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 Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Front Page
Villagers let loose fury on Taliban
PESHAWAR (AFP/Reuters) - A mob of hundreds of villagers seeking revenge for a deadly mosque bombing killed 14 suspected Taliban on Monday in a third day of vigilante violence, the army said. A spontaneous militia took up arms on Saturday and besieged militant strongholds in Upper Dir district, a ...
Cop killed as police mobile ambushed
PESHAWAR - A policeman was killed when unknown militants blew up a police mobile with remote controlled device in Akhund Abad ...
Focus on IDPs return
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman Monday ...
International
'Islam is in the air' in NY as Muslim art festival opens
NEW YORK - "Islam is in the air" in New York where the first-ever art festival showcasing the works of Muslim artists from 23 ...
'No talks if Israel doesn't accept two-state solution'
GAZA CITY (AFP) - At least four Palestinian fighters were killed on Monday in a gunbattle with Israeli soldiers along the border ...
Brown in showdown with party lawmakers
LONDON (AFP) - Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was locked in a showdown with angry lawmakers from his party Monday, ...
Vancouver world's easiest city to live in, Harare worst
LONDON (AFP) - Vancouver is the worlds easiest city to live in while Harare is the toughest, a survey said Monday putting Europe ...
US weighs intercepting North Korean shipments
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration signaled Sunday it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with Chinas help, North Korean ...
US urged to reduce Afghan civilian deaths
NEW YORK - A leading American newspaper Monday welcomed the appointment of a new military commander in Afghanistan, with a call ...
Sixteen bodies recovered from Air France crash
RECIFE (AFP) - Sixteen bodies were recovered over the weekend from the Atlantic site where an Air France jet came down on June 1, ...
North Korea jails US journalists for 12 yrs
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea sentenced two female US journalists to 12 years in a labour camp Monday for illegal entry and an ...
Global arms spending hits record in '08
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Global military spending reached a record $1,464 billion last year with the United States taking up by far ...
Israel considers easing Gaza blockade
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering easing a stifling blockade imposed on Hamas-ruled Gaza ...
Pakistan crash to massive defeat
LONDON (AFP) - England booked their place in the second round Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20 with a 48-run win over ...
Pakistan juggernaut continues to roll with Egypt mauling
JOHOR BAHRU - Pakistan juniors were made to sweat in their 3-0 victory against Egypt in the the 9th Junior World Cup Hockey ...
Grand Slam king Federer has time on his side
PARIS (AFP) - Roger Federer, with a first French Open and a career Grand Slam carved into his storyboard of achievements, ...
Federer best of all time, says beaten Soderling
PARIS (AFP) - French Open runner-up Robin Soderling insisted on Sunday that Roger Federer can rightly be hailed as the best ...
Cameroon World Cup hopes fade after home draw
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Troubled Cameroon could only draw 0-0 at home to Morocco on Sunday and their hopes of qualifying for the ...
Business
Banks advances growth slumps to 1 per cent
KARACHI - The private sector advances of the scheduled banks have posted only one percent growth during July-March 2008-09 as ...
Oil and gas sector fetches $612 million investment
KARACHI - Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in oil and gas exploration sector increased to $612.1 million, during ...
KESC plans conserving 200MW power in 2 years
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) declared that it will save 200 MW in two years under its Energy Conservation ...
Obama admin closely working with Congress, says Hunt
LAHORE - The Principal Officer US Consulate Bryan D Hunt on Monday said that the Obama Administration was closely working with ...
SBP should disburse pending claims of R&D fund
KARACHI - FPCCI Standing Committee of Value Added Textile Products Chairman Bilal Mulla has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to ...
Stock market starts week dismally amid nervousness
KARACHI - Limited trading activity by nervous traders at the Karachi stock market resulted in bearish trend and KSE-100 index ...
SBP allows financing under LTFF
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has allowed financing facilities under Long Term Financing Facility (LTFF) Scheme for import ...
