Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Thursday, June 04, 2009
Front Page
'N', PPP to scrap 17th Amend: US
ISLAMABAD - The United States Wednesday announced to extend an extra $200 million in emergency aid to Pakistan for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and said it would not leave Pakistan in lurch. After meeting President Asif Zardari, US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard ...
Army seeks Taliban leaders elimination
MINGORA (AFP/Reuters) - Military said Wednesday that big towns could be won back within days but warned it could take another two ...
Osama warns Obama
DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden on Wednesday scorned Barack Obamas overture to the Islamic world and warned of ...
International
British PM in crisis ahead of European, local polls
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown lost his fourth minister within 24 hours Wednesday as he faced taunts that his ...
US intelligence plotted to kill me, says Chavez
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has charged that he eluded a US intelligence plot to kill him, in a move likely ...
NKorea starts assembling long-range nuclear missile
PANMUNJOM, South Korea (AFP) - North Korea appears to have begun assembling a missile believed capable of striking US soil, a ...
US made major mistakes in Afghan strikes: NYT
NEW YORK - A US military investigation has concluded that American personnel made significant errors in carrying out some of the ...
India bureaucracy worst in Asia: survey
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapores civil servants are the most efficient among their Asian peers, a business survey on 12 economies ...
Don't lecture us: Arab Press tells US President
CAIRO (AFP) - Arab newspapers warned Barack Obama on Wednesday to beware of lecturing Muslims on his landmark trip to the Middle ...
'All options against Iran on table'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak refused on Wednesday to rule out a military strike on Iran, his comment ...
Israel uneasy over Obama overture to Muslim world
JERUSALEM (AFP) - On the eve of US President Barack Obamas much-heralded address to the Muslim world, Israel on Wednesday was in ...
UN resolution wont include embargoes
MOSCOW (AFP) - The UN Security Council resolution expected to be adopted after North Koreas nuclear test should not include any ...
Nejad says Holocaust a 'big deception'
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is seeking a second term in office, reiterated on Wednesday his ...
Umpire 'hit for six' with stumps
LONDON (AFP) - A 19-year-old umpire was allegedly mobbed by fielders and hit with the stumps after giving a batsman not out, ...
Pakistan Twenty20 factbox
STRENGTHS Skipper Younis Khan needs to do little to motivate a team hungry for success after being starved of international games ...
Gibbs steers South Africa past Sri Lanka
LONDON (AFP) - Herschelle Gibbs top-scored with 48 to steer South Africa to a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their World ...
World Cup builds on success of IPL
LONDON - An unprecedented auction in Mumbai last year transformed the face of cricket between the first two Twenty20 World ...
Cibulkova crushes Sharapova to set date with Safina
PARIS (AFP) - Pint-sized Dominika Cibulkova became the first Slovakian to reach the French Open semi-finals on Tuesday after ...
Stosur glides into maiden French Open semi-final
PARIS (AFP) - Australia's Samantha Stosur, the 30th seed, beat unseeded Romanian teenager Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-3 at the French ...
Federer reaches 20th straight Slam semi-final
PARIS (AFP) - Roger Federer reached his 20th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final on Wednesday with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-2, 6-4 win over ...
Ponting poise sinks NZ
LONDON (AFP) - Ricky Ponting played a captain's innings of 56 as Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets in their ICC World ...
Business
KSE falls below 7,000 level on selling pressure
KARACHI - Selling pressure continued to rule the Karachi Stock Exchange and KSE-100 index breached the 7,000 psychological mark, ...
Withdrawal of subsidy on power to hit users
KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Naveed Ismail has said that the possible withdrawal of subsidy on power ...
Pressure on mobile cos in AJK to terminate female staff
LAHORE - Instead of ensuring equal job opportunities to women in a congenial and fully secure environment, law enforcement ...
Traders for reviewing decision
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The traders of the capital city have demanded of the government to review its decision to withdraw lifeline ...
Projected textile exports figures false
KARACHI - The textile exporters have termed that the projected textile export figures, presented to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza ...
SECP registers 296 cos in May
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 296 companies during the month of May, 2009, 26 ...
Rs750b for next year's PSDP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A sum of Rs 750 billion would be allocated for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in the next financial ...
LPG price goes up
LAHORE - Public sector LPG producers have notified an increase in the prices with effect from June 3, the LPG Association of ...
MSCI Pakistan officially included
KARACHI - After a brief pause of 165 days, MSCI Pakistan Index has officially been included into the MSCI Frontier Market Index ...
Poverty alleviation measures of Punjab govt
AS a matter of current economic crisis and price hiking, the economy of highly developed countries has been affected drastically ...
Politics
US N-sites list posted online
WASHINGTON - A confidential list of US civilian nuclear sites was inadvertently posted online for about a day before the ...
Man killed in grenade attack
QUETTA - A person was killed and six others were wounded in a hand grenade attack in Dalbandin town some 350 kilometers away from ...
16pc pay raise for govt employees proposed
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The federal finance ministry has dispatched a summary to the cabinet with regard to increasing the salaries ...
Pakistan asks for debt rescheduling
NEW YORK - Pakistans debt payments should be rescheduled and financial support stepped up as a part of international efforts to ...
'Nawaz Sharif Zardari' embraces Islam
NEW YORK - In an amazing act of compassion and forgiveness, a Pakistani store owner first disarmed a would-be assailant who came ...
Parents accuse principal over cadets' kidnapping
BANNU - The parents of the abducted students of Cadet College, Razmak, have termed Principal of the college responsible for the ...
