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 Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Front Page
Sharifs face fresh court verdict
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has announced not to approach the Supreme Court against the Lahore High Court decision declaring him ineligible to contest the by-election from NA-123. This was decided in a hurriedly-called meeting held in Jati Umra here on Monday. Nawaz presided over the ...
Shahbaz eligibility for CM questioned
LAHORE-Winning of second Provincial Assembly seat by Shahbaz Sharif while holding already one in the Punjab Assembly has put a ...
Zardari disappointed
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party spokesman and former Senator Farhat Ullah Babar has said that they were disappointed over the ...
Pak position more hazardous than Iran
ORGANIZATION of Islamic Countries' spokesman Faisal Muhammad said Monday that imperial forces were tightening noose around ...
International
U.S. welcomes Saudi decision to increase oil output
WASHINGTON: - The United States said Monday it welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to increase oil output. "We certainly ...
Federer, Ivanovic ease into second round
LONDON - Five-time champion Roger Federer put his growing army of doubters firmly in their place by storming into the ...
World leaders challenge Mugabe's legitimacy
UNITED NATIONS - A divided UN Security Council was to weigh the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe Monday following the ...
Sarkozy presses Israel MPs for settlement freeze
JERUSALEM - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Monday for a halt to Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West ...
EU nations to increase sanctions against Iran
BRUSSELS - EU nations were set on Monday or Tuesday to adopt new sanctions against Iran targetting its financial ...
US expects NKorea nuclear declaration Thursday
WASHINGTON - The White House said Monday it expected North Korea to submit a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear ...
US N-bombs must go: German Opp
BERLIN - German opposition politicians have demanded that US nuclear bombs be removed from the country after a US Air Force ...
US respects Musharraf as well as civilian government: Rice
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration respects President Pervez Musharraf, despite the mistakes committed by the beleaguered ...
Fierce clashes rage in north Lebanon
BEIRUT - Fierce sectarian battles raged in north Lebanon for a second day on Monday as the army vowed to use force if needed to ...
29 die in fresh Lanka fighting
COLOMBO - Heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's northern regions left at least ...
Business
Shares suffer massive decline of 4.2 per cent
LAHORE - The equity market on Monday suffered a massive decline of over 4 per cent, striking the low of more than 15-month low on ...
FDI dips in telecom and financial sectors
KARACHI - The inflow of foreign direct investment in telecom and financial sectors showed declined by 24 per cent and 1.7 per ...
Oil prices rally after Jeddah meeting and Nigeria attack
LONDON - Oil prices rose above 136 dollars a barrel on Monday after major energy producers ruled out further output despite ...
Proper mechanism to approve Supplementary Grants must
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Finance, Syed Naveed Qamar Monday informed National Assembly to evolve proper mechanism to approve ...
Indian rupee continues to slide
ISLAMABAD - The Indian rupee has continued to slide in value against the US dollar amid concerns that high oil prices will stoke ...
Hubco to set up 225 MW plant at Narowal
KARACHI - The government has given approval to the Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) for setting up a combined cycle power plant ...
LPG prices set to increase
LAHORE - LPG prices are set to increase by up to Rs 3 per kg with the imposition of the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) on the ...
LCCI criticises action against industrial units
LAHORE- The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry taking a strong exception to the crackdown carried out by City District ...
Apparel sector needs help
ISLAMABAD- Dr Shahzad Arshad, Chairman Pakistan Cotton Fashion Apparel Manufacturers & Exporters Association, appealed the ...
Politics
11 kidnapped men shot dead in Kurram
PESHAWAR - The 11 abducted tribesmen of Toori tribe were tortured and then killed brutally by unidentified men in Kurram Agency ...
Subsidies must go, insists WB
ISLAMABAD The World Bank has given an ultimatum to Pakistan that it would halt all its programmes in the country in case the ...
President to quit if given indemnity
ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf is seeking to step down if given indemnity for all his questionable actions under the ...
Package to be tabled in NA next month
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari discussed the prevailing ...
NA okays over Rs 201b supplementary grants
ISLAMABAD The National Assembly on Monday approved supplementary grants worth Rs 201.137 billion for the federal government ...
Four children die in Kahna factory blast
LAHORE - As many as four children were killed while three others injured critically in a powerful explosion that took place in a ...
Coalition forces kill 55 Taliban
KABUL - US-led forces killed around 55 militants including three "key extremist leaders" in clashes near the troubled ...
Qureshi to discuss Kashmir with his Indian counterpart
NEW DELHI - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will arrive here on June 27 for talks with his Indian counterpart Pranab ...
Wheat import consumes $859m
KARACHI - Pakistan has imported 1.805m tonnes of wheat amounting to $859.994 million in eleven months of the outgoing financial ...
IPI gasline deal very soon: India
INDIA, Pakistan and Iran are next month likely to hold their first trilateral meeting in a year to finalise details of the $7.4 ...
Lawyers 'no' to increase in judges strength
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court Bar Association President Ch Aitzaz Ahsan has said that if the judges' restoration were delayed ...
One hurt in explosion near Governor House
QUETTA - A passerby was hurt and windowpanes of nearby buildings shattered after a powerful explosive device planted by unknown ...
Indian dies in Karachi jail
KARACHI - An Indian fisherman at Landhi prison Karachi died of electrocution on Monday morning. IG Prisons Sindh Mohammed Yamin ...
