Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Saturday, May 10, 2008
Front Page
Soomro's 'royal pilgrimage' cost PIA $2.8m
LAHORE-A visit of former caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro to Saudi Arabia for Umrah cost PIA $2.8 million while a Boeing 777 was used for the purpose, an expert on aviation said that the aircraft could have earned $2.8 million had it been utilised for the commercial flights. ...
London talks fail
LONDON - PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has declared the London round of talks over reinstatement of judges as resultless, saying ...
Swat ceasefire agreed
PESHAWAR - Following first-ever successful direct talks between the NWFP Government and the alleged militants headed by Maulana ...
International
Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of street battles ...
UN brokers anti-drugs plan
TEHRAN (PPI) - A trilateral meeting between representatives of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan concluded in Tehran with ...
WFP to resume aid flights to Myanmar
YANGON (AFP) - The UN said Friday it would resume aid flights into Myanmar after a suspension triggered by a tussle with the ...
Arab FMs to discuss crisis
CAIRO (AFP) - Arab foreign ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday (tomorrow) on the Lebanon crisis amid fears about ...
Digital divide a threat to Indonesia's unity: Yudhoyono
JAKARTA (AFP) - The yawning divide between the haves and the have-nots of the digital revolution is a "threat to national unity" ...
68 dead in heavy Sri Lanka fighting and bomb attack
TRINCOMALEE (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels set off a powerful bomb killing 11 people and wounding 29 in Sri Lanka's east ...
Funding crisis puts Iraqi refugees at risk
GENEVA (AFP) - The UN's refugee agency warned Friday that it would have to reduce or even suspend programmes to help hundreds of ...
Israeli PM fights for political life
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday faced mounting calls to resign over a criminal probe into ...
$197m appeal for cyclone-hit state launched
GENEVA (AFP) - The international community has delivered or pledged $67m in aid after the Myanmar cyclone, the United Nations ...
Obama now even with Hillary Clinton in Superdelegates
WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama has caught up to his opponent, Senator Hillary Clinton, in the count of superdelegates, one of ...
US 'gags' Congress on N-Deal with India: Report
WASHINGTON - With uncertainty persisting on the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, the State Department has asked lawmakers to keep ...
ICC snubs India over sub-standard pitch
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday issued warning to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for ...
Pakistan's Khurram, Sajjad crash out of Asian Snooker
DUBAI (APP) - Pakistan duo of Khurram Agha and Muhammad Sajjad Rana bowed out from the quarter-final stage of 24th Asian Snooker ...
China to host 2009 edition
DUBAI (APP) - China won the bid to stage 25th edition of Asian Snooker Championship at the meeting Asian Confederation of ...
Business
Oil hits record highs above $126
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices hit a record high above 126 dollars on Friday, driven into uncharted territory by speculative interest ...
Coalition govt orders public spending cuts
LONDON (APP) - Pakistan's new coalition government has ordered a "massive cut" in budget expenditure across the board, including ...
$3.5b inflow to stabilise rupee value: Shamshad
KARACHI - Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said that the foreign exchange inflows to the tune of $3.0 ...
Wrong response aggravates Asia food crisis: ADB report
MANILA (AFP) - Asia's response to tightening global grain supplies has aggravated food price inflation and uncertainty, according ...
Green buildings can save 70pc of electricity
ISLAMABAD (APP) - By using the green building designs and technologies up to 70 per cent electrical energy could be saved and ...
KSE corporate profits down during 1Q2008
KARACHI - The corporate earnings of Karachi stock exchange (KSE) during first quarter of FY08 stood at Rs 52.4 billion (US$787mn) ...
PTA cuts down Mobile Termination Rates by 30pc
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Friday reduced Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) by around 30 ...
Cellular cos' subscriber addition rate improves
KARACH - The cellular companies' subscriber addition rate has improved after dropping consistently since November 07. The overall ...
Euro firmer against dollar
LONDON (AFP) - The euro was firmer against the dollar Friday, still supported by hardline comments from the head of the European ...
Burma cyclone raises rice rates
RICE prices have risen for a sixth consecutive day as global supplies continue to be stretched by cyclone damage to crops in ...
Politics
Akhtar Mengal freed
KARACHI-Former Chief Minister Balochistan and Chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal was released on ...
