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 Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Front Page
Iranians rise up against 'fraud-poll'
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Irans Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person on Monday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. An Iranian photographer at the scene witnessed the shooting, ...
Pledge made to defeat 'faceless enemies'
YEKATERINBURG, (Russia) (APP) - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Russia on Monday reiterated their resolve to jointly fight the threats ...
No advice, please
ISLAMABAD (APP/Online) - Setting precedence in the countrys defence history, Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani himself ...
International
Akmal, Ajmal take Pakistan to semis
LONDON(AFP) - Pakistan ended Ireland's slim hopes of qualifying for the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a 39-run victory at the ...
We can be champions, say Pakistan
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan believe they will be crowned World Twenty20 champions after easing towards the semi-finals with a 39-run ...
Coach, captain rubbish tampering allegation against Gul
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan captain Younus Khan came to the defence Monday of paceman Umar Gul following suggestions of ...
Pakistan juniors slump to 4-2 defeat against NZ
SINGAPORE - Pakistan suffered 4-2 defeat against New Zealand here at the Sengkang Sports and Recreation Center here in front of a ...
Australia making steady progress
SINGAPORE - Australia progress towards gold medal race of the Junior Hockey World Cup here beating Korea with a massive ...
Zia positive about Pakistan future
SINGAPORE - PHF president Qasim Zia sees everything positive despite Pakistan teams' failure to move to the last four in the ...
Jr Hockey World Cup organisers defend schedule
SINGAPORE - Chairman organising committee Junior World Cup Kaldeep Singh has defended the scheduling of the event saying that at ...
Rookie Aussie opener Hughes ready for Ashes taunts
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's rookie Test opening batsman Phil Hughes says he will give as good as he gets if he is sledged by ...
Netanyahu draws fire for Palestinian state conditions
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus conditional acceptance of a Palestinian state came under fire on ...
Russia hosts summit minus Ahmadinejad
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AFP) - Russia Monday hosted a summit of a security forum seen as a counter to US power but without Iranian ...
British PM announces Iraq war inquiry
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced an independent inquiry into the Iraq war Monday, six years after his ...
UN rights chief appeals for cooperation in Gaza probe
UNITED NATIONS - The top United Nations human rights official Monday called for an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza and ...
UN envoy for credible Afghan polls
UNITED NATIONS - The top UN official in Afghanistan has stressed the need to ensure that the elections slated for August are ...
Dick Cheney almost wants US attacked, says CIA head
WASHINGTON - Former US vice president Dick Cheneys criticism of the Obama administrations approach to terrorism almost suggests ...
US secret operations leader takes Afghan command
KABUL (Reuters) - A veteran commander of top-secret special operations took charge of the nearly 90,000 US and NATO troops in ...
SKorean leader in US as tension with NKorea soars
WASHINGTON (AFP) - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on Monday started a visit to the United States to coordinate action on ...
Israeli PM defends conditions
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday defended the conditions he set on the creation of a ...
4 killed in attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Four people were killed and nine wounded in violence in and around the Iraqi capital on Monday, security ...
Business
ECC empowers Ogra to fix CNG prices
ISLAMABAD - Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Monday empowered Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to fix ...
Rs100b for power good sign for country's future
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the allocation of more than Rs. 100 billion ...
Nokia N97 soon in Pakistan
KARACHI (PR) - The highly anticipated Nokia N97, Nokias flagship mobile computer has been announced Saturday in Pakistan after ...
Oil prices duck under 70 dollar
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dropped below 70 dollars on Monday as traders took profits from recent gains, but analysts said they ...
SLPS establishes new disease reporting centre
LAHORE (PR) - A Disease Reporting Centre has been established in Livestock and Dairy Development sector of Rahimyar Khan with the ...
Sufi terms budget as 'jugglery of words'
LAHORE - Chairman standing committee of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on flour milling Dr Bilal ...
Hunger pains: Pakistan's food insecurity
WASHINGTON - Woodrow Wilson Center in collaboration with the Fellowship Fund for Pakistan held a conference to illustrate the ...
Consumers to pay extra Rs7 billion per month
KARACHI - The Federal government will earn additional tax revenue of Rs 7 billion per month from the general public through 10 ...
Sindh government gives tax relief to hotels
KARACHI - PPP-led Sindh coalition government has announced a major relief for the hotels and also reduced stamp duty in the ...
Stock market fails to sustain 7,000 level after budget
KARACHI - The traders and brokers of Karachi Stock Exchange rejected new budget and KSE-100 index shed 103 points to close at ...
Politics
Malik says militants using children for terror
ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the Chinese Government would provide security instruments to Pakistan ...
HCs to appoint lower courts judges
KARACHI - The full bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday allowed the constitutional petitions moved against the amendment ...
Self-sufficiency is our aim, says Tarin
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin has categorically stated that Pakistan did not want aid, ...
India plans to deploy advanced aircraft along borders
NEW DELHI (APP) - As a part of a plan to build up forces along Pakistan and China borders, India on Monday inducted four Sukhoi ...
23 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - The US military along with Afghan security forces backed by war planes killed nearly two dozen insurgents in a ...
Gas pipeline damaged in Sui
SUI (APP) - A pipeline supplying gas to Sui purification plant was partially damaged in a blast caused by a powerful explosive ...
Suicide attack on sensitive installation foiled
SARGODHA (Online) - Police and elite force in their joint operation have arrested a suspected would be suicide bomber and his ...
2 people gunned down in Tank
TANK (APP) - Two people were killed in Tank on Monday, police said. Accused Khanzaman, Momin Khan and Ghazi Khan s/o Haibat Khan ...