Global commodities prices shoot up again
KARACHI - The international prices of most of the important commodities were again shooting up steadily. In December 2008 the ...
Rules governing Primary Dealer System revised
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan has announced amendments in the rules governing Primary Dealer System in order to further ...
BRIDAS shows interest in TAPI gasline
ISLAMABAD - Argentinas international oil company, BRIDAS, has shown keen interest in participating multimillion dollars ...
Single regulatory authority a must to save traders' investment, time
KARACHI - Traders and exporters have appealed the government to take freight forwarders, shipping agents, terminal operators and ...
Politics
Violence in Karachi continues unabated
KARACHI - The ongoing wave of violence claimed ten more lives in the metropolis on Monday. About 38 political workers have been ...
Security meeting today
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani would chair a high-level meeting here Tuesday (today) to review the law ...
PM for pro-poor budget
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday put agriculture, infrastructure, industrial competitiveness and ...
Inflation-based salary increase: promises Tarin
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Monday that there would be reasonable increase in ...
'N', PPP poles apart on LGs
ISLAMABAD Contentious issues relating to the fate of District/City Governments and accountability of Musharraf regime have ...
Musharraf's claim 'a white lie': Talal
ISLAMABAD - Rebutting the claim of former president Pervez Musharraf that Nawab Akbar Bugti had been killed in the wake of cave ...
Senators lambast Taliban for defaming Islam
ISLAMABAD - Senators on Monday continued lambasting Taliban for defaming Islam and asked the government to unearth those foreign ...
$136 million help received so far: United Nation
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations appeal for $543 million needed to provide help to over 2.5 million civilians displaced from ...
President for peaceful Kashmir solution
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan wants an honourable, equitable and peaceful resolution of the ...
Rs17m head money announced
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Monday fixed Rs 17 million as head money of 10 terrorists suspected for their involvement in ...
US offers CG choppers to India
THE US has offered to lease out 12 of its Coast Guards twin-engine helicopters to India which is looking to strengthen its ...
Extremists bent upon dismembering country, says Shujaat
Paris (Online) - PML-Q Quaid Senator Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that extremists and terrorists are bent upon dismembering ...
Hariri wins Lebanon polls
BEIRUT (AFP) - A US-backed bloc led by the son of slain former premier Rafiq Hariri kept its grip on Lebanons parliament on ...
Justice Shabbir resigns
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court Judge Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir Monday resigned on grounds of his deteriorating health. Justice ...
Miliband postpones visit
ISLAMABAD - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband telephoned Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday to inform about ...
6 hurt in Quetta grenade attack
QUETTA-At least six people were wounded in a hand grenade attack here on Monday. According to details, unknown armed men lobbed ...
Three Mehsud aides arrested
SARGODAH (APP) -Sargodah police have arrested Monday three alleged members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab and seized 8 kg of ...
5 hurt as Indian police fire on protesters
SRINAGAR (Reuters/AFP) - At least five people were wounded on Monday when police in Occupied Kashmir fired to disperse thousands ...
Drones violate Pak airspace
BAJAUR (Online) - US drones violated Pakistans airspace on Monday over the areas of Charmang, Khar and Mamoond. According to a ...
Entertainment
Shakira denies plans to leave label
POP superstar Shakira has dismissed rumours she is set to dump her record label - calling reports of a rift with Epic bosses not ...
Billy Elliot sweeps Tony awards
BILLY Elliot has dominated this years Tony awards, winning in 10 categories including best musical, choreography and a shared ...
My life isn't perfect, says Kate Winslet
KATE Winslet insists she doesnt lead the perfect life. The Oscar-winning actress - who is married to director Sam Mendes - says ...
Madonna continues adoption hunt
MADONNA is set to turn her attentions to orphanages in the African country of Lesotho if she is denied the chance to adopt Mercy ...
Up hangs on to box office summit
ANIMATION Up has topped the North American box office for a second week, narrowly beating comedy The Hangover. The Pixar films ...