Islamabad
Stage set to stabilise Balochistan
ISLAMABAD - After a successful experiment in the NWFP, the stage is set to stabilise Balochistan through political means. ...
Refugees seek extension in stay till peace in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD - Afghan refugees living in Islamabad have appealed to the government and international community to pay attention ...
'Extremist activities have increased after Sufi's release'
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - NWFP Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has said that the extremist activities have increased after ...
'No bargain on quality'
ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan has directed officials of the Local Government and Rural Development of Islamabad ...
Tributes paid to Kaleem Imam
ISLAMABAD - Rescue 15 Friday hosted a farewell party in honour of outgoing SSP Syed Kaleem Imam who was now working as Chief ...
Nisar directs CDGR to resolve citizens' problems
RAWALPINDI- Senior Federal Minister for Communication and Food Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the officials of City ...
2 vehicles recovered
ISLAMABAD - National Highways & Motorway Police have recovered two vehicles, which were stolen from different cities of the ...
Minister for joint efforts to protect Ozone layer
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi Friday stressed the need for collective efforts for the ...
Tanzara's walls display magnificent paintings
ISLAMABAD - Tanzara's walls displayed magnificent paintings depicting life like colours of nature made by the magic strokes of ...
National
No more war over Kashmir, says Pakistan
PAKISTAN does not want another war with India over Kashmir, Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has said while describing the ...
2 foreign soldiers, dozen rebels die in Afghan duel
KABUL (AFP) - Two foreign soldiers were killed in action in Afghanistan on Friday, military forces said, while more than a ...
Gillani says Sarabjit should be pardoned
PRIME Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has advised President Pervez Musharraf that Sarabjit Singh should be given a pardon. ...
17 hurt in Quetta blast
QUETTA - At least 17people suffered injuries, one of them serious, in a bomb blast on Samungli Road here on Friday. ...
Giantkiller Safina ends Serena's glory run
BERLIN (AFP) - Giantkiller Dinara Safina took her second major scalp in two days as she sent former world number one Serena ...
Karachi
KBCA achieves tax collection targets: minister
KARACHI - Provincial Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani said the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) has achieved ...
Shura Hamdard for 40pc cut in Presidency's budget
KARACHI - Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government to reduce 40 per cent expenditure of the ...
Patterson meets MQM leadership
Karachi - The US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson, held a meeting with the MQM leadership in Azizabad here Friday and expressed ...
Abductions on the rise while police on the knees
KARACHI - The government had established the Anti Violence and Crime Cell (AVCC) and Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) for ...
Water crisis prevails in various parts of City
KARACHI - The water shortage in the city is growing alarmingly in various parts of the city and citizens are receiving ...
PWD in National Challenge Cup quarter-final
KARACHI - Pakistan Steel miss a penalty kick in the initial minute of play to suffer 2-1 defeat at the hands of PWD in the ...
Lahore
Pakistan U-14 register 4-1 win against Sialkot
LAHORE - Pakistan U-14 football team showed class and commitment when they recorded 4-1 win over Sialkot U-14 team in practice ...
TMAs directed to shift accounts to BoP
LAHORE - In a last ditch effort to avert the Bank of Punjab financial crises, the Punjab government has directed all 144 ...
Functioning of Dr Saeed challenged in High Court
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has issued notices to the secretary cabinet division, provincial and federal health secretaries, ...
Khokhar seeks acquittal under NRO
LAHORE - Former deputy speaker National Assembly Nawaz Muhammad Khokhar has moved a petition in the Lahore High Court seeking ...
Lesco-CDG lack of coordination hits consumers
LAHORE-The blame game and lack of coordination between the City District Government (CDG) and Lahore Electric Supply Company ...
Lawyers waiting for call to launch fresh movement
LAHORE - Deposed senior judge of the Lahore High Court, Khwaja Muhammad Sharif has said that the deposed judges will stand with ...
Woman with three kids attempts suicide
LAHORE Civil Lines police foiled suicide attempt of a Faisalabad resident elderly woman and her three children when she ...
Rahan's four seal win for Pakistan in Azlan Shah Cup
LAHORE - Pakistan hockey team banking on the guiles of forward Rehan Butt produced a comprehensive 6-3 win over New Zealand ...
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