Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
The Nation in print for Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Front Page
Provinces asked to remove ban on wheat movement
ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) has asked provinces to immediately lift ban on inter-provincial movement of wheat flour in order to ensure smooth supply of the commodity in the deficient provinces like NWFP and Balochistan. Presiding over the ECC meeting here ...
Try Musharraf for treason: Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid and former premier Nawaz Sharif has demanded the setting up of a commission to probe into the Kargil ...
Shahbaz to be CM by 10th
LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly session would be convened on June 6 or 7 for the oath-taking of President PML-N Mian Shahbaz Sharif as ...
Asif's rocky landing at Dubai
LAHORE - For the last two years, if it is bad news, it either has to be Shoaib Akhtar or Mohammad Asif together or alternating ...
International
'No terror checks' on UK Cos directors
THIRTEEN suspected terrorists and thousands of alleged money-launderers are registered directors of UK companies, a BBC ...
Ahmadinejad slams US, eyes end of Israel
ROME (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed aggressive US policy in the Middle East on Tuesday, while insisting ...
Deadlock over power-sharing in new Republic of Nepal
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Political parties in Nepal, who agreed to abolish the monarchy and set up a republic, were Tuesday squabbling ...
Iraq at odds with US over troop presence beyond '08
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraqi government Tuesday said it had a "different vision" from the US over the deployment of American troops ...
Rice omits date for achieving Mideast peace deal
Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here Tuesday there was still a chance to reach an ...
Australian police officer held for drugs
A senior Australian police officer was arrested in connection with a conspiracy to import hundreds of pounds of drug-making ...
UAE president's brother dies in aircrash
DUBAI (Agencies) - United Arab Emirates President Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday announced the death of Shaikh ...
Ana storms into semis
PARIS (AFP) - Ana Ivanovic of Serbia moved within one match of her third Grand Slam final by defeating Swiss veteran Patty ...
Kuznetsovsa makes it three Russians in quarters
PARIS (AFP) - Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova made it three Russians into the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday when she ...
Chanderpaul, Lee admit it's tough on both sides
ST JOHNS (Antigua) (AFP) - Brett Lee feels his spell that produced five wickets in the space of 18 balls on the fourth day in the ...
John McCain sharpens attack on Obama
WASHINGTON - Republican presumptive presidential candidate John McCain told an influential Jewish group Monday that the security ...
Audit finds no UNDP funds misuse in N Korea
UNITED NATIONS - An independent audit has found no evidence of consistent misuse of UN funds in North Korea. The review was ...
Business
GST on computers may be removed
KARACHI - Removal of 15 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) on computer hardware is likely in the coming budget, which will improve ...
Taxes adjustments to bring ghee price down
LAHORE - The government has decided for making taxes adjustments to bring the sky rocketing prices of edible oil and ghee down in ...
PFMA for leaving wheat flour price to market mechanism
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) here Tuesday urged the government to let open market mechanism ...
Rs10 billion revolving fund for housing sector
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has earmarked Rs 10 billion as revolving fund for 'Housing for All' plan of PPP-led coalition ...
Euro rallies vs dollar
LONDON (AFP) - The euro bounced back above 1.56 dollars on Tuesday as new data showed that the eurozone economy grew at a faster ...
Sui, Kandhkot wellhead price may rise up to 23 per cent
KARACHI - The wellhead price of Sui and Kandhkot, two oil and gas fields of Pakistan Petroleum Ltd., one of the leading state-run ...
Oil slides on Bernanke comments
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday in reaction to a solid strengthening in the dollar following comments from US ...
Opec ready to boost oil supply if market needs
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait's Oil Minister Mohammad al-Olaim said on Tuesday that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting ...
LPG price up by Re 1 ahead of budget
KARACHI (APP) - LPG marketing companies have again increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by Re 1 to Rs 55 per ...
Recovery continues; market bags another 198 points
LAHORE - Recovery process continued on the second straight day and market bagged another 198 points. The KSE 100-index crossed ...
Politics
No possibility of N-war: AQ Khan
NUCLEAR scientist AQ Khan on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of a nuclear war with India, accusing the West of projecting the ...
Mine blast claims 8 lives in Kurram
KURRAM AGENCY - Atleast eight persons including two children were killed and seven others got injured due to a high intensity ...
US drone flights spread panic in tribal areas
MIRANSHAH (Agencies) - Besides tribal areas, the US drones have commenced flights in the semi-tribal areas as well just after the ...
No consensus on Kishan Ganga Dam
LAHORE - Indus Basin Water Commissions of Pakistan and India have decided to discuss the Kishan Ganga Dam project again in India ...
UN chief calls for food output hike
ROME (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a huge rise in food production Tuesday as world leaders opened a summit on the food ...
Ruling coalition came into power owing to NRO: Pervaiz
ISLAMABAD - The Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Tuesday said that ruling coalition had come ...
Expunged
ISLAMABAD - She might have been only doing her job, but the National Assembly's Speaker certainly turned out to be a killjoy when ...
Federal Budget presentation delayed till 10th
ISLAMABAD- The government has delayed the presentation of budget 2008-09 from previous schedule of June 7 to June 10 for both ...
