Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, May 19, 2008
Front Page
Gilani raises Bajaur airstrike with Bush
SHARM El-SHEIKH (Agencies) - Pakistan and United States Sunday vowed to enhance their bilateral economic and defence cooperation, and affirmed the resolve to transform existing ties into long-term strategic partnership. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and US President George W Bush who met ...
New ideas on Kashmir may figure in talks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is expected to come up with some new proposals for the settlement of Kashmir issue, other than President ...
Zardari, Nawaz to meet soon
ISLAMABAD - The saner elements in both Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have stepped up efforts to ...
Smiles, no questions
PRESIDENT Bush had a number of private meetings on Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, but little to say afterward, reports ...
International
Democracy does not threaten Islam, says Bush
SHARM EL-SHEIK (Agencies) - US President George W Bush lectured the Arab world Sunday about everything from political repression ...
China declares mourning as deadly quake toll rises
JIANGYOU (AFP) - China on Sunday declared three days of mourning and suspended the Olympic torch relay nearly a week after a ...
Former B'desh PM Hasina indicted in new graft case
DHAKA (AFP) - A Bangladesh court Sunday charged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed with taking bribes, as part of a ...
Women again fail to enter parliament
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Sunnis made a strong showing in Kuwait's legislative elections and minority Shias gained one more seat, ...
Obama bidding to seal deal against Hillary
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Heading into the Democrats' latest round of primary voting, Barack Obama is bidding to seal the deal against ...
Americans shouldn't negotiate on our behalf, says Abbas
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Agencies) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday did not conceal his disappointment over US President ...
Israel very close to decision on Gaza: Ehud Olmert
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel was "very close" to deciding on what action to ...
Pope calls for ban on cluster bombs
GENOA (Italy) (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on governments to adopt an international convention banning the use of ...
Death penalty for man over murder of Iraqi archbishop
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A man involved in the murder of Chaldean Catholic archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho in the northern Iraqi city of ...
Sen. Kennedy recovering: Doctors
WASHINGTON: - Doctors in Boston are trying to determine the cause of a seizure that sent Senator Edward Kennedy, the head of one ...
Argentina clinch Azlan Shah Cup
IPOH (Malaysia) (AFP) - Forward Nicolas Mario Almada scored a golden goal in the 73rd minute to steer Argentina to a hard fought ...
Australia and China enjoy first day wins
MOENCHENGLADBACH (Germany) (AFP) - Australia, China and the Netherlands all got their women's Champions Trophy field hockey ...
Olympic flame put out on China relay
BEIJING (AFP) - The Olympic torch had to be put out due to an over-enthusiastic crowd, state press said Sunday. In the eastern ...
Nadal dethrones Federer as Hamburg champion
HAMBURG (Germany) (AFP) - Rafael Nadal warmed-up for his French Open title defence in style when he dethroned a demoralised Roger ...
Moores looks to Harmison after Hoggard injury
LONDON (AFP) - England coach Peter Moores' frustration at seeing his side's first Test victory push suffer a Lord's drenching was ...
Djokovic has King Nadal in his sights
HAMBURG (Germany) (AFP) - Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic travels to Paris on Wednesday ahead of Roland Garros aiming to ...
Business
Market behaves with uncertainity
The Pakistani stock market closed on Friday the last day of the trading week (May 12-16, 2008) under ...
Reasons for failure of entrepreneurial culture in Pakistan
There is no dispute among management scientists and economists on the importance of the role ...
Retail basmati rice prices set new record
JAVED MAHMOOD looks into the fresh spike of rice prices as the retail price of the superior quality rice had hit the record ...
Give priority to economic issues and not rifts
Economic stability is the most important issue that needed immediate handling to make ...
AlBaraka Islamic Bank (AIB) develops strategy to expand its business in Pakistan
ASHRAF JAVED talks to Shafqaat Ahmed, Country Head AlBaraka Islamic Bank Pakistan Mr Shafqaat Ahmed, one of the leading ...
Budget making amid politicking
The collapse of fragile coalition of the Pakistan Peoples Party led government after resignation of the ...
Generating higher revenues for farmers
Middlemen take all the profit, while the poor farmers are left with all the losses". This is a familiar complaint heard ...
IPI project & the US intervention
Recently the petroleum Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and his counterpart Murli Deora ...
Utilizing natural energies
We are passing through such a serious Energy Crisis that we are facing hours and hours of ...
Politics
Zardari asks Taseer to avoid anti-'N' remarks
ISLAMABAD - Co-Chairman Pakistan People's Party Asif Ali Zardari has asked newly appointed Governor Punjab Salman Taseer to avoid ...
More dacoits face public fury
LAHORE/KARACHI - Following two incidents of beating dacoits badly and subsequently burning them alive under open sky in ...
Aitzaz quits by-poll race
LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan Sunday announced for the second time not to contest ...
