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 Monday, May 18, 2009
Front Page
Operation prelude to larger war: Asif
LONDON - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan is to extend its war on the Taliban beyond Swat deep into the tribal belt including Waziristan. In an interview with the Sunday Times, President Zardari disclosed that Pakistan army was planning to open new fronts for operations in ...
All options open on Pak nukes: Obama
NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama has brushed aside concerns about the safety of Pakistans nuclear weapons, saying the ...
Troops advance to Matta, Kanju
PESHAWAR (AFP/Reuters) - The military said 'intense battles had broken out Sunday as it advanced on a key Taliban stronghold in a ...
International
Israel's N-programme 'real danger': AL chief
SHUNEH, Jordan, (AFP) - Israels alleged atomic arsenal poses the real danger in the Middle East and not Irans nuclear programme, ...
Kuwaiti women enter parliament for first time
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Women won four seats in Kuwaits parliament, a first in the Gulf Arab states history, but with many of the same ...
Spotlight on Rahul Gandhi after India vote win
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Congress partys resounding victory in Indias elections has shone a spotlight on its star campaigner Rahul ...
Swine flu spreads in Japan ahead of WHO meeting
KOBE, Japan (AFP) - Japans number of confirmed swine flu cases soared to 93 at the weekend, officials said late Sunday, as senior ...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to plead innocence at trial
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will plead her innocence when she goes on trial starting Monday, her ...
UK Opposition party calls for Commons Speaker to step down
LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britains third main party on Sunday called for the House of Commons Speaker to step down and ...
Thousands of Turks march in anti-govt protest
ANKARA (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in Turkeys capital on Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Tayyip ...
Brazil's Lula urges closer economic ties with S Arabia
RIYADH (AFP) - Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva hailed his countrys growing relations with Saudi Arabia and the ...
China keeps buying US bonds despite concerns
WASHINGTON (AFP) - China is pumping more money into US Treasury bonds, recent data show, despite concerns expressed in Beijing in ...
Graft charge against B'deshi PM dropped
DHAKA (AFP) - A corruption charge against Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been dropped because the man who laid it ...
Onions double puts England in sight of victory
CHESTER-LE-STREET (England) (AFP) - Graham Onions took two wickets in three balls as England moved closer to winning the second ...
Sri Lankan board offers amnesty to ICL players
CHENNAI (India) (Reuters) - Sri Lankan players who signed up to the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) will be considered for ...
Morton drafted into Windies one-day squad
CHESTER-LE-STREET (England) (Reuters) - Runako Morton will replace injured batsman Dale Richards in the West Indies squad for ...
World Cup organising committee meeting on 27th
MUMBAI - The 2011 World Cup Cricket Organising Committee will meet on May 27 in Mumbai to discuss the hosting rights of matches ...
Sohail upset over loss in Asia Cup
KUALA LUMPUR (APP) - Pakistan's world record goal scorer and drag-flick Sohail Abbas said on Sunday that he was sad that Pakistan ...
Sajjad suffers minor neck injury
KUALA LUMPUR (APP) - Pakistan half-back Sajjad Anwar spent three hours in the Kuantan hospital for the treatment of the neck on ...
Pakistan hockey team to arrive in Karachi today
KUALA LUMPUR (APP) - Pakistan hockey team which secured a silver medal in 8th Asian Hockey Tournament in Kuantan on Saturday ...
Hat-trick man Yuvraj spins Punjab to crucial win
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Yuvraj Singh grabbed a hat-trick to bowl Kings XI Punjab to a vital one-run victory over Deccan Chargers in ...
Graf, Agassi inaugurate new-look Centre Court at Wimbledon
LONDON (AFP) - Wimbledon's historic Centre Court inaugurated a modern makeover on Sunday, as tennis legends Andre Agassi and ...
Safina sweeps her way to title
MADRID (AFP) - Women's world number one Dinara Safina claimed her second major clay title in a row here on Sunday as she ...
Politics
Lanka's war reaches climax
COLOMBO (Reuters/AFP) - The Tamil Tigers conceded defeat in Sri Lankas 25-year civil war on Sunday, with some staging suicide ...
1,000 rebels dead in mily action: Rehman
MARDAN - Federal Minister for Interior Rahman Malik on Sunday vowed to continue military operation in Malakand Division till ...
APC on terror issue today
ISLAMABAD-The ongoing military operation to flush out terrorists from the serene valley of Swat has altogether changed the ...
Judicial policy effective from June 1, says CJP
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the newly judicial policy will be ...
Ulema issue fatwa against suicide attacks
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - While endorsing the military operation in Malakand Division, Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Convention Sunday ...
