologised to her fans in Oklahoma, after a video of her plastering posters on public property ...
World's smallest girl
HER tiny form is disarming. But Jyoti Amges dreams are as big as those of her friends. At 15 she stands just 1ft 111/2in tall ...
Earth-Venus smash-up possible in 3.5b years
PARIS (AFP) - A force known as orbital chaos may cause our Solar System to go haywire, leading to possible collision between ...
Sports
After Kaka, Real president sets sights on Ronaldo
MADRID (AFP) - After completing a move for Kaka, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said he intends to talk to Manchester ...
Decision on Pakistan's World Cup hosting rights on 19th
LAHORE - The PCB will have to wait until June 19 to know whether the country would get back its 2011 World Cup co-hosting rights. ...
A glance at today's matches
Ireland v New Zealand With their performance the Irish have proved that they aren't here to make up numbers. They made it to the ...
Jayasuriya, Dilshan bludgeon West Indies
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillekeratne Dilshan hammered an opening stand of 124 as Sri Lanka beat the West Indies ...
Younus urges team to win Cup for fans
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan captain Younus Khan challenged his side to win the World Twenty20 for their cricket-starved fans after ...
Lawson expects Pakistan to qualify for T20 semi-finals
LAHORE - Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson expects Pakistan to qualify for the ICC World Twenty20 semifinals, after a ...
Finding heir apparent?
PAKISTAN'S form so far in the Twenty20 World Cup, culminated by its loss to England should not come as a surprise to its fans. In ...
Brendon McCullum
Diminutive but powerful McCullum can clear the ropes with consummate ease and once he gets into his groove he is unstoppable. ...
Qadir press conference postponed
LAHORE - The security situation in the country has derailed another sports related event on Wednesday. The Peshawar PC Hotel ...
Pakistan to face Argentina for top spot
SINGAPORE - South Africa and Egypt got hard-fought wins in the Junior Hockey World Cup first round matches here on Wednesday as ...
Pakistan remains most successful team
The last league match of Group C between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Wednesday (June 10) was the ...
India, Pakistan target mighty England
LONDON (AFP) - India and Pakistan believe they can thrive as underdogs at the women's World Twenty20 where all the pressure will ...
PFF reduces national U-14 camp to 23
LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation has opened the exit door for four players and announced 23 players in the build up for ...
Japan deny Qatar play-off place in World Cup qualifier
YOKOHAMA (AFP) - Japan dashed Qatar's hopes of reaching the play-off round as the two teams drew 1-1 on Wednesday in the Asian ...
South Korea and Saudi Arabia draw 0-0
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea and Saudi Arabia played to an entertaining 0-0 draw in their Asian World Cup qualifying match here ...
Islamabad
Folk artists bring delight to Capital
ISLAMABAD-The folk music and dances from the four provinces spellbound the audience here at the Open Air Theatre of the Lok Virsa ...
President salutes Rescue-15 martyred cops for valour
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday invited to the Aiwan-e-Sadr the heirs of two policemen who embraced martyrdom in ...
Call for check on suspicious elements
RAWALPINDI - Inspector General (IG) Police Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar has directed all the police officers that information ...
SC directs SSGPL to reinstate sacked staff
ISLAMABAD-The apex court on Wednesday directed the Sui Southern Gas Pipelines Limited (SSGPL) to reinstate its 478 employees from ...
'Smaller provinces better for good governance'
ISLAMABAD-PML-Q Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani on Wednesday termed the large size of provinces as the mother of all problems in the ...
Writers leave for one-week trip to Sindh
ISLAMABAD-Inter-provincial tours will be of utmost importance and beneficial for the promotion of Pakistani languages, literature ...
Karachi
CDGK schools await SMC funds
KARACHI - Despite the release of much-awaited SMC funds for the CDGK run schools, the amount has so far not been distributed ...
Rumours about Magsi's 'death' spark protests
KARACHI - Protest in Sindh against the influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the province took a violent turn here on ...
College teachers boycott practical examination
KARACHI - Teachers of the Government Adamji Science College on Wednesday boycotted practical examinations and demanded the ...
Water Board takes charge of hydrant-tanker service
KARACHI - A high-level meeting chaired by City Nazim/Chairman Karachi Water & Sewerage Board Syed Mustafa Kamal Wednesday decided ...
Pakistan a victim of terrorism
KARACHI - Arrahman-Arraheem Network does not need any introduction as its website, within its very first year of launch was ...
Judicial officers case hearing put off till 15th
KARACHI - The full bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Wednesday adjourned the hearing ...
Lahore
Provincial Board of Revenue on the anvil
LAHORE - The Punjab government is contemplating to establish Provincial Board of Revenue (PBR) on the lines of Federal Board of ...
Nawaz seeks foreign support against terror
LAHORE - A Turkish delegation led by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called on PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif at his ...
Income Tax, Customs officials set to quit jobs
LAHORE - The big bosses of the Income Tax, Customs and Excise departments are set to quit their offices in protest against ...
Ulema support Swat operation against Taliban
LAHORE - Supporting the Swat military operation, Ullema of Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat at the 'Save Pakistan Convention held at ...
PPP MPA disqualified on corruption charges
LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday disqualified Rauf Khalid, a PPP MPA from Bahawalnagar, on the ...
Sanitary workers hold rally to press demands
LAHORE - Following the failure of second round of talks with DCO Lahore regarding the sanitary workers demands to abolish ...
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