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 Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Front Page
MQM, ANP have reservations over impeachment
LAHORE - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said political struggle is needed to oust President Musharraf, adding that his party is capable enough to wage any such strife. Zardari expressed these views in response to a query at a reception given by Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in the honour ...
Militants suspend Swat peace deal
PRO-TALIBAN militants from troubled Swat district in NWFP have said that they had broken off all contacts with the government, ...
Musharraf, Bush, Ahmadinejad least trusted leaders: Survey
WASHINGTON - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has the poorest ratings around the world as one of the least-trusted leaders in ...
Package needed for reinstatement?
LAHORE - The release of seven-month salary, with allied allowances, to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and ...
International
Hamas, Israel reach truce deal as 6 killed in air raids
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Six Palestinians, including an Al-Qaeda linked fighter, were killed in a string of Israeli airstrikes on the ...
Terror biggest threat to France: Sarkozy
PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday launched a major overhaul of the French military to confront the number ...
Global displaced number 67 million: UNHCR
GENEVA (AFP) - The global number of refugees and displaced people reached 67 million last year, the UN refugee agency said on ...
Nobel laureates to discuss food crisis
Amman (AFP) - Twenty-nine Nobel laureates and other prominent figures are to meet Wednesday (today) in Jordan's ancient city of ...
Iran insists nuclear suspension a 'red line'
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday insisted any demands it should suspend sensitive atomic activities would cross its "red line", ...
No plan to send troops to Afghanistan: Japan
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday that Japan has no immediate plans to send ground troops into ...
US calls for better cooperation top meet Afghanistan-Pakistan border challenges
WASHINGTON - The United States has called for "active cooperation and communication" between Pakistan and Afghanistan ...
Former U.S. Vice President Gore endorses Obama to be next president
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Vice President and and Nobel laureate Al Gore endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on ...
Obama to visit Iraq, Afghanistan before November presidential polls
WASHINGTON - U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday that he would visit Iraq and ...
Australia stifle West Indies resistance to complete victory
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) (AFP) - Australia were made to fight all the way to the end, but they completed an 87-run victory in the ...
Croatia edge out Poland
KLAGENFURT (Austria) (AFP) - Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic became the first kidney transplant patient to score at a World Cup or ...
Germany down brave Austria
VIENNA (AFP) - Co-hosts Austria toiled and probed but Germany's class told in a 1-0 Euro 2008 Group B victory secured by Michael ...
Business
Market recovers after losing around 450
LAHORE - The stock market on Tuesday behaved erratically as the rupee weakened against the dollar while share prices went down ...
Pakistan ranks at bottom of Index
KARACHI - Despite having similar levels of per capita gross domestic product, India rated 0.46 while Pakistan ranked at the ...
ASF okays 46 grants for Rs7.27 million projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Agri-business Support Fund's (ASF) Appraisal Committee has approved 46 grants for projects costing Rs 7.27 ...
China's yuan at strongest level vs dollar since July '05
CHINA's yuan is at its strongest level against the dollar since the country scrapped its peg to the US currency in July 2005, ...
Ahmadinejad says oil price artificial
TEHRAN (AFP) - The current high price of oil is artificial and the market is well supplied with crude, Iranian President Mahmoud ...
Cellular tele-density reaches 54pc
KARACHI - Cellular subscribers in the country rose to 86.7 million in May 2008 against 85.0 million in April 2008. As a ...
Oil, gas production up by 2.2 per cent
KARACHI - Combined oil and gas production in first 11 months of FY08 (from July to May) stood at 703kboepd (thousand barrels of ...
Budget disappoints textile sector
LAHORE - Textile industry has lost all hopes for survival package for the units and is presently in a state of despondency, which ...
Lower costs drawing users to mobile internet
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Lower costs are drawing more and more users to access the Internet via their mobiles, and opening up ...
Excise duty on consumer products
KARACHI (PR) - The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), in its review of the federal budget 2008-09, said ...
Politics
Deposed CJ gets high praise from ex-US AG
NEW YORK - Former US Attorney-General Ramsey Clark, a prominent liberal, has paid high tributes to deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar ...
'AQ holds no official position'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said it is fully committed to the cause of nuclear non-proliferation and will continue to support global ...
Taliban gird for battle with Nato
ARGHANDAB (AFP) - Taliban militants blew up bridges and thousands of residents fled villages near Kandahar Tuesday ahead of a ...
Bombs, shooting kill 68 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A car bomb at a bus stop in north Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded 75 others on Tuesday, security ...
Pak 'lyrical terrorist' wins appeal in UK
LONDON - A British Pakistani and a first Muslim woman found guilty of terrorism offences, posted a series of poems on websites ...
Pak-Afghan cooperation key to counter terror: US
WASHINGTON - The United States has called for "active cooperation and communication" between Pakistan and Afghanistan to combat ...
Human Rights Watch urges Pakistan to abolish the Death Penalty
NEW YORK - The newly elected government in Pakistan should abolish the death penalty, Human Rights Watch, an international ...
