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 28, 2008
Front Page
Taliban threaten to scrap peace deals
EMBOLDENED Taliban warned on Friday that if the government further expanded the operation being carried out against them in Tank and Nowshehra, they would scrap all peace deals and would resume armed activities against security forces, reports a private TV channel. Taliban spokesman Maulvi Umar ...
Lal Masjid strategy was flawed
Former FM Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has confessed that the issue of deposed CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was a mistake on the part ...
UN for swift solution of judicial crisis
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government had taken several legislative and administrative ...
International
US Senate okays Iraq, Afghanistan war funding
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a much-disputed bill alloting 162 billion dollars for the ...
G8 foreign ministers fire warning on Zimbabwe
KYOTO, Japan (AFP) - Group of Eight foreign ministers warned Friday that they would not recognise Zimbabwe President Robert ...
UN chief urges rich nations to act on global crises
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on developed countries to take concrete measures to tackle ...
Thai PM survives no-confidence vote
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej survived a no-confidence vote on Friday, mustering enough votes in ...
US team in India to hunt for WWII 'Hump' missing
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A US defence department team has arrived in India to prepare a search for the remains of hundreds of American ...
G8 calls for halt to violence in Middle East
KYOTO, Japan (AFP) - The Group of Eight powers called Friday on all sides to avoid undermining Middle East peace talks, and ...
Medvedev urges fresh start with EU
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for a fresh start in relations with the European Union ...
New cholera outbreaks in Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam is experiencing new outbreaks of cholera, the health ministry said Friday, despite efforts since last year ...
Hamas slams Gaza rocket attack
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel kept commercial goods crossings into the Gaza Strip closed Friday after a Palestinian rocket attack the ...
30 Tiger rebels killed in heavy fighting
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh ground battles, the defence ministry ...
Momentum is with India
With the round robin stage over, and predictably the four Test-playing nations remaining to square it out between themselves, the ...
Sharapova, Roddick crash
LONDON (AFP) - Golden girl Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick, the all-American poster boy of men's tennis, suffered their worst ...
Business
Stocks down with lowest turnover of the year
LAHORE - The bulls on the last trading day of the week lost their grip bears owing to the rumours that upper and lower circuit ...
Global stocks slide as oil prices rocket to records
LONDON (AFP) - European stocks mostly fell on Friday as oil prices shot to record levels, but losses were less than falls on ...
Prices for lowest-income group up by 29.7 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The prices of essential items for the lowest-income group rose by 29.7 per cent in the week ended on Thursday. The ...
Food commodities import reaches Rs250b
KARACHI - An increase of about Rs 90 billion has been observed in terms of import of food commodities in the current fiscal. The ...
Better trade to improve Punjab's global ranking
LAHORE - A World Bank Exploratory Mission has said that removal of impediments in creating an enabling business environment in ...
Oil prices top 142 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices struck record highs above 142 dollars on Friday as the US currency weakened and stock markets tumbled ...
Formula to control Mealy bug discovered
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Agriculture scientists in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) have invented a formula to ...
TheNation Editor appreciates Indus Motor Company efforts
KARACHI - Indus Motor Company has organised Pakistan's first National Auto Journalists Awards on Friday at a local hotel. ...
Stock market trends and implications
It is not unusual for our authorities to wake-up late to evolving challenges owing to developments either in domestic markets or ...
Gold exploration project to transform Balochistan: PM
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday said the mega project for the exploration of gold, copper and ...
Politics
Army to abide by govt decision: Kayani
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Friday reiterated its resolve to fight the scourge of terrorism and extremism that had spilled into ...
DAG given two weeks to submit report
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - The Islamabad High Court here Friday directed the Deputy Attorney General to submit a report over Dr AQ ...
Nawaz to keep pushing for deposed judges
CHARSADDA (Agencies) - Former premier Nawaz Sharif pledged Friday after his party won the most seats in by-elections that he ...
US Senate okays $150m aid to Pakistan
US Senate has approved $150 million economic aid bill for Pakistan. The House of Representatives have already passed the bill, ...
Pepco refuses to give timeframe
LAHORE - Debunking the claims made by minister of water and power about effecting decrease in the loadshedding, the member Water ...
G8 ministers for support to Pakistan anti-terror plan
KYOTO (Agencies) - The G8 called for support to Pakistan to develop an "effective counter-terrorism strategy" and to strengthen ...
Boucher coming with 'important message'
ISLAMABAD - The US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher arrives here on Monday (June 30) on an important visit during ...
Senior Minister slot may go to Qasim Zia
LAHORE - Following victory of senior PPP leader, Qasim Zia in by-election, the important portfolio of Senior Minister, currently ...
Biden urges Pakistanis to have faith in democracy
WASHINGTON - Stating that democracy was at work in Pakistan, a key US lawmaker on Thursday expressed the hope that the ...
Pakistani lawyers' case for judges' restoration not closed: Ahsan
WASHINGTON - The president of Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan, said Thursday that the lawyers community ...
Entertainment
Bill Gates steps aside
BILL Gates will ease into retirement today by stepping back from his full-time role as chairman of Microsoft, two years after he ...
