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 Sunday, June 07, 2009
Front Page
PM wants drone tech, possession
LAHORE-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government policy on US drone attacks is clear and unambiguous as it considers the strikes are not only against our national sovereignty but also counter-productive and they are adding to our problems. Answering questions of newsmen at the ...
Key TNSM leaders killed in ambush
PESHAWAR - Deputy Chief of defunct Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) Maulana Mohammad Alam and its spokesman Ameer ...
Bomber hits Rescue-15 building
ISLAMABAD - A suicide attack at Rescue-15 building here on Saturday killed three persons including two policemen and the suicide ...
International
Obama postpones US embassy move to Jerusalem
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama postponed moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by another six ...
British PM battles on
LONDON (AFP) - Gordon Brown vowed to soldier on as Britains prime minister on Saturday, admitting that he faced an unprecedented ...
D-Day saved world from evil: Obama
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France, (Reuters/AFP) - US President Barack Obama paid homage to the heroes of D-Day on Saturday, saying ...
Obama speech must be translated into actions, says Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (AFP/Reuters) - Washington could use its aid as a lever to push Israel into a two-state settlement with the Palestinians, ...
Lebanon braces for electoral showdown
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese voters go to the polls on Sunday (today) for a parliamentary election showdown between the ruling ...
US could let detainees plead guilty without trials: NYT
NEW YORK - The White House is considering seeking a change in the special US military trials for Guantanamo Bay terrorism ...
Sikhs stage anti-India protests in US
NEW YORK - Sikh-Americans on Friday staged big anti-India demonstrations across the United States to mark the 25th anniversary of ...
Iran starts making anti-aircraft missile
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has started production of a new ground-to-air missile system, Iranian media reported on Saturday, amid ...
Nervous Brown mixes Obama and Omaha
PARIS (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown renamed the famed Omaha beach Obama beach in a slip-up while giving his D-Day ...
Oldest WWI veteran turns 113
LONDON (AFP) - Britains oldest surviving World War I veteran, one of only two still alive, celebrated his 113th birthday in ...
Business
Past govt failed to initiate Bhasha Dam
LAHORE - Assuring the businessmen that law and order situation would soon improve, Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has ...
BoI helps PNSC collect funds to buy new vessels
KARACHI - The Board of Investment (BoI) has arranged funds for Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) to buy new ships in ...
Weekly inflation up by 10.53 per cent
ISLAMABAD - The inflation measured through Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) increased by 10.53 per cent for the low-income group ...
Agriculture to get priority in next budget
LAHORE (APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saturday that the agriculture would be focused in next budget to bring ...
Commodity prices hit multi-month highs
LONDON (AFP) - Commodity prices rallied to multi-month highs this week on increasing signs that the worst of the world recession ...
June declared as Recovery Month
LAHORE - PEPCO has reinforced its efforts manifolds for realization of its legitimate revenue because June has been declared as ...
Plan to up power tariff concerns PRGMEA
KARACHI - Dawood Usman Jakhura, Zonal Chairman, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) in a ...
30pc of $1b Japanese pledge to be spent on automobile, chemical units
KARACHI - About 30 percent of the one billion dollars of Japanese pledge to Pakistan will be utilised for setting up Automobile ...
Russia slams biofuel producers at grain summit
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday urged countries to switch to non-food sources of biofuel ...
Recovery timing, jobs key to 2010 US vote
DALLAS (Reuters) - The U.S. recession may be over before the year ends, but the initial stage of recovery could see few new jobs, ...
Politics
Cases adjournment not to exceed 2 days
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed the judges of apex judiciary and subordinate courts not to ...
FM fears Pak-India tensions over water
LAHORE-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said the water dispute may create tensions between India and Pakistan in future ...
3 provinces ask govt to rescind LG Ordinance
ISLAMABAD - The future of existing local government system is in great jeopardy as three out of four provinces including Punjab, ...
2nd, 3rd rank militants eliminated
PESHAWAR - Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmad, who is also heading the Services Support Group, said on Saturday that second and third categories ...
India beat Bangladesh by 25 runs
LONDON (Reuters) - India beat Bangladesh by 25 runs in their Twenty20 World Cup group A match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on ...
Iran hangs two Jundallah men
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran hanged two men in a prison in the southeastern city of Zahedan on Saturday after convicting them of belonging ...
TNSM, TTP leaders develop differences
PESHAWAR - Rejecting the speculation regarding the killing of TNSM leadership by the security forces, NWFP Information Minister ...
Difficult situation on the ground in Pak: US
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - As its special envoy Richard Holbrooke concludes his assessment on the condition of refugees in Pakistan, ...
35 infants perish in Mexico
HERMOSILLO, Mexico, (AFP) - A fire at a daycare centre in northern Mexico has killed at least 35 children under the age of two ...
Verma named Indian Navy chief
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Vice-Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, who once commanded Indias sole aircraft carrier INS Viraat, was named as ...
Protesters clash with police in IHK
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Protesters clashed with police Saturday as a strike over the alleged rape and murder of two young Muslim women ...
