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 Monday, June 30, 2008
Front Page
Troops secure Bara
Blow up militants bases: govt says Peshawar saved from extremists: more troops in Khyber PESHAWAR - Amidst continuing action against militant groups, the security forces on Sunday secured Bara town and some of its surrounding areas in Khyber Agency. According to details, on the ...
Nothing to do with PPP-led coalition: Fahim
HYDERABAD- PPP Vice-Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that he has nothing to do with the affairs of PPP-led coalition ...
Nazims warn against curtailing powers
LAHORE - District Nazims from 21 Punjab districts on Sunday vowed to resist Punjab Government's alleged move to curtail their ...
Forex reserves swell by $1.337b
KARACHI - Pakistan had received 1.337 billion dollars in last few days that have stabilised the fast-depleting overall national ...
International
Amy Winehouse 'lashes out' at fan
AMY Winehouse has returned to the stage at the Glastonbury Festival and appeared to throw a punch at a fan. She lashed out at ...
Mugabe seals 6th term
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a sixth term, just hours after electoral officials said he won a ...
Indian coalition's very survival threatened
NEW DELHI - The impasse over the Indo-US nuclear deal threatened the very survival of the Congress-led coalition, with the ...
British police force accused of blocking audit inquiry
LONDON - The President of the Muslim Police Officers of England and Wales has accused the Metropolitan police of being ...
'No US approval needed' for attack on Iran N-facilities
A former head of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad on Sunday warned that Israel has 12 months to destroy Iran's nuclear ...
Iraq to file lawsuits in US
BAGHDAD - Iraq said on Sunday it plans to file lawsuits against a group of companies and individuals in US courts over ...
Israel okays Hezbollah prisoner deal
THE Israeli government on Sunday approved a deal with Hezbollah to exchange prisoners for two kidnapped Israeli soldiers, a ...
S Arabia to turn Madina into high-tech bastion
MADINA - Saudi Arabia is pouring billions of dollars into Madina, burial place of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the ...
Lanka battle shows no sign of abating
COLOMBO - At least 41 more Tamil Tiger rebels and two government soldiers have been killed in the latest fighting in Sri Lanka's ...
India tour bails out Sri Lankan board
COLOMBO - India's upcoming Test and one-day tour of Sri Lanka has helped the cash-starved local cricket board wipe out its ...
Rafa strikes Spanish blow, Jankovic escapes black mark
LONDON - Rafael Nadal struck a blow for Spain on the eve of the Euro 2008 football final when he beat Germany's Nicolas ...
Wimbledon and Serena greet leopard-skin queen
LONDON - Serena Williams is rarely upstaged in the fashion stakes on a tennis court but the former Wimbledon champion ...
Pacquiao dethrones Diaz to win lightweight belt
LAS VEGAS - Filipino champion Manny Pacquiao added another world title to his growing collection by dethroning David Diaz ...
Philippines toasts Pacquiao on winning fourth weight title
MANILA - President Gloria Arroyo on Sunday hailed Manny Pacquiao as a symbol of Filipino "excellence" after the boxing ...
Politics
Pakistan on verge of Asia Cup exit
KARACHI - Kumar Sangakkara's flawless century was backed up by a disciplined bowling performance as Sri Lanka took a giant stride ...
Aussies chase 224 in third one-dayer against Windies
ST GEORGE'S (Grenada) - Australia are chasing 224 to win the third one-day international against the West Indies here on ...
Taliban scrap all accords with govt
PESHAWAR - Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Sunday scraped all its agreements with the government in protest over operation in ...
Package unlikely to be tabled in July
ISLAMABAD - Though Pakistan People's Party wanted to get out of the quagmire of judges' issue as soon as possible, the chances of ...
Pakistan expels 3 Americans
THE Interior Ministry has ordered eight foreigners, including three US citizens, who are students of a religious seminary to ...
3 gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA - Unknown armed assailants shot dead three persons including a child and injured four others in two separates incidents of ...
Disabled persons quota 'sold'
KARACHI - Disabled candidates, seeking admissions to MBBS classes in Dow Medical College (DMC) and Sindh Medical College (SMC) ...
IHK govt reverses land transfer
SRINAGAR - The government in Occupied Kashmir said on Sunday it would revoke its decision to transfer forestland to a Hindu ...
India, Pakistan mull a corridor to Sikh shrine
A two-km barbed wire corridor is one of the options being considered by the governments of India and Pakistan to enable Sikhs to ...
US gives major boost to covert ops in Iran
NEW YORK - Amid United States' relentless pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, a report in The New Yorker magazine says ...
Enemies cannot harm Pak-Iran ties: Nejad
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Tehran Sunday that the enemies will not be able to harm ties between Iran and Pakistan, ...
Dam construction opposed
ISLAMABAD - Lawmakers in Balochistan Assembly have demanded that the Federal Government must drop plans to build a dam in ...
