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
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International
Australia bounce back to win first Test
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Australia bounced straight back from a home series defeat when they beat South Africa by 162 runs on the ...
Pakistan to tour Bangladesh despite mutiny
DHAKA (AFP) - Pakistan's 16-day cricket tour of Bangladesh starting next weekend will go ahead despite last week's mutiny in ...
IAAF launches global Diamond League
PARIS (AFP) - The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on Monday announced the creation of a new global ...
Sarwan, Ramdin force toiling England into survival battle
BRIDGETOWN (AFP) - England's bid for a series-levelling victory in the fourth Test against West Indies was derailed on Sunday, ...
India bank on Tendulkar for ODI boost
NAPIER (AFP) - India are set to recall record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar as they head into a one-day series against New ...
Top seed Fish rallies to win Delray Beach event
DELRAY BEACH (AFP) - American Mardy Fish rallied to beat Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, becoming the first top seed to win the ...
Murray out of Davis Cup tie
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's hopes of overcoming Ukraine in the Davis Cup this weekend have been dealt a severe blow after Andy ...
Australia to train in Manchester ahead of London 2012
SYDNEY (AFP) - The Australian swimming team will train at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympic ...
Inter show title spirit in six-goal thriller
ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan twice came back from two-goal deficits to hold AS Roma to a thrilling 3-3 draw at the San Siro on Sunday ...
Ex-Wimbledon champ Becker to marry again
BERLIN (AFP) - Three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker will marry Dutch girlfriend Lilly Kerssenberg on June 12, the ...
Pakistan Inter Varsities Tennis
LAHORE - University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore beat Islamia University Bahawalpur 2-0 to move into the final of the ...
Stuczynski sets American indoor pole vault record
BOSTON (AFP) - Olympic silver medallist Jenn Stuczynski easily won the women's pole vault at the US Indoor Track and Field ...
Barcelona lose seven-goal thriller as title race blown wide open
MADRID (AFP) - Sergio Aguero's late goal helped Atletico Madrid come from behind to beat Barcelona 4-3 on Sunday and blow the ...
Vaulters crash through airport ceiling
SYDNEY (AFP) - A group of world-class pole vaulters took a chunk out of a Sydney airport ceiling in an embarrassing mishap while ...
Ronaldo baffled by dive booking
LONDON (AFP) - Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo insists referee Chris Foy was wrong to book him for diving during ...
US urged to make aid to Pakistan conditional on defeating extremists
WASHINGTON - A leading American newspaper, voicing concern over the situation in Pakistan, Monday called for the US aid to be ...
US lining up one-time $5b for Pakistan
WASHINGTON - Two influential senators are expected to file legislation in the coming days that would triple nonmilitary US aid to ...
Donors pledge 4.5 billion dollars for Palestinians
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - International donors on Monday pledged almost 4.5 billion dollars to the Palestinians and demanded ...
IAEA chief urges Iran to 'unblock' nuclear stalemate
VIENNA (AFP) - UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran on Monday to "unblock" a long-running nuclear standoff and ...
Nato expresses 'concern' over Afghan poll security
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Nato expressed concern Monday about whether enough security could be provided to ensure the safe conduct of ...
Study paints rare portrait of Muslim-Americans
MUSLIMS in America have a much more positive outlook on life than their counterparts in most predominantly Muslim countries and ...
World wants reconciliation
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Top world diplomats appealed on Monday for rival Palestinian factions to reconcile, saying that it ...
CIA Destroyed 92 Interrogation Tapes: report
WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency destroyed 92 videotapes documenting the harsh interrogations of two Al Qaeda ...
India to test cruise missile BrahMos tomorrow
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - After failing to hit the target in earlier test on January 20, India will again test-fire Blgck II version ...
Bomb kills two Iraqi soldiers
BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bomb attack while on patrol in restive ...
US seeks to clarify admiral's comment
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Defence Department on Monday sought to clarify comments made by the top US military officer on Iran's ...
Business
NBP, Standard Chartered, NIB set to unveil results this month
KARACHI - Three leading commercial banks will announce their financial results respectively for the calendar year 2008 this month ...
Indian exports fall steeply
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's exports slid nearly 16 percent in January from a year earlier, their steepest fall in more than a ...
Taiwan's jobless claims hit record
TAIPEI (AFP) - The number of monthly unemployment benefit claims in Taiwan hit a record 100,000 in February, as the local economy ...
Etihad to fly to Chicago
LAHORE - Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will begin flights to the US city of Chicago from Sept ...
