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
India reign in New Zealand wet
NAPIER (AFP) - The strike power of Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina delivered India a 53-run win in a ...
West Indies: "Sad moment for world cricket"
ST JOHN'S (AFP) - The West Indies Cricket Board said it was "a sad moment for world cricket" after the terrorist attack on the ...
Russia rebuffs overture
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama last month offered a halt to the US-planned missile defence system opposed by Moscow if ...
Hamas accuses Gaza donors of 'blackmail'
GAZA CITY (AFP) - The Hamas movement ruling Gaza on Tuesday accused some in the international community of using a donors' ...
'Impossible' to set date for Afghan withdrawal: Gates
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday it was too early to set a date for the eventual withdrawal ...
Two-state ME solution 'inescapable', says Hillary
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed her "aggressive" Middle East diplomacy on Tuesday, sending two ...
Indian politicians 'corrupt, inefficient'
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A majority of Indians believe their politicians are inefficient, corrupt and in politics only to make money, ...
Terrorism a global threat: FBI chief
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Terrorism is a global threat that has led to "unprecedented cooperation" between Indian and American ...
4 wounded in Israel strikes on Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli warplanes bombed smuggling tunnels linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt on Tuesday, wounding four people, in ...
6 powers ready for direct N-talks with Iran
VIENNA (AFP) - The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany said Tuesday in a rare joint statement that they ...
Sudan's Bashir says any ICC decision worthless
MEROWE, Sudan (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Tuesday he regarded any decision by the International Criminal ...
French President gets death threats
PARIS (AFP) - French anti-terrorism police are investigating death threats against President Nicolas Sarkozy and nine other ...
B'desh arrests mutiny head
DHAKA (AFP) - BD's security forces Tuesday arrested a man accused of being the "ring leader" behind a bloody mutiny by troops ...
ODI series against Pak on schedule: CA boss
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Not withstanding the terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, Cricket Australia has decided to go ...
Australia union sees lasting damage
SYDNEY (AFP) - The deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore will have a lasting and damaging impact on planned ...
Cook century ensures the stalemate
A Cook hit career-best first century in 14 months 139 not out, and Pietersen massaged his average with an unbeaten 72, as England ...
A real tragedy: Smith
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa captain Graeme Smith said Tuesday the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan brought home to ...
Wife tells of SLankan coach's terror
SYDNEY (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Australian coach Trevor Bayliss phoned home from the team's bus moments after three bullets shattered ...
Business
Attack on Lankan cricketers triggers panic at KSE
KARACHI - Terrorists' attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on Tuesday morning created panic at the stock market as the ...
Cowardly act to derail sinking economy: Traders
LAHORE - The terrorist attack on Sri Lanka's national cricket team here on Tuesday morning shocked the entire nation particularly ...
Rs706.46 billion revenue collected in eight months
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has accumulated Rs 706.46 billion during the first eight months (July-February) of the ...
Plan to give 20,000 tractors to farmers on subsidised rates
ISLAMABAD - The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet directed the concerned authorities to use the forum of ...
SBP gives relief to auto sector
KARACHI - The Sate Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday has dropped the cash margin requirement condition for the import of assembly and ...
SBP mops up Rs500b through T-bills in 2 months
KARACHI - SBP has mopped up a huge amount of Rs 500 billion from the banking system through the auctions of Treasury Bills in ...
Cotton arrival up by 0.19pc to 11.221m bales
KARACHI (APP) - Cotton production has recorded a slight increase of 0.19 percent to more than 11.221 million bales till March 1, ...
11.22m bales reach ginneries
MULTAN (APP) - Ginneries across Pakistan have received over 11.22 million (11,221,104) cotton bales by March 1, 2009, slightly up ...
Airlines lost up to $8b in 2008: IATA
GENEVA (AFP) - Airline companies lost up to 8.0 billion dollars (6.32 billion euros) last year, with half of the losses incurred ...
Bids invited for Ijara Sukuk
KARACHI (APP) - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has invited bids for the sale of 3-year Ijara Sukuk are invited from designated ...
350MW powerhouse unoperational
LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company on Tuesday suffered another power shortage of at least 350 megawatts when a thermal ...
Oil prices hold steady
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices held firm in London on Tuesday after slumping a day earlier on worries about tumbling energy demand in ...
Jittery markets slide lower
LONDON (AFP) - Jittery global stock markets lost more ground Tuesday, still unsettled by fears for the world financial system and ...
PM seeks enhanced trade relations with Kyrgyzstan
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan desired to enhance its bilateral ties with Kyrgyzstan, ...
Standard Chartered earns $4.57 billion pre-tax profit
KARACHI - In sharp contrast to the international perception about the crisis being faced by the global financial institutions the ...
Ford's US sales plummet 48 per cent in February
CHICAGO (AFP) - Ford Motor Co. reported a 48 percent year-over-year drop in its US vehicle sales Tuesday amid a deepening ...
Pro-poor expenditures rise to Rs600 billion
KARACHI - Pro-poor budgetary and non-budgetary expenditures have gradually increased from Rs 174.94 billion in FY 2001-02 to Rs ...
