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
The Nation in print for Saturday, March 06, 2010
Front Page
Bomber hits buses convoy in Hangu: 12 dead
HANGU At least 12 people were killed and 30 others got injured when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of civilians guarded by security forces here in tehsil Tal on Friday. According to details, the suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the convoy of vehicles escorted by law ...
Self praise by PM
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday underlined that dictators tarnished the consensus 1973 Constitution ...
TTP deputy chief among 30 killed in Mohmand
MOHMAND AGENCY Three key militant commanders including Maulvi Faqir Mohammad and 27 other Taliban were reportedly killed and ...
International
'Danish blasphemer burns to death'
IN an investigative report, an Arabic newspaper, published from Saudi Arabia, has claimed that Kurt Westergaard, Danish ...
Protests greet anti-Islam Dutch MP in London
LONDON (AFP) - Several hundred protesters rallied outside Britains parliament on Friday as anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker Geert ...
Cyber-terror a real threat, says FBI
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Terrorists, crooks and nation states are ramping up cyber-assaults that are eating away at data, cash and ...
US genocide vote endangers Caucasus peace: Turkey
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey said on Friday chances of its parliament ratifying peace protocols with Armenia were jeopardised by a ...
Iraq polls open abroad, Sunni vote strong
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iraqs Sunni Arabs shed their political apathy and voted in force in polls that opened outside the country on ...
UK anti-war soldier jailed for refusing Afghan duty
LONDON (AFP) - A British soldier was jailed for nine months by a military court on Friday for refusing to serve a second tour in ...
Iraq war was 'right decision': British PM
LONDON - The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday expressed his regrets over the Iraq war and staunchly defended the ...
Troops in Afghanistan face new rules for 'night raids'
KABUL (AFP) - Foreign troops in Afghanistan have been ordered to carry out night-time raids on peoples homes only when absolutely ...
5 Palestinians die in accident
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Five Palestinians were killed and two others injured on Friday when their car collided with an Israeli military ...
Chile aftershocks could go on for years
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chileans will be feeling aftershocks following last weeks 8.8-magnitude earthquake for months and possibly ...
Strong quake strikes off Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) - A 6.5-magnitude quake struck late Friday off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, seismologists said, but no ...
Turkish filmmaker takes aim at US and Israel
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Israel may not like it, but a popular Turkish TV and film franchise which once depicted a Jewish doctor ...
Classy Dutch teach hockey lesson to Canada
NEW DELHI (AFP) Rogier Hofman and Taeke Taekema scored two goals apiece as the Netherlands routed lowly Canada 6-0 for their ...
Two will become one when Roma host Milan
ROME (AFP) All eyes will be on Romes Stadio Olimpico on Saturday night as Inter Milans two Serie A title rivals fight it out to ...
Chelsea seeks to silence sceptics with Cup progress
LONDON (AFP) The scale of the hangover from Chelseas traumatic defeat by Manchester City will become apparent when the FA Cup ...
Business
Oil consumption at 27-month low in Feb
KARACHI - Oil consumption witnessed a significant decline of 9.6 per cent Year on Year during Feb with total volumes standing at ...
Insufficient grain storage capacity big problem
ISLAMABAD - Zahid Maqbool, President, Islam-abad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) said on Friday that despite an agrarian ...
KSE adds 114.76 points as oil & gas and banking sectors attract foreigners
KARACHI - The KSE's benchmark 100-share index rose 114.76 points, or 1.21 percent, to end at 9,626.29 points on the last day of ...
China economy faces 'crucial' year: Wen
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Friday predicted another year of rapid expansion in 2010 but pledged to ensure the benefits of economic ...
US unemployment rate steady at 9.7pc
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the ...
South Asian economies on path to recovery
ISLAMABAD (APP) - South Asia appears to have escaped the worst effects of the global economic crisis as the regions GDP growth of ...
Politics
Rabbani snubs govt over deadlines
ISLAMABAD Constitutional Reforms Committee of the Parliament (CRCP) on Friday sought the comments and views of the Federation of ...
SC takes note of flogging by cops
ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Friday directed all provincial administrations to constitute committees and furnish detailed ...
Two FC men die; 2 hurt in Quetta attack
QUETTA Two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan were killed while two others suffered injuries in a bomb attack in the ...
Rigi-Baloch dissidents' link?
ISLAMABAD Pakistani Security agencies have started investigations to find out whether the arrested Iranian terrorist Abdolmalek ...
WB ties PRSP-III to effective CCP
ISLAMABAD The World Bank has taken serious notice of reported efforts and obvious intentions of the Government to undermine ...
Bogus recruitments in Multan cardiology institute
MULTAN At least 36 candidates, who qualified for recruitment against scale-1 to 5 seats in Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of ...
US planes violate Pak airspace
QUETTA United States planes reportedly violated Pakistans airspace on Friday in Chaman, a bordering town with ...
Govt abiding by SC ruling on NRO: Babar
ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Law and Justice Dr Babar Awan has said that Government is keeping a weather eye open for ...
Zardari, Gilani not on same page
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are heading towards yet another friction over choice ...
Mysterious disease kills hundreds of kids in Bolan
QUETTA A special team of Balochistan Health Department has admitted that no successful treatment was given in the past to the ...
