Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
The Nation in print for Saturday, March 07, 2009
Front Page
8 killed, several injured in Badaber car bomb blast
At least seven Pakistani security forces and a passerby were killed early Saturday when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said. Resident in the village of Badaber had alerted police to a suspicious car parked on a roadside with a man's body inside. As ...
International
Hughes, Katich centuries give Australia the edge
DURBAN (AFP) - Phil Hughes played a thrilling innings as he and fellow opener Simon Katich hit centuries for Australia on the ...
Second New Zealand-India ODI abandoned
WELLINGTON (AFP) - The second one-day cricket international between New Zealand and India was called off here Friday after ...
Three Sri Lankan cricketers still in hospital: doctor
COLOMBO (AFP) - Three Sri Lankan cricketers were under observation in hospital Friday after they underwent surgery following the ...
Zardari not following Benazir's political will: Nawaz
NEW YORK - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that President Asif Ali Zardari was following an agenda different from that of ...
Mild winter aids insurgents on Afghan border, says US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Attacks by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan rose in the past two months partly due to mild winter weather ...
Reduced militancy best outcome
OTTAWA (AFP) - The best that NATO forces can hope for in Afghanistan is to "push back the insurgency," which can never be wholly ...
Zimbabwe PM injured, wife killed in car crash
HARARE (AFP) - The wife of Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was killed Friday in a car crash that also left him ...
Bashir vows to press on with peace despite warrant
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has vowed to press ahead with peace efforts in Darfur despite the ...
US, Russian foreign ministers signal 'reset'
GENEVA (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a mock 'reset' button on ...
Hillary defends thaw with Moscow
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says US re-engagement with Russia does not mean the US is giving way in its support for its ...
Thai PM Abhisit commits to promote media freedom
BANGKOK - Determined to reclaim Thailand's position as a country that values press freedom the most in Asia, Thai Prime Minister ...
US officer 'stole Iraq aid funds'
A US army captain has been charged with stealing nearly $700,000 intended for emergency reconstruction efforts in Iraq and ...
S Korea, US slam N Korea flight threat
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea and the United States called on North Korea Friday to drop its "inhumane" and "belligerent" threats ...
Gandhi items auctioned
NEW YORK - Some of Indian independence leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's belongings were sold at auction for $1.8 million on ...
Business
US sheds 651,000 jobs; unemployment at 8.1pc
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economic bleeding extended in February with 651,000 jobs lost and the unemployment rate surging to 8.1 ...
Bears-bulls bout drives equities both ways; down 41 points
KARACHI - Equities at the Karachi Stock Exchange moved both ways frequently because of a bout between the bulls and the bears on ...
Poor suffer as inflation surges by 20.82 per cent
ISLAMABAD - Inflation for the poorest of the poor has surged by 20.82 per cent during the week ended on Thursday as compared to ...
SBP to launch project to improve farmers' access to credit
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan is launching a Special Pilot Project in Sindh from the current kharif season to improve the ...
IMF calls for new stimulus measures to fight slump
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund Friday called on governments to consider taking new stimulus measures through ...
Obama pledges action
COLUMBUS (AFP) - President Barack Obama Friday pledged to take action, following stunning government data which showed the US ...
Policy for overseas banking reframed
KARACHI - It has been decided to reformulate policy for opening of overseas branches and issue a new policy for establishment of ...
Hike in power rates to hit textile sector
FAISALABAD - Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has expressed disappointment and dismay over recent hike of 6-paisa ...
Qureshi leaving for Tehran tomorrow
ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will leave for Tehran tomorrow (Sunday) to attend 'the ECO Council of ...
10pc annual increase in gas demand being witnessed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A major oil and gas discovery is needed to meet the growing energy demand as the annual increase by almost 10 ...
Action Committee for firing SNGPL MD
LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) Action Committee has demanded the Federal government to immediately fire SNGPL ...
Politics
No proof of extremists role: Malik
LAHORE - Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said that involvement of foreign hand in terrorist attack on ...
