Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- 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
The Nation in print for Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Front Page
Writ of govt at all costs: Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Amid strong criticism by PML-N and JUI-F over launching of military operation in Swat without taking the Parliament into confidence, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said that the government could arrange in-camera briefing for parliamentary leaders of the parties by law ...
Humanitarian crisis getting worse
MARDAN - Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) pouring in Mardan from the militancy-hit areas of the NWFP are a lot more than the ...
Taliban command and control system destroyed
ISLAMABAD - The ongoing operation code named Rah-e-Haq-4 being, conducted by the security forces against militants in Malakand ...
International
UNSC urges 2-state solution for Mideast
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously has reaffirmed its commitment to a "just and lasting peace" in the ...
44 Afghan cases of white phosphorus: US military
KABUL (Agencies) - The US military accused militants in Afghanistan on Monday of using white phosphorus munitions in attacks on ...
Karzai very serious on ending air raids
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is 'very serious about a demand for foreign forces in Afghanistan to halt air ...
US to replace top commander in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is replacing the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen David McKiernan, less than a year after he ...
US soldier kills five colleagues at Iraq base
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US soldier is suspected of opening fire on his comrades at the largest American base in Iraq on Monday, killing ...
UN denounces Sri Lankan civilian 'bloodbath'
COLOMBO (AFP) - The United Nations on Monday condemned a civilian bloodbath in Sri Lanka, saying more than 100 children had been ...
Iran frees US journalist
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - US-born journalist Roxana Saberi walked free on Monday after an Iranian appeals court cut her eight-year ...
British Prime Minister apologises over MPs expenses
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised Monday after days of revelations about lawmakers lavish expenses ...
'09 may be year of ME peace, says Peres
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday told Pope Benedict XVI that peace could be on the way in the Middle ...
New Palestinian govt within 48 hours
RAMALLAH (AFP) - President Mahmud Abbas said on Monday that a new Palestinian government will be formed within 48 hours, to ...
Delhi crush Kolkata and regain top spot
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The Delhi Daredevils bowlers paved the way for a seven-wicket Indian Premier League thumping of strugglers ...
French star Gasquet confirms positive cocaine test
PARIS (AFP) - France's Richard Gasquet admitted on Sunday that he had tested positive for cocaine, but insisted he would battle ...
Timeline of sports fatal attraction to cocaine
PARIS (AFP) - French tennis player Richard Gasquet, who admitted to a positive test for cocaine on Sunday, is not the first ...
Llorente spoils Barcelona's Camp Nou title party
MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona must wait another week to clinch the Spanish title after Jose Llorente scored a dramatic 90th-minute ...
Business
Pakistan faces high inflation despite historic lows in region
KARACHI - As inflationary pressures across the globe continue to dissipate, Pakistan still faces a very high double-digit ...
CPI-based inflation up 22.35pc in 10 months
ISLAMABAD - The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) has surged by 22.35 per cent in the first ten months (July-April) ...
Auto sales plummet by 47 per cent in 10 months
lahore - The year-on-year based growth in local auto sales including cars and LCVs has declined by 47 percent to 81,143 units ...
Remittances up over 19pc to $6.355b during July-April
KARACHI - Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $6,355.58 million was ...
KSE volume reduces to 70m shares
KARACHI - A limited trading pushed KSE-100 index towards red zone as the benchmark lost 7 points on Monday. The investors have ...
Corporate profitability declines by 3pc
LAHORE - Corporate profitability reported a decline of 3 per cent over 1Q2008 on the back of steep commodity price reversal, ...
270 companies registered with SECP in April
lahore - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 270 companies during the month of April 2009 ...
Aptma for removal of import duty on PSF
LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has urged the government to remove import duty of 4.5 per cent on ...
Taxpayers not to be burdened with new taxes
KARACHI - The tax threshold system might be abolished in coming days and the existing taxpayers would not be burdened with more ...
Traders should work for rehabilitation of disabled
LAHORE - Business community should come forward and play its role for rehabilitation of disabled persons as without its active ...
Politics
45pc back military operation
ISLAMABAD (NNI)-An overwhelming majority of Pakistanis have placed Mian Nawaz Sharif on the top of the most popular persons ...
No sympathy for militants: Nawaz
MARDAN (Agencies) - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Monday has said that the elements responsible for mass dislocation of thousands ...
Zardari assures minimum collateral damage
NEW YORK - President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to eliminate Taliban militancy and promised to make every effort to keep the ...
Car-bomber strikes Darra security post
PESHAWAR - At least 13 people were killed and 23 others injured when a suicide bomber attacked a security forces checkpost, just ...
Conditional US offer to Pakistan on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD - The United States will help Pakistan resolve the Kashmir issue if it shifts its focus from the border with India to ...
Top leaders going abroad
LAHORE-With worst humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country, its top political leaders are leaving for abroad one after the ...
Govt may send 2 more Army divisions to Swat
ISLAMABAD - The federal government is likely to mobilise nearly two more Army divisions as part of contingency measures to ...
Al-Qaeda strengthens in Pakistan: NYT
NEW YORK - Foreign operatives of Al-Qaeda are moving to sow chaos in Pakistan and strengthen the hand of the militant Islamist ...
Number of displaced now 360,000
UNITED NATIONS - The UN refugee agency chief on Monday appealed for international solidarity to support hundreds of thousands of ...
SC issues notice to Federation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Court on Monday accepted for regular hearing an appeal by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ...
Washington must help Pakistan: US Senators
WASHINGTON (APP) - As Pakistani forces entangled in a battle against Taliban in the northwestern Swat valley, two members of the ...
