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 Sunday, March 07, 2010
Front Page
India engineered Afghan blasts to eclipse Pak
ISLAMABAD India was the architect of the couple of fatal attacks that rocked two Afghan cities - Kabul and Kandahar - of late, killing about a dozen Pakistanis and Indians. Contrary to the prevailing assessments that reason Indian vengeance against Pakistans 'aggression, this newspaper finds the ...
Himalayan rivers add to contamination
ISLAMABAD While some parts of country are facing threats due to high-level arsenic contamination in the drinking water that is ...
Petraeus refuses to give Pak 'certificate of satisfaction'
WASHINGTON (Online) Noting that Pakistan has made significant progress in its fight against extremism that threatens its ...
International
Islamophobia a big problem in Britain: MP Sarwar
LONDON - The Muslim Council of Britain, UKs largest Muslim umbrella body with around 500 affiliated national, regional and local ...
This will be done much before that date: Naxal leader
KOLKATA (Agencies) - A day after Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai said Maoists had plans to overthrow the Indian democracy ...
Ahmadinejad calls 9/11 'big fabrication'
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a big ...
Deadly car bomb rocks Najaf on Iraq poll eve
NAJAF (AFP) - A car bomb targeting pilgrims killed three people in Iraqs holiest city Saturday on the eve of the countrys ...
Fergie to deploy 'army of mothers'
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, announced plans on Friday to deploy an army of mothers worldwide ...
Iran gives Russia pilots two months to leave
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has given Russian commercial pilots working in the Islamic Republic two months to leave the country as it ...
UN move uncalled for: Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankas president has told UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a proposed UN panel to look into possible ...
Israeli action at Al-Aqsa sacrilege: OIC
JEDDAH (AFP) - The Organisation of the Islamic Conference Saturday accused Israeli police of sacrilege by occupying Jerusalems ...
British PM hails anti-Taliban push
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (AFP) - Early wins in a major anti-Taliban push in southern Afghanistan offered a beacon of hope, ...
11 Philippine soldiers killed in ambush
MANILA (AFP) - Communist guerrillas killed 11 Philippine soldiers Saturday in a gun battle on Mindoro island, south of the ...
Business
Highest inflation in Mianwali at 18.2pc: lowest in Quetta 10.6pc
KARACHI - The cities of Lahore and Peshawar witnessed higher rate of inflation in January 2010 while it was lower in Karachi ...
Rail service from Karachi yet to resume
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Train service suspended due to derailment of goods train near Nawabshah, has not been completely resumed from ...
Seedless kinnow production from next year
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The production and export of seedless kinnow (mandarin) is likely to begin from next year as the agriculture ...
Pakistan gets place in tobacco exporting countries
PESHAWAR (APP) - Pakistan during financial year 2008-09 had earned US$ 11.3 million from the export of tobacco and cigarettes and ...
Foreign buying provides boost to equity market
LAHORE - Foreign buying in oil and banking sector along with the recovery of rupee in the open market eased off investors ...
Ministry approaches President, PM to settle issue
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Zahid Burgori has said that the ministry has approached the president and ...
Tuwairqi Steel to provide power to KESC
KARACHI - Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML), the country-arm of Saudi Arabias largest private-sector steel producer Al Tuwairqi ...
Japan must lift US beef curbs
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US senator told Japans ambassador to the United States that Tokyos restrictions on US beef exports are ...
Abacus becomes SAP Gold partner
KARACHI - AbacusConsulting has become the first and only SAP B1 Gold Partner in Pakistan. The prestigious status is awarded by ...
Commodities win boost from US jobs data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices soared above 82 dollars this week as traders took their cue from better-than-expected US jobs data, ...
Politics
'N'-PPP coalition in Punjab in danger?
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leadership would likely to cave in to the mounting pressure from secondary and tertiary ...
Elders ban Haroon's entry into Bajaur
Bajaur Agency Elders and leaders of Quami Lashkar of Salarzai tribe have announced a ban on the entrance of Jamaat-i-Islami Naib ...
PPP, ANP agree on administrators' appointments
PESHAWAR The ruling ANP-PPP alliance in the NWFP on Saturday overcame differences surfaced on the appointments of ...
FIR against 'N' MNA in land case
ISLAMABAD A case has been lodged against Member National Assembly (MNA) belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Anjum Aqeel ...
Real success still far away: CJP
KARACHI Expressing his satisfaction over judiciarys performance, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on ...
Pakistan should reframe Kashmir policy: AJK PM
KARACHI (APP) Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Mohammed Farooq Hyder Khan has said that Kashmir cause was damaged ...
Pentagon may review awarding $1b contract to Blackwater
WASHINGTON (AFP) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security ...
US hunts radicalised Americans
LOS ANGELES (Agencies) The top US diplomat in Pakistan has said that the US is gathering information with Pakistan and other ...
Pakistan not desperate for talks: FM
MULTAN (APP) Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday that Pakistan has suggested a roadmap for ...
Delhi won't scale down ops in Afghanistan
INDIA will not scale down its presence in Afghanistan, even after the Kabul attack on February 26 in which six Indians including ...
Equipping Pak Army by US irks India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Agencies) The Indian government on Saturday expressed serious concern over the US equipping Pakistan Army ...
Govt to restore 1973 Constitution: PM
LAHORE - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the PPP workers to adopt a reconciliatory policy in the best interest ...
Gilani assures help to father of abducted boy
JHELUM (AFP) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered police to step up their efforts to find a five-year-old British boy ...
NA body orders probe
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly Standing Committee on Health has directed the Ministry of Health to conduct an inquiry into the ...
Govt confirms Fateh's killing
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Pakistan said Saturday that a key Taliban commander in the Swat Valley and at least 20 suspected militants had ...