LHC issues detailed judgment of Saeed's case
LAHORE - Government agencies had prepared incorrect reports about Jamaat ud Dawa and its leaders as these reports were made after ...
Entertainment
Jennifer most trusted to look after pets
FORMER 'Friends star Jennifer Aniston has been voted the most trusted celebrity to look after pets while their owners are on ...
Fatty foods - not empty stomach - fire up hunger hormone
NEW research led by the University of Cincinnati (UC) suggests that the hunger hormone ghrelin is activated by fats from the ...
Slumdog star Rubina Ali writes memoir
FROM a tarpaulin hut in a Mumbai slum to the red carpet at the Oscars, nine-year-old Slumdog child star Rubina Ali is chronicling ...
Rihanna responsible for beating?
A NEW survey has revealed that nearly half of teenagers believe that Barbadian singer Rihanna was responsible for the alleged ...
Beinazir to have arranged marriage
'Big Brother contestant Beinazir said her parents are trying to arrange a marriage for her. The Pakistan born 'Big Brother ...
Hafdis Huld plays intimate gig
ICELANDIC singer Hafdis Huld - a person youve probably never even heard of - played an intimate (not that kind) gig at a ...
Sports
Pakistan look to hunt wounded England
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Paul Collingwood faces a test of his leadership credentials ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 ...
Gayle blitz destroys Aussies
LONDON (AFP) - West Indies captain Chris Gayle made a brilliant 88 as his side beat Australia by seven wickets in their ICC World ...
Brave Dutch stun England in opener
LONDON (AFP) - The Netherlands enjoyed their greatest day in international cricket as they stunningly beat hosts England by four ...
A glance at today's matches
Pakistan vs England: An even contest England are on the backfoot after being stunned by the Netherlands in the first game and ...
Proteas start off favourites
Many rate South Africa as one of title favourites as they have a balanced unit and have the eagerness to win an ICC event which ...
Ahmed aims to achieve big
The 17- year old Ahmed Shehzad is the new kid on the block and Pakistan's newest batting sensation. He hasn't set the stage ...
Pakistan fans keep expectations low
KARACHI (PPI) - With back to back warm-up matches defeat, Pakistan cricket team lost support from fans back at home. It was ...
Taylor deprives Scot upset win
LONDON (AFP) - Ross Taylor's unbeaten 21 saw New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over outsiders Scotland in their opening Group D ...
Pakistan desperate to break 30-year old jinx
JOHOR-BAHRU (Malaysia) (APP) - A mentally and physically well-rehearsed Pakistan side will test their skills against minnows ...
Islamabad
LHC CJ directs action against police officials
RAWALPINDI-Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Khawja Muhammad Sharif Saturday asked Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif ...
Social sector uplift schemes worth Rs500m hit snags
ISLAMABAD - Owing to the delay in funds transfer of the promised amount to the government from the Friends of Pakistan, five ...
Police resolve father, son murder mystery
SHAHID RAO & Kashif Abbasi RAWALPINDI - Resolving a cold-blooded blind double murder case, police on Saturday apprehended an ...
Uplift schemes worth Rs 2.41b approved
ISLAMABAD - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Review Committee in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Secretary ...
53 candidates submit papers
RAWALPINDI- Some 53 candidates on Saturday submitted their nomination papers for July 4 bye-elections in the NA-55 ...
'Machine readable passport mandatory'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - International Machine Readable Passport (IMRP) will be required for Haj 2009 as made compulsory by the ...
Karachi
Sindh, Balochistan marine life depleting fast: expert
KARACHI - The marine life is still suffering due to polluted water in the coastal belt of Sindh and Balochistan, The Nation has ...
Villagers kill crocodile near Chotiari Dam
KARACHI - A crocodile was killed near Chotiari Dam in Sanghar district by the people of Pakasri village due to lack of awareness, ...
Indonesian envoy lauds CDGK uplift projects
KARACHI - Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan, Ishak Latuconsina, met Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal at his office here Saturday ...
Nurses innovate ways to improve patient care
KARACHI - Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah has said that nurses can provide creative and innovative solutions that can not only ...
Pakistani media recognised for innovative journalism in Asia
KARACHI (APP) - The Pakistani media recognised for playing a leading role in developing innovation in the Asian region. This was ...
'Culprits will be brought to justice'
KARACHI (APP) - Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi has said that hunt for the terrorists responsible ...
Lahore
No institution created to promote Quaid thoughts: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that it is unfortunate that we cannot establish institutions to promote ...
Water dispute can trigger nuclear war with India: Nizami
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has urged the politicians not to pave way for ...
LHCBA gets '2nd president' Nasira
LAHORE - 'Presidential controversy in the Lahore High Court Bar Association has taken a new turn on Saturday when supremo Hamid ...
Supra Authority to check booty mafia
LAHORE - Punjab government is planning to form a Supra Authority to manage paper setting, conducting examinations and declaration ...
People block road against police 'high-handedness'
LAHORE - The office bearers of the Mobile Phone Association Ferozepur Road and other local residents staged a protest ...
TheNation staffers looted in high security zone
LAHORE - Two armed men looted two staffers of Daily The Nation at gunpoint while they were going back to their homes after ...
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