DIB announces net profit of AED 1.73 billion
KARACHI - Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) announced its financial results for the 12 months ending December 31, 2008, demonstrating ...
Euro drops after EU rejects E Europe bailout
LONDON (AFP) - The euro fell sharply against the dollar on Monday after European Union leaders ruled out a regional bailout plan ...
India lifts Chinese toy ban
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's government lifted a ban Monday on imports of Chinese toys that had stoked trade tensions between the ...
Soya Supreme lucky draw
KARACHI - Agro Processors and Atmospheric Gases Pvt Ltd, the makers of Soya Supreme and Smart Canola, recently concluded a very ...
Clarification
LAHORE (PR) - With reference to a news item posted on The Nation web-edition of February 17, Emaar Pakistan has clarified that it ...
Political ambiguity trims volume to 85m shares
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange remained in grip of volatility on Monday as the ongoing political crisis deepened the ...
Political parties rift may hit wheat growers
ISLAMABAD - In case the political rift between the two major parties (PPP and PML-N) lasts long, the wheat growers across the ...
Commercial banks not reducing mark-up rate
LAHORE - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has asked the Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Syed Salim Raza ...
European stock markets slump; Asians dive on banking fears
LONDON/HONG KONG (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets closed sharply lower on Monday, extending losses after another massive ...
Finance giants need billions as losses deepen
WASHINGTON (AFP) - World finance giants Monday revealed they need tens of billions more dollars as the shockwaves from the credit ...
PR plans commercial complexes
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to construct commercial complexes on all its prime real estate across ...
Minfal targets to produce 6.52 million tons gram
ISLAMABAD (APP) - About 652.29 thousand tons of gram would be produced during 2008-09 to fulfil the domestic consumption of the ...
SCBP, IFC to promote SMEs in Pakistan
KARACHI - The Standard Chartered and the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group have signed an agreement in ...
Senate body sets tobacco at Rs150/kg
ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture and Livestock has recommended Rs 150 as the minimum price for one ...
Pak truckers strike against Afghan tax
CHAMAN (AFP) - Scores of Pakistani truckers went on strike Monday in a southwestern border town to protest against a new transit ...
Kino exports fall by 33pc
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Kino exports during the current season declined by 33 percent. All Pakistan Fruits Exporters Association ...
Conversion rates
KARACHI (APP) - The following rates will be applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer ...
Gold up Rs102
KARACHI (APP) - Gold gained Rs 102 to Rs 24,170 per 10 grams in the local market Monday as its international price also moved up ...
Oil price drops
LONDON (AFP) - New York oil prices dropped by more than $2 on Monday on expectations of prolonged weakness for energy demand, ...
US consumer spending ticks up
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US consumer spending ticked up 0.6 percent in January after six months of decline, driven by a surge in retail ...
Canada GDP drops 3.4pc
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada's GDP dropped 3.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, the biggest quarterly decline since 1991, ...
Car sales plunge in big auto-making countries
PARIS (AFP) - Major car-making countries reported huge plunges in auto sales on Monday, with France and particularly heavyweight ...
Record fall in SKorea output
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's export-dominated economy suffered its sharpest-ever fall in industrial output in January, figures ...
IGI Insurance signs agreement with Pamada
LAHORE - IGI Insurance Limited, a part of the IGI Financial Services Group signed an agreement with Pakistan Automobile ...
Politics
No compromise on principles: Nawaz
NAROWAL/LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Monday vowed not to leave the lawyers alone at this critical juncture and said he ...
Zardari for reconciliation
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said there was a need for reconciliation and not confrontation, to resolve the ...
Good news soon: Raisani
Bahawalpur (Agencies) - Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani has said that he has delivered the message of ...
Majority party to form govt: Governor
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said when he comes to know that any of the parties in the Punjab Assembly has got the ...
Tarin sees hike in power tariff by April
ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to withdraw Rs65 billion subsidy on electricity to meet the conditionalities agreed with ...
7 die in Pishin suicide attack
QUETTA-At least seven people including the suicide bomber were killed and seven others wounded some of them critically, in a ...
'N' ready to face challenges
BAHAWALPUR - Former Punjab Chief Minister and PML(N) head Mian Shahbaz Sharif has maintained that it is now high time for the ...
World powers for early settlement
ISLAMABAD - The United States, UK and other world powers as well as important Muslim states like Saudi Arabia want the early ...
Mobile courts 'unconstitutional'
LAHORE-The issuance of Presidential Ordinance while the National Assembly is in session is sheer violation of Constitution ...
Political turmoil to exacerbate economy
KARACHI (AFP) - Political turmoil after a court banned Sharif brothers running for public office could make the stagnant economy ...
