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 Friday, June 12, 2009
Front Page
Economy grows by two per cent
ISLAMABAD - Growing by 4.7 per cent agriculture alone saved Pakistans economy from negative zone and countrys GDP growth rate, according to Economic Released here on Thursday, stood at 2 per cent despite substantive contraction in industrial sector. In the Survey, the government underlined ...
Scores dead in new combat zones
ORAKZAI AGENCY - The Army unleashed helicopter gunships and artillery to kill scores of Taliban militants on Thursday after ...
Bolan Express bombed; one killed, 35 hurt
QUETTA - One person was killed and 35 injured including women and children when a bomb planted in a washroom of Quetta-bound ...
International
WHO declares flu pandemic
GENEVA (AFP) - The swine flu crisis has escalated into the worlds first influenza pandemic in 40 years, the World Health ...
Ban stresses preparedness
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday cautioned against undue alarm while stressing the need for preparedness, ...
Maliki warns of worse attacks in run-up to US pullout
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi police on Thursday arrested two men, including an Al-Qaeda member, over a car bombing in the south of the ...
Peres for Palestinian state with temporary borders
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that Israel and the Palestinians should agree on a Palestinian ...
Israel PM urged to keep mum on 'Palestinian state'
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The heat is on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from within his own right-wing party to resist US ...
US tactics to be 'game changer in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The commander chosen by US President Barack Obama to lead US and NATO troops in Afghanistan was confirmed by the ...
Record Afghan violence in early June: Petraeus
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Violent unrest surged to new highs last month and there are tough months ahead, even as US reinforcements are ...
British and Nato forces facing huge loss
LONDON - British and Nato forces fighting against Taliban are facing huge loss due to increase in insurgent activity in the ...
Al-Qaeda says short of food, weapons in Afghanistan
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The leader of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan says militants are short of food, weapons and other supplies needed ...
Nato endorses Kosovo troops drawdown
BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO defence ministers endorsed Thursday a plan for thousands of peacekeepers to leave Kosovo if security ...
Saudi boosts UAE border checks
DUBAI (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has boosted checks at its border with the UAE, causing long traffic queues in the scorching desert ...
Gaddafi likens United States to Qaeda
ROME (AFP) - Visiting Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi likened the United States to Al-Qaeda and accused it of allowing Iraq to turn ...
Sri Lanka preparing for Pakistan clash
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Sri Lanka emerged as one of the favoured teams in the World Twenty20 after their clinical destruction of ...
India wary of Gayle force
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan rates West Indian captain Chris Gayle the main threat when the two teams ...
Mirza through to last eight in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - India's Sania Mirza moved into the quarter-finals at the WTA tournament here on Thursday with a 7-6 (7/3), ...
Pakistan edge Argentine 3-2 to go atop
SINGAPORE - The Pakistan juniors worked hard to beat defending champions Argentine 3-2 in the 9th Junior World Cup Hockey ...
Redmond takes charge as Kiwis thrash Ireland
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Late entrant Aaron Redmond proved his credentials as injury-stricken New Zealand thrashed hapless Ireland by ...
Business
Global financial crisis hastening hunger for worlds poorest UN
UNITED NATIONS - The global financial crisis has hit the worlds poor and hungry and their situation is set to get even worse, ...
Stock market witnesses buying activity
KARACHI - The stock market added 44.71 points on Thursday amid buying activity in blue-chip scrips, especially by foreign ...
Nawa-i-Waqt honoured with 'Super Brand' award
KARACHI - Nawa-i-Waqt Group has been applauded with the 'Super Brand award at the Superbrands Tribute Event 2009 held here the ...
Decline in manufacturing sector an eye-opener: LCCI
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, while expressing a grave concern over sharp decline in manufacturing sector ...
Chinese pirated phones flood market
KARACHI - The Chinese pirated copies of branded cell phones hit the market this time with copy of BlackBerry with the name of ...
Remittances up 19.86pc to $7.076b in 11 months
KARACHI - Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $7,076.26m was received ...
No possibility of tax on agri sector, says Tarin
ISLAMABAD - Agriculture, the only well-performing sector as per the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-09, grew by 4.7 per cent as ...
FBR progress not impressive
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Tarin said on Thursday that the progress of Federal ...
WB agrees to give $50m for 3,000 additional watercourses
KARACHI - The World Bank has agreed to expand its On Farm Water Management Project loan programme for additional 3,000 ...
Overloaded Lesco transformers causing forced outages
LAHORE - At least 31 power transformers are overloaded in jurisdiction of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) due to ...
Politics
Pakistan says talks must to resolve issues
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday demanded the resumption of Indo-Pak peace process saying it was essential to resolve the core ...
Airports put on high alert
LAHORE - All the airports in Pakistan have been put under high security alert. Passengers and baggages are being scanned and ...
Iran wraps up election campaign
TEHRAN (AFP) - Campaigning for Irans presidential election wrapped up on Thursday after three weeks of mass rallies, a series of ...
Taseer takes up judges appointment with CJP
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer Thursday held a meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in ...
NA budget session starts today
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The budget session of the National Assembly would start on Friday (today) in which the federal budget for ...
Indian forces violate LoC
ATHMUQAM (Online) - Indian forces Thursday violated the Line of Control at Athmuqam area of Neelum Valley and abducted a ...
UN not to suspend activities in Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United Nations has no plans to suspend or reduce its activities in Pakistan despite Tuesdays bomb ...
NWFP minister injured in attack; 3 killed
PESHAWAR - NWFP Minister for Prisons Mian Nisar Gul was critically injured while his driver and two bodyguards were killed and ...
Another bomber strikes Peshawar
PESHAWAR - At least two men including a bomber died while 12 people received injuries when a police mobile van was attacked in ...
