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 27, 2009
Front Page
Nawaz Sharif gets another reprieve
RAWALPINDI - A divisional bench of Lahore High Court here Friday set aside the conviction of former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif in the Helicopter Reference Case. In its brief verdict, the bench comprising Justice Tariq Shamim and Justice Malik Saeed Ijaz also accepted an application of PML-N ...
Terror spreads its tentacles to AJK
MIRPUR (AJK) -Two soldiers were killed while three others sustained injuries in the first suicide attack in Pakistan Occupied ...
World mourns King of Pop death
NEW YORK - One day after Michael Jacksons death in Los Angeles that sent shock waves around the world, an autopsy was conducted ...
International
Judiciary should punish rioters: Iranian cleric
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - An Iranian cleric on Friday called for the execution of rioters, in a sign of the authorities ...
Mideast quartet, G8 call on Israel to freeze settlements
TRIESTE, Italy, (AFP/Reuters) - Pressure grew on Israel Friday to take concrete steps for peace as both the diplomatic quartet ...
13 killed in Baghdad market bombing
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least 13 people at a Baghdad market selling motorbikes and furniture on Friday, the latest ...
Russia says US-led forces should stem Afghan heroin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian drugs official said on Friday Moscow should stop the transport of cargo across its territory to ...
US House climate change bill clears key hurdle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A controversial climate change bill sought by President Barack Obama advanced in the US House of ...
Events will affect direct talks with Tehran: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Friday direct dialogue with Tehran would be affected by events in Iran amid a ...
US denied Iran official visa for UN meeting
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tehrans UN envoy on Friday accused the US of denying Irans first vice-president and members of his ...
Canada puts up cash to prevent nukes proliferation
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada announced Friday it would put up $180 million to help prevent terrorists from obtaining nuclear weapons, ...
UN mission back in Gaza to probe violations
GAZA CITY (AFP) - A UN human rights mission arrived on Friday in the Gaza Strip on the second visit this month to investigate ...
Turkish PM seeks to revitalise EU membership bid
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Turkeys prime minister sought Friday to revitalise its EU membership bid, bogged down amid opposition from ...
Pakistan to play Australia series in England in 2010
LONDON (AFP) - England will host two Test matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in 2010, the ...
ICC promises support despite World Cup snub
LONDON (AFP) - International cricket's leading administrator insisted Thursday he was doing all he could to support Pakistan ...
Pakistan set to face tough challenge
LONDON (APP) - Pakistan face tough challenge in the next month's World Junior Squash Championships in the southern Indian port ...
Federer sets up Wimbledon clash with Soderling
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer set up a Wimbledon last 16 clash with Robin Soderling on Friday, the man he beat to win the French ...
Business
Call for greater UN role in global efforts to tackle financial crisis
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan, which like any other country feels the ripple effect of the current global financial turmoil, has ...
Govt, ADB ink pact for $500 million loan
ISLAMABAD - The government on Friday signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to get a programme loan to the tune ...
Aptma rejects budget; demands withdrawal of power tariff increase
LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman Tariq Mehmood has urged the government to withdraw the proposed ...
Millions of dollars projects put on back burner
KARACHI - Various projects worth millions of dollars in Balochistan, NWFP and partly in Sindh have been found stagnant due to ...
No loadshedding after December 31
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday said two Independent Power Producers with a combine ...
SBP amends LTFF for plant, machinery
KARACHI - SBP has made amendments to Long-Term Financing Facility (LTFF) scheme for plant and machinery and equipment. According ...
State-run funds support keeps KSE in green zone
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange continued the upward movement on Friday and the KSE-100 index gained another 34 points to ...
Economy facing major problem of resource mobilisation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Friday that economy was facing a major problem of ...
Conditions for wheat products export announced
ISLAMABAD - The government has announced the procedures and conditions, required for the export of wheat products, with ...
CROs to remain open today
ISLAMABAD - To facilitate the corporate sector, the Company Registration Offices (CROs) of Securities and Exchange Commission of ...
Trade in services under Safta to double intra-regional trade in SAsia
KARACHI - Inclusion of services under SAFTA will help foster the economic integration process in South Asia and may double the ...