PA condemns Governor Rule, disqualification
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed a resolution condemning what it called 'judicial murder' of the mandate given by 80 ...
SHC gets 13 more judges
KARACHI/LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed thirteen additional judges in the Sindh High Court (SHC). According to ...
No more room for bloodshed in Swat: Hoti
MINGORA (Agencies) - NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said girls in the Swat Valley can attend school but must wear ...
Shujaat given authority to contact PPP
LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) elders in a meeting on Monday has decided to launch fresh efforts to win the ...
PML-N, PPP workers clash
QUETTA-A motorcycle was torched by miscreants and several people injured when the workers of PML-N and PPP clashed here on ...
Guinea-Bissau President shot dead
BISSAU (AFP) - Guinea-Bissau's army denied staging a coup Monday after soldiers assassinated veteran President Joao Bernardo ...
Shariah law popular demand in Swat: FM
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has defended the Swat Sharia deal, saying it will removed the ...
India announces election dates
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India will hold general elections next month, officials announced Monday, kick-starting a frenetic ...
Pakistani gets death in Yemen
SANAA (AFP) - A Yemeni court on Monday condemned a Pakistani man to death for drug trafficking and imposed a 25-year prison ...
FBI in mosques upsets Muslims
SANTA ANA, Calif. (Agencies) - The revelation that the FBI planted a spy in a Southern California mosque was explosive news in a ...
Four Federal Secretaries take charge today
ISLAMABAD (Online)-Four newly appointed Federal Secretaries would be taking over their newly delegated departments from Tuesday ...
UN fee for BB assassination probe released
Ministry of Finance has released amount for UN's special commission probing Late Benazir Bhutto assassination case. Talking to ...
President, COAS discuss security
ISLAMABAD(Online)-Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on President Asif Ali Zardari here in Presidency on ...
Quake rocks Balochistan cities
QUETTA (PPI) - Quetta and other parts of Balochistan were shocked by a light earthquake Monday night. Earthquake of light ...
Entertainment
Pete Wentz convinced he will be murdered
PETE Wentz is convinced he is going to be murdered. The Fall Out Boy star is so paranoid his life is going to be taken, he won't ...
Katie Holmes addresses Suri rumours
KATIE Holmes seems like she is a good mother and even though we don't see her behind closed doors, we see how she treats her ...
Welsh town screens Monty Python film after 30-year ban
LONDON (AFP) - A Welsh town which banned the classic Monty Python movie "Life of Brian" 30 years ago has decided to screen it ...
Butterfly new species discovered
AFTER nearly a century in the Natural History Museum collections, a new butterfly species has been discovered because of its ...
Is this the world's only pink dolphin?
THESE are the stunning pictures of a rare pink bottlenose dolphin spotted swimming in a Louisiana lake. The mammal was pictured ...
Oasis China concerts are shelved
OASIS' debut concerts in China have been cancelled after the authorities revoked the band's licences to play, deeming them ...
Simple techniques can help avoid overindulgence
SOME people overindulge on junk foods or needless shopping sprees when they feel depressed. Others lose control the minute they ...
Posh's tower of terror...
KEEPING up with three excited boys on a family day out can't be easy. In sky-high stilettos, Victoria Beckham didn't even try. ...
Mania linked to desire for fame, success
LONDON (AFP) - People with manic or bipolar tendencies have higher expectations of what they can achieve in terms of success, ...
'Jenny' stamp expected to fetch 150,000 at auction
THE American 1918 inverted "Jenny" is one of the most famous stamps in the world. It features a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny in flight, ...
New bird flu vaccine developed
HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus which could be cheaper ...
Islamabad
Senate committee for early removal of incapable PCB set up
ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Sports Monday unanimously passed a resolution urging the government for an early ...
CMT Golra defeat Army
ISLAMABAD - CMT Golra defeated Army by five wickets in the opening match of the RDCA, Sheikh Muhammad Rafiq Azhar Memorial ...
National
Advantage rests with Sri Lanka
At the start of day two, Pakistan were banking their hopes on early wickets, but instead their bowlers turned in an inconsistent ...
Dilshan joins the party
Tillekaratne Dilshan has been a batsman who hasn't been able to get many runs in this series so far at a time when all others are ...
National Volleyball at DG Khan cancelled
DERA GHAZI KHAN - The National Volleyball Championship which was scheduled to be held at Dera Ghazi Khan from March 06 to 13 was ...
Samaraweera batting best among us
After Thilan Samaraweera made an assured hundred in Lahore to follow up his double-century in the first Test, his team-mate Kumar ...