Beinazir evicted from Big Brother
BEINAZIR has been booted out of the Big Brother house with zero fanfare. The 28-year-old hopeful was among the final six ...
Islamabad
TheNation staffer tortured in line of duty
ISLAMABAD - A repulsive incident of torture against media occurred here on Monday evening when enraged workers of Islami Jamiat ...
City govt workers threaten strike on 18th
RAWALPINDI - Municipal Labour Union (MLU) City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) has threatened to launch a protest movement ...
Father urges UK not to disturb son's studies
ISLAMABAD - Sarfraz Khan, father of Ahmad Faraz Khan one of the nine Pakistani students, held in Britain over the so-called ...
Girl recovered, abductors arrested
ISLAMABAD-Capital Police Monday recovered the young girl who was kidnapped Saturday night nabbing three of her abductors and ...
'NCP to become quality research centre'
ISLAMABAD-The meeting of National Advisory Scientific Programme Council (NASPC) held at National Centre for Physics (NCP) on ...
ISCO Defaulters warned of power supply cut
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has warned the defaulters to immediately submit outstanding dues ...
National
Bring it on, Pakistan
THANKS to its rank insipid display against England, the task for Younis Khan-led Pakistan squad against the Netherlands has been ...
A battle of survival for Pakistan
After a below par performance against England Pakistan face a must win situation against Netherlands today. They have to win and ...
Ajmal expected to shine
Saeed Ajmal has provided stingy off-spin option to Pakistan that can anchor the attack. In the game against England Saeed bowled ...
Karachi
Cabinet decides to beef up security
KARACHI - Sindh Cabinet, while showing concerns over target killing of political activists in the metropolis, has decided to ...
Shutterdown paralyses life across province
KARACHI - Complete shutter-down strike was observed in the interior of Sindh on Monday on the call of Sindh United Party (SUP) in ...
Khawaja Moeen paid tributes
KARACHI - Khanaqah-i-Ilahia arranged a gathering titled 'Bazm-i-Khawaja to pay tribute to the legend personality of Khawaja Ajmer ...
Mubarak village gets model school, rescue centre
KARACHI - City District Government Karachi has established a model school and rescue centre at Mubarak village, Kemari Town while ...
Women farmers complete training
KARACHI (APP) - The first Women Farmers batch of 25 trainees has graduated from Nestle Pakistans Sarsabz Training Farm under the ...
Pakistan reducing ozone-depleting substances
KARACHI - Pakistan is successfully heading towards 100% Phase out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) by January 1, 2010. This ...
Lahore
Notice served on federal govt
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Monday issued notice to federal government for June 22 on a petition of three judges of ...
Business remains suspended
LAHORE - The businesses, shops and commercial activities have totally come to a halt here at Shaarey Fatima Jinnah (Queens Road), ...
LDA appoints 46 officers including 14 women
Lahore - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has appointed 46 officers including 14 women in different sections through a ...
Bar situation still volatile
LAHORE -Although Justice (r) Nasira Iqbal with a huge support from the members has taken over as President Lahore High Court Bar ...
Jali's writings reflect Allama Iqbal's thoughts, says Nizami
LAHORE - The speakers at a book-launching ceremony said that writer Jalinoos Ahmad Zaman Jali reflected the thoughts and national ...
NPT rendering commendable services: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that Nazria Pakistan Trust has been rendering commendable services for the ...
Qadir resigns as chief selector
LAHORE - Pakistan chief selector Abdul Qadir resigned on Monday following Pakistan 's dismal loss in the opening match of the ...
Teams yet to tune into twenty20, says Imran
LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said T20 cricket being in its infancy it is hard to predict who will win the ICC ...
Safiullah, Jayasuriya top scorers list
LAHORE - "Pakistani winger Safi Ullah Khan (NWFP) and Sri Lankan's spearhead Kasun Jayasuriya (Ratnam Sports FC) finished as ...
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