PIA appoints Globe Air Cargo as exclusive cargo GSA in UK
KARACHI - Managing Director PIA, Capt Aijaz Haroon and Managing Director Globe Air Cargo, Mark Pulling Tuesday signed an ...
Haier arranges seminar
LAHORE (PR) - Haier Pakistan organised a seminar titled "Savvy Networking and Bustness Etiquette Skills" in collaboration with ...
Synergies to ensure food security urged
KARACHI - "The Islamic countries in particular and other nations of the world in general need to focus on increasing agricultural ...
Govt asked to amend labour laws
LAHORE - The Pakistan Workers Federation has urged the government to appoint transparent Professional Management System so that ...
Instability to harm growth
LAHORE - Infrastructure Project Development Facility (IPDF) Adviser Ghluam Murtaza Satti has said that current political turmoil ...
Euro slips against dollar
LONDON (AFP) - The euro was lower against the dollar in choppy Tuesday trade, giving up early gains made after a surprise ...
LG plasma TVs
KARACHI (PR) - LG Electronics is introducing new plasma TVs with advanced features like wireless Bluetooth connectivity and Full ...
Appointed
KARACHI (PR) - Azhar A Jaffri, Chairman and CEO/MD House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), has been appointed as Director to ...
Politics
Terror spells grim day for cricket
LAHORE - Six police officials and a PCB van driver were killed while 18 others including some Sri Lankan cricketers and an umpire ...
What went wrong...
LAHORE-The Liberty Chowk incident in which convoy of the Sri Lanka's cricket team was targeted by the terrorists, occurred due to ...
Echoes of 26/11 in 3/3
LAHORE - The modus operandi used by the Liberty attackers and swiftness and ease with which they performed the task given to ...
Death knell for people's passion
LAHORE - The well-planned deadly ambush apparently was on the Sri Lankan cricketers. Though the Lankan cricketers - heeding to ...
Bus driver heroics avert major tragedy
LAHORE - Bus driver of the Sri Lankan cricket team Mehar Khalil averted the occurrence of major mishap after the attackers hurled ...
150 arrested in late-night crackdown
LAHORE - More than 150 people, most of them Pathans, have been taken into custody from different parts of the city during late ...
Islamabad to share probe with Colombo
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack ...
Top civil, mily leaders vow to crush terror
ISLAMABAD - After terrorist attacks on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team, the top civilian and military command Tuesday vowed ...
Indian hand can't be ruled out
LAHORE - Intelligence agencies have said that India's hand in attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is possible. According ...
President withdraws Mobile Courts Ord
ISLAMABAD - Following the advice from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday withdrew the Code ...
'N' throws ball in Governor's court
LAHORE - Belying PPP's claim of having 250 members' support in Punjab, PML-N on Tuesday showed its majority in the Assembly by ...
PM at centre stage to defuse political crisis
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was at the centre stage to defuse tension at the national political horizon ...
Cricket terror events
LONDON (AFP) - Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lanka team in Pakistan is not the first time an international cricket side has found ...
Delhi slams 'inadequate' Pak security
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India denounced "hopelessly inadequate" Pakistani security after Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankan cricket ...
'N' puts conditions to reconcile with President
LAHORE - The PML-N has put three conditions for reconciliation with President Asif Ali Zardari. The conditions include ...
Swat truce hanging by thread
PESHAWAR (AFP) - A fragile ceasefire in Swat valley was hanging by a thread Tuesday after two soldiers were killed in an ambush ...
US, UN concerned over Lahore attack
WASHINGTON - The United States and the United Nations Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a bus carrying Sri ...
Election for 20 Senate seats today
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Election Commission of Pakistan has finalised arrangements for Senate election on Wednesday (March 04) as 87 ...
Five killed near Quetta
QUETTA (AFP) - At least five people were shot dead Tuesday in an apparent sectarian attack near Quetta, police said. Two gunmen ...
France names envoy for Pakistan
PARIS (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday named Pierre Lellouche as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying ...
Nafees resigns as PPP Sindh Secy-General
KARACHI - Secretary-General of Pakistan People's Party in Sindh, Nafees Sidduqi, resigned from his post on Tuesday, The Nation ...
12 SHC judges take oath
KARACHI - The newly appointed judges of High Court of Sindh on Tuesday took oath, while Salman Talibuddin did not take part in ...
Entertainment
Water ran across surface of Mars recently
MARS had running water on its surface less than a million years ago, new evidence suggests. The discovery increases the chances ...
Jade Goody cancer 'spreads to brain'
JADE Goody's cancer has spread throughout her body to her brain it has emerged. The reality TV star was originally diagnosed with ...
Danielle Lloyd victimised by ex-friend
DANIELLE Lloyd has revealed that she was once the victim of a violent relationship with her ex-boyfriend. The model has made a ...
Arnold kicks off world's biggest high-tech fair
HANOVER, Germany (AFP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked off the world's biggest high-tech fair Tuesday, telling ...
Woody Allen's Whatever Works to premiere in NY
NEW YORK (AFP) - Woody Allen will reclaim his New York roots next month with the premiere of his comedy film "Whatever Works" on ...