Mullen arrives for talks with military leaders
ISLAMABAD- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Admiral Michael Mullen arrived Tuesday on a two-day official visit ...
Restoration thru package not possible: Aitzaz
PRESIDENT Supreme Court Bar Association Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the judges cannot be reinstated by the ...
Entertainment
Bissix shows her glamorous side
GLOOMY Walford appears to be a world away for EastEnders actress Gemma Bissix in these stunning shots. The 24-year-old, who plays ...
Tatum O'Neal off to rehab
In Tuesday's crack-head news, Tatum O'Neil, who was arrested this weekend for buying crack and cocaine, is being shipped off to ...
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Diddley dies
MIAMI (AFP) - Guitarist and songwriter Bo Diddley, who died of heart failure Monday at age 79, was an innovative R and B pioneer ...
Amy scrubs up to see Blake in court
NOT one for arriving on time to visit her husband in prison, Amy Winehouse on Tuesday spent more than an hour in court supporting ...
Baby heron that had to be taught how to fly
IT'S not every chap who can give a flying lesson without an aeroplane. But wildlife expert Gary Zammit manages by flapping his ...
The world's oldest mom out with her daughter
WITH her wrinkled features and frail form, she might be a great-grandmother taking her favourite granddaughter's little girl to ...
Islamabad
Eight foreign players to take part in CAS Squash
ISLAMABAD - As many as nine foreign players will participate in the 19th Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash ...
Teachers for increase in salary
ISLAMABAD - High inflation rate has forced the primary school teachers to raise the voice in favour of their demands for increase ...
Vitamins can prevent vision loss
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A new study of people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), based at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns ...
Women councillors for LG strengthening
ISLAMABAD - Women councillors have demanded of the government to strengthen the Local Government system rather instead of ...
PTDC finally gets new MD
ISLAMABAD - Brigadier (R) Iman Ullah has been appointed as Managing Director of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC). ...
Private varsities to adopt HEC's quality mechanism
ISLAMABAD - A two-day workshop on 'quality awareness and self-assessment' was organised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) ...
Legal status for PCO judges not acceptable: LHCBA
RAWALPINDI - Rejecting the newly proposed constitutional package of Pakistan People's Party (PPP), leaders of lawyers made it ...
Farhan, Naveed in qualifying round
ISLAMABAD - Farhan Zaman, Naveed Atlas Khan, Owais Khan and Aurangzeb Khan reached the qualifying round of the 19th Chief of Air ...
Karachi
Rashid Latif joins PCB as wicket-keeping coach
KARACHI (APP) - Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has been appointed as wicket-keeping coach by the Pakistan Cricket Board. ...
Accountability emphasised to improve CHK service delivery
KARACHI (APP) - Heads of varied medical and surgical departments at Civil Hospital Karachi have underscored need for absolute ...
Rains leave six dead in interior Sindh
Karachi (PPI) - Dust storms and rains hit some parts of interior Sindh on Tuesday, killing six persons, injuring dozens and ...
150 MGD water project approved for Karachi
KARACHI - A mega water project for Karachi city K-IV, which was planned keeping in view the future need of water in the ...
Citizens protest against loadshedding
KARACHI- Hours long power outage has compelled the residents of Defense Housing Society (DHA) to stage protest and react ...
JI holds protest demos against price-hike
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi chapter on Tuesday staged more than 35 protest demonstrations at various place in the ...
Training programmes for family physicians demanded
KARACHI (APP) - Dr. Aziz Khan Tank, President, Pakistan College of Family Physicians has suggested for state sponsored ...
Lahore
Bangladesh to face Bhutan today
OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Bangladesh, 2003 champions and last version's runners-up, will meet Bhutan today in SAFF ...
Rumours in the air over Asif's status
LAHORE - There have been various reports on Muhammad Asif's detention in the media at the Dubai Airport for allegedly possessing ...
Geoff Lawson arrives in Pakistan
LAHORE - Pakistan team coach Geoff Lawson has reached here on Tuesday. He was accompanied by team trainer David Dayer. On arrival ...
Crowe, Asoka to officiate B'desh tri series
LAHORE - Jeff Crowe and Asoka de Silva will supervise the tri-series in Bangladesh. The International Cricket Council announced ...
Public revolution if problems not sorted out, says Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation, Majid Nizami has warned of public revolution in case problems are not sorted out through ...
No tax on the poor in '08-09 budget: Kaira
LAHORE - The Punjab Finance Minister on Tuesday said that the forthcoming provincial budget 2008-09, most probably, would be ...
Passengers get confused over change of timings
LAHORE - After the clocks have been put ahead by an hour from last Saturday, passengers at Allama Iqbal International Airport are ...
Fire damages PbBC building
LAHORE - Punjab Bar Council building gutted Tuesday when fire erupted in the basement of three-storey building near the Lahore ...
Contract workers to be regularised
LAHORE - Senior Minister Punjab, Raja Riaz Ahmad has announced that the contract employees would be made permanent by June 30, ...
Women folk to be empowered: Neelam
LAHORE - Punjab Minister for Population Welfare, Mrs Neelam Jabbar Ch has said that women folk will be empowered in all sections ...
Third MTFA summer football camp from 12th
OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Promising footballers of Lahore will show their skill when third Model Town Football Academy ...
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