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 Saturday, June 21, 2008
Front Page
Zardari, Nawaz fail to bridge gap
LAHORE - Yet another round of talks held here on Friday between the PPP and PML-N party heads ended without any breakthrough on the issue of judges restoration and impeachment of President Musharraf, as both sides agreed to have more rounds of negotiations to resolve the contentious issues. PPP ...
Efforts on to bring Taliban back to table
PESHAWAR NWFP Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour has made it clear that Swat peace agreement was only Malakand region-specific ...
'PPP risks losing popular support'
PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the Murree Accord should have been honoured and stepping back from the commitment of such ...
Islamabad Airport renamed after Benazir
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani renamed Islamabad International Airport as Benazir Bhutto International ...
International
US House approves war funding bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a compromise bill to free up $162b for the wars in Iraq ...
Nepal Maoists quit govt over power-sharing
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's Maoists stormed out of the government Friday, accusing a rival party of holding on to power after being ...
I'm ready to compromise on territory, says Olmert
LONDON (AFP) - Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview Friday he was willing to "dramatically" compromise on ...
Abu Hamza loses extradition fight
LONDON - Renowned Muslim cleric and Imam of London's Finsbury Park mosque Abu Hamza Al Masri on Friday lost his High Court battle ...
'Musharraf's ouster matter of weeks'
LONDON - The ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has ratcheted up pressure on President Pervez Musharraf to quit by declaring it ...
Scott McClellan testifies against White House
WASHINGTON - The White House lied about its involvement in the leaking of a CIA agent's identity in 2003 and is still doing so, a ...
Obama apologises two women
NEW YORK - Barack Obama personally apologised to two Muslim women who were barred from sitting near the Democratic presidential ...
B'desh local polls on Aug 14
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's military-backed government announced Friday plans to hold local body elections despite opposition from ...
Thais surround govt offices; demand PM's resignation
BANGKOK (AFP) - Heaving crowds of Thai protesters breached a police barricade and surrounded government offices Friday to demand ...
Only God can remove me from office, says Mugabe
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said Friday "only God" can remove him from office, in comments ahead ...
England players association voices doubts on security
LONDON - England players' association is heading for tense standoff with the England and Wales Cricket Board after its chief ...
Qatar, Iraq set for all or nothing clash
DUBAI (AFP) - Qatar and Iraq battle in a high pressure Asian qualifying clash on Sunday fully aware that failure would put their ...
Just what the Chancellor ordered as Germans win tactics battle
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) - Germany's Euro 2008 quarter-final win over Portugal was a personal triumph for man-of-the-match ...
Decision time for Ronaldo as Portugal exit Euro 2008
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) - Real Madrid and Manchester United want his services for next season, but Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo ...
Croatia slump inspired us, says Ballack
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) - Germany captain Michael Ballack said his side used the criticism levelled at them after their shock ...
Scolari heads for Chelsea with bruised pride
BASEL (AFP) - Luiz Felipe Scolari will head for Chelsea with his pride and his reputation for getting the most out of his players ...
I was only obeying Chancellor's orders: Schweini
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) - Bastian Schweinsteiger revealed he was only obeying the orders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
Germans exult as Die Mannschaft makes last four
BERLIN (AFP) - Germans prepared to celebrate into the night on Thursday after their football team beat fancied Portugal to reach ...
Schweini puts boot into Portugal...again
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) - Two years after terrorising the Portuguese to claim third-place at the 2006 World Cup, Germany star ...
Dutch Orange craze reaches fever pitch
PreView THE HAGUE (AFP) - As Orange fever rises with every goal scored in the Dutch team's Euro 2008 campaign, lawyers, ...
Business
New consortium fails to boost stock market
KARACHI - Setting up of a consortium of core brokers and top Govt's companies would not bring the stock market back on rails ...
$2.231 billion reserves wipe out since April
KARACHI - The pace of erosion in the foreign exchange reserves of the country had accelerated after the formation of new ...
Custom duty rise likely to promote smuggling
KARACHI - The increase in custom duty rates on the import of luxury electronics goods aimed at increasing revenue collection for ...
Kitchen items prices up 0.56pc
ISLAMABAD - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on June 19, for the lowest income group up to Rs.3,000, ...
Workers oppose removal of subsidies in power bills
LAHORE - The government should withdraw the proposal to remove subsidy in the electricity bills in the federal budget, increase ...
Oil surges above $136 before Jeddah meet
LONDON - Oil prices stormed higher on Friday as OPEC members hit out at consumer demands for more crude ahead of a ...
Opec rules out output hike
ALGIERS/TEHRAN - OPEC president Chakib Khelil said on Friday it was illogical and irrational to ask the oil cartel to increase ...
IBT and ZTBL ink agreement
ISLAMABAD- Inbox Business Technologies (IBT) and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) here on Friday inked an agreement for ...
Credit to govt for commodity operations expands by Rs60b
ISLAMABAD- The net bank credit to the government for financing commodity operations and budgetary support amounted to Rs. 423 ...
Market going fast back to 10,000 level
LAHORE - Bears continued to grip the equity market on the last trading session of the week and the KSE 100-index suffered another ...
Politics
Israel seen rehearsing Iran attack: NYT
NEW YORK: - Israel conducted a large military exercise this month that appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack ...
Rs59.6 billion demands for grants okayed
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly on Friday approved a number of demands for grants of various Fderal Divisions including Cabinet, ...
OIC denounces Islamophobia
KAMPALA - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference will study the impact of rising oil prices on its member states, the group's ...
Head of AQ release body receives threats
KARACHI - Unidentified men threatened the family of the Chairman 'Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Release Committee', Hassamul Haq, while ...
