Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- 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
The Nation in print for Thursday, March 12, 2009
Front Page
Kayani asks PM to play his role
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in his meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday expressed the armed forces' grave concern over the prevailing political crisis in the country and advised Premier Gilani to play his constitutional role in defusing the ...
International
Iraq's former deputy PM Aziz given 15-year jail for murder
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's top court on Wednesday jailed former deputy premier Tareq Aziz for 15 years and awarded death sentence to ...
World population to reach 9b by 2050: UN
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The world population is projected to top nine billion in 2050, up from 6.8 billion this year and seven ...
Afghanistan unravelling, says veteran UN diplomat
NEW YORK (AFP) - The UN envoy, who helped set up Afghanistan's post-Taliban government, has warned the country is unravelling, ...
Beijing urges Washington to respect China's security
BEIJING (AFP) - China's Defence Ministry Wednesday urged the United States to respect its security following a standoff near its ...
France ends 4-decade Nato rift
PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that France would return to the Nato military command and seek ...
Charges are badges of honour, say Gitmo detainees
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Five men charged with plotting the September 11 attacks say the charges against them are "badges of honour" ...
Obama to trim wasteful 'earmark' spending
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared war on congressional pet projects known as earmarks that can ...
Assad says US could mediate talks with Israel
TOKYO (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his country could hold direct peace talks with Israel if the US acted as an ...
No reconciliation with Taliban chief: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon would not support a reconciliation effort with Taliban chief Mullah Omar, a spokesman said ...
Six Afghans killed in attack
KABUL (AFP) - A bomb killed at least six local security guards in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest ...
Sri Lanka Minister on life support
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan government minister was on life support Wednesday, the day after being critically injured in a ...
South Africa set to replace Pakistan as Champions Trophy host
DUBAI (AFP) - The ICC Wednesday recommended South Africa as the venue to stage the biennial Champions Trophy this year. Also ...
England go down fighting to West Indies
PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad and Tobago) (AFP) - England failed in their bid for a series-levelling victory, when West Indies held on ...
Business
Long march, crackdown affect business
KARACHI - The ongoing crack down to stop the proposed long-march of lawyers and political parties has paralysed economic ...
World stocks push higher despite gloom
LONDON (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets mostly rallied on Wednesday after Wall Street bounced higher overnight despite ...
Tariff bids open for 970MW fast track IPPs
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The financial proposals of bids received for fast track Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to be commissioned ...
State Bank allows financing to import used machinery
KARACHI- The State Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday advised banks and DFIs to allow financing for the import of second hand plant ...
PM for increasing LPG production
ISLAMABAD (PPI/APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that an investment of Rs. 750 million had been made in the ...
UBL expected to post Rs11 billion earnings
KARACHI - The United Bank Limited (UBL) is likely to post earnings of Rs11.0 billion (EPS of Rs10.9) in 2008 versus earnings of ...
New petroleum exploration policy soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that the new petroleum exploration policy, which gives sense of ...
KSE sheds another 104 points as political crisis deepens
KARACHI- The Karachi Stock Exchange-100 Index on Wednesday lost another 104.10 points on account of current political turmoil ...
Economic crisis likely to make 51m jobless this year
KARACHI - The overwhelming job crisis has alarmed the whole world and not even spared the big guns of the international economic ...
ABL joins IFC's sustainability finance facility
LAHORE - The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced the Allied Bank Limited has ...
Politics
Crackdown on activists, lawyers
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - Police on Wednesday arrested over 500 political workers including PML-N activists in a countrywide ...
Nawaz asks masses to defy ban
ABBOTTABAD - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has asked the people to fully participate in the upcoming long march in order ...
Long march kicks off today
ISLAMABAD - The defiant and relentless lawyers of Pakistan are today embarking upon a journey that symbolizes the struggle for ...
Sahiwal Nazim, SSP Gujranwala defiant
District Nazim Sahiwal has refused to impose Section 144 in the district, and SSP Civil Lines Gujranwala Athar Waheed refused to ...
US supports right to hold rallies
WASHINGTON - Stressing that the United States supports the democratic right to expression and assembly, a State Department ...
PML-Q demands Punjab top slot
ISLAMABAD-PML-Q withdrawing from its demand of Senate chairmanship, has sought the top slot in Punjab for striking a ...
Moonis likely to be next CM
LAHORE-The PPP and PML (Q) have reached an understanding to form govt in the Punjab with former conceding the office of Chief ...
Bashir Bilour escapes bid on life; five killed
PESHAWAR - NWFP Senior Minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour survived an attempt on his life, however, ...
ECO states call for free trade area
TEHRAN (Agencies) - The 10th Summit meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) on Wednesday reaffirmed its ...
ADB unveils $4.4b lending programme
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) here on Wednesday launched the Country-Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2009-2013, a ...
Dozen freed after signing of Bajaur deal
BAJAUR AGENCY - After signing a 28-point agreement with three leading tribes on Wednesday, the administration of Bajaur Agency ...
Senate elects chairman, deputy today
ISLAMABAD - Elections for the slots of chairman and deputy chairman of Upper House of the Parliament would take place today ...
Talking to Taliban 'worth exploring': US
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Reaching out to Taliban moderates is a tactic 'worth exploring', US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday as he ...
16 dead in German school firing
WINNENDEN (Agencies) - A teenager in black combat gear went on a rampage at his old school in Germany Wednesday, slaying at least ...
