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 Saturday, June 14, 2008
Front Page
US, Pakistan for joint probe
PARIS (Agencies) - The United States said Friday it will conduct a joint investigation with Pakistan of an airstrike along the Afghan border that Islamabad claims killed 11 of its soldiers. The two countries have agreed to look into the matter together in hopes of preventing anything similar ...
Revolution likely
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is confident that lawyers' long march would succeed in achieving its objectives and ...
Difference on mechanism only
ISLAMABAD - The PPP spokesman, former Senator Farhat-ullah Babar, has said that the objective of both the lawyers and Pakistan ...
Delhi sends 'gift' of more bodies
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The Foreign Office on Friday voiced its profound concern over the way Pakistani prisoners are treated in ...
International
US, Pakistan urged to determine facts about American airstrike
NEW YORK - A leading American newspaper Friday called on the United States and Pakistan to work together to establish the facts ...
Haqqani, meeting Negroponte on US airstrike, urges joint probe
WASHINGTON - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani called for a joint investigation into the US air strike on ...
Pakistan desperate to upstage India
DHAKA - Victory-starved Pakistan team is desperate to win the crunch game to against the arch-rivals India in the tri-nation ...
Kitply Cup unveiled
DHAKA - The Kitply Cup was unveiled Friday evening at the team hotel in the presence of the chairman of BCB President Maj Gen ...
Aamer Sohail questions selection
DHAKA - Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has strongly condemned the composition of the team that lost against India by record ...
Yuvraj Singh to be chief guest at Euro match
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh will present the man of the match award at the Euro 2008 match between ...
Nadal makes Queen's semis for the first time
LONDON (AFP) - French Open champion Rafael Nadal reached the Queen's semi-finals for the first time after out-lasting Ivo ...
Classy Croatia stun Germany
KLAGENFURT (Austria) (AFP) - Croatia bristled with imagination and inspiration as they dealt Germany a 2-1 Euro 2008 Group B ...
Vastic makes Poles pay the penalty at the death
VIENNA (AFP) - Croatian-born Austrian player of the year Ivica Vastic became the oldest scorer in Euro championships history as ...
American Muslim group, UN welcome US Supreme Court Gitmo ruling
WASHINGTON - A leading Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has welcomed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that gives detainees at ...
Ireland rejects EU reform treaty
DUBLIN (Agencies) - Irish voters dealt a stunning blow to the European Union's grand reform plans Friday by rejecting a new ...
Talks with US on pact deadlocked: Iraqi PM
AMMAN (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday that negotiations with the United States on a long-term security ...
New Israeli settlements unlawful: Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Agencies) - Israel on Friday announced its second settlement project in occupied east Jerusalem this month, enraging ...
Chinese President warm on Taiwan ties after talks
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said here Friday the long journey to better ties with Taiwan was off to a good start, ...
Barack Obama favoured over McCain in world poll
WASHINGTON - US polls indicate a tight race between Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential hopeful, and Sen Barack ...
G8 vows to widen fight against 'terror'
TOKYO (AFP) - The Group of Eight justice ministers and security chiefs vowed on Friday to help developing countries improve their ...
Guantanamo should be shut, says Robert Gates
BRUSSELS (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates reaffirmed Friday his view that the "war on terror" detention centre at ...
Business
Economic growth to remain soft this year, says IMF chief
OSAKA (AFP) - Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised powers grappled Friday with the economic threat from ...
Fiscal, current account deficits worry Moody's
KARACHI - At the time when there arises a big query about the new government's economic ability to meet aggressive revenue ...
Rising food prices may trigger social unrest, instability: ADB
BANGKOK (PPI) - Rising food prices increase social gaps and may lead to social unrest and political instability in many parts of ...
Opec cuts its 2008 estimate of growth in world oil demand
VIENNA (AFP) - OPEC on Friday cut its 2008 estimate of growth in world oil demand, as high prices and slower economic growth ...
Pak, Afghan traders sign agreement to boost trade
PESHAWAR (APP) - The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Ningarhar Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) have ...
Czech currency hits new high of 24.13 koruna against euro
LONDON (AFP) - The dollar rose against the euro and the yen on Friday amid a Group of Eight finance meeting in Japan, with ...
Long march affecting business: ICCI
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The issue of restoration of judges and long march are affecting business activities and day-to-day life, which ...
Oil products sales up 9pc to 17.2m tons
KARACHI - The overall oil products sales during the first 11 months from July to May of FY08 reached 17.2 million tons against ...
Nothing for promotion of industry in budget '08-09
KARACHI - The budget is a balanced budget having orientation towards agriculture sector but having nothing for the promotion of ...
Investors wary of lawyers' long march
LAHORE - Bearish trend continued to dominate the stock market on the last trading day of the week Friday in reaction to the ...
Politics
Five killed in Occupied Kashmir
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Suspected freedom fighters ambushed Indian road workers on Friday in Occupied Kashmir, killing five of them, ...
20pc raise in power tariff likely from July
ISLAMABAD - Government is all set to increase power tariff from 10 to 20 percent from 1st July as a first step. Different ...