Gloria Estefan announces final tour
MIAMI (AFP) - Cuban-American pop diva Gloria Estefan has said that an upcoming tour of Latin American will be her last. "It is an ...
Teri Polo to star in FBI pilot
TERI Polo has been lined up to star in CBS drama pilot Washington Field, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pilot revolves ...
Osbourne sued over TV show fracas
SHARON Osbourne is being sued by a former reality TV contestant over an altercation during an episode of the star's Rock of Love ...
Vaccination method gives instant immunity
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a breakthrough that could revolutionize humanity's relationship with illness and disease, a method of ...
Physical fitness improves memory, increases size of brain structure
WHEN it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown ...
Cyber-crooks targeting facebook
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Computer security specialists warn that Facebook users have been hit with a series of data-stealing attacks ...
National
Its brutal: Lankan manager
Sri Lankan cricket team manager, Brenden Kurrupu has termed the gory act of attack on the Lankan team bus and ICC match officials ...
Details of injuries to Sri Lankan cricketers
Five Sri Lankan cricketers plus the assistant coach were wounded when around a dozen gunmen attacked their bus as it drove under ...
What they say ...
Former spinner Iqbal Qasim said the incidents had shaken the cricket-loving nation. "What to say of cricket? These events have ...
Pakistan's Recent Security Fact File
* Sri Lanka's cricket team were touring Pakistan after India pulled out in the wake of the Mumbai attacks in November in which ...
Pakistan bats confidently but loses to Kiwis in warm up
Pakistan team batted confidently against an experienced New Zealand in the first warm up cricket match in Sydney ( Australia) ...
Karachi
Pakistan's World Cup women out to test boundaries
KARACHI (AFP) - From village taunts to comments over their Islamic dress, it's been a tough road for Pakistan's women's cricket ...
Lahore
Van driver died in front of us, ICC umpire
LAHORE - "It was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," stunned cricket umpire Steve Davis said ...
FIH announces 12 committees
LAHORE - International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced 12 FIH committees in its executive board meeting. Pakistan got ...
Panic grips people after bloody attack
LAHORE - Panic gripped the traders and residents of Gulberg due to around 30-minutes heavy firing, blasts and bloodshed at the ...
PA flays terror attack on Lankan team
LAHORE- Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning terrorist attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore, and termed it an ...
Rs2m for each martyred cop
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has announced financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each for the police officials who laid ...
Parties blast govt for security lapse, incompetence
LAHORE - Major opposition parties have condemned terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, terming it a major security lapse ...
Government won't play blame-game
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that government will be succeeded to trace out the culprits involved in the ...
Huge cache of weapons recovered
LAHORE - Law enforcement agencies, for the first time, recovered a huge cache of weapons including a large number of suicide ...
Govt to establish 354 wheat procurement centres
LAHORE - Secretary Food Punjab Muhammad Irfan Elahi has said the Food Department has been giving final touches to the ...
LHC puts off hearing in Saba Sadiq's case
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a petition seeking directions for the Speaker Punjab Assembly to ...
People for exposing perpetrators
Lahore - The attack on Sri Lankan team has rocked the whole country already passing through a serious political and economic ...
Officials promptly respond to emergency
LAHORE - The government officials Tuesday responded to the emergency, and made their presence certain at the hospitals and at the ...
Bar slates attack on Lankan team
LAHORE - Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association Muqtidar Akhtar Shabbir has strongly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attack on ...
LDA retrieves three kanal piece of land
LAHORE - During its crackdown against land grabbers, the staff of the Estate Management Directorate, Quaid-i-Azam Town of Lahore ...
5 suspects held after attack
LAHORE - Law enforcement agencies Tuesday took into custody five suspects from Model Town area in connection with the deadly ...
Shahbaz to address LBA
LAHORE - President PML-N Mian Shahbaz Sharif will address the Lahore Bar Association on Thursday ahead of lawyers' weekly rally. ...
Media allowed to cover PA session
LAHORE-The Government on Tuesday allowed media to cover Punjab Assembly's Tuesday sitting removing its earlier restrictions in ...
No regrets over coming to Pakistan, says Sangakkara
LAHORE - Kumar Sangakkara confirmed immediately after the terrorist attack that the Sri Lankan players were "safe and out of ...
Sri Lanka team airlifted to safety in PAF chopper
LAHORE - The Sri Lankan cricket team was evacuated from the Gaddafi Stadium in a Pakistan Air Force helicopter to the Lahore ...
Younis salutes Lankans, driver's courage
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Younis Khan has saluted the courage of the Sri Lankan team and the police officials who escorted them ...
Pak team escapes attack by five minutes
LAHORE - Pakistan's cricket team escaped Tuesday's attack because they left their hotel five minutes late, coach Intikhab Alam ...
Pakistani umpire Ahsan Raza out of danger
LAHORE - Former Pakistan Test cricketer Ahsan Raza, who was the reserve umpire for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series, was critically ...
Pakistan unlikely to host game in near future: ICC
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan cannot host international cricket unless it dramatically improves security, the head of the sport's world ...
Pakistan plays down fears for 2011 WC
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket officials Tuesday played down fears that their country will not be able to host 2011 World Cup matches ...
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