US House passes Pak economic, mily aid bill
WASHINGTON (APP) - The US House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill authorising economic and military aid for Pakistan by ...
CIA chief for joint action to find Osama
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan, according to the director of US intelligence agency the CIA, ...
Relief groups may stop supplies to IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday renewed his call to major donors to fund the UN appeal for the relief ...
Balochistan issue to be resolved by year-end: Zardari
ISLAMABAD- Reiterating his commitment to strengthen democratic institutions, President Asif Ali Zardari has said the problems ...
US asks India to shut Jalalabad Consulate
NEW DELHI (Reuters/AFP) - The United States wants India and Pakistan to resume peace talks, but would leave it to the two ...
Manmohan to meet Zardari in Russia
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in the Russian ...
Indian nuclear scientist goes missing
BANGALORE (Agencies) - A senior Indian nuclear scientist of the state-run Kaiga atomic power plant in coastal Karnataka has been ...
Thar Coal Company disbanded
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The government on Thursday disbanded Thar Coal Company and handed over all the powers to Thar Coal Energy ...
South Africa crush England
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - South Africa crushed England by seven wickets in their World Twenty20 Super Eights Group E match at Trent ...
Entertainment
Jackson sued over reunion concert
A PROMOTER is suing Michael Jackson for $40m for allegedly breaching a contract to play a reunion concert in the US with other ...
Emily Blunt wants to star in Family Guy
EMILY Blunt wants to star in an episode of Family Guy. The British actress - who recently lent her voice to an episode of The ...
Paris Hilton splits from Doug Reinhardt
PARIS Hilton has split up with her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, star of US reality TV show The Hills. A statement released on behalf ...
Pitt splashes out $1m on painting
HOLLYWOOD heartthrob Brad Pitt has bought a painting at an international art show for almost 1 million dollars. The 'Inglourious ...
Pete and Ashlee's marriage isn't in trouble
PETE Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentzs marriage isnt on the rocks, despite recent claims to the contrary. It had been reported that ...
Awesome animals that turn laws of science upside down
EVEN by the miraculous standards of the natural world, its a feat almost beyond imagining. Scientists in California have shown ...
Islamabad
China tells US to hand back Gitmo inmates
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Thursday called on the United States to hand over a group of ethnic Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay ...
ICT completes rural uplift projects worth Rs153.04m
ISLAMABAD-Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) has completed some 25 development projects to the tune of Rs153.093 ...
Judge rejects bail of Nikah Registrar
RAWALPINDI - An Additional District and Sessions (ADS) judge Thursday rejected the bail application of a Nikah Khawan who ...
Court calls RPO over faulty probe into abduction
RAWALPINDI-Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Thursday issued notice to Regional Police Officer (RPO) and other ...
Pictorial warnings on cigarette packs proposed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A day-long consultative meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Thursday decided the nature, ...
Private schools barred from holding summer camps
RAWALPINDI-Education Department Rawalpindi on Thursday issued circular to the owners of private schools to ensure implementation ...
Al-Shifa Eye Trust treats 3,000 patients at IDPs' camp
RAWALPINDI - Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in collaboration with Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) treated more than 3,000 ...
National
Pakistan have the edge
Pakistan, runners-up in the first Twenty-20 World Cup in South Africa two years ago, take on Sri Lanka in their first match of ...
Pakistan have their work cut out
Pakistan takes on Sri Lanka in their first encounter of Super 8 stage. Captain Younis Khan believes that they will have to win ...
Akmal will be the key man again
When in full flow Kamran Akmal is a pleasant sight with the bat driving the ball down the ground with grace and in gaps. He has ...
Karachi
Lahore Management Summit convened
LAHORE - Nutshell Forum and The Indus Entrepreneurs (Tie) will co-host Lahore management summit at a local hotel here on June 20. ...
6,780 kids subjected to abuse during '08: report
KARACHI - Violation of childrens rights is on rise in Pakistan as the government has failed to implement the relevant laws, both ...
Mein Adakara Banungi staged at Arts Council
KARACHI - A play, 'Mein Adakara Banungi, was staged at arts council by Katha here on Thursday. The theme of the play was to ...
Govt to appoint advisors at PCSIR labs
KARACHI - The government has decided to appoint advisers to federal minister for science and technology at all laboratories of ...
Four killed in accidents; body found
KARACHI - Five persons were killed in different incidents here on Thursday. According to details, a tortured body of a man was ...
Court notices Sindh govt on IDPs settlement
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notice to the Sindh government on the constitutional petitions moved over the ...
Lecturers see conspiracy against college
Karachi (PPI) - The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has said that vested interests have hatched a new ...
Lahore
Razzaq return to bolster Pakistan
LAHORE - The ICC has confirmed that its event technical committee for the World Twenty20 has approved Abdul Razzaq as a ...
Pakistan women team eye Sri Lanka upset
LAHORE - Inexperienced Pakistan will hope to exploit recent turmoil in the Sri Lanka camp as the teams clash in their opening ...
55 Greece deportees received by FIA staff
LAHORE - The Greece government on Thursday deported 55 Pakistanis to their homeland on a chartered plane after it found them ...
LHC takes notice of bank worker murder
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has taken suo moto notice of the murder of a bank ...
Former principal 'exiled' to DG Khan
LAHORE - Under the directives of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the Higher Education Department Punjab has thrown the former ...
Wasa hires security firms to guard manholes
LAHORE - Three private security companies hired by the Wasa for the task of covering open manholes, replacing the damaged ones ...
Appointment on merit ordered
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) has set aside selection boards recommendation for the appointment of principal of the ...
PML-Q blames N-govt for victimising Nazims
LAHORE - The PML-Q has blamed the Punjab government for politically victimising the Nazims, who still admire and regard highly ...
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