Alabama gunman kills 10, self in rampage
SAMSON (AFP) - A US gunman mowed down at least 10 people, including his grandparents and other relatives, leaving a trail of ...
Enver resigns from PPP Foreign Liaison Committee
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President of PPP Foreign Liaison Committee Enver Baig has resigned from his post. Talking to the BBC, Enver ...
Troops kill 35 militants in Darra Adam
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Security forces killed at least 35 militants in a restive northwestern region after a two-day military ...
Rockets hit Peshawar Airport
PESHAWAR - Peshawar Airport and a house in Haji Abad area were partially damaged when miscreants fired seven rockets from an ...
Entertainment
Goody leaves hospital to spend final days with her sons
JADE Goody left hospital Wednesday after begging doctors to die at home surrounded by her family. The terminally ill reality ...
Lincoln's watch carried 'secret' war message
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Long-defined by his role guiding the US through its Civil War (1861-1865), Abraham Lincoln even had a pocket ...
Ricci thankful for 'paparazzi security'
CHRISTINA Ricci has admitted that she has no problem with being followed by paparazzi. The Speed Racer star revealed that the ...
Dark Knight gets 11 Saturn nods
THE Dark Knight has been nominated for 11 prizes at the annual Saturn Awards, set up by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy ...
More evidence depression is hard on heart
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Severe depression may silently break a seemingly healthy woman's heart. Doctors have long known that ...
Ancient golden jewellery found in Egyptian tomb
CAIRO (Agencies) - Egyptian officials says archaeologists have found ancient golden jewellery in a pharaonic-era tomb that ...
Islamabad
Islooites brace for pollen allergy, mainly on their own
ISLAMABAD - Pollen allergy has become cause of great concern among the Islooites during spring season, as every year from ...
Rs1244m development projects underway
RAWALPINDI- Vice Chancellor Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUR) Rawalpindi Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Khan ...
President Zardari urged to do away with Sharifs' ineligibility
ISLAMABAD- Speakers at a seminar, "Democracy, democratic governance and politics of confrontation: a civil society perspective", ...
Lawyers hold rally confronting Section 144
RAWALPINDI - Legal community Wednesday organised a car rally to sensitise the masses regarding the importance of 'Long March' in ...
Parking of vehicles real cause: Report
ISLAMABAD - Inquiry report of the scuffle between the workers of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and Malakand Scouts deployed at the ...
Political upheaval affecting business
ISLAMABAD - Ahead of long march panic gripped the citizens, as the current political tension is greatly affecting the social and ...
Karachi
Pakistan to host international cricket by year end
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's cricket chief said Tuesday that authorities were working to improve security a week after Sri Lanka's ...
Gulraiz steers Multan Tigers to easy win
KARACHI - Gulraiz Sadaf struck superb 93 to steer Multan Tigers to comfortable six wickets win over Quetta Bears in the RBS Cup ...
Kidney trade goes uncheckd: expert
KARACHI - Renowned surgeon Prof Adibul Hassan Rizvi has said the organ trade was on the rise in various parts of the country ...
Eid Milad celebrated with religious spirit
KARACHI - Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), the birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohamamad (PBUH) was celebrated with great religious zeal ...
Lawyers say 'nothing can stop long march'
KARACHI - Senior lawyers leaders have vowed to continue their struggle till the logic end despite all hurdles and impediments ...
Assembly reposes confidence in Zardari
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly Wednesday through a unanimously passed a resolution reposing confidence in the leadership of President ...
Home dept bans rallies, processions
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Home Department has, under section 144 Cr.P.C., imposed a complete ban on all sorts of demonstrations, ...
Malik asks Sindh govt to protect life, property
KARACHI (APP) - PM's Advisor on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik has directed Sindh government for taking all possible measures to ...
Lahore
Younis wants star players in RBS Cup
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Younis Khan on Tuesday urged the top players to participate in the RBS National One-day tournament ...
Akhtar praises Younis leadership
LAHORE - Pakistan speed star famously known as Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhter said on Tuesday Younis Khan is an incredible ...
Aisam nets big Aussie fish
LAHORE - Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi had another notch in his already outstanding career when he beat the ...
PCB, CA yet to sign MoU for series in UAE
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have yet to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the ...
RBS Cup matches to resume from 21st
LAHORE - Due to logistic problem in view of the current political situation in the country, the matches of Group (B), Group (C) ...
Wapda win national men, women karate titles
LAHORE - Wapda won the 18th National Men and 5th Women Karate Championships that concluded at Hyderabad the other day while ...
Lawyers warn govt against using force
LAHORE - The lawyers' leadership has warned the government against using force to prevent 'long march' and subsequent sit-in, ...
Imposition of Section 144 challenged in LHC
LAHORE - The imposition of Section 144 in Punjab has been challenged before the Lahore High Court. A citizen Zahid Malik through ...
Lawyers leadership goes underground to avoid arrests
LAHORE - Despite the overwhelming crackdown on lawyers, political activists, traders and representatives of the civil society, ...
PPP rules out army intervention
LAHORE-Former foreign minister and deputy chairman Planning Division, Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali on Wednesday ruled out the ...
Nation celebrates Eid Milad-un-Nabi
LAHORE - The nation observed Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) in a befitting manner throughout Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on ...
Government harassing political activists: Opp
LAHORE - Major opposition parties have claimed that the government was harassing the political workers by conducting raids at ...
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