Delhi wants normal ties with Islamabad
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India on Wednesday officially conveyed to Pakistan its disappointment over the release of Jamaatud Dawa ...
Govt to deploy 25,000 ex-militarymen in Malakand
ISLAMABAD - Giving approval to Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project, federal cabinet which met here Wednesday with Prime Minister ...
Rs20b cut in PSDP infuriates Balochistan
QUETTA-Balochistan govt has strongly protested over Rs 20 billion cut in the share of province in Public Sector Development ...
American drone attacks deeply worrisome: UN
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States should be more forthright about how many civilians die in its overseas wars, and exercise ...
US mily adviser writes off 'lost cause' Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - A top US military adviser has said that Pakistan is a 'lost cause, and without wholesale change the ...
US President launches Mideast mission
RIYADH (AFP/Reuters) - US President Barack Obama launched a Middle East mission on Wednesday to reach out to Muslims with a ...
Pakistan lose warm-up tie against India
LONDON - Pakistan lost their Twenty20 World Cup warm up match against arch-rivals India by nine wickets at the Oval on Wednesday. ...
Non-representative institutions augmented Swat crisis: HRCP
LAHORE - In a fact-finding report on the current situation in the Swat, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has ...
PPP being kept out of budget process
LAHORE - Punjab Minister for Finance, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira had a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday ...
New threat to Lahore buildings, politicians
LAHORE - Inspector General Police Punjab and the CCPO offices received faxes with serious threats to target police buildings, ...
No one can escape accountability: CJ
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Wednesday remarked in the hearing of a NAB case that no one could escape ...
Liberal democracy fails, says Nejad
TEHRAN - Advocating Islamic values and norms, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Islamic Republic of Iran has said that liberal ...
Entertainment
Japanese 'plant factory' churns out immaculate vegetables
THEY look more like the brightly lit shelves of a chemists shop than the rows of a vegetable garden. But according to their ...
Kate Hudson and A-Rod dating
RUMOURS of a romance between Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez have been further fuelled, with a source claiming that they are ...
Furtado to release Spanish album
SINGER songwriter Nelly Furtado is set to release her first album recorded entirely in Spanish, according to US music magazine ...
Evidence for liquid water on a frozen early Mars
NASA scientists modelled freezing conditions on Mars to test whether liquid water could have been present to form the surface ...
Anne turns guitarist for beau
HOLLYWOOD star Anne Hathaway has taken to the internet to teach herself how to play the guitar so that she can serenade her ...
LeAnn Rimes branded a 'stalker'
LEANN Rimes has been branded a 'stalker by the wife of her Lifetime movie co-star Eddie Cibrian. Rimes and Cibrian cut ties two ...
Islamabad
Pims sets up Oncology unit at Children Hospital
ISLAMABAD-Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has established the first Paediatric Oncology Unit in Children Hospital ...
RCCI plans burn unit at DHQ
RAWALPINDI-Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) would establish a burn unit at District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) ...
SC dismisses contempt plea against CDA
ISLAMABAD-Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a contempt of court plea against the Capital Development Authority for ...
RPO suspends five SIs on corruption, faulty investigation
RAWALPINDI-Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani Wednesday suspended five sub-inspectors on charges of ...
Briefing on bomb disposal held
ISLAMABAD - A briefing on bomb disposal management was held in the conference room of Chief Commissioner Office Islamabad here on ...
Environment Day tomorrow amidst hopes for change
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Just after a day, the world would be celebrating another World Environment Day amidst challenges to control ...
Karachi
Housing societies sans civic facilities
KARACHI - Thousands of the plots owners of different societies located at Malir Development Authority (MDA) could not build their ...
Two MQM-H activists among 3 gunned down
KARACHI - Three people, including two activists of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H), were gunned down in separate ...
Court seeks explanation over corruption in GGA
KARACHI - The division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Bin Yameen on Wednesday issued ...
Need for eliminating child labour stressed
KARACHI - The speakers in a debate urged the government to take necessary measures to ensure education for every child and ...
Consumer Protection Ordinance soon: Nasreen Jalil
Karachi (PPI) - Ms. Nasreen Jalil, City Naib Nazim Wednesday said that Sindh Consumer Protection Ordinance would be legislated ...
Multiple factors plague boat-making industry
Karachi (PPI) - Lack of special carpenters, mechanics, ban on fishing in months of June and July, surging pollution in seawaters ...
Lahore
PCB likely to abolish entire departments
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is planning to abolish entire departments in its downsizing bid amid the i mpending financial ...
Rana asked to bring fresh copy of NoC from ICL
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked fast bowler Rana Navedul Hasan to provide the board with a fresh copy of the NOC ...
Excise & Taxation Dept misses 48pc recovery
LAHORE - As 27 days are left for the closure of financial year 2008-09, the Excise and Taxation Department is set to miss 48 per ...
Law College Principal temporarily restored
LAHORE - A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court Wednesday temporarily restored Principal of Punjab University Law College ...
Govt earmarks Rs8 billion for sasti roti
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday has disclosed that in the next fiscal year, a huge amount of ...
Police directed to compile new workshops data
LAHORE - The City police department has issued instructions to the police to compile a report of newly-established motor ...
'Accomplices' of May 27 attackers handed back to police
LAHORE - The district and sessions judge on Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition seeking recovery and release of two ...
Musharraf be tried for treason: speakers
LAHORE - The speakers addressing a seminar on 'Current situation and our responsibility said Gen (r) Musharraf should be tried ...
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