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 Friday, June 26, 2009
Front Page
US to help settle Kashmir dispute
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday while asking for drone technology and halt to direct attacks on Pakistans soil pressed the US to play its due role in resolving the core issues of Kashmir and water between India and Pakistan for the sake of peace in the region. President Zardari and ...
Furore in PA over water share cut
LAHORE - The reported curtailment of Punjab share of water and giving it to Sindh province sparked strong reaction in Punjab ...
Kayani vows to reassert control in Fata
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Army Chief on Thursday vowed to reassert government control in the lawless tribal belt. The army is wrapping up ...
International
Ahmadinejad tells Obama to stop meddling in Iran
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned his US counterpart Barack Obama on Thursday to stop meddling in ...
UN chief discusses situation with Ebadi
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his talks with Iranian dissident and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, has voiced ...
White House cancels July 4 invitation to Iran
WASHINGTON - In a reversal of its decision to invite Iranian diplomats to July 4th American Independence Day celebrations, the ...
Obama sticks to plan for troops pullout from Iraq
WASHINGTON - Despite recent violence in Iraq, the White House said Wednesday it has no second thoughts about pulling US troops ...
World's rich lost 20pc of wealth in 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worlds rich lost a fifth of their wealth in 2008 and the number of people with fortunes of more than $1 ...
More bombs kill 13
BAGHDAD (Reuters/AFP) - Bombs killed five Iraqi policemen and at least two civilians on Thursday, police said, and the vice ...
Poor Afghan security risks election fraud, says ICG
KABUL (Reuters) - Poor security in the east and south and a failure to capitalise on gains made after a 2004 poll will make it ...
US says it's 'impartial' in presidential poll
WASHINGTON - As President Hamid Karzai is seeking another term in office, the Obama administration says it is impartial in the ...
Briton accuses MI5 of torture in Bangladesh
LONDON (AFP) - A Briton who claims to have been tortured in Bangladesh with the complicity of MI5 agents said Thursday he was ...
Israel to limit incursions in four West Bank cities
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it would curtail its military activities in four West Bank cities to help a ...
Hezbollah ally speaker re-elected
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanons parliament on Thursday elected Nabih Berri as speaker for the coming four years, extending his ...
NKorea warns of nuclear war
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea warned Thursday that dark clouds of nuclear war are gathering over the peninsula and vowed to ...
Woman jumps to death from Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AFP) - A young woman committed suicide by throwing herself from half way up the Eiffel Tower Thursday, crashing onto a ...
British Muslims split over Taliban fight
A survey of British Muslim opinion for the BBC has revealed significant divisions over the conflict with the Taliban in Pakistan ...
Aisam laments loss of home ties
LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistan's leading player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi loves competing in the Davis Cup in front of his home ...
Hewitt turns back clock, Venus, Safina turn screws
LONDON (AFP) - China's Peng Shuai was narrowly beaten by Polish number 11 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in a thrilling second round ...
Lee still feels the need for speed
HOVE (England) (AFP) - Australia fast bowler Brett Lee insists there is still time for him to become even quicker as he bids to ...
ICC okays umpire referral system
LONDON (AFP) - Players will be able to challenge officials' decisions in Tests as a matter of course from October onwards, the ...
India seek redemption in one-day series
KINGSTON, June 25, 2009 (AFP) - India start their campaign on Friday to put the bad memory of their failure in the World ...
US shock Spain to reach final
BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa) (AFP) - The United States stunned Spain 2-0 on Wednesday to book a place in the Confederations Cup ...
Business
World response needed to combat economic crisis
UNITED NATIONS - Global response and policy coordination are needed to combat the current economic crisis and the United Nations ...
UN conference focuses on global financial-economic crisis
UNITED NATIONS - Representatives of developing countries pleaded for economic help at Wednesday's opening of the UN Conference on ...
CDA 'commits gross irregularities' in bidding
LAHORE - The Cholistan Development Authority (CDA) has committed gross irregularities in the whole process of tendering of ...
Depts performance to be audited on quarterly basis
LAHORE - Punjab Minister for Finance Tanveer Ashraf Kaira said Wednesday that the Punjab Finance Department would review and ...
Banks are past worst of securities crisis, says S&P
NEW YORK (AFP) - Global banks are past the worst of their crisis over their securities activities, a top rating agency said ...
Allied Bank long-term rating maintained
KARACHI - The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has maintained the long-term rating of AA (Double A) and the short-term ...
Pakistan part of emerging markets in dairy sector
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan is part of the emerging markets which are leading the growth in global dairy industry, accounting for ...
President's intervention termed unwarranted
LAHORE - Farmers representatives and water experts on Thursday disclosed that there would be no water for Rabi crops for Punjab ...
SECP facilitates merger of open end mutual funds
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has facilitated the mutual funds industry by prescribing a ...
Mergers, acquisitions rising
KARACHI - After a pause, the recent announcement by Pioneer Cement (PIOC) seems to suggest a rising trend of Merger and ...
Leather products, sports goods export plummet
KARACHI - The exports of leather products and sports goods slumped 27 per cent due to the governments cold shoulder response ...
Fresh funds inflow jacks up KSE by 103 points
KARACHI- Renewed interest of foreign traders in the local bourse allowed the KSE-100 index to gain 103 points to close at ...
Politics
'Distribution not at any province expense'
ISLAMABAD - Presidency has clarified reports in a section of press that the President in a meeting at Karachi on Wednesday ...
'US attacks matter of concern'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said it had not received a formal request from Interpol or India to hand over 22 suspects in ...
NA approves Rs2.9tr budget
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Rs 2.9 trillion federal budget for the year 2009-10 after the passage of ...
Obama clears way for $1.4b Pak assistance
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a $106 billion measure to keep the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ...
