Friday, February 10, 2012
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- 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
The Nation in print for Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Front Page
Country not Zardari's fiefdom: Nawaz
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Chief of PML-N Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that President Asif Ali Zardari has deceived them in the name of reconciliation. Addressing a massive gathering at Jehlum, he said President Zardari has sent Asfandyar Wali Khan and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman for creating ...
Malik misappropriated Rs500m: Shahbaz
ISLAMABAD - Former Chief Minister Punjab and President PML-N Mian Shahbaz Sharif Monday came down heavily on Advisor to PM on ...
Nawaz speeches a treason: Rehman
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday has said the recent anti-government speeches by the ...
International
Pak security officials 'abandoned us' during terror attack: Manuel
COLOMBO (Agencies) - The umpires' minivan which was traveling behind the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team, was virtually ...
Windies edge closer to series victory
PORT OF SPAIN (AFP) - England's bid for a series-levelling victory ran into trouble when West Indies avoided following on in the ...
Hair labels ICC chief a bully over umpire attack comments
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Outspoken Australian umpire Darrell Hair labelled ICC chief Haroon Lorgat a bully Monday for telling officials ...
US failing in Afghanistan: Iran
TEHERAN - Iran said on Monday the United States was failing in Afghanistan and that a new approach was needed, four days after ...
Chinese ships harass Navy vessel, says US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Five Chinese vessels manoeuvred dangerously close to a US Navy ship in the South China Sea on Sunday, ...
N Korea puts military on combat alert, warns of war
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea put its military on combat alert Monday as US and South Korean troops began a major joint exercise, and ...
Kyrgyz Opp leader detained over shooting
BISHKEK (AFP) - Kyrgyz authorities on Monday said they had arrested an opposition leader and former govt minister for alleged ...
Indian Opp loses crucial partner
BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - India's main opposition alliance suffered a blow Monday with one of its oldest partners cutting ties ...
Obama reverses Bush limits on stem cell research
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama Monday lifted his predecessor George W Bush's curbs on federal funding for embryonic ...
Watchdog seeks freeze of Israeli mining in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AFP) - An Israeli human rights group on Monday asked the high court to freeze all Israeli mining activity in the ...
Uganda plane crash kills 11
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AFP) - A Soviet-era jet caught fire and crashed into Lake Victoria Monday after taking off from Uganda's main ...
250 Lankan rebels killed over weekend
COLOMBO (AFP) - The Sri Lankan military said Monday its troops had killed at least 250 Tamil Tigers during a weekend of fierce ...
BD top army officer killed in crash
DHAKA (AFP) - One of the Bangladeshi army's top officers was killed Monday when his helicopter crashed in the north of the ...
Business
NIB absorbs Rs9.20b loss to rinse balance sheet
KARACHI - The NIB bank has sustained Rs 9.20 billion losses in the calendar year 2008 to rinse the balance sheet of the bank and ...
Govt returns Rs208b loans to SBP: Tarin
KARACHI - The federal government has returned Rs 208 billion loans to the State Bank of Pakistan in this fiscal with the aim to ...
Trade deficit, imports decrease in Feb
KARACHI - Giving a pleasant surprise to foreign trade experts and government authorities, Pakistan's trade deficit and imports ...
KESC marketing head quits
KARACHI - The Group Head Marketing and Communication, Qashif Effendi, has resigned from job after a clash with the Karachi ...
SECP introduces criteria for open-end schemes of AMCs
KARACHI- In light of the lessons learnt during the recent market situation, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ...
Tension, long march derail KSE, volume skips
KARACHI- The increasing political tension and long march have derailed the stock market. The Karachi Stock Exchange continued ...
Meezan Bank celebrates 6 years of 'Car Ijarah'
KARACHI - Meezan Bank, Pakistan's largest Islamic Bank's Auto Finance Division held a commemorative event to celebrate 6 years of ...
Etihad offers special low fares
KARACHI - Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has started an exciting new low season promotion for ...