Hameed Nizami organised Muslim youth: CM
LAHORE Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that Hameed Nizami turned the Muslim youth of the Sub-continent into a ...
Dozens hurt as Israeli police storm Al-Aqsa compound
JERUSALEM (AFP) Israeli police stormed Jerusalems Al-Aqsa Mosque compound - one of Islams holiest sites - on Friday after ...
Govt to preserve rights of workers
KARACHI (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government would preserve rights of working classes while ensuring a ...
British HC closes consular, visa services for 5 days
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As part of worldwide IT up-gradation, the British High Commission (BHC) has closed its visa application centres ...
Talks with Pakistan 'calculated' move: Singh
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday Indias decision to hold foreign secretary-level talks ...
President, PM poles apart on Kayanis extension issue
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is likely to decide about extension in the service to COAS General Ashfaq ...
Two cops hurt in shooting outside Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The suspect who opened fire at police outside the Pentagon died after being shot by officers, Pentagon police ...
Bashir hands over Indian dossiers to Malik
ISLAMABAD - Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday and handed over the latest Indian ...
Farooqui acquitted of corruption charges
KARACHI-Accountability Court, Karachi on Friday exonerated former Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Usman Farooqui, from ...
Entertainment
Shakira gets medal from United Nations
SHAKIRA has received a medal from the United Nations for her work with impoverished children. The pop star - who founded the ...
Aguilera designs eco-friendly car
AMERICAN singer Christina Aguilera has designed an eco-friendly car for a charity auction. The singer teamed up with bosses at ...
DNA test could predict most effective diet
A SIMPLE DNA test may predict whether someone is more likely to lose weight on a low fat or a low carbohydrate diet, say US ...
Dinosaurs wiped out by an asteroid crashing into earth
DINOSAURS - rulers of Earth for 160 million years - all died within days of a giant explosion, scientists said yesterday. An ...
Twitter hits 10 billionth tweet
MORE than 10 billion messages have been sent through Twitter since the microblogging service launched in 2006. The milestone, ...
Hurt Locker favourite for Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Scandal-tainted Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker is poised to overcome science-fiction epic Avatar at the ...
Islamabad
Naek asks bureaucracy to shun colonial mindset
ISLAMABAD (APP) Chairman Senate Farooq H. Naek has called upon the senior bureaucracy to shun red tapism and colonial mindset ...
Heads of schools, colleges barred from meeting politicians
ISLAMABAD Federal Directorate of Education has barred the heads of schools and colleges from proceeding to political ...
Advice for pollen allergy patients
ISLAMABAD (APP) Medical experts have advised the pollen allergy patients to adopt precautionary measures to avoid any medical ...
'Reprieve' starts media campaign from 14th
ISLAMABAD Reprieve, a legal action charity that uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and the ...
NA body to discuss issue of children in jails
ISLAMABAD (APP) National Assembly Standing Committee on Social Welfare and Special Education would take up the issue of working ...
Gymkhana Club to be upgraded
RAWALPINDI District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdad Ullah Bosal said that the condition of Gymkhana Club would be improved by ...
Karachi
No end to freed bonded labourers sufferings
KARACHI - Not much has changed for the bonded labourers who have gained freedom from bondage, in terms of deprivation, want, ...
Father, son among 3 killed in armed clash
KARACHI - Three people including a man and his son were killed when a group of drunkard people and some citizens clashed here on ...
Carolina Eyck to perform in City today
KARACHI - Classical Music Concert by world renowned theremin player Carolina Eyck and her music ensemble 'Dr Ruth Pfau - 50 years ...
End to rebate system 'unjustified'
KARACHI - Sindh Government College Principals Association President Prof Saeeduz Zafar has termed that the decision to end the ...
One killed, 2 kidnapped in various mishaps
KHAIRPUR - One villager was shot dead over land dispute while two others were kidnapped in various incidents here on Friday. In ...
Protest for jobs' regularisation
KARACHI - A large number of Workers of National Programme for Improvement of Water Courses (NPIW) Employees Association Sindh ...
Lahore
750 more posts for doctors
LAHORE - Punjab government has approved to create 750 additional vacancies of post graduate (trainee) doctors in teaching ...
Enforcement of Islamic Sharia our main objective: Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said Pakistan was created in the name of ...
Stern action against police guilty of brutalities: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that acts of barbarity and inhuman torture of the accused by the ...
Crackdown on black polythene bags sellers
LAHORE - The Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab has started mega crackdown against manufactures, sellers and users of ...
Varsity students protest for getting degrees recognised
LAHORE - Students of the Lahore University of Education on Friday continued protest for the second day to press their demand for ...
Police can investigate criminals without torture: IGP
LAHORE - Inspector General of Police Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar has said the police can investigate accused, criminals, dacoits ...
Match-fixing slur a conspiracy against Akmal, Rana: Wasim
LAHORE The match-fixing slur on Kamran Akmal and Rana Naved might just be a conspiracy to discredit them by some of their own ...
Ijaz Butt in the line of fire
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt faces a challenging next few days as the Sports Ministry may clip his powers ...
Islamabad A propel forward in Royal Palm Golf
MUHAMMAD HASSAN SAEED LAHORE At the end of the first round in three-day Aquafina Royal Palm Golf Championship being held at the ...
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