Mian Tufail passes away
LAHORE - Former Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Mian Tufail Mohammad passed away on Thursday at Sheikh Zayed Hospital after a protracted ...
Rabbani made convenor of reforms body
ISLAMABAD - A 27-member Special Committee of the Parliament on Constitutional Reforms to repeal the 17th amendment and 58 (2b) ...
Aafia Siddiqui prosecutors, her lawyers meet today
NEW YORK - Prosecutors and defence lawyers for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with trying to kill American ...
US Senate votes to triple aid package
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted Wednesday to triple nonmilitary aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion a year for each of the next five ...
Peace with Pakistan can't be one-way traffic: India
MAKING it clear that peace with Pakistan cannot be a 'one-way traffic, Indian Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday said strong ...
500 fishermen go missing, says PFF
KARACHI - Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Thursday claimed that around 500 fishermen had gone missing in the sea. Talking to ...
ICC rules out UAE as World Cup venue
LONDON (AFP) - Matches in the 2011 World Cup due to be staged in Pakistan will not take place in the United Arab Emirates, ...
US, Pakistan should discuss attacks, says UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Commenting on the situation in the border regions of Pakistan, Britains foreign secretary David Miliband said ...
Militants blow up SW girls school
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Militants blew up a girls school in South Waziristan where a full-scale army offensive is expected against ...
Balochistan Assembly passes budget
QUETTA - Balochistan Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved provincial budget for next fiscal year 2009-10. Assembly session ...
French politician calls for probe
PARIS (AFP) - French opposition leaders called Thursday for a parliamentary inquiry into the 2002 killing of 11 French engineers ...
Entertainment
Fox suffers 'anxiety attacks' when she looks at herself
Megan Fox suffers anxiety attacks when she looks at herself. The 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen actress - who is considered ...
Housewife discovers 250,000 gold treasure after seven years of hunting
AFTER seven years of combing fields and beaches with a metal detector, the only thing housewife Mary Hannaby had to show for her ...
Oscars expand best film category
THE best picture shortlist at the 2010 Oscars will be 10 films instead of the customary five, it has been announced. Official ...
Meyers arrested after attack at Paris airport
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, the star of The Tudors, has been arrested after allegedly attacking a number of staff at a Paris Airport ...
World's highest earning musician
WE dont call her the 'Material Girl for nothing Madonna has just been named the Worlds Highest Earning Musician, beating out ...
Longer life linked to Mediterranean diet
SOME food groups in the Mediterranean diet are more important than others in promoting health and longer life according to new ...
Islamabad
Contaminated water being supplied to IDPs
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA)s water sampling tests have revealed that most of the Internally ...
Denial of school headship to blind teacher annoys CJ
ISLAMABAD-Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday expressed his displeasure over the denial of the post of headmaster ...
FIR registered against Polyclinic doctors
ISLAMABAD-The relatives of the patient who died a day earlier (Wednesday) at the Polyclinic due to erroneous transfusion of blood ...
Bari Imam shrine closed for indefinite period
ISLAMABAD-Bari Imam Shrine has been closed as capital administration received serious threats to blow up the Shrine. The shrine ...
Kazmi commends Saudi Haj arrangements
ISLAMABAD-Acting Ambassador of Kingdom Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Abdur Rehman Al-Bidawi called on Federal Minister for Religious ...
4 injured as fire engulfs shops at shopping plaza
RAWALPINDI - Fire erupted at a stationery shop located in the Shanghai Plaza Thursday morning, injuring four people causing loss ...
President hails 'young brave warriors of unity'
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Zardari on Thursday said with hard work and dedication the Pakistani youth can surmount any challenge ...
Victory is best answer to critics: PM
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Hailing the national cricket team, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the 160 million Pakistanis ...
Karachi
Woolmer's son welcomes Pakistan tribute
KARACHI (AFP) - The son of former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said Thursday captain Younus Khan's decision to dedicate the World ...
Govt to spread Sufis' peace message
KARACHI - Sindh Government will spread the Sufi poets peace message worldwide by translating the same into English, French and ...
Lecturers concerned over 'misuse of funds'
KARACHI - Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has expressed serious concern over the misuse of funds under the ...
Food minister against construction of canal in his area
KARACHI - Sindh Food Minister Nadir Ali Khan Magsi has exhorted the people of his constituency to publicly raise their voice ...
'695 police torture cases reported in six months'
KARACHI - As many as 10,421 cases of police tortures have been reported during the last 10 years, revealed the report issued by ...
Officials accused of patronising bootleggers
KARACHI - Bootleggers in connivance with Excise and Taxation Department (ETD) officials are running their notorious business ...
KESC ready to face 'monsoon challenges'
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has made all arrangements to combat the upcoming challenge of rain-related ...
Lahore
Three family members stabbed to death
LAHORE - A mother along with her son and a niece were found strangulated from a rented house in Hanjarwal police limits early on ...
332 generators required for tubewells in City
LAHORE - There is in dire need of installation of 332 generators at entire City tubewells to put an end the shortage of water ...
Protests against power outages continue
LAHORE - The loadshedding-hit consumers of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Thursday continued their protest against ...
Registration of case against girl's husband, uncle ordered
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Thursday summoned District Police Officer Faisalabad after it was transpired during the hearing of ...
PA approves Rs489b grants
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Thursday completed the process of giving its assent to grants for demands for various provincial ...
Govt appoints AGP as per Nov 3 PCO
LAHORE - By appointing Advocate General Punjab (AGP) according to the November 3 Provisional Constitutional Order of Pervez ...
Aisam, Amritraj launch campaign in style
LAHORE - Partnered by India's Prakash Amritraj, son of India's famed player and now commentator Vijay Amritraj, Aisam ul Haq ...
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