Zardari, Nawaz must unite: UK
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said President Asif Ali Zardari and Former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad ...
Judiciary 'responsible' for political instability
ISLAMABAD - Leader of the House in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani while expressing his displeasure over the Supreme Court's verdict of ...
Mediators claim reconciliation done
LAHORE - JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has revealed that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N ...
Deadlock persists on judges issue
ISLAMABAD-Amidst the claims and counter-claims of breakthrough in the impasse between two erstwhile coalition partners, PPP and ...
Strong response to strike call
LAHORE - A complete shutterdown was observed throughout the northern Punjab, including the provincial capital on Friday as all ...
John Solecki's abductors extend deadline
QUETTA - Baloch Liberation United Front (BLUF) once again extended its deadline earlier given for the killing of UNHCR official ...
Asif, Gilani say don't want confrontation
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Friday met, indicating acceptance of some of ...
Musharraf for Pak-India talks revival
ISLAMABAD - While embarking on a visit to India for participating in a conclave, former president General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf ...
No time for rebellion, says Sherry
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said Friday that confrontation should be ...
LTTE blames India
COLOMBO (Agencies) - Tamil rebels have claimed Indian involvement in attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, reported a ...
No extension in Governor Rule sans solid reason: Babar
ISLAMABAD - The government has stressed the need for reconciliation between the PPP and PML-N for peace, stability and above all ...
PPP inherited instability: Bilawal
LONDON - PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the problems that Pakistan faces at the moment are unprecedented and ...
UN receives $1.5m for BB commission
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations secretariat has received $1.5 million from the government of Pakistan as seed money to ...
Pakistan lacks will to fight terror: Pranab
New Delhi (Online) - The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan exposes Islamabad's lack of will in tackling terror, which ...
Terrorists threat to Pak aspirations: US
WASHINGTON (APP) - The United States on Friday said Pakistan is striving to push back terrorists, who pose a threat to the ...
Petitions against Governor Rule admitted for hearing
LAHORE - Justice Asif Saeed Khosa of the Lahore High Court on Friday admitted for regular hearing two identical petitions ...
Iran deploys commandos on Pakistan border
GWADAR (Online) - Iran deployed ten thousands reserve commandoes carrying sophisticated weapons and armed vehicles along with ...
UK minister attacked with custard
LONDON (AFP) - A protester threw green custard in the face of British business minister Peter Mandelson on Friday, in a stunt to ...
Lashkar denies role
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Lashkar-e-Taiba Friday rejected media reports in Pakistan that it was involved in an attack on Sri Lanka's ...
Entertainment
Winehouse charged with assault
AMY Winehouse has been charged with assault following allegations she attacked a fan last September. The 'Back to Black' singer ...
Milkweed oil tapped for sunscreen and other products
COMMON milkweed is the only food source of monarch butterfly caterpillars. But for some farmers, the plant is also a valuable ...
'Obama' snacks don't go down well in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) - A gimmicky snack bearing a caricature of US President Barack Obama making a peace sign has gone on sale in ...
Chris Brown charged over Rihanna assault
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - R&B singer Chris Brown was charged with assaulting his pop-star girlfriend Rihanna here Thursday as gruesome ...
Einstein doctorate up for auction
GENEVA (AFP) - The doctorate certificate that Albert Einstein obtained from the University of Zurich in 1906 will come up for ...
Dolphin made friend with curious tiger
THEY would never meet in the wild. So perhaps it's natural that when their paths did cross, both were curious. This young tiger ...
Musicians have biological advantage in identifying emotion in sound
LOOKING for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern ...
Islamabad
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in Junior Davis Cup
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in the pre-qualifying round of the Junior Davis Cup Competition 2009 at Myanmar. Pakistan ...
Nanbais threaten to sell Roti for Rs10
ISLAMABAD - Nanbai association of Islamabad on Friday threatened to sell Roti for Rs 10 instead of Rs 5 if the government did not ...