Politics
Water-sharing as per 1991 accord: Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the issue of water distribution to the provinces would be ...
Ground assault to follow precision strikes
ISLAMABAD-In a bid to neutralize the combating ability of Baitullah Mehsud led Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan army is ...
Pak stars shocked
Islamabad- The showbiz world is shocked and depressed on the sad demise of Michael Jackson, a legend to live in the music ...
1958-2009
The sudden death of Michael Jackson popularly known as the King of Pop has saddened million of his admirers. His death was ...
Decision to boost democratic process: President, PM
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have welcomed the court decision of ...
Four killed as troops convoy bombed in NW
PESHAWAR - At least four persons, including three personnel of the security forces, were killed and 21 others injured on Friday ...
Secys to hold talks at neutral venue
ISLAMABAD - After hectic diplomatic efforts, Pakistan and India have agreed on the neutral venue of crucial foreign secretaries ...
Blast won't distract operation: FM
TRIESTE (Reuters) - An unprecedented suicide bombing in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Friday will not distract security forces ...
Pak, Indian FMs take up anti-terror fight
TRIESTE, Italy, (Reuters/Online) - The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met in Italy on the sidelines of the G8 foreign ...
Verdict exposes 'dictator formula', says Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that real politicians cannot be kept away from the political arena by registering fake ...
Musharraf says Nawaz lying about Kargil
FORMER President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said all matters regarding resolution of the Kashmir dispute were settled at the Agra ...
Contemporary Pakistani art on display in New York
NEW YORK - An exhibition of Pakistani contemporary art opened at a New York gallery on Thursday in the presence of a large number ...
Aafia back in NY after psychological evaluation
NEW YORK - Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with an attempt to kill American soldiers and FBI agents in ...
UN agency refutes Pak media claims of IDPs' large-scale return
UNITED NATIONS - Despite local media reports of widespread returns of some of the 2 million people uprooted by the anti-Taliban ...
Pakistan warns US against drone strikes
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday again made it clear to United States to stop drone attacks on ...
'Surrender or face extermination'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani called on President Asif Ali Zardari in the Presidency on Friday. Matters ...
Strike paralyses life across Balochistan
QUETTA - A wheel-jam and shutterdown strike disturbed the normal life in different towns of Balochistan on Friday. The strike ...
IHK shuts over arrests and rape
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Police in Occupied Kashmir fired live rounds and teargas Friday at hundreds of demonstrators protesting over ...
Girls school blown up
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Militants bombed a girls primary school on the outskirts of Peshawar on Friday, the latest in a series of such ...
US, India discuss AfPak situation
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A top aide of US President Barack Obama held talks with Indian leaders Friday on Washingtons revamped security ...
Globalisation favourable to Pakistanis: survey
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Majority of Pakistanis (35%) have favourable views about globalisation, a sizeable percentage think it is ...
Magsi sees foreign hand in violence
QUETTA - Governor Balochistan Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has categorically stated that no military operation was going on in any ...
Speaker urged to call AQ Khan in NA
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Friday asked the Speaker National Assembly to give ruling for calling Dr Abdul Qadir ...
Indian forces get chilli bombs to control crowd
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian soldiers will hurl hand grenades containing red chilli powder to dispel rioters instead of the ...
Bomb attacks kill 4 Afghan civilians
KABUL (AFP) - Two bomb blasts on Friday killed four Afghan civilians, one of whom worked for the US military as an interpreter, ...
Entertainment
Tears, tributes for King of Pop Michael Jackson
LONDON (AFP) - Fans around the world grieved for Michael Jackson while his star friends in Hollywood and music declared ...
Jacko's life in the limelight aged 5 to 50
FROM a successful child star to the biggest performer on the planet, Michael Jacksons entire life has been played out under the ...
Fans stunned by pop star's death
NEW YORK (AFP) - Their idol is dead, but for Michael Jacksons fans, the King of Pop is a legend that will live on forever. With ...
What now for Jackson's three children?
THE death of Michael Jackson is likely to spark a massive legal battle over how much of his fortune - what is left of it - goes ...
