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 Thursday, June 26, 2008
Front Page
COAS has final say on military action
ISLAMABAD - The political and military elite of the country gathered here under the head of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the progress made on the war on terror in the backdrop of the recent surge in the violence in the Tribal Areas and to plug the loopholes creating hurdles in ...
Musharraf liquidated Islamabad farmland
ISLAMABAD- Transparency International Global Corruption (TIGC) Report 2008 Wednesday revealed that President Pervez Musharraf has ...
Taliban to resume talks with govt
Taliban have decided to revive contacts with the government by resuming peace talks. Talking to the BBC Wednesday, ...
Two dead as riots escalate in Held Kashmir
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Two people were killed and 75 wounded in Occupied Kashmir Wednesday as police fought running battles with ...
International
Israel shuts Gaza border crossings after attacks
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel shut down border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Palestinian rocket attacks tested a ...
Asian cities battling against urbanisation
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Asian cities need help to cope with an unprecedented period of urbanisation, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...
Zimbabwe Opp calls for peacekeepers to end crisis
HARARE (AFP) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called Wednesday for peacekeepers to be sent to Zimbabwe as President Robert ...
Indian coalition fails to break impasse
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Crisis talks between India's ruling Congress party and its left-wing allies ended Wednesday without them ...
Mandela charms Queen
LONDON (AFP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela charmed Queen Elizabeth II as she welcomed him to Buckingham Palace ...
Fine of 5,000 if immigration rules broken: Britain
LONDON - The British Home Office on Wednesday moved to clamp down on family visits to Britain from overseas, while making it ...
Israeli PM cuts deal to stay in power
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert averted a major crisis on Wednesday, reaching agreement with his ...
Hillary Clinton not to seek VP post
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has ruled out the possibility that she would ...
US Supreme Court rejects death penalty for child rape
WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, on Wednesday that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is ...
W.H.O. issues a checklist to make operations safer
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. World Health Organization issued its first guidelines on Tuesday aimed at reducing complications and ...
Russia just keep getting better
THE SECOND semi-final of the Euro Cup will be played between Russia and Spain at Ernst Happel, Vienna on Thursday (June 26). This ...
CDA approves NIDM establishment
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Wednesday approved establishment of National Institute of Disaster Management ...
Business
Stock market grabs another 307 points
LAHORE - Bullish wave triggered due to stability measures continued on Wednesday and the KSE 100-index ended the day trading at ...
Sindh faces 0.85m tons wheat shortfall
KARACHI - The Sindh government has estimated 0.85 million tons shortfall of wheat in current season and demanded a similar ...
PSO, Shell to benefit most
KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil and Shell will be major beneficiaries of the expected price-hike in the retail diesel prices which ...
New formula for GST collection on power bills
LAHORE - The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has finalised a new formula for General Sales Tax (GST) collection on ...
Oil slides on surprise US inventory data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dived on Wednesday after official data revealed an unexpected rise for crude stockpiles in the United ...
A momentary boom at stock market
KARACHI - The current bullish spell at stock market is being seen as a momentary boom and temporary support for the market that ...
ECB dampens speculation about multiple rate hikes
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet distanced himself Wednesday from suggestions of a series of ...
WTO set to call meeting to broker Doha deal on July 21
GENEVA (AFP) - World Trade Organization head Pascal Lamy is to invite ministers from 30 leading countries to a meeting here on ...
Asian stocks mixed as Fed decision looms, traders bargain hunt
HONG KONG/LONDON (AFP) - Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as dealers awaited an important interest rate announcement from the ...
Barclays announces $8.85b share issue
LONDON (Agencies) Barclays PLC hopes to raise $8.85 billion through a share issue that will draw in new investment from the ...
Politics
5 girls schools set ablaze in Swat
SWAT - Unknown militants set on fire five girls' schools in different places of Matta, sub-division of Swat, in early hours of ...
US hails Pakistan's anti-terror resolve
WASHINGTON - The United States has welcomed a Pakistan government statement reaffirming, after a top-level meeting on Wednesday, ...
By-elections today
LAHORE - The PML-N is poised to win four national and around nine provincial seats from Punjab, as by-election to five national ...
700 militants held in S Arabia
RIYADH (AFP) - OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia has arrested 701 Islamists in the past six months on suspicion of plotting attacks on ...
Pipeline blown up in Sui
QUETTA - Suspected militants blew up an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline and fired rockets in Sui area of Dera Bugti district in two ...
Afghan unrest claims lives of 22 militants
KABUL (AFP) - US-led air strikes killed 22 armed Taliban militants who attacked two towns in Afghanistan on Wednesday, while two ...
Kabul accuses Pak spy agency of Karzai attack
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's intelligence agency on Wednesday accused its Pakistani counterpart of masterminding an assassination ...
US spy shifted to Mianwali jail
MIANWALI (NNI) - US spy along with his alleged friend was shifted to Central Prison Mianwali from Lahore after necessary ...
Rashid suffers paralysis attack
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Spokesman to President Pervez Musharraf Maj Gen (r) Rashid Qureshi was admitted to Pakistan Institute of ...
Six dead in Kentucky plant shooting
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A man went on shooting rampage at a plastics plant in the state of Kentucky Wednesday, fatally shooting five ...
