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 Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Front Page
Eight-hour gunbattle
LAHORE - Terror hit the city second time in a month when heavily armed men, numbering about 10, took hold of the Manawan Police training centre in an eight-hour long gun-battle which climaxed into the killing of eight policemen and capturing alive of 4 terrorists on Monday morning. Above 90 other ...
President asks US to provide drones
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said he is satisfied with the performance of armed forces in the Swat ...
Mehsud behind strike: Malik
LAHORE - Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said Bait Ullah Mehsud sent the terrorists from Waziristan and ...
International
Arab leaders snub Bashir warrant
DOHA (AFP) - Arab leaders concluded their annual summit on Monday with a strong message of support for Sudanese President Omar ...
Gaddafi hurls insults at Saudi king
DOHA (AFP) - Maverick Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi stole the show at Monday's Arab summit, insulting Saudi King Abdullah and ...
Nato chief seeks $2b for Afghanistan forces
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer warned European allies Monday not to complain about ...
US welcomes Karzai's term extension
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday welcomed the ruling by Afghanistan's Supreme Court that allows President Hamid Karzai to ...
Britain flays attack, eyes 'wider stability'
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Monday condemned the terrorist attack on police training school in Lahore ...
Britain to start Iraq pullout from today
BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - British forces will officially start to pull out of Iraq on Tuesday (today), signalling the end of six years ...
US, SKorea, Japan coordinate on NKorean rocket launch
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US, South Korean and Japanese envoys to the North Korean nuclear disarmament talks have discussed how to ...
Turkey's ruling party wins polls
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey's ruling party won an easy victory in local polls but saw its share of the vote shrink for the first time - ...
EU unveils 60m aid
Brussels (AFP) - The European Commission said Monday it was ready to commit an additional 60 million euros in aid to support ...
Six dead in California shooting
SANTA CLARA, California (AFP) - Four children and two adults were shot dead and a woman was clinging to life in a hospital, after ...
Federer, Serena and Venus advance, Stosur stuns Safina
MIAMI (Florida) (AFP) - Serena and Venus Williams and men's world number two Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the ...
Gambhir's marathon stand secures draw
NAPIER (New Zealand) (AFP) - A heroic stand of 137 in nearly 11 hours at the crease by Gautam Gambhir ensured the second Test ...
Zambia fight back to rock Egypt in World Cup
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Zambia came from behind to force a 1-1 draw with Egypt at Cairo Stadium on Sunday as the 2010 World ...
Business
President Zardari seeks UK investment in various sectors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari highlighting the investment-friendly environment in Pakistan has underlined the need ...
Stock market breaches 7,000 level
KARACHI - Despite the terrorist activities in Lahore, the KSE-100 Index comfortably breached the psychological level of 7,000 ...
Traders call for govt not to levy new taxes in next budget
LAHORE (APP) - Traders and business community in the wake of global recession Monday demanded the government not to levy new ...
Stocks plummet as auto sector reels
LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets dived on Monday as fresh woes for the global auto sector and extremely weak economic data ...
OECD fears 4.3pc contraction in 2009, urges 'quick action'
ROME (AFP) - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Monday urged "quick and decisive action" to restore ...
Dollar tumbles versus yen on US auto turmoil
LONDON (AFP) - The dollar dived against the yen Monday on fresh worries about struggling US carmakers General Motors and Chrysler ...
Experts suggest creation of common stock market in SAsia
KARACHI - Creation of Common Stock Exchange in South Asia will help foster integration process in the region and develop required ...
Govt intends to increase remittances target to $15b
KARACHI - The Federal government is intending to increase the remittances target to $15 billion dollars for next financial year ...
Politics
Assembly to decide CM
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday lifted the Governor's Rule in Punjab, notifying revocation of last month's ...
Khosa most likely stopgap Chief Minister
LAHORE - President PML-N Punjab and former special advisor to ex chief minister Shahbaz Sharif Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa is most ...
Seven officers sent back to Punjab
LAHORE - The Federal Government on Monday withdrew its notification regarding the transfer of seven senior officers from the ...
Kayani, US officials to discuss US policy
Islamabad - Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani would discuss the new US Afghanistan-Pakistan policy when he meets ...
Nawaz eyeing third term as Prime Minister
NEW YORK - Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif says he hopes to become prime minister again after the next elections in ...
SC admits Sharifs' plea for hearing
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court here Monday admitted for hearing the petitions filed by PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and ...
Commission to examine fixation of POL prices: SC
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A three-member bench of the Supreme Court Monday appointed a one-man commission under Justice (r) Rana ...
Military, ISI main targets
ISLAMABAD - The Obama administration's Af-Pak policy review indicates strategic directions, highlights concerns and above all ...
Musharraf to vacate Army House
ISLAMABAD - Former President General (r) Pervez Musharraf will vacate the Army House within next few days. As per well-informed ...
Sequence of developments
LAHORE - The sequence of developments during command operation is as under: The terrorists struck the Manawan Police Training ...
PML-N finalises two-pronged strategy
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has finalised its strategy to tackle the situation arising after the lifting of ...
'Q' forward bloc may get 4 ministries
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) is likely to induct three to four ministers from the PML-Q forward bloc in the Punjab ...
Pakistan to get $1.4b loan today
WASHINGTON - Pakistan will receive a total of US $1.4 billion by Tuesday including US $500 million interest-free credit from the ...
US-based journalists' body condemns killing of Pakistani newsmen
NEW YORK - The convener of a U.S.-based body of Pakistani journalists on Monday strongly condemned the "brutal" murder in ...
Pakistan part of Afghan issue: Holbrooke
THE HAGUE (AFP) - The meeting in The Hague Tuesday is a "signal that the world hasn't forgotten Afghanistan and now acknowledges ...