Five militants arrested with heavy explosives
LAHORE - Director FIA Man-zoor claimed that the agency had arrested five terrorists most of them activists of defunct ...
No foreigner has access to N-blueprints: FO
ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office on Friday denied that any "foreigner" has access to Pakistan's nuclear blueprints. The reaction ...
Rs70 billion Balochistan budget today
QUETTA - The fiscal budget of Balochistan for year 2008-09 will be announced on Saturday (today). The total outlay of the ...
No new list received from US to arrest terrorists: Malik
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior A Rehman Malik Friday said the government of Pakistan has received no new ...
Three terror suspects held in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI - Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and law enforcing agencies apprehended three suspected terrorists in two separate ...
Petition hearing put off
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court here Friday heard a writ petition regarding the alleged detention of nuclear scientist ...
Protesters tear-gassed in Kashmir
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Indian police in Kashmir on Friday fired teargas and used batons against protesters angered by a decision ...
Entertainment
Jamie Lynn Spear has a baby girl
SINGER Britney Spears' actress sister, Jamie Lynn has given birth to a baby girl in a Mississippi hospital, according to US ...
Can less money equal better eating?
That sounds odd, but it can be true. So often people think that only when you're in the chips cash, not the potato kind can you ...
Bright chunks at Phoenix Lander's Mars site must have been ice
DICE-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander ...
The state-of-the-art luxuries aboard the world's largest cruise ship
CURRENTLY under construction, these pictures offer a first glimpse of the luxury that awaits passengers on the world's largest ...
Tom Cruise and pals Will Smith, David Beckham take up fencing
TOM Cruise has persuaded friends Will Smith and David Beckham to take up fencing. The 'Top Gun' star has become a huge fan of ...
Justin Timberlake struggles to settle with Jessica Biel
JUSTIN Timberlake has struggled to adjust his bachelor lifestyle since girlfriend Jessica Biel moved in. The stunning actress ...
Islamabad
Govt committed masses' welfare: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the government was committed to the welfare and well-being of ...
ASI, four cops suspended for negligence
RAWALPINDI - Regional Police Officer (RPO), Rawalpindi, Nasir Khan Durrani placed one ASI and four Constables of Rawalpindi ...
PPP to fight against dictatorship
RAWALPINDI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would always fight against the Establishment and dictatorship. Party lost the apex ...
'Chemicals serious threat to humans'
ISLAMABAD - Harmful chemicals are posing a serious threat to human survival thus endangering global environment, said Ijaz Ahmad ...
Special camp for FATA youths
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Youth affairs will organise a special camp for youth of FATA here on June 23. According to ...
PCP, EOABI row over arrears intensifies
ISLAMABAD - The row over the old age benefit arrears between the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) and Employees Old Age ...
Karachi
6,000 KWSB employees restored after being fired
KARACHI - In a dramatic move on Friday, the Sindh Local Bodies' Ministry took back its earlier decision to fire around 6,000 ...
PPP ignored its own budget proposals
KARACHI - The Sindh government has not fully incorporated the proposals in FY2008-09 budget, the PPP had floated in FY2007-08 ...
Lawmakers demand a say in budget-making
KARACHI - Budget making should not remain an exclusive domain of the bureaucrats and it is the elected representatives who should ...
Pakistan top host for Asian refugees
KARACHI - Despite the fact that Pakistan is passing through worst economic crisis nowadays, the country is hosting more than 2 ...
City Govt to demolish Hawkesbay godowns
KARACHI- Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the city government will pull down all the godowns and warehouses ...
Ibad defending defenceless president
Karachi View by Yusuf Khan Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad is out to defend marooned and beleaguered President Pervez ...
ICC delegation inspects National Stadium Karachi
KARACHI - A ten-member ICC delegation was here on a routine visit to inspect facilities including the security of teams and the ...
Pakistan probables start training
KARACHI - As many as nineteen out of twenty probable for the six-nation Asia Cup underwent three hours strenuous training here on ...
Pakistan final 15 for Asia Cup to be named on 22nd
KARACHI - All other five contesting teams in Asia Cup cricket have finalised their fifteen member squad for the competition but ...
Lahore
Control of historical sites withdrawn from PHA
LAHORE - The Punjab Govt has withdrawn the control to beautify and renovate the historical buildings from Parks and Horticulture ...
LHC summons AG for assistance
LAHORE - A three-member full bench of the Lahore High Court Friday summoned attorney general of Pakistan for today (Saturday) to ...
No significant increase in edu budget: speakers
LAHORE - There was no significant increase in the budget allocation on education in the backdrop of current inflationary trend ...
PA blasts Q-League for irregularities
LAHORE - Members of the present ruling coterie, whether sitting in the opposition or on the treasury benches, have no comparison ...
Bollywood earns millions from Pakistan as Lollywood suffers
LAHORE - Pakistan is losing millions in foreign exchange by importing Indian films. The Bollywood flicks exhibition here on the ...
Official numbers of divisional SPs issued
LAHORE - On the direction of Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore, office numbers, mobile numbers and fax numbers ...
Asif returns to Pakistan
LAHORE - The Dubai nightmare for Mohammad Asif finally came to an end on Friday but what action the authorities at home and the ...
PCB raises ticket prices of Indo-Pak match in Asia Cup
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has raised the prices of the tickets for this month's Asia Cup beginning from June 26. ...
Pakistani duo in Nepal Badminton final
LAHORE - Pakistan's national doubles champions Rizwan Azam and Mohammad Atiq reached the finals of men's double event of the ...
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