Sri Lanka rout BD by huge margin
LAHORE (AFP) - Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 131 runs in their Group A match of the Asia Cup at Gaddafi Stadium here on ...
Ton-ups Dhoni, Raina help India thump Hong Kong
KARACHI (AFP) - India beat Hong Kong by 256 runs in their Group B match of the Asia Cup at National Stadium here on Wednesday. ...
Entertainment
Swirling skyscraper
A new type of swirling skyscraper is set to change city skylines forever. An Italian architect has revealed his ambitious plans ...
50-year milestone for Paddington
PADDINGTON Bear fans are to mark the popular character's 50th anniversary with a party in London later. The first story was ...
Britney granted overnights with her boys
BRITNEY has made a subtle change for the better-and, it follows, so too have her custody rights. This morning's court session, ...
Monet painting sets another record
A Monet water-lily paining on Tuesday has fetched a record 41 million pounds, twice as much as the previous record for a Monet ...
Obama pays tribute to Clinton at Hollywood fundraiser
LOS ANGELES (AFP) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama stole the show at a star-studded fundraiser here Tuesday, paying ...
Why does Mars have two faces?
PARIS (AFP) For nearly 30 years, space scientists have wrestled with one of the greatest enigmas in the Solar System: why does ...
Islamabad
Oldies outweigh merit at KU
KARACHI - Despite the availability of nearly 700 teaching faculty members and 300 non-teaching staff, nearly all top positions in ...
District leadership key to purge polio: TAG
ISLAMABAD - International experts, invited to Pakistan by the Federal Health Ministry for technical review and guidance in the ...
Prevention is better than cure
ISLAMABAD - The Met department predictions of more rains in the country bring smiles on the dull faces due to sizzling heat of ...
Collection of FJWU students' artwork displayed
RAWALPINDI - The students have done splendid work using diverse mediums and their work is a portrayal of their creativity and the ...
Integrated research in water sector stressed
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) arranged a seminar titled, "GIS and Remote Sensing Application ...
Two police personnel suspended
RAWALPINDI - Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani Wednesday paid a surprise visit to Westridige Police Station and ...
National
Players to Watch
PAKISTAN V INDIA, KARACHI The rising star of Pakistan cricket, Sohail hit the limelight with his first selection for the ...
Karachi
All-round Tanvir powers Pakistan to massive win
KARACHI (AFP) - All-rounder Sohail Tanveer shone with both bat and ball to steer Pakistan to a 155-run win over Hong Kong in a ...
Raina, Dhoni lead India charge
KARACHI - Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina put the Hing Kong attack to sword in the Group B match of the Asia ...
Wasim blasts Ozs for 'double standards'
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan bowling legend Wasim Akram accused Australia Wednesday of having "double standards" on ...
Cricket fever grips Karachi
KARACHI - There is an excitement in the air on the eve of the crunch India Pakistan match which will be played here at the ...
Corruption in water sector linked with slow progress
KARACHI (NNI) - Transparency International (TI) Global Corruption Report (GCR) 2008 released on Wednesday analyses that ...
CDGK uplift work a grave threat to old buildings
KARACHI - Hundreds of shops near truck-stand at Hawks Bay are facing grave danger due to untimely development work started by the ...
Pakistan being isolated in world: Sheikh Rasheed
KARACHI - The Chief of Awami Muslim League (AML), Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, on Wednesday said Pakistan is being isolated from the ...
Fire erupts in commercial plaza
KARACHI - A fire erupted in a commercial plaza located at M A Jinnah Road within the jurisdiction of Mithadar police station on ...
Lahore
Ashraful steers Bangla to win with captain's knock
LAHORE - Mohammad Ashraful steered Bangladesh to a comfortable win of 96 runs with a captain's knock against Unoited Arab ...
Sangakkara, Sanath punish Bangla attack
LAHORE - Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara clobbered the Bangladesh attack to all corners of the ground to get 357 for nine ...
Aisam-Bopana charge up with upset win in doubles
LAHORE - The duo of Pakistan's most accomplished tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and India's Rohan Bopanna was all charged up ...
WAPDA set to lock horns with Bangladeshi Champion tomorrow
LAHORE - Regar TadAZ will be gunning for revenge when they take on Nepal Police Club, who are second in the section with four ...
Rehabilitation work at Lahore Zoo takes off
LAHORE - After years of delay the Lahore Zoo master plan aiming at rehabilitation and upgradation of existing facilities has ...
Lawyers protest Nawaz Sharif's disqualification
LAHORE - The lawyers Wednesday continued their protest against disqualification of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif as they staged a ...
1998 policy review yet to see light of the day
LAHORE - It is most perturbing to note that there was no education policy as such at all which aimed at setting the goals for ...
US planning major operation in tribal areas, says Imran
LAHORE - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan has alleged that the US was planning a major military operation in tribal areas ...
Nadra issuing CNIC without fee
LAHORE - General Manager NADRA Lahore Col (r) Muhammad Iqbal has announced that Nadra has started issuance of CNIC without any ...
Notions, ideals precious heritage of nation
LAHORE - The Federal Shariat Court Chief Justice (r) Mian Mehboob Ahmad has said that the aim of creating Pakistan was that ...
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