Karachi
Final round of National Bridge trials from 20th
KARACHI (APP)- Four-day final round of National Bridge Trials to select one Pakistan team will be held at Aslam Hall housed at ...
Lahore
Samaraweera, Dilshan put Pakistan to the sword
LAHORE - Thilan Samaraweera and Tillakaratne Dilshan let their bat do the talking on the second running in the second test match ...
ICC mull Johannesburg, UAE as venues
LAHORE - Johannesburg, Dubai and Abu Dhabi are being considered as possible venues to host the Champions Trophy this year, a ...
Kamran is new fitness champion
LAHORE - The Annual Fitness Competition 2009 held at the Royal Palm Gymnasium concluded yesterday after four days of inspiring ...
Ludihana, Model Town match 4th
LAHORE - The quarterfinal of 6th M. Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament will be played between Ludihana Gymkhana and Model Town ...
Players want to extend league hockey contract term: Samiullah
LAHORE - Olympian Samiullah said senior players including Sohail Abbas seeking extension in league hockey contract term and this ...
Bahrain FA chief assures support to PFF
LAHORE - The Bahrain Football Association (BFA)'s President Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa has appreciated the football ...
Matches schedule
LAHORE - The three matches schedule of 24th Mohd Yaseen Akhter Memorial Cricket Tournament has announced. Two matches will be ...
Shinning Club in quarters
LAHORE - Shinning Club has marched into the quarter final of 6th M. Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament when they defeated Akhter ...
Rashid Malik urges for proper future planning
LAHORE - The Pakistan Davis Cup team led by non playing captain Rashid Malik left here on Monday night for Oman to play the ...
PPP takes out 'peace rally' in City
LAHORE - The PPP on Monday took out a mammoth peace rally in the City to condemn desecration of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto's monument ...
Masses will take part in long march
LAHORE - While blasting the government for institutionalising the mobile courts as unconstitutional, MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has ...
Hamid Nawaz laid to rest
LAHORE - Brigadier (r) Hamid Nawaz Khan, father of former Governor Punjab, Shahid Hamid and former Minister for Defence and at ...
Duo dominates police hierarchy
LAHORE - A group of SPs emerged as a strong lobby in the recent reshuffle in police. The two SPs, namely Muhammad Ali Nekokar and ...
Mobile courts criticised
LAHORE - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has disapproved of the establishment of mobile courts terming the same a ...
Another petition against Governor Rule filed
LAHORE - Another petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan questioning the proclamation of Governor Rule in ...
LHC stays plaza construction
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has extended a stay already granted against the construction of Makro Habib Cash and Carry Plaza ...
AMS admin Jinnah Hospital transferred
LAHORE - Chief Executive Jinnah Hospital Prof Dr Javed Akram has transferred the AMS admin and issued a warning to MS Dr Umer ...
Officials directed to finalise arrangements for Milad
LAHORE - District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has directed the officials to finalise arrangements for celebrating ...
6 more officers transferred and posted
LAHORE - The Punjab government on Monday transferred and posted six more officers, including three from the police department. ...
Javed fears Army take-over
LAHORE - Justice (r) Dr Javed Iqbal has said that the US has hand in change in Pakistan and it is feared that Army will again ...
Peoples' Unity activists thrash female colleague
LAHORE - Some activists of PPP-backed PIA union, Peoples' Unity, on Monday allegedly thrashed and tortured a female member of ...
Traders to go on strike on Friday
LAHORE - The Muslim Tajir Ittehad Lahore Monday announced to observe complete shutter down strike on Friday to express solidarity ...
End to Governor Rule demanded
LAHORE - The Pakistan Kisan Rabita Committee on Monday demanded that the Governor Rule should immediately be abolished from the ...
Sardar Khosa challenges PPP leader
LAHORE - While reacting to PPP leader Raja Riaz's claim that his party had the support of 250 MPAs, PML-N MPA Sardar Zulfiqar ...
Seerat Conference
LAHORE - Provincial Seerat Conference in connection with celebration of Rabi-ul-Awwal will be held at Alhamra on March 9. ...
Support assured to 'Q'
LAHORE - As many as two MPAs from Punjab, Sardar Fateh Muhammad Buzdar and Haji Ghulam Jaffer met PML-Q senior leader Ch Pervaiz ...
'Students are future leaders'
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer has said that the students getting education in economics are future leaders of ...
High Court allows construction of plaza
LAHORE- The Lahore High Court has allowed construction of Hayatt Regency Plaza near Allama Iqbal Airport against bank surety of ...
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