Nine persons abducted from Hangu
HANGU - As many as nine staff members of Hangu Water Management Department, including a deputy director and an engineer were ...
Eight killed in India bomb blast
NALBARI - At least eight persons, including three women, were killed and 35 others injured in a powerful bomb blast at a ...
Entertainment
Supermodel Ruslana commits suicide
A young woman identified by local media as Ruslana Korshunova, a supermodel born in Kazakhstan, plunged to her death from a ...
A quark star? Super-luminous stellar explosion observed (f29e)
Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that ...
Brangelina twins have been born but in hiding
RUMOURS are rife that American actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt may have already welcomed their much-anticipated twins. ...
Jemima Khan in tears after her Mini hits motorcyclist
Burying her head in her hands, Jemima Khan appears to be on the verge of tears after being involved in a collision with a ...
Beauty of Islamic culture
LONDON - One of the world's most celebrated rock photographers has launched a collection of work showcasing the diversity and ...
Islamabad
Quality education for women vital: Air Chief
ISLAMABAD - As many as 31 female students of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Finishing School received their certificates of a ...
Sabzi Mandi lacks civic amenities
ISLAMABAD - The deteriorated condition of Sabzi Mandi (fruit & vegetable market) and adjacent areas, on the one hand loudly ...
NIP to enroll new batch from next month
ISLAMABAD - National Internship Programme (NIP) would induct the fresh batch of un-employed post-graduates from next ...
'FATA situation dictator's conspiracy'
RAWALPINDI - The situation of tribal areas was being spoiled under a pre-planned conspiracy. The dictator who received the price ...
Students, elderly commuters seek concession in fares
ISLAMABAD - Students and elderly commuters in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have demanded a 50 percent concession ...
Collective efforts urged against drug abuse
ISLAMABAD - Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) (Traffic) Muhammad Zubair Hashmi called for collective efforts by citizens and ...
Record hike in POL prices to bring more inflation
RAWALPINDI - The local and social circles have condemned the government for throwing another bomb of increase in POL prices ...
Senate Standing Committee on sports meets today
ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Sports and Culture will meet today (Monday) here at Parliament House. The meeting ...
Punjab Reds clinch National Jr Basketball
ISLAMABAD - Punjab Reds outplayed Punjab Blues 90-75 to claim the title of the National Junior Basketball Championship 2008 at ...
Karachi
Kamal refuses salaries to 6,000 new KWSB employees
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal on Sunday said the CDGK would not pay salaries to around 6, 000 newly appointed employees of ...
127 post offices in Sindh on brink of closure
KARACHI - As many as 127 post offices in various parts of interior Sindh are still in dilapidated condition as ministry of ...
Action to be taken against corrupt Nazims, says Siraj
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Local Government, Agha Siraj Durrani has said that action would be taken against corrupt Nazims to ...
Are rebel members trying to rock Qaim's political boat?
The fissures of division in the ruling PPP is slowly coming on to the surface. A number of PPP members elected on reserved ...
Shah Faisal Town Rs 387 million budget unveiled
KARACHI - Acting Nazim Shah Faisal Town, Karimuddin, on Sunday announce the Rs 387 million budget for fiscal year 2008-09, out of ...
Liaquatabad Town budget announced
KARACHI - The nazim Liaquatabad Town Usama Qadri presented Rs 593.503 million surplus budget for the fiscal year 2008-2009 in the ...
Sangakkara guides Sri Lanka to 302
KARACHI - A strong Sri Lankan batting line up spearheaded by Kumar Sangakkara century utilised to its advantage a strange ...
A glance at today's match
Sri Lanka won't have a plain sailing The Sri Lankans will be playing their second game in two days which would take its toll ...
Raina's hundred sparks India win
KARACHI - Left-hander Suresh Raina continued his rich vein of form, notching a hundred to steer India to a comfortable ...
Lahore
LDA to establish quality control labs
LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority is going to establish 'Quality Control Laboratories' for assessment of road material ...
Heavy showers mar Sunday Bazaars sale
LAHORE - Heavy downpour on Sunday morning marred the Sunday Bazaars sale here in the City due to lack of sanitation and ...
Rituals of Qureshi's mother-in-law held
LAHORE-Qul of Begum Farrukh Rahim Jan, mother-in law of Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi were held here on Sunday at a ...
An important problem (City Notes)
We need to look at a very pressing problem, and the real reason why the traffic, when reformed by the military, does not stay ...
New FC College in making
Lahore - A new FC College is in the making in the garb of Government College, Township where the premier FC's faculty and 300 to ...
Khulay Aasmaan Kay Neechay faces Bollywood at box office
LAHORE - Six years after the immensely successful 'Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua' Jawed Sheikh is all set to release his next film 'Khulay ...
Akhtar best pro in Warid Gymkhana Golf
LAHORE - First segment of the Warid Gymkhana Golf League Tournament was contested at the par -72,Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on ...
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