40 hurt in India communal clashes
AT least 40 people have been injured in religious clashes on a remote delta island in India's eastern state of West Bengal, ...
Zardari asks Sindh to build 14 dams
Karachi (Online) - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sindh government to prepare a feasibility report for ...
Britain supports Pakistan fight against extremism: Miliband
ISLAMABAD (Online) - UK Foreign Minister Miliband has appreciated Pakistan's role in the war against terrorism and expressed ...
Power outage hits White House
WASHINGTON - Power was restored in Washington on Friday after a widespread outage and sub-way fire hit this capital City, ...
NA opens debate on budget today
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly would formally start debate on budget for fiscal year of 2008-09 from today (Saturday). Speaker ...
Elder among 5 family members killed in NWA
PESHAWAR - A pro-government leading tribal elder along with four of his close relatives was shot dead by unknown militants in ...
Flawed security
ISLAMABAD- The lawyers fraternity-led long march arrived here on Friday with no proper security arrangements at any of the major ...
Long March good omen
ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party (ANP) has said if the lawyers long march is aimed at removing President Musharraf, it was a good ...
Entertainment
Fatima Bhutto may try Bollywood
SLAIN former premier Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto, who is also a writer and a social activist, may soon add another ...
When Google met Yahoo
SEARCH engine rivals Google and Yahoo announced Thursday that they had reached an agreement under which Google would deliver ads ...
'Unicorn' deer in Italy
The shy, young deer nicknamed "Unicorn" because of the rare, single horn in the center of his head is drawing hundreds of curious ...
Picasso works stolen from Brazil museum
ARMED and unmasked thieves stole two Pablo Picasso prints and two works by Brazilian artists from Sao Paulo's Pinacoteca Museum ...
Space probe Ulysses reaches end of odyssey
PARIS (AFP) - European and US scientists will bid a fond farewell on July 1 to the space probe Ulysses, which has circled the Sun ...
Supermodel Adriana Lima gets engaged
VICTORIA'S Secret angel Adriana Lima is engaged, her basketball player fiancT Marko Jaric announces. Jaric, who plays the ...
Islamabad
Long marchers given rousing welcome in Pindi
RAWALPINDI - Participants of the Long March of legal fraternity were accorded a rousy and passionate welcome when they entered ...
Marchers to be served with food, cold drinks
ISLAMABAD - The citizens, civil society, political parties and traders are all ready to provide food and cold drinks to the large ...
'ITP to ensure smooth traffic'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A large number of cops of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) have been deputed at the various points of the Capital ...
"All roads lead to Islamabad"
ISLAMABAD - "All roads are leading to Islamabad" is a famous slogan raised whenever some political outfit seeks to demonstrate ...
'Turkey's role vital in education promotion'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Turkey has been playing a important and vital role in promoting quality and standard education in Pakistan, ...
World Blood Donors Day today
ISLAMABAD - World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is going to be celebrated globally today to honour voluntary blood donors for their ...
National
A glance at today's game
Pakistan v India, Final, Mirpur As expected, it's a Pakistan-India final after Bangladesh lost to the Indians on Thursday and ...
Karachi
Asif case hearing on 22nd
KARACHI (AFP) - A top Dubai legal officer will begin an inquiry in the Gulf state next week into the drug case against Pakistan ...
Education budget has exposed govt: analysts
KARACHI - Academicians on Friday expressed their grave concern over the allocation of inadequate budget for education sector in ...
CDGK sets up wireless video monitoring system
KARACHI - An elaborate command and control centre, consisting of wireless hybrid video security surveillance system, established ...
Minister promises to resolve fishermen's chronic problems
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Ali Bhurgari has assured the representatives of fishermen bodies to settle the ...
Government must not slash subsidies: experts
KARACHI - Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government to stay with the concessions in budget ...
Govt to rescue victims of child labour: minister
Karachi - Sindh government plans to form vigilance committees in the province to rescue the children being forced to work, ...
Top student leaders relish politics while some become history
Altaf Hussain, Sheikh Rashid, Farooq Sattar, Jawed Hashmi had one thing in common; they were student leaders, fiery impulsive and ...
Lahore
India-Maldives final today
LAHORE- Gold medallists in 1993, 1997, 1999 and 2005, India will face Maldives in the title clash of the seventh SAFF ...
Lahorites eating dead meat
LAHORE -29 per cent of the meat being supplied to the Lahorites is of dead or semi dead animals, reveals laboratory analysis ...
Govt to interview 14 medics for senior posts
LAHORE - The Punjab government is conducting interviews of senior medics of the general cadre from different districts and ...
Two FIRs against 'Q' ex-MPA, others for fraud
LAHORE-Township police has registered two FIRs against former MPA and PML (Q) leader Rashid Bhatti, his brothers, cousins and his ...
Lawyers want to stand up and be counted
LAHORE - Lawyers marching on the Federal Capital aim to draw a new picture on the national canvass than merely staying at the ...
City courts wear deserted look
LAHORE - The city courts on Friday presented a deserted look as most of the lawyers had proceeded to Islamabad with Long March ...
22 promoted as professors
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Friday promoted 22 associate professors of the education department in the general cadre of the ...
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