Work in progress even in the night to erect walls to protect bureaucrats' enclave at GOR-I Staff photo.
LAHORE - Gazetted Officers Residences (GOR-I) has been declared a high security zone after threats of terrorist acts as all the ...
World alarmed
WASHINGTON - The United States said Monday it was very concerned by reports of violence and voting irregularities in Irans ...
Waziristan showdown looms
ISLAMABAD (Reuters/AFP) - Army braced for militant reprisals on Monday as it conducted softening-up operations ahead of an ...
Punjab united against terrorism
LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly in its 13th session on Monday passed a unanimous resolution condemning recent wave of terrorism in the ...
New taxes to be levied
LAHORE-The PML (N)-led coalition govt in Punjab will present its second budget for the fiscal year 2009-10 with a total outlay of ...
FBR needs Rs149b in 15 days
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will have to collect Rs 149 billion in the next fifteen days to meet the revised ...
Vital decisions taken unilaterally: PML-N
LAHORE-PML(N) leadership has expressed reservations about Waziristan operation ,adding, that they had not been taken into ...
PM stresses transparency in Haj quotas
ISLAMABADPrime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed the Ministry of Religious Affairs to ensure transparency in the ...
Sindh big deficit budget unveiled
KARACHI - Sindh budget amounting to Rs 327 billion for fiscal year 2009-10 was presented in the provincial assembly here Monday ...
Taliban could spread to India, Persian Gulf: FM
LONDON - Pakistan has warned that the Taliban could spread beyond its borders to neighbouring India and as far as the Persian ...
Zardari-Singh encounter today
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will hold crucial talks today with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Russia, a ...
Pakistan, Windies reach semis
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan beat Ireland by 39 runs in their World Twenty Super Eights Group F match at the Oval here on Monday. ...
Entertainment
Russian wins Singer of the World
THE BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2009 final has been won by Russian soprano Ekaterina Shcherbachenko. Speaking after the ...
Megan Fox is single again
On again, off again, on again couple Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are officially off again. The couple had barely reconciled ...
Pitt, Angelina donate $1 million to hospital
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made headlines this past weekend in Brads hometown in Missouri for a very generous contribution. ...
Yappy ending for puppy flushed down toilet
LONDON (AFP) - A puppy in Britain had a lucky escape after a four-year-old boy accidentally flushed it down the toilet when he ...
Paris, Reinhardt split after she attacked him
PARIS Hilton and Doug Reinhardt split because she violently attacked him. The heiress reportedly lost her temper when she arrived ...
NASA plans to launch Endeavour tomorrow
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida)(AFP) - NASA said Sunday it was aiming for a June 17 launch for the US space shuttle Endeavour after the ...
Islamabad
London-based firm asked for feasibility report
RAWALPINDI - City managers have decided to award contract to Mott McDonald Pakistan (MMP), a London-based consultant firm, to ...
Unemployed youth feel betrayed over budget 2009-10
ISLAMABAD-The unemployed youth of the country has rejected the federal budget 2009-10 as no funds have been allocated for any ...
OUP to publish outgoing Saudi envoy's book
ISLAMABAD-A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was reached between outgoing Saudi ambassador to Pakistan H.E Ali S Awadh Asseri ...
Marriage with consent no offence: CJ IHC
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court observed during hearing of a petition by a love marriage couple that ...
'Ministry to explore new tourist resorts'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Tourism Maulana Atta ur Rehman said Government would explore and develop new tourists destinations ...
Appeal against acquittal of alleged terrorists admitted
RAWALPINDI-Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Monday admitted for regular hearing an appeal of the federal government against the ...
Karachi
Sindh allocates Rs90b for ADP
KARACHI - The Sindh government has allocated Rs90 billion for its Annual Development Programme (ADP) in FY2009-10 budget, which ...
Sindh cities get major share in Budget 2009-10
KARACHI - Sindh government has given importance for the development of major cities including Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana ...
Rs442.52m earmarked for Department of Culture and Tourism
KARACHI - The department of Culture and Tourism, govt of Sindh was bestowed with Rs 442.521m at the onset of the Provincial ...
Budget for health, edu termed insufficient
KARACHI - Experts have said that the Sindh governments initiative to increase 49 percent in health and 27 percent in education ...
Five killed, 2 injured in separate incidents
KARACHI - Four people were killed and two other injured in different incidents of violence while one person died in a road mishap ...
SHC allows formrt minister Altaf Unar to travel abroad
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh High Court Monday allowed ailing former PML-Q Sindh Minister Haji Altaf Unnar to travel abroad. Unar ...
Lahore
ICC yet to decide on Pakistan World Cup hosting rights
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council said on Monday that it had not yet decided whether Pakistan will host its World Cup ...
PFF approves lucrative awards for women club event
LAHORE - "Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)' President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved handsome money for the ...
PU Old Campus, GCU vulnerable to terror
LAHORE - Are the students of Punjab University Old campus and GCU apathetic to the crisis and security threats elsewhere in ...
19-point questionnaire 'exposes 'N's tall claims'
LAHORE - The budget committee of the PML-Q has issued a 19-point questionnaire to flay the performance of the Punjab government ...
It's time to use reason, resolve issues: Armacost
LAHORE - The Forman Christian (FC) College, a chartered university, on Monday initiated its 2-day first Honors Convocation and ...
Chief Inspector Boiler's appointment cancelled
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court has cancelled the appointment of Chief Inspector Boilers, Punjab Industries Department, ...
CM pledges to counter terror activities
LHAORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the whole nation will have to make concerted and determined ...
Govt burdened masses further: Umer Cheema
LAHORE - Secretary Information Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Umer Sarfraz Cheema, while maintaining that the government had given a ...
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