Fear, panic in Karachi
KARACHI - Fear gripped the metropolis Monday ahead of the second anniversary of May 12 carnage while the police established ...
Pakistan needs to ease deficit target: IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it has agreed with Pakistan that the nations fiscal deficit ...
Americans' $4.9 million aid for IDPs
ISLAMABAD - The people of the United States of America are providing $4.9 million emergency assistance for internally displaced ...
Rival PPP factions come to blows
NEW YORK - As President Asif Ali Zardari was about to leave after addressing a meeting of the Pakistani community on Sunday, ...
India to acquire first AWACS next week
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India is expected to acquire its first Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) next week, officials said ...
Entertainment
Katie dons self-designed dress
HOLLYWOOD actress Katie Holmes wore a dress she had designed herself for the annual White House Correspondents Association ...
Did Natalie lead to Penn's divorce?
IF reports are to be believed, it is Hollywood actor Sean Penns alleged romance with Natalie Portman that led to his divorce from ...
Komuro gets suspended jail term
TOKYO (AFP) - Disgraced Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro received a suspended three-year jail term Monday for cheating an ...
Ullman gets lifetime Bafta prize
BRITISH actress Tracey Ullman has been presented with a lifetime achievement prize from Baftas Los Angeles branch. The ...
Madonna sets trust for Mercy James
AS pop superstar Madonnas desperate attempts to adopt four-year-old Malawian girl seem to go in vain, the star has decided to set ...
Shortest Hollywood celebrity marriages
BY Hollywood standards, Kate Walsh and Alex Young should be proud of their 14-month marriage. Tinseltown is filled with ...
Islamabad
Top notch event necessary for grooming: Aamir Atlas
ISLAMABAD - World number 15 Aamir Atlas Khan said Monday that Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) should support him in the upcoming ...
Traders strike brings life to standstill
ISLAMABAD-Traders Action Committee Islamabad on Monday threatened to go on strike for indefinite time period if their demands ...
Stakeholders input still awaited in new edu policy
ISLAMABAD-It is unlikely that Ministry of Education would be able to present the draft of the Education Policy 2009 before the ...
Disease, misery visit IDP camps
ISLAMABAD-Suffering from a number of contagious diseases such as Diarrhoea, skin allergy, eye-infection and Pneumonia, Internally ...
Call for reassessing Manto's works
ISLAMABAD - Rich tributes were paid to Saadat Hasan Manto, who is admittedly one of the greatest Urdu short story writers. Senior ...
ITP gets tough against noise pollutants
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Senior Superintendent of Islamabad Traffic Police, (SSP) Sultan Azam Taimuri Monday said the traffic police ...
Special anti-crime squads formed
RAWALPINDI-Following the directives of City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Mohammad Iqbal Khan, police have launched special crime ...
Karachi
Officials advised to select teams on merit
KARACHI - Sindh Sports minister Dr. MA Shah held a meeting with the secretaries of provincial sports associations here on Monday ...
Coalition shows unity against terror
KARACHI - The coalition partners in the Sindh government, including the PPP, MQM and the ANP, on Monday expressed unity to ...
MQM sends Rs10m relief goods for IDPs
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movements Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) on the directives of party chief Altaf Hussain on Monday ...
Drugs rehabilitation centre to be established soon
KARACHI - The proposal of establishing a 'Central Rehabilitation Centre for drug addicts out of the City, and treatment centres ...
Govt to ensure law and order: Marri
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri has said that Sindh Government has taken all necessary measures for ...
CDGK town parks in bad shape
Karachi (PPI) - The parks constructed in different towns of the city during the tenure of former City Nazim Naimatullah Khan are ...
SHC abolishes medical board for Motiwala
KARACHI - Justice Qaiser Iqbal of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday abolished the medical board formed to examine the medical ...
Lahore
Younis backs Akhtar, Afridi to come good
LAHORE - Pakistan captain Younis Khan has backed senior players Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi to fire in next month's ICC World ...
Miandad hopeful of good show by Pak in T20 WC
LAHORE - Unfazed with the recent ODI series loss against Australia, former Pakistan skipper and currently Director General of PCB ...
COAS Squash main round from today
ISLAMABAD - The main round of the 7th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) National Squash Championship 2009 will start from Tuesday ...
PCB warns Asif on discipline violations
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) inquiry committee has warned drugs-taunted fast-bowler Mohammad Asif for 'not ...
PCB seeks reply from Qadir over media statements
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a show cause notice to Chief Selector Abdul Qadir for his violation of the ...
Pakistan to tour Sri Lanka
LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket team will pay a return visit to Sri Lanka to compensate the pearl island with the gesture they ...
AFC U-13 Football Festival begins at Tehran
LAHORE - The AFC is now into high tech mode and they want coaches and referees to understand the importance of the usage of ...
Wheat procurement a complete failure: Pervaiz
LAHORE - President PML-Q Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has termed the wheat procurement policy launched by Shahbaz led Punjab ...
2 LDA housing schemes hang in the balance
LAHORE - The fate of two LDA housing schemes at Ferozepur Road and Raiwind Road announced to be designed on the pattern of DHA ...
Advancing of clocks helping, LHC told
LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has told the Lahore High Court that by advancing the clock one hour it is ...
Just pack up if you can't deliver: SC
LAHORE - Taking note of the poor service by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to the subscribers, a Supreme ...
Patients treated on floor
LAHORE - Believe it or not, the Lahore General Hospital (LGH), famous for its Neurosurgery Department across the province, due to ...
Who is behind the mask?
LAHORELakhs of people from Buner, Dir, and Swat on being dislodged from their hometown, now have been thrown open to abject ...
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