Japanese export machine falters, recession deepens
TOKYO (AFP) - Prospects for Japan's export-driven economy turned gloomier on Monday on news that worldwide demand for Japanese ...
World stocks spiral lower on fresh financial woes
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets fell sharply Monday as banking and economic woes returned to haunt investors, with Tokyo ...
Politics
Expatriates demand Iftikhar reinstatement
NEW YORK - A group of Pakistani-Americans belonging to various political parties and organisations on Monday afternoon staged a ...
PML-Q will play a decisive role: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday said that he was not in favour of Governor Rule in Punjab and wished ...
Pakistan to go ahead sans India
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said Pakistan will purchase gas from Iran pipeline even India pullout of ...
Shujaat named for Senate's top slot
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has nominated party's President Ch Shujaat Hussain as the candidate for the slot of ...
Last-ditch efforts for patch-up
ISLAMABAD - The international reconciliatory endeavours being led by the US and the UK are the 'last ditch efforts' for a ...
Shariah before 15th
PESHAWAR - Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Monday signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl (Sharia'h) Regulation, 2009, and sent ...
President leaves for Iran today
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for Tehran on Tuesday (today) on a two-day visit amidst worsening political ...
Rabbani quits as federal minister too
ISLAMABAD - Mian Raza Rabbani who had resigned from the office of the Leader of the Upper House on Sunday soon after the ...
'Q' gets 2 more members back
LAHORE-Two Punjab Assembly members belonging to PML-Q forward bloc, Iftikhar Gilani and Sheikh Alauddin called on PML-Q central ...
Eid Milad today
LAHORE - The nation is all set to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) in a befitting manner throughout Pakistan and Pakistan ...
PA session after any alliance shows majority, says Governor
LAHORE (APP) - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer Monday said that Punjab Assembly session would be convened only when two of the ...
Elders sign peace deal
KHAR (Agencies) - Tribesmen signed a deal with authorities Monday, promising not to shelter militants in a tribal area on the ...
Taliban kill 3 US 'spies'
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Taliban militants shot dead three men in South Waziristan after filming them confessing to spying for the US, ...
Pakistan urges Iran to help stabilise Afghanistan
TEHRAN (Agencies) - Pakistan on Monday urged neighbouring Iran to help the United States and other world powers in stabilising ...
Pak needs to do more: US
WASHINGTON - While acknowledging Pakistan's help with regard to the investigations into the Mumbai attacks, the United States has ...
FO asked to expedite return of Dr Aafia
ISLAMABAD - Handing down its verdict in Dr Aafia case, Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the Ministry for Foreign ...
Saeed's house arrest extended for 60 days
LAHORE - A Review Board of the Lahore High Court Monday extended for 60 days the detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz ...
N-bomb prevented attack: Gen Shankar
KOLKATA (Agencies) - Pakistan's possession of nuclear weapons prevented India from attacking that country after the terror ...
Musharraf for politics of reconciliation
KARACHI-Former President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said that only the politics of reconciliation can bring in harmony in the ...
Lanka doesn't see India hand in 3/3 attack
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Monday rejected reports that neighbouring India may have been involved in the terrorist attack ...
2 tribesmen gunned down
QUETTA-Unknown gunmen shot dead two Hazara tribesmen in an apparent sectarian attack at Arbab Karam Khan Road here on Monday, ...
Entertainment
Watchmen conquers US box office
SUPERHERO film Watchmen has stormed to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend. The comic book ...
A freaky moment
AN Australian man has fought off a 90-pound kangaroo after it burst through his bedroom window and rampaged around his house, ...
Aniston house-hunts in New York
JENNIFER Aniston could be moving to the Big Apple. The actress was spotted looking at luxury apartments in New York last ...
Discovery set to soar to space station
WASHINGTON (AFP) - After a month of delays, the US space shuttle Discovery is on Wednesday to head to the International Space ...
Why dreams are so difficult to remember?
BY listening in on the chatter between neurons in various parts of the brain, researchers from the California Institute of ...