Madonna divorce?
MADONNA is seeking legal advice to end her marriage of seven years to film director Guy Ritchie, according to the Times of ...
30 false killer whales beached in Thailand
THIRTY false killer whales swam ashore on a beach near the Thai resort isle of Phuket, but local residents and hotel staff saved ...
Paris turns hospital room into a Hilton
PARIS Hilton is building on her famous name. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles announced Thursday that the hotel heiress has made ...
Salma's multi-million dollar wedding plans
IT pays to marry richliterally Salma Hayek and her 46-year old billionaire fiancT Francois-Henri Pinault are reportedly planning ...
Waterfalls that are making a splash in Manhattan
WATER cascades from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York as a spectacular piece of public art is unveiled. The waterfall pouring ...
Islamabad
CDA announces Rs 25.9b tax-free surplus budget
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Friday announced annual surplus budget for the next financial year (2008-09) ...
Protest rally for release of Maulana Abdul Aziz
ISLAMABAD - Students of the Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Faridia staged a protest demonstration in front of Lal Masjid here on Friday ...
Sadiqabad roads, bazaars in grip of encroachers
RAWALPINDI - The roads and bazaars of Sadiqabad, despite of launching anti-encroachment campaign by TMA this month, are in grip ...
Edhi sets up charity collection camp
ISLAMABAD - Prominent social worker and founder of Edhi Foundation Abdul Sattar Edhi Friday set up the charity collection camp ...
AAUR students seek summer semester restoration
RAWALPINDI - The students of Arid Agriculture University (AAUR) under the umbrella of Barani Mutahida Talaba Muhaz staged a ...
Awareness about ozone friendly equipment stressed
ISLAMABAD - Director General of National Institute of Science and Technical Education (NISTE) Syed Shahid Mukhtar Shah Friday ...
National
Player to Watch: Virender Sehwag
The dasher from Delhi India v Bangladesh, Karachi With 78 off 44 balls against Hong Kong and a thumping 119 off 95 against ...
Karachi
Allied forces respect Pak borders: ISAF
ISLAMABAD - Commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan General David McKiernan Friday said that ...
Monsoon rains pose threat to coastal belt
KARACHI - The speakers in the consultative meeting, held on the disaster risk tackling strategies, have warned that the 1,050 ...
Public varsities forced to borrow loans
KARACHI - Wrong policies of the present government have forced the public universities in the country to borrow loans from ...
KWSB declares Rs 15.717b budget
KARACHI - The governing body of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on Friday, approved the board's budget worth Rs 15.717 ...
Sindh Assembly okays Rs246.5b demands for grants
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Friday approved demands for grants worth Rs246.557 billion for year 2008-09, with opposition playing ...
Rs 7.5m for repairing of damaged trains
KARACHI - Pakistan Railway is likely to start renovation work in Karachi and Sukkur divisions from next month. The federal ...
18 criminals rounded up
Karachi (PPI) - Capital City Police Officer Karachi said that Karachi police arrested 18 accused and recovered weapons and drugs ...
Sehwag run riot routs Pakistan
KARACHI (AFP) - Virendar Sehwag punished Pakistan's bowling with an aggressive hundred to lead India to a comfortable six-wicket ...
Gul ruled out
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's Asia Cup campaign suffered a crucial blow after frontline paceman Umar Gul was ruled out of the rest ...
Procter defends 'fantastic' Pakistan security
KARACHI (AFP) - Former South African all-rounder Mike Procter said Friday he saw no reason why Pakistan cannot host the Champions ...
Malik, Gul receive Castrol Awards
KARACHI (PPI) - Karachi hosted the first ever Asian Cricket Awards instituted by Castrol to honor and recognize the best of Asian ...
India, Sri Lanka on course for Asia Cup
KARACHI (AFP) - Titleholders Sri Lanka and India enter the Asia Cup Super League matches starting here on Saturday in fine form ...
Lahore
Sri Lanka post a big win over UAE
LAHORE - Late recovery by Sri Lanka helped Mahela Jayawardene's side post a big 142 runs win over fighting United Arab Emirates ...
Majid Khan wants audit of PCB
LAHORE - Former Pakistan Captain Majid Khan has demanded of the Pakistan Cricket Board audit through Public Accounts Committee, ...
Rs 13.881 billion LDA budget finalised
LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority and its two allied agencies WASA and TEPA have finalised their budgets amounting to Rs ...
Lawyers observe 'Black Day'
LAHORE - The lawyers on Friday observed "Black Day" in connection with their ongoing movement aimed at the restoration of deposed ...
Lawyers disown 'constitutional package' by deposed judge
LAHORE - Lawyers leaders have disowned the 'constitutional package' prepared by deposed judge of the Lahore High Court, Asif ...
Plea against LHC verdict moved in SC
LAHORE- A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court of Pakistan praying for a declaration against the full bench, which ...
PA wants accountability of previous rulers
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Friday, in the absence of the Opposition, blasted the previous government for reckless and ...
'Rumours being spread to pave way for military action'
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has warned that spreading rumors about Taliban occupying Peshawar were aimed at ...
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