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 Sunday, June 14, 2009
Front Page
Rs69 billion new taxes imposed
ISLAMABAD Aiming at economic revival and protection of industry, the PPP Government on Saturday presented a Rs 2.9 trillion consolidated budget with a deficit of Rs 722 billion (4.9 per cent of GDP) and growth target of 3.3 per cent for the 2000-10. Total consolidated expenditure for the fiscal ...
Ambitious Rs803b development outlay
ISLAMABAD - The government unveiled on Saturday an ambitious projected total outlay of Rs 803 billion including Rs 646 billion ...
Subsidy cuts to save Rs120b
ISLAMABAD - Government has withdrawn subsidies worth Rs 120.1 billion, showing a decline of 47.62 per cent, for the next ...
International
Five-star Gul knocks Black Caps out for 99
LONDON (AFP) - Umar Gul became the first bowler to claim five wickets in Twenty20 internationals as Pakistan shot New Zealand out ...
Mousavi supporters, riot police clash in Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Iranian riot police on motorcycles beat supporters of presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi who were ...
West cautious on Ahmadinejad victory
PARIS (AFP) - The West on Saturday was guarded about the landslide re-election of leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Israel said the ...
41 candidates for Afghan presidential election
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistans electoral authority unveiled Saturday a final list of 41 candidates for August presidential elections, ...
Huge turnout guarantees Iran progress: Khamenei
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised Mahmoud Ahmadinejads re-election on Saturday, saying his ...
Defiant N Korea vows to build more N-bombs
SEOUL (AFP/Reuters) - A defiant North Korea vowed Saturday to build more nuclear bombs and to start enriching uranium for a new ...
Obama envoy says Syria integral to Mideast peace
DAMASCUS (Reuters/AFP) - A US envoy discussed Washingtons Middle East peace efforts with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on ...
UK PM warned of new leadership threat
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Browns deputy warned Saturday that he would likely face a renewed threat to his ...
Chinese sub smashes US ship's sonar
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Chinese submarine collided with an underwater sonar array towed by the destroyer USS John S. McCain off the ...
19 dead in Saudi bus crash
RIYADH (AFP) - Nineteen men, most of them foreign workers, were incinerated when a Saudi bus caught fire after crashing into a ...
Attacks on Zionist, Western interests legitimate: American Qaeda member
DUBAI (AFP) - An American member of Al-Qaeda urged mujahideen to attack Zionist and Western interests worldwide, in a new ...
Business
Text of budget speech
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Following is the text of budget speech of Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar ...
Govt okays Rs186b for water, power sector
ISLAMABAD - The government has allocated an amount of Rs 186b in the new budget 2009-10 for water and power division under ...
Over Rs509 million for textile industry
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs.509.746m for various ongoing schemes of Textile Industry Division, ...
Rs1.874 billion for Petroleum and Natural Resources Division
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs 1874.329m in the PSDP for the Petroleum and Natural Resources ...
Rs18b sanctioned for food, agriculture, Rs12.681 billion for Railways Division
ISLAMABAD - For the fiscal year 2009-10, the government has allocated a sum of Rs 18 billion approximately under Public Sector ...
Govt earmarks over Rs839m for Commerce Division
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs. 839.167 million for various ongoing and new projects of Commerce ...
Communications Division gets Rs45.9 billion, NHA Rs45.7 billion
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has earmarked Rs.45971.990 million in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2009-10 for ...
Over Rs17.968b for Planning Division projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs. 17968.222 million for various ongoing and new projects of ...
Rs 5.582b for Housing and Works Division
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs 5582.043 million in the PSDP for the Housing and Works Division to ...
Over Rs45.6b for Finance Division, Rs2.448b for Revenue Division
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated an amount of Rs. 45599.270 million for various ongoing and new projects of Finance ...
Politics
US commends Pak aggressive action
WASHINGTON - A senior State Department spokesman Friday deflected a series of questions about how the Obama Administration would ...
Naeemi laid to rest
LAHORE - Maulana Dr Sarfraz Naeemi Al-Azhari, who was martyred in a suicide attack Friday, was laid to rest at Jamia Naeemia amid ...
Nejad win sparks protests
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election by a thumping margin, official figures ...
Defence up 15.8 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The war against terror has begun to add woes to Pakistans national eco-nomy as the impoverished nation had to bear an ...
'No incentives' for industry, business
ISLAMABAD - Traders and industrialists Saturday observed that government had shattered their expectations as no major incentives ...
Parties mixed reaction
ISLAMABAD - As usual the opposition members of the Parliament were seen criticising the Budget 2009-10 while treasury members and ...
Revenue target Rs1.377tr
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue has set Rs 1.377 trillion revenue target for the next financial year 2009-10, which is Rs 69 ...
Salient features
w First woman presented federal budget in the National Assembly. w Rs.50 billion allocated for rehabilitation of ...
Pakistan thrash New Zealand
LONDON (AFP) - Umar Gul became the first bowler to claim five wickets in Twenty20 internationals as Pakistan roared back into ...