Little Shiloh could take the A-list tot's cutie crown
SURI Cruise now has a rival for the title of Hollywood's most adorable toddler. Shiloh, the daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina ...
Islamabad
Illuminations, rallies to celebrate Milad today
ISLAMABAD- Eid Milad-un-Nabi is being observed across the country with religious enthusiasm today (Tuesday). The government has ...
Authorities seem helpless against pollen allergy
ISLAMABAD - As pollen allergy season hits the Federal Capital, scores of people living in Islamabad are finding once again ...
PAIMAN screens play to highlight women problems
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Initiative for Mother and Newborns (PAIMAN) marked the International Women's Day in a unique way by ...
Tanzara to exhibit Jalal's paintings from March 11
ISLAMABAD: The works of Shahid Jalal entitled the Pool Garden Series will be exhibited at the Tanzara Art Gallery from March 11 ...
Beaconhouse children arrange blood donation camp
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Beaconhouse Banigalla Campus with the help of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) arranged a daylong blood ...
Court sends 3 to judicial remand
RAWALPINDI-Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No 2 Monday sent three accused involved in the murder of a retired army general ...
Karachi
Deposed CJ's courage united nation: Wajih
KARACHI - Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed has said that the refusal of the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to ...
Eid Milad to be celebrated with fervour
KARACHI - Eid Milad-un-Nabi marking the birthday of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) will be celebrated with religious fervour ...
Country in dire need of reconciliation: Shahida
KARACHI - There is a strong need of reconciliation today instead of confrontation, said former law minister Barrister Shahida ...
Houston, Karachi declared sister-cities; agreement signed
KARACHI - Nazim City Mustafa Kamal and Mayor of US city Houston Bill White signed a sister cities agreement at the City Council ...
WWF cites reasons of dolphins stranding at Gadani beach
KARACHI (PPI) - The date of March 6, 2009 set a landmark in the history of Pakistan and will always be remembered as the "Day of ...
Barricades on 12 Rabiul Awwal
KARACHI - Spectators got stuck in traffic jam as the Police erected barricades on prominent decorated site on the occasion of ...
Lahore
PCB lodges complaint against Broad
LAHORE - Let down by severe criticism on security lapses Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday lodged an official complaint with ICC ...
Cricket World Cup secretariat may be shifted to India
LAHORE - The 2011 World Cup Secretariat that is being established in Lahore could be relocated to India in the wake of a ...
I will not resign, says defiant Butt
LAHORE - PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt has rejected calls for his resignation in the aftermath of Lahore terror attacks on the Sri ...
World Cup 2011 will go ahead in India: Bindra
LAHORE - ICC's Principal Adviser and one of cricket's most influential administrator, Inderjit Singh Bindra, is convinced the ...
Rejuvenated Pakistan beat Sri Lanka
LAHORE - An all-round performance by Qanita Jalil helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 57 runs in a low-scoring match of the ICC ...
Pakistan juniors beat Malaysia in hockey test
LAHORE - Pakistan Junior hockey team beat Malaysia by 7-1 in the second hockey test match at Johor Bahru, Malaysia on Monday. ...
Lawyers observe 'Black Flag Day'
LAHORE - On the completion of two years struggle against what is generally believed, 'arbitrary' sacking of Chief Justice of ...
'Pak media gives less coverage to BD'
Lahore - "Less coverage of Bangladesh news in Pakistani newspapers creates a gap between the people of both the countries. In ...
Case referred to LHC Chief Justice
LAHORE - Justice Nasim Sikandar of the Lahore High Court on Monday referred to the chief justice an application requesting to ...
Hameed Gul assures 'N' ex-servicemen's support
LAHORE - Former ISI chief General (r) Hameed Gul has called on PML-N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Raiwind ...
Court provides relief to brilliant student
LAHORE - An outstanding and internationally recognised female debater and student of Beaconhouse Defence Campus has got status ...
PML-N not 'hijacked' the show: Aitzaz
LAHORE - Long march of the lawyers aims at making good the promise PPP Shaheed leader Benazir Bhutto made to the people on ...
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