Fazl suffers heart attack
Amir Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam(F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman was rushed to Poly Clinic in Islamabad as he suffered a heart attack on ...
Entertainment
Singer Winehouse 'has emphysema'
SINGER Amy Winehouse has the lung disease emphysema, possibly caused by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father has ...
Excessive mobile phone use affects sleep in teens
TEENAGERS who excessively use their cell phone are more prone to disrupted sleep, restlessness, stress and fatigue, according to ...
Son is curious
SARAH Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick still smoke cigarettes from time to time, and their 5-year-old son may already have ...
The puppy is using model aeroplane wheels to get around
THIS tiny puppy may have been born without front legs but there's no way that is holding her back. Hope, the appropriately ...
Qomolangma to limit tourist number to protect ecology
Tibet may limit the number of tourists and mountaineers to Mount Qomolangma to protect its fragile ecology, the region's top ...
Public artliterallyfor London's Trafalgar Square
LONDON Public art will soon take on a literal meaning after London Mayor Boris Johnson on Monday announced an unusual new ...
Islamabad
No security fears conveyed to PCB for Champions Trophy
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Dr. Nasim Ashraf denied Monday that foreign teams showed any security concerns ...
Minister says Khalid removal constitutional
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sports Najamuddin Khan has said that he removed the Khalid Mehmood from the post of secretary ...
CDA dumps design again
ISLAMABAD- The eagerly awaited Zero Point Interchange project is going to be held up for an indefinite period as the city ...
Pakistan to sign UN Convention on special education: DG
ISLAMABAD - "The discrimination against special people has worsened their living conditions and their families are prone to ...
When push comes to shove
ISLAMABAD - Siddiqa, a staff nurse working in the Service Care 11-22 which provides First Aid to CDA workers, after fighting for ...
18 flood relief camps to be set up in Capital
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration will take protective measures against any likely flood situation in ...
20 educators to visit US for training
ISLAMABAD - The Cultural AttachT of the US Embassy to Pakistan, Constance Colding Jones Monday stressed the need for finding ...
Workshop to promote research in Mathematics
ISLAMABAD - A one-day workshop on "Computational Mathematics and Related Topics" held on Monday aimed to promote research ...
National
A glance at today's matches
Pakistan v Hong Kong, Karachi Pakistan team seems to be clicking well after their tri-series win in Dhaka. A balanced 15-man ...
Asia Cup teams: A preview
The ninth edition of the Asia Cup gets underway today. Six teams from Asia comprising four Test nations - Pakistan, India, Sri ...
Karachi
Asia Cup rolls into action today
KARACHI - Four-time winner India is carrying huge reputation and the title holders Sri Lanka seeking its fourth win, is the best ...
Players to watch
Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) He is by far one of the best batsman of his generation. Yousuf is a class act against all ...
Pakistan fancy chance of home glory
Pakistan takes on minnows Hong Kong in the first match of the ninth edition of Asia Cup at National Stadium, Karachi on Tuesday ...
AH Kardar thought about Asia Cup Nur Khan gave it life
KARACHI - As long as Asia Cup is played in this continent it would owe its origin to Pakistan's top sports innovators Abdul ...
Tessori's escape issue raised in Assembly
KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday reverberated with the issue of gold merchant Kamran Tessori, who escaped from heavy police ...
'LHC verdict against Nawaz written at President House'
KARACHI - The PML-N leaders lashed out at the disqualification of Mian Nawaz Sharif to contest the by elections and termed the ...
PML-N fails to nominate party head in Sindh
KARACHI - PML-N Sindh Chapter has failed to nominate permanent party president in the province to organise the party in the rural ...
Lahore, the next destination for LSA 2008
KARACHI - Culturally rich, the city from where Lollywood springs is the next destination for LUX Style Awards (LSA) 2008, ...
Fishermen not allowed fishing
KARACHI - Local fishermen have been barred from fishing in another jetty in the metropolis. The authorities of Karachi Ports ...
KSE cuts lower lock limit, raises upper lock limit
KARACHI - In a bid to bring the stock market out of current turmoil and to provide breathing space to the brokers and investors, ...
Lahore
Asia Cup puts an end to security apprehensions
LAHORE - By hosting the Asia Cup in three main cities, Pakistan will be showing teams like Australia and England that the country ...
A1GP goes HD
LAHORE - A1GP World Cup of Motorsport enters a new era as the 2008/09 season approaches, moving to the forefront of technology by ...
Nawaz's disqualification triggers strong protest
LAHORE-The Lahore High Court decision barring PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to contest election for a National Assembly seat, ...
PBC demands judges' restoration through executive order
LAHORE - The Pakistan Bar Council has rejected the amendments relating to the judiciary in the Constitutional package and called ...
'Commando' lacks courage to address Parliament, says Tarar
LAHORE - Former president of Pakistan Muhammad Rafiq Tarar has said the president must not be a part of the Parliament. He ...
CDG decides to confiscate adulterated milk
LAHORE - The city district government has decided to confiscate adulterated milk in its new campaign starting from today ...
Concerned businessmen set to convene convention
LAHORE - Taking serious notice of the current economic scenario in Pakistan, the leading businessmen of the country have decided ...
PU to highlight creation and develop creative skills
LAHORE - The Punjab University Research Art Forum (PURAF), art gallery was inaugurated here at the PU College of Art & Design ...
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