Al-Qaeda infiltration reports baseless: Yemen
SANAA (AFP) - A Yemen security official on Saturday dismissed as baseless media reports claiming that some Al-Qaeda fighters are ...
Entertainment
Miley Cyrus reconnected with Nick Jonas
MILEY CYRUS isnt waiting time crying over her ex Justin Gaston. In fact, shes already moved on. Sort of. Miley has been spending ...
Katie to perform on TV dance contest
KATIE Holmes is to perform on a TV dance contest. The 30-year-old actress is in talks to appear in Foxs So You Think You Can ...
Britney Spears' friend buys her a curry
BRITNEY Spears new boyfriend, her agent Jason Trawick, bought the singer a curry when he visited the singer in London, where shes ...
Alaska's Rat Island rat-free after 229 years
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaskas Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging ...
Mariah Carey recording her new album
MARIAH Carey only records her new album at night. The Hero singer - who is currently working on her new record, entitled Memoirs ...
Laptops linked to male infertility
WHILE fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ...
Sports
India, Pakistan united in defeat
LONDON (AFP) - Cricket superpowers India and Pakistan were united in defeat on Friday as their World Twenty20 title hopes took a ...
Stars to Watch
Jayasuriya Factor to put pressure on Ireland He might be turning 40 later this month but is still a force to reckon with in ...
Rs 583m allocated for Sports Division under PSDP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has allocated Rs 583.161 million for Sports Division to execute 47 development projects, mostly ...
Buoyant South Africa overpower West Indies
LONDON (AFP) - South Africa maintained their unbeaten record at the World Twenty20 with a 20-run Super Eights win over the West ...
Bravo-inspired West Indies down India
LONDON (AFP) - Dwayne Bravo bulldozed defending champions India with bat and ball to hand the West Indies an emphatic ...
Bravo inspired by IPL pyrotechnics
LONDON (AFP) - West Indies star Dwayne Bravo believes skills picked up at the Indian Premier League, while his teammates were ...
Pakistan plans to reinforce defence against Australia
SINGAPORE - The Pakistan junior team management plans to keep focus on defence when they face one of the tournament favourites ...
Ghazanfar says Pakistan should be content with silver
SINGAPORE - Former national hockey player Syed Ghazanfar Ali believes that in the present circumstances silver medal in the Asian ...
Islamabad
Rs 23.15b for health budget
ISLAMABAD-Against the demand of Rs 30.310 billion the Health Ministry could get only Rs 23.15 billion under the Public Sector ...
Environment Ministry gets Rs 2.25b
ISLAMABAD-The government has allocated Rs 2.25 billion total budget for the Ministry of Environment under Public Sector ...
Budget fails to provide relief to poor man: Survey
ISLAMABAD-People expressed mixed reaction to the Budget 2009-10 as most of them termed it anti-poor however a few of them termed ...
NWFP govt sends proposal to governor
ISLAMABAD - The NWFP government is considering the proposal to declare Gul Jees property in Nathiagali as national heritage in ...
ICT Police to have three new slots
ISLAMABAD- Ministry of Interior has approved creating three new positions in the Islamabad Police and in this regard a summary ...
Court issues minister's arrest warrants for misbehaviour
RAWALPINDI - A civil judge here on Saturday issued arrest warrants of Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ...
National
Mission Impossible for Ireland
Ireland faces an uphill task against a robust Sri Lankan side. Although Ireland are the spirited underdogs of the tournament but ...
Karachi
Amazing Pakistanis
A European friend of mine, who has traveled extensively in S.E. Asia and Africa and is now working in Pakistan with one of the ...
Karachi mourns death of Sarfraz Naeemi
KARACHI - People of Karachi on Saturday mourned the sad demise of prominent religious scholar Allama Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, who on ...
Kids show enthusiasm
KARACHI - Scores of kids of the metropolis on Saturday approached the Community Development Department (CDD) of the City ...
Environment Department shows dismal utilisation of funds
KARACHI - The Environment and Alternative Energy Department of Sindh has showed dismal performance in the utilisation of funds ...
Experts seek promotion of blood donating culture
KARACHI (APP)- Pakistan will observe World Voluntary Blood Donation Day on Sunday with efforts to promote voluntary donation ...
KESC says it improved power supply in City
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) informed that KANUPP had resumed generation, which was offline since Friday, ...
Lahore
Complete shutterdown against Naeemi's killing
LAHORE - City witnessed complete shutterdown strike on Saturday, as all the business centers, markets, and commercial plazas ...
FIR lodged against Mehsud
LAHORE - Qilla Gujjar Singh Police have nominated Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in the FIR of Gharri ...
High security for burial
LAHORE - Police took extraordinary security measures on Saturday, deploying 13,000 policemen besides elite force and reserve ...
Fed Budget fails to impress Lahorites
LAHORE - The federal budget 2009-10 for the local people shocked by the worse security conditions and the killing of Maulana ...
Six MBoRs transferred, posted
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Saturday reshuffled the upper tier of the provincial Board of Revenue, while transferring and ...
Attack attempt to disturb peace, flare sectarian conflict: Ulema
LAHORE - Political, religious and social circles have strongly condemned the brutal assassination of Dr Maulana Sarfraz Ahmad ...
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