Obama vows to cut number of nukes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to reduce both the number and the role of nuclear weapons as he ...
PML-N leader shot dead in Khuzdar
QUETTA - PML-N leader Sardar Aziz Umrani was among the three persons killed in two different incidents of target-killing in ...
Balochistan govt imposes Section 144
QUETTA-The Balochistan government has imposed Section 144 in the province on Saturday with immediate effect in order to maintain ...
Lahore-Delhi bus pelted with stone
NEW DELHI (APP) A group of people on Saturday morning pelted a stone on Lahore-bound bus near Kashmiri Gate, a police official ...
Shankar for weekly talks at Wagha
KARACHI Former Indian minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Saturday suggested uninterrupted dialogue between Pakistan and India at ...
Chavez mocks Hillary as 'blond Condoleezza'
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelas President Hugo mocked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as a 'blond version of her ...
Entertainment
Precious sweeps indie film awards ahead of Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Precious, swept the Spirit Awards on Friday, taking home five prizes at the independent film worlds ...
Cappuccino car that runs on coffee
A CAR that runs on coffee is unveiled today - but it certainly wont take the grind out of commuting. And at between 25 and 50 ...
Lady Gaga tour tickets double in price
US pop star Lady Gaga has announced three more dates for the UK leg of her Monster Ball tour, but some tickets have nearly ...
Idle chit-chat can make you unhappy
IDLE chit-chat can make you unhappy, a study has found. Having a profound conversation can boost happiness levels, but trivial ...
LA Times sells Disney front page for Wonderland
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times critic may have panned the film, but that didnt stop Disney from paying top dollar ...
British director in Oscars hot seat
WHEN the curtain rises on the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night, a first-time Oscars director will be masterminding the ...
Sports
South Africa knock Pakistan out of Hockey WC
NEW DELHI (AFP) Former champions Pakistan, already out of contention for the knock-out rounds, suffered an embarrassing 4-3 ...
Islamabad A in dominant position
LAHORE At the end of the second round in the three-round 4th Aquafina Royal Palm Golf Team Championship now in progress at the ...
Rana hits back at KCCA over ball-tampering allegation
LAHORE Pakistan all-rounder Rana Naved hit back at the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) for accusing him of ...
Regional divide hurting Pakistan cricket: Zahid
LAHORE Zahid, who played 16 one-day internationals for Pakistan before shifting to England, said the divide between players from ...
I referred to Ata, Malik on match-fix issue: PCB chief
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has claimed that he was talking about former captain Salim Malik and fast ...
Faisalabad Wolves, Karachi Dolphins grab places in semis
KARACHI Faisalabad Wolves and Karachi Dolphins grabbed berths in the semi-finals of the RBS T20 Cricket Cup scoring easy wins ...
Johnson guides Australia to 12-run triumph
AUCKLAND (Agencies) The hostile Kiwi fans did their best to put Mitchell Johnson off his game but served to only help inspire ...
Dasti wants tight security for squash star Maria
ISLAMABAD National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports asked the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) to request North West ...
England plan phased-wise sport activities for Pak youth
MIRPUR (AJK) Director Lord Richard Newby, Director of 'Sport for Life a UK-based non-profitable organisation, said that his ...
Islamabad
CDA nods to Rs10b water uplift plan
ISLAMABAD - Finally, the Cabinet Division has given the formal approval of worth Rs10 billion rehabilitation/upgradation of ...
Two persons deprived of cars
RAWALPINDI - The car lifters have deprived two citizens of their vehicles here on Saturday. According to details, Zia-ul-Rehman ...
Peshawar blast victims await help at PIMS
ISLAMABAD - Terror victims of Peshawar blast admitted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) are still far from ...
Professor recruited in violation of merit
ISLAMABAD - Transparency Internationals rating Pakistan amongst the 20 most corrupt nations in the world is not that serious as ...
IIU to celebrate silver jubilee
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The International Islamic University,(IIU) will celebrate its Silver Jubilee this year as it was established in ...
New industrial area planned
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally woken up to the call of Islamabad residents by deciding to shift the ...
Karachi
Pepco to produce 1,200MW power from Thar coal
KARACHI - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and Sindh Engro ...
Funds delay hinders uplift project
KARACHI - Federal government has allocated substantial funds under special Hyderabad Development Package through which a sizeable ...
Sindh Govt not to confirm jobs
KARACHI - The Sindh Government Saturday made it clear that it would not regularise the jobs of the protesting employees of ...
Implementation of Juvenile Justice Ord 2000 stressed
KARACHI - The law experts and the members of civil society on Saturday has urged the government to implement the Juvenile Justice ...
Passengers looted, bikes snatched
KHAIRPUR - A passenger coach was robbed near Gadeji at national highway here on Saturday morning. According to detail, 8 armed ...
PPP, MQM differ over draft of new LG system
KARACHI - The core committee of the ruling coalition of Sindh, PPP and MQM on Saturday met at Chief Minister House and discussed ...
Lahore
Commissioners directed to eradicate corruption
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the provincial government is reviving a culture not only to ...
Don't facilitate terrorists, pay heed to law, order
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer has said that Law Minister Rana Sanaullah should pay attention on law and order situation ...
Light rain makes weather pleasant
LAHORE - Light rain, overcast conditions and continuously blowing winds caused considerable decrease in the mercury level on ...
Students not interested to attend classes
LAHORE - The teams of Higher Education wing of the Punjab Education Department has resumed monitoring of the colleges to check ...
Each district to have varsity sub-campus
LAHORE - Secretary Higher Education, Ahad Khan Cheema has said that at least one university sub-campus will be established at ...
Addict slaughters wives over monetary issue
LAHORE - A drug addict slaughtered his two wives over monetary dispute in Bhati Gate area in the wee hours on Saturday, police ...
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