No more musicals for Hudgens
VANESSA Hudgens doesnt want to appear in any more musicals. The 'High School Musical star wants to stop singing for a while to ...
Albums
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Michael Jackson, the king of pop who began his career as part of the Jackson 5, recorded nine solo albums ...
Islamabad
Tanvir vows to make comeback
ISLAMABAD - Test cricketer Sohail Tenvir disclosed Friday that he would join the National Cricket Academy from June 30 to ...
'No room for corporal punishment at schools'
ISLAMABAD - Plan Internationals global advocacy campaign titled Learn without Fear was launched on Friday with the objective to ...
ANF sets 38,000kg drugs on fire
RAWALPINDI - To mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and its illicit trafficking, Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Rawalpindi ...
47 police beats to cut crime
ISLAMABAD - Senior Superintendent Police Tahir Alam Khan Friday said that 47 beats had been created to prevent crime and ...
'New water reservoirs to avoid looming water crisis'
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Pakistan is fast moving from being a water stressed country to a water scarce country which could put heavy ...
CDA PR Department turns into print, electronic branches
ISLAMABAD (Online)- The Capital Development Authority has divided its public relations department into two branches electronic ...
Thousands may miss Haj this year
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Thousands of intending pilgrims from all over the country are likely to miss the forthcoming Haj as only urgent ...
Karachi
Give same support for Sri Lankan series
KARACHI - Pakistan skipper Younus Khan stated the obvious when he told an impromptu media briefing here Friday that coming Sri ...
PCB to fight for World Cup hosting rights
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan vowed Friday to fight for the right to co-host World Cup 2011 matches after the country was stripped of ...
Pakistan cricketers to donate in Swat IDPs fund
KARACHI - Pakistan cricket team captain Younus Khan has announced that the member's of his team that won the Twenty20 World Cup ...
Lawmakers for reviewing expenditures every 3 months
KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly lawmakers have stressed the formation of an MPAs committee to review the budget expenditures of the ...
Coastal goths vulnerable to tsunami threats
KARACHI - Despite the current threats of Tsunami at the coastal belt of the metropolitan, no initiative has been taken to provide ...
PA okays Rs55.85 billion supplementary expenditure
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly has approved demands of grants for supplementary expenditure worth Rs55.85 billion for the year 2008-09 ...
Rs52 billion CDGK surplus budget unveiled
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Friday presented the City District Government Karachi (CDGK) budget for the year 2009-10 in ...
5,000 haris to get land during 2009-10: Qaim
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has said that current provincial budget 2009-10 was pro poor and development ...
Thrill gone, 'Thriller' remains as Pop King dead
KARACHI - The 'King of Pop, Michael Jackson who revolutionised music and gave numerous hits to the world, has died of cardiac ...
Lahore
Punjab to get due share of water, says Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has assured him that the province ...
PA turns noisy for transfer of DPO
LAHORE - Majority of the Treasury members of the Punjab Assembly on Friday demanded transfer and suspension of District Police ...
Mian Tufail Muhammad laid to rest
LAHORE (APP) - Former Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI), Mian Tufail Muhammad was laid to rest, here in Karim Block, Iqbal ...
Unification Bloc claims to be 'true PML'
LAHORE - Members of PML-Q Unification Bloc said on Friday that they were the true Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in the Parliament. ...
PA passes budget
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Friday passed Rs 489 billion provincial budget for the year 2009-10 after the passage of the ...
Repeated renovations raise many questions
LAHORE - Substandard material in the name of real red sandstone used in the restoration work of the Badshahi Mosques floor has ...
Raja promises to 'restore' Punjab's water by Tuesday
LAHORE - Despite assurances by Senior Minister and Chief Ministers Senior Advisor, the Opposition benches remained dissatisfied ...
Apex court shocked over conduct of judicial officer
LAHORE - The Supreme Court of Pakistan hearing a human rights application felt shock at the conduct shown by a judicial officer ...
Beating Netherlands gave us turbo boost
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket team captain Younus Khan has said that the team's victory in T20 World Cup was the result of prayers ...
Final win a big boost for cricket in Pakistan
LAHORE - Pakistan opening batsman Salman Butt believes that the victory of Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 2009 in England ...
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