Singh sees Pak crisis a challenge
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - As he prepares for the second term, Indian PM Manmohan Singh identified troubles in Indias neighbourhood ...
Zardari has no public support to fight Taliban: Musharraf
NEW YORK - Former President Pervez Musharraf has blamed the present leadership for the deteriorating situation resulting from the ...
Pakistan opens more farmland to foreigners
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan dramatically increased the amount of farmland open to foreign investors to 6 million acres, but will ...
Pakistan won't import wheat in 2009, sees excess
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan will not import wheat this year as government incentives to farmers will likely lead to an excess ...
Indian Congress eyes new allies for coalition
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indias Congress Party began the task of cobbling together a government Sunday after steering its ruling ...
'US special squad killed Benazir'
NEW YORK (Online) - Former prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on the orders of the special death squad ...
US intercepts 'narco sub'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US warship intercepted a submersible believed to be linked to the drug trade off Colombias Pacific ...
COAS leaves for France
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani left for France on a daylong pre-scheduled visit on ...
Mohini Hameed passes away in US
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The countrys first woman broadcaster Aapa Shamim of Radio Pakistan, Mohini Hameed, passed away in Seattle, ...
Entertainment
Norway wins 54th Eurovision Song Contest
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Norway won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest early on Sunday in Moscow, when singer Alexander Rybak beat 24 ...
African-American director takes Harlem tale to Cannes
CANNES, France (AFP) - African-American director Lee Daniels, whose tale of the struggles of a black Harlem girl got a triumphant ...
How bees hold onto flowers
WHEN bees collect nectar, how do they hold onto the flower? Cambridge University scientists have shown that it is down to small ...
Britney shells out $450,000 for security
POP diva Britney Spears refuses to take any risks when it comes to her safety, as shes splashed out almost $450,000 on her ...
Lily Allen hits out at paparazzi
THE Smile singer compared her taking pictures of animals on safari to how she is treated by celebrity snappers. There is a ...
Kate Moss goes on diet
KATE Moss has gone on a diet - after freaking out when she saw a couple of rolls on her stomach. The British supermodel, 35, has ...
Islamabad
Beggars emerge as security threat to twin cities residents
ISLAMABAD - Despite the media reports pointing to an alarming rise in beggary and the governments claims of eradicating them, the ...
Educational institutions role in relief work lauded
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The educational institutions are actively playing their role in relief activities for the internally displaced ...
Monument Museum charge given to Lok Virsa
ISLAMABAD (APP) - National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa has taken over the charge of the delayed project ...
Demand for sunglasses on the rise
ISLAMABAD - With the advent of summer, demand for sunglasses has gone up among people in order to protect their eyes from ...
Cell set up to reunite IDPs' children with families
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Ministry of Interior on Sunday set up a special cell to reunite the missing children of Internally Displaced ...
Legendary Radio voice 'Apa Shamim' is no more
ISLAMABAD-The countrys first woman broadcaster, Mohini Hameed popularly known as Apa Shamim of Radio Pakistan, passed away in ...
Karachi
Sindh seeks federal funds for Rangers
KARACHI - Provincial autonomy, equal share of federal funds for Rangers deployed in Sindh and other demands are being finalised ...
ICMAP suggests ban on import of luxury cars
KARACHI - The Institute of Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP) has proposed a complete ban on the ...
4 Qaeda activists held; bombs seized
KARACHI - The Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested four members of al-Qaeda after a brief clash in Karachi and ...
Government urged to promote plants conservation
KARACHI - Experts on Sunday urged the government to encourage the conservation of plants, and said that plants boost our economy, ...
5,000 Sindh schools on verge of closure
KARACHI (PPI) - Despite tall claims of successive governments, including present one, that a large number of closed school across ...
US wants to deprive Pakistan of nukes: Baloch
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has claimed here on Sunday that the US administration wanted to occupy ...
Lahore
Building Control Authority for metropolis
LAHORE - On the pattern of Karachi Building Control Authority, the Punjab government is planning to constitute Building Control ...
Comprehensive strategy stressed to resolve Swat and Balochistan crises
LAHORE - The government has been asked to adopt comprehensive strategy to resolve the issues of Swat and Balochistan taking all ...
The fallout goes on
WELL, it seems that the stories which still have captured the imagination are the old ones: the Army is still operating in ...
Govt promoting IT: Khosa
LAHORE - Senior Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that promotion of information ...
Teams set up to monitor wheat procurement drive, ensure implementation
LAHORE - Punjab government has constituted monitoring and facilitating teams at the district level to monitor wheat procurement ...
2nd Call Centre opens at GPO
LAHORE - With a view to achieve the target of prompt and timely foreign remittances of Western Union through all those sub post ...
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