Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- Memo case: Lawyer insists recording of Ijaz statement abroad
The Nation in print for Sunday, June 08, 2008
Front Page
Shahbaz CM again
LAHORE - Joint candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League and Pakistan Peoples Party Shahbaz Sharif has been elected unopposed to become the Chief Minister of Punjab when he was the only one to file the nomination papers for the office. This was by virtue of the fact that the Speaker Punjab ...
Saudi Arabia agrees on deferred oil payments
JEDDAH - In response to Pakistan's request for oil supply on deferred payments, Saudi Arabia on Saturday responded positively ...
International
Hillary Clinton, ending campaign, backs Obama
WASHINGTON Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton formally threw her support behind Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, clearing the way ...
West resigned to Iran bomb: Israeli minister
JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli minister on Saturday accused the international community of failing to halt Iran's nuclear drive and ...
Nepal king's 'crown' auctioned in Britain?
MORE than a month before Nepal's new lawmakers formally abolished the country's 239-year-old monarchy, a priceless crown went ...
Hong Kong hit by 'black' storm, streets flooded
HONG KONG (AFP) - Two people were killed in Hong Kong on Saturday when their hut was crushed in a landslide triggered by the some ...
Japan to help build N-power plants in US
AOMORI, Japan, (AFP) - As oil prices surge to record levels, Japan said Saturday it would help build nuclear power plants in the ...
Sarkozy urges healing on post-crisis Lebanon visit
BEIRUT (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy stressed his country's support for newly-elected Lebanese President Michel ...
US paper slams new Pak govt for giving in to terrorists
WASHINGTON - In a sharply critical editorial of the new Pakistani government, an American newspaper said Saturday it appeared ...
Ambassador Haqqani presents credentials to Bush
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush reaffirmed his commitment to "strong and abiding" friendship between Pakistan and ...
British citizen mistaken for Pakistani
LONDON - A British citizen of Bangladeshi origin with schizophrenia was manhandled by a British immigration officer on suspicion ...
Malik confident of series success
Injured Sreesanth ruled out of tri-series DHAKA (Agencies) - captain Shoaib Malik wanted to continue the 11 match win ...
Pakistan have a good record against Bangladesh
S.PERVEZ QAISER Pakistan takes on Bangladesh in the first match of triangular Kitply Cup at Shere Bangla National ...
Germany favourites to win against Poland
S.PERVEZ QAISER Three-time champions Germany are the favourate to win their first match of the 13th Euro Cup Football ...
Hurricane Rafa set to storm past Federer
PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal, who has survived torrential rain as well as a Roland Garros centre court dustbowl, now plans to ...
Ivanovic romps to French Open final triumph
PARIS (AFP) - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic won the French Open on Saturday, her first Grand Slam title, by ending Dinara Safina's heroic ...
Business
Asian powers, US voice 'serious concern' on oil spike
AOMORI, Japan (AFP) - The United States and Asia's four largest powers voiced "serious concerns" Saturday after the single ...
Russia blames US for global economic woes
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday blamed the United States for the world's current economic ...
Govt fires 'Water Bomb' by shelving KBD
LAHORE - The government has fired 'water bomb' after coming into power where the causality would be the agriculture of the ...
Sugar production reaches 4.73 million tons
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan has produced about 4.73 million tons of sugar to dulfill its domestic consumption for the year ...
How oil price rose to $139 a barrel over 38 years
NEW YORK (AFP) - Key milestones in the rise of the price of crude oil to 133 dollars since 1970: 1970: The official price of ...
Global inflation affecting developing economies more
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Tthe surge in phe global inflation has affected developing economies more than the developed economies, because ...
Pakistan joins INSME
LAHORE - TUSDEC (Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company) has become a member of International Network for Small and ...
European traders team visits Karachi
KARACHI - A delegation of European Trade Representatives based in Islamabad visited Karachi to attend an economic seminar ...
Oil pricing: a difficult choice
KARACHI - One of the most difficult policy choices in the budget of 2008-09 is determination of the appropriate level of prices ...
Value dynamics of corporate governance
YUSUF H. SHIRAZI "Corporate Governance is........holding the balance between economic and social goals.......... The ...
Politics
US is world's leading jailer: Human Rights Watch
NEW YORK - With 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States is the world's leading jailer, according to a leading human ...
US 'darling' Karzai is losing luster: report
NEW YORK - Ahead of next week's Donor Conference for Afghanistan in Paris, a leading American newspaper says that concern is ...
PSDP volume reduced by Rs 18 billion
ISLAMABAD - The federal government keeping in view the economic crisis has decided to reduce the volume of the Public Service ...
Pak engineer kidnapped
KABUL (AFP) - Gunmen Saturday kidnapped a Pakistani engineer working on a road in insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan, a police ...
'Pakistan Army role must over Kashmir issue'
THE new civilian government in Pakistan has to take the Army on board before implementing its ideas on the Kashmir issue, ...
2 bomb blasts rock Multan
MULTAN - Two simultaneous blasts rocked Multan on Saturday, though no loss of life or injury was reported. "The blasts ...
Khaled Sheikh family denies US charges
KARACHI - The family of Khaled Sheikh Mohammad, who allegedly confessed engineering 9/11 attacks and several other terrorism ...