Saeed, Mahesh elected NA bodies chairmen
ISLAMABAD-- Saeed Ahmad Zafar and Dr Mahesh Kumar Malani are unanimously elected chairmen of the National Assembly standing ...
Physical remand of terror suspects extended
RAWALPINDI - Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No 2 Friday extended the physical remand of nine suspected terrorists ...
Police arrest four accused in robbery, recover weapons
ISLAMABAD - Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) Friday arrested four dacoity suspects involved in robbery and incidents of ...
Zeb, Haniya stir audience at Turkish Embassy
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani music is deeply captivating as well as absorbing since it introduces the country's talented youth across ...
'9 million suffering from hepatitis C'
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Senate was informed on Friday that around 8,800,000 million people in Pakistan are suffering from deadly ...
Karachi
Pakistan team carry extra burden on slender shoulders
KARACHI - Qualifier Pakistan lost its second warm-up match prior to the start of ICC Women's World Cup when they were defeated by ...
Miandad calls on ICC to ban Broad
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan great Javed Miandad urged cricket bosses Friday to ban match official Chris Broad after he criticised ...
People of Sindh reject 'N'- strike call, says Durrani
KARACHI - People of Sindh have rejected the strike call given by PML (N), because they do not believe in politics of ...
Parking plaza will be operational from April
KARACHI - The multi-storey parking plaza in Lines Area will be operational from April 2009 as work on the project is in final ...
'Terror threats loom'
KARACHI - National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) on Thursday warned that terrorists might hit political and non-political ...
16 projects identified under public-private partnership
KARACHI-The Sindh government has identified 16 projects ranging from education to tourism sector to initiate private partnership ...
Five people killed separately in City
KARACHI - Five people were killed in different incidents that took place in City here on Friday. Two alleged bandits killed a ...
9 fishermen killed duirng one month
KARACHI - A total of 10 fishing boats faced accidents on during last month in which 9 fishermen died, 124 were rescued form ...
Lahore
Aisam draws first blood against Oman
LAHORE - Pakistan's top-notch tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq quite predictably won his first encounter against Oman in a Davis Cup ...
Younis demands action against Broad
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Younis Khan on Friday demanded strict action against ICC match referee Chris Broad for saying that the ...
Wateen in battle with Hilton for National Polo title
LAHORE -Wateen with yet another big margin victory has made its way to the final of the National Championship for the ...
Pakistan's most famous fan prays cricket will return
LAHORE (AFP) - Pakistan's most famous cricket fan on Friday said he was praying for the game's survival in the troubled country, ...
PML-N massive show of strength
LAHORE - The Mall, flooded with thousands of protestors, has witnessed huge, thunderous and non-violent protest rally taken out ...
LHC allows supply of wheat quota
LAHORE - Justice Syed Hamid Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Friday allowed several identical petitions seeking supply of ...
People stopped
LAHORE - This was perhaps the first time since the present turmoil triggered that police put barbed wire and hurdles to prevent ...
SSP Operations refuses to work under new DIG
LAHORE - Senior Superintendent Police (Operations) Lahore Chaudhry Muhammad Shafiq has refused to work under newly appointed DIG ...
Retired Army officer, 3 religious activists held
LAHORE - Law enforcement agencies in Islamabad have arrested three activists of a defunct religious outfit including a retired ...
'Q' gets 3 forward bloc members back
LAHORE-As political temperature in Punjab is rising day by day, three members of PML-Q forward bloc on Friday announced to go ...
Bryan barred from visiting Qasimul Aloom
LAHORE - On account of security reasons, Governor Salman Taseer Friday restrained American Consulate Bryan Hunt from visiting ...
PU launches tree plantation campaign
LAHORE - Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran launched a tree plantation drive at the varsity by planting a ...
Woman killed by brother-in-law
LAHORE - A childless woman was shot dead by her brother-in-law over property issue in Manawan police limits on Friday. The ...
Governor's Gallantry Medals awarded to policemen
LAHORE - A ceremony was held at the Governor's House, here on Friday to award the Governor's Gallantry Medals to six policemen ...
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