India says no talks until action by Pakistan
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India expressed deep concern over the deadly terrorist attack on police academy in Lahore on Monday, but ...
Seven securitymen killed in suicide blast
MIRANSHAH - At least seven personnel of the security forces were killed and three others injured when a suicide bomber struck ...
ICRC sees more casualties in Pakistan
GENEVA (AFP) - The Red Cross warned on Monday that it expected a surge in civilian casualties in Pakistan and Afghanistan over ...
Vice principal killed; pylon blown up
QUETTA - Unknown armed assailants gunned down the Vice Principal of Government College Soorab in Kalat district on Monday, said ...
21 drown as migrants boat sinks off Libya
TRIPOLI (AFP) - A ship carrying illegal migrants bound for Europe has sunk off the coast, with 21 people drowned and an unknown ...
Kasab lawyer quits case
MUMBAI (Agencies) - Anjali Waghmare, the lawyer appointed by a special court for 26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab, withdrew from the ...
Entertainment
Hollywood's top music composer Maurice dies
PARIS (AFP) - Tributes poured in on Monday for Maurice Jarre, the Oscar-winning French composer of music scores for such timeless ...
Toaster turns 100
THE toaster is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year a century after it was first patented by technician Frank Shailor. ...
Invasive species: toxic toad is vulnerable to Aussie ant
PARIS (AFP) - They've tried gassing it, freezing it, running over it in cars, whacking it with golf clubs and turning it into ...
Lily Allen feels like a caged animal
LILY Allen feels like a "caged animal." The 23-year-old singer says the paparazzi make her feel trapped and sometimes she dreads ...
Cholesterol-lowering statin cuts risk of blood clots
A cholesterol-lowering statin drug can significantly cut the risk of potentially fatal blood clots, US research suggests. In ...
Madonna to leave Malawi with new adopted daughter
MADONNA is expected to leave Malawi with her new daughter on Monday. The 50-year-old singer arrived in the African nation Sunday ...
Islamabad
Colours, fragrance fascinate Islooites
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Annual Spring Flower Show inaugurated on Monday at Fatima Jinnah Park provided the residents of the Federal ...
Fear grips city after Manawan incident
ISLAMABAD-Panic gripped the residents of the twin cities after news of the deadly terrorist attack on police training centre in ...
3 including a married woman abducted
RAWALPINDI-Three girls including a married woman were abducted from the various areas of the city in separate incidents here on ...
Rabbani moves against delay in restoring employees
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Deputy Secretary General Senator Raza Rabbani Monday submitted a privilege motion in ...
Journalists briefed about role of Radio Pakistan
ISLAMABAD- Radio being an old component of communication is still considered as the mass medium catering to the largest segments ...
Journalists demand arrest of Raja Assad's killers
RAWALPINDI - Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt Group veteran journalist Majid Nizami Monday visited the house of the senior reporter of ...
PSB launches sportsman of the year award
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has launched Sportsman of Year Award through which cash award will be given to top ...
Karachi
Students forced to buy expensive books
KARACHI - Parents are compelled to buy expensive text books, from class one to ten published by private publishers, due to their ...
Tehrik-e-Niswan takes folklore to theatre
KARACHI - A theatrical performance of famed Sheema Kermani's cultural troupe Tehrik-e-Niswan was performed 'Ek Hazar Eik ...
FIA unearths scam of millions; 2 held
Karachi - FIA has busted a gang involved in a fraud worth millions of dollars, well-placed sources confided to The Nation here on ...
Overseas Pakistanis to get right of vote
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Deputy Convenor MQM, Dr Farooq Sattar, has said that President Asif Ali ...
Manawan attack failure of LEAs: JI
Karachi (PPI) - Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sindh Assadullah Bhutto has expressed deep grief and sorrow over martyrdom of policemen ...
SHC orders for treatment of MQM-H leader in hospital
KARACHI (APP) - A division bench of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Arshad Siraj ...
Lahore
A 'terror' tale by Head Constable
LAHORE - Mess Incharge of Manawan Police Training Center, Head Constable (HC) Mahboob Alam who had locked himself in a room along ...
Security lapses again in Manawan incident
LAHORE - Once again inadequate security arrangements and other lapses led the terrorists have a field day in the City. The ...
School attack widely flayed
LAHORE - Major political parties have condemned the terrorist attack on Police Training School at Manawan terming it an attack on ...
Director research projects asked to quit
LAHORE - Another senior professor of Government Collge University (GCU) Lahore has become victim of the university ...
'An illegal jubilation'
LAHORE - When the operation was over after a successful attempt by the Rangers, the police resorted to heavy firing in the air to ...
Poor security around PTS makes attack easy
LAHORE - At Manawan Training School the police constables and drivers get their initial training after being recruited in the ...
Miandad reinstated as Director General PCB
LAHORE - Former Test cricketer and captain Javed Miandad has been reinstated as Director General of Pakistan Cricket Board ...
Victorious national junior hockey team arrives
LAHORE - The national junior hockey team that won the second hockey title in two weeks in Egypt reached here at the Lahore ...
Wapda clinches National Gymnastics
LAHORE - Wapda won the 44th National Gymnastic Championship that concluded here at the GC University Sports Hall on Monday. Wapda ...
PCB turns to ICC to get ICL rebels cleared
LAHORE - Pakistan has turned to ICC in a bid to clear its Indian Cricket League (ICL) rebels and may even include some of them in ...
PIA cruise to RBS one-day Cup final
LAHORE - PIA caged Multan Tigers when they defeated them by six wickets in the RBS Cup semi-final here at the Gaddafi Stadium on ...
Pakistan to take on SSGC today
LAHORE - Pakistan Probables will take on Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) tomorrow, 31 March (Tuesday) in their eighth and final ...
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