Air and Naval chiefs not taken into confidence
RAWALPINDI (Online) - Throwing their weight behind the long march of legal fraternity for the restoration of deposed judges, ...
AQ lambasts statement
ISLAMABAD - The father of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr Adbul Qadeer Khan on Saturday lambasted the statement of President ...
PML-N may swallow bitter pill of NRO
PAKISTAN Muslim League (Nawaz) has said it may consider accepting a controversial law issued by President Pervez Musharraf to ...
Parliament supreme: Zardari
MADINAH - Asif Ali Zardari, Co-Chairperson, Pakistan People's Party on Saturday said that Parliament could remove President from ...
Entertainment
Britney Spears is coming to London
IT would indeed seem that Britney Spears is on a roll. On a roll of film, if indeed they still used such things. Because coming ...
Tiger mauls to death zookeeper in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) - A Siberian tiger mauled to death a zookeeper on Saturday in western Japan who had been trying to encourage the ...
Woman wins her funeral in competition
A Texas woman was thrilled to win a competition at a baseball game - but she isn't planning to claim the prize of a funeral and ...
TomKat's kitten Suri loves getting her nails done with mom
TOM Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri is only two, but she already had her beauty regime all sorted out. Doting dad ...
Oasis to get Silver Clef honour
OASIS are to be given a lifetime achievement award at the Silver Clef music awards in London, its organisers have announced. ...
Summer flip-flops may lead to foot pain
FLIP-flops are a mainstay of summertime footwear, but they can be painfully bad for your feet and legs, new research shows. ...
Islamabad
Cigarettes sale to youngsters on rise
ISLAMABAD - Despite that the sale of cigarettes to people below the age of 18 years is prohibited under the ordinance ...
Water shortage worsens in Capital
ISLAMABAD - Water shortage in the federal capital has worsened with the rise of mercury level. The I-series has been mostly hit ...
PTCL team discusses uplift projects with DG RDA
RAWALPINDI - A 12-member delegation and representatives of Advisory Committee of PTCL, under the supervision of senior member of ...
Seven outlaws arrested, weapons recovered
ISLAMABAD - Federal Capital Police have arrested seven accused involved in criminal activates and recovered 400 gram hashish and ...
Flour supply in city reviewed
ISLAMABAD - Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmad Saturday held a meeting with the Islamabad flour dealers and reviewed the flour ...
'Girls Guides develop good citizenship'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Girl guiding develop good citizenship among girls and young women by forming their character, training them in ...
Aamir, Mansoor, Farhan, Aaron in CAS Squash semis
ISLAMABAD - Three hosts, top seed Aamir Atlas Khan, Mansoor Zaman, Farhan Mehboob and only foreigner Aaron Frankcomb from ...
Punjab dominate Inter-Provincial Swimming opening day
ISLAMABAD - Punjab team dominated in the opening day of the Pakistan Sports Board Inter-Provincial Youth (Under-17) Boys Swimming ...
National
A glance at today's game
1st game - Pakistan v Bangladesh, Mirpur It's back to the 50-50 format after the glitz and glamour of the IPL 20-20. Pakistan ...
Karachi
Wajih calls for granting autonomy to provinces
KARACHI-Former Supreme Court Judge Wajeehuddin Ahmed on Saturday opined that eastern European countries, former USSR and ...
8 more jewelry shops looted
KARACHI - Eight more jewelry shops were robbed on Saturday in Khokhrapar police precincts. At least ten to twelve armed men on ...
CDGK to establish 'City Library'
KARACHI - City government will establish a well-standard library namely "City Library" at the office of Markaz Ilm-o-Saqafat, ...
Two killed in ambush outside Central Jail
KARACHI - Two men including a policeman were shot dead on Saturday while another was injured outside of Karachi Central Jail ...
Women become addicts by overdosing tranquillisers
KARACHI - Unawareness among women in using tranquillisers to cure diseases can lead them into addiction of the same and this ...
Rahim Shah robbed of Rs 0.5 million
KARACHI (PPI) - Famous singer Rahim Shah was robbed of his cash and other belongings by two unidentified muggers in the limits of ...
Lahore
Political exigencies at expense of edu funds
LAHORE - Education department was perhaps the most vulnerable department to be made scapegoat to use its funds for political ...
'Q' to boycott CM election
LAHORE - Opposition leader and Punjab's PML-Q president Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said that as mark of protest at the government's ...
Reporter should investigate with complete impartiality
LAHORE - A journalist must not start his investigative story with a specific mind set rather he should investigate with complete ...
History made at PA; Na'at recited for the first time
LAHORE - It was for the first time in the history of the Punjab Assembly on Saturday when the Pakistan Peoples Party members ...
Overseas Pakistanis want to know real ruler
LAHORE - PML-N overseas leader Mrs Khadija Mussarrat has said that the Pakistani living abroad want their leaders like Shahbaz ...
Package not to strengthen democratic governance: HRCP
LAHORE - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) after study of the PPP Constitutional package, has found it not ...
'Girls Guides develop good citizenship'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Girl guiding develop good citizenship among girls and young women by forming their character, training them in ...
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