Four shot dead in Hangu bazaar
HANGU - The sectarian clashes lingering on since long intensified further on Tuesday morning when four persons were shot dead by ...
Entertainment
Love rivals Angelina and Aniston do battle once again
THEIRS is one of the most famous feuds in Hollywood history. Now Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are to do battle once again ...
Coldplay's triumphant return to the British stage
BRITAIN'S biggest band Coldplay made their long-awaited comeback to the London stage Monday night after a two-year absence. ...
Teenager has pioneering heart surgery through his leg
A teenager with heart problems has become one of the first patients in Britain to have heart surgery through his thigh. Jack ...
The art of war: Iraqi paintings com to New York
NEW YORK (AFP) - With fiery reds and black-oil-stained browns criss-crossed with misshapen ladders, Mohammed al-Hamadany paints ...
She was shocked at finding snake
A woman has spoken of her horror at discovering a 4ft long snake in her lavatory bowl. Kay Robins, 26, was stunned when she found ...
Keyboard warns users when it's dirty
HEALTH chiefs are spending 1 million on the latest weapon against superbugs - "infection-resistant" computer keyboards. ...
Islamabad
ICC chief satisfied with arrangements
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - President International Cricket Council (ICC) Ray Mali said here Tuesday that the ICC Champions Trophy Cricket ...
Secretary removal illegal: Jamali
ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has termed the removal of secretary Khalid ...
Tahir appointed HK team's liaison officer
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Tahir Ansari as the liaison officer with the Hong Kong cricket team ...
All-out efforts to tackle environmental problems
ISLAMABAD - Turkish Ambassador Engin Soysal Tuesday called on Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi and ...
Subsidies' withdrawal to prove fatal: NTA
ISLAMABAD- National Traders Alliance (NTA) demanded the government to review its decision to withdraw lifeline-subsidies under ...
ICT admin reviews flood protection plan
ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration has called an important meeting on Tuesday to review and finalise the ...
Cinepax project in Capital hits snags
ISLAMABAD - Owing to legal issues, work on the Federal Capital's first-ever mega entertainment complex project could not start ...
Children's Mountain Conservation Meet from July 1
ISLAMABAD - The 7th National Children's Mountain Conservation Meet will be held from July 1 to July 10 under the banner of ...
Karachi
Sindh Govt starts talks with WB for soft loans
KARACHI - Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah said that the provincial government was negotiating with the World Bank (WB) to ...
Loadshedding becomes a nightmare for Karachiites
KARACHI - The Karachiites continue to suffer with prolonged power outage while riots erupted in various areas on Tuesday. The ...
Organ failure claims 50,000 lives every year in Pakistan
KARACHI (APP) - 50,000 people are estimated to die each year due to end stage organ failure, surgeons told APP here on Tuesday ...
Culture sector fetches humble Rs 252 million
KARACHI - In the Annual Development Programme for 2008-09, the growing and vibrant culture sector in Sindh had been allocated a ...
PPP in favour of removing Musharraf, says Siddiqui
KARACHI - Secretary-General of the PPP Nafees Siddiqui said that the PPP was in favour to remove President Pervez Musharraf ...
Govt not satisfied with Suherwardi's murder probe
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the government is not satisfied with the police investigation in ...
Lahore
Bird-hit incidents claim 200 lives and cause 84 crashes
LAHORE - Two hundred people have been killed and 84 planes including 19 civil and 65 military crashed since 1912 due to bird-hit ...
The Mall rehabilitation starts
LAHORE - City District Government has started rehabilitation of The Mall, one of the important roads in the City, official ...
Committee to decide teaching hospitals autonomy fate
LAHORE-The Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has constituted a high-powered 16-member committee to decide the fate of ...
Govt 'no' to changes in Ring Road project
LAHORE - The Punjab government has decided in principle to complete the construction of Lahore Ring Road (LRR) as per its current ...
CSH Pharmacy de-sealed
LAHORE - The Caring and Serving Health (CSH) Pharmacy of the Jinnah Hospital has been de-sealed on the directions of the Lahore ...
Lawyers say movement enters decisive phase
LAHORE - Lawyers have said their movement for complete independence of judiciary has reached the decisive phase. Lawyers are ...
Pakistan to name 15-member squad
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi has said that the Pakistan team for the Asia Cup will be ...
Shoaib decision made on merit, says Farrukh
LAHORE - Justice (r) Farrukh Aftab, chairman of the Appellate Tribunal that heard Shoaib Akhtar's case, has said decision on ...
Locked secretariat awaits new secretary
LAHORE - The newly-appointed secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Olympian Asif Bajwa could not take charge of his office ...
SA Games footballers get cash prize on 25th
LAHORE - The players of Muhammad Essa-led Pakistan will get cash prizes who clinched gold medals in the 10th South Asian Games in ...
PCB exempts England league cricketers from QT
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has exempted the players playing leagues in England from participation in the Quaid-e-Azam ...
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