MQM likely to get share in Cabinet
KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement is likely to get share in the federal Cabinet after resignation of Pakistan Muslim ...
Market follows power-politics
ISLAMABAD - Following the highly tricky power politics that is in full swing in the country, Pakistan's capital market during the ...
'Q' forward bloc to support 'N'
Twenty-four members of the PML-Q forward bloc in Punjab Assembly Sunday met Pakistan Muslim League-N Punjab President Zulfikar ...
Efforts afoot to reunite PML factions
ISLAMABAD - The staunchest pro-Muslim League circles have accelerated their efforts to reunite various factions of Pakistan ...
Musharraf may quit when situation stabilizes: spokesman
WASHINGTON - President Pervez Musharraf's spokesman has indicated that the president might leave the office when the situation in ...
Musharraf has 'improbable ally' in Zardari: WP
WASHINGTON - President Pervez Musharraf appears to have an "improbable ally" in PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari as the ...
Entertainment
Indiana Jones, Kingdom of Crystal Skull rides into Cannes
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Crystal Skull has been showing at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The stars: Harrison ...
Exploring the mechanics of judgment, beliefs
HOW do we know what other people are thinking? How do we judge them, and what happens in our brains when we do? MIT ...
Cyrus defends Britney Spears and Lohan
TEEN star Miley Cyrus has come to the defence of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, insisting it's "normal" for young stars to run ...
Celebrating art in Afghanistan
HER gold-painted, glass sugar bowl with strips of material sprouting from the top symbolises the corrupt nature of marriage, she ...
The Simpsons take over universal
ASHLEE and Pete's wedding wasn't the only Simpsons event today. The Simpsons Ride debuted at Universal Studios Hollywood with ...
Prince Caspian rules the Friday box office
ACCORDING to the daily estimates released by the tracking company Box Office Mojo, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" is ...
Islamabad
12,000 patients get free dialysis at PIMS
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Executive Director of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Dr Abdul Majeed Rajput has said that PIMS ...
Housing sector offers lucrative opportunities to investors
ISLAMABAD (APP): Chairman Senate, Muhammedmian Soomro said housing and construction sectors offer excellent opportunities of ...
All deposed judges to be legally restored: Naek
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek on Sunday said that PPP would reinstatement all the deposed ...
Pakistan-Iran relations time-tested: Soomro
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman of Senate Muhammedmian Soomro has said that relations between Pakistan and Iran have stood the test of ...
Inter-university contest concludes at IST
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The "Twin-City Inter-University Challenge," concluded here at Institute of Space Technology, which was ...
Karachi
Absence of justice gives rise to crimes, say lawyers
KARACHI - The absence of justice and worst condition of police department compelled the people over self-justice but ...
KU revises MBBS, BDS exam schedules
KARACHI (PPI) - The University of Karachi on Sunday announced the revised programme of first professional MBBS (Part-B) ...
Political crisis may rekindle Bonapartist tendency
Appointment of Salman Taseer as Governor Punjab has further kicked up political dust which has totally ...
1,200 Sindh Katchi Abadis to be regularised
KARACHI - Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority (SKAA) is preparing a plan to regularise more than 1200 Katchi Abadis of Sindh, including ...
Sindh identifies 110 disputes with Centre, provinces
KARACHI - The Inter-Provincial and Coordination Department (IPCD) of Sindh has prepared a list of around 110 issues/disputes ...
CM advisors visit ailing MQM leader
KARACHI - Advisors to Sindh Chief Minister, Rashid Hussain Rabbani, Waqar Mehadi and other local leaders, here on Sunday visited ...
Lahore
DS directs railway staff to provide better service
RAWALPINDI - Divisional Superintendent (DS) of Railways Muhammad Hayyat Malik Sunday raided various railway stations from ...
Crackdown against hoarders starts today
LAHORE - The Punjab government, as a last-ditch to achieve three million tons of wheat procurement target, will launch massive ...
Joint working group to ensure safe drinking water, says Saad
LAHORE - PML-N government in Punjab will form a joint working group comprising Water and Sanitation Agency, representatives of ...
Journalists outnumber Civil Society protesters
LAHORE - A civil society protest to press the government to reinstate judges was held outside the Governor House on ...
Nawaz Sharif last hope of nation: Mumtaz Bhutto
Lahore - Sindh National Alliance President and former Chief Minister and Governor Sindh Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has called PML-N Quaid ...
Dark glasses and captivities
CITY NOTES I suppose all of you out there are due, rather overdue, for congratulations, because you have lived to see the ...
Press Release: Punjab would be Larkana
Buk-up Lahore, May 17(PR) The new Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, has promised to make Punjab a Larkana of the future. ...
Pakistan overwhelm Sri Lanka 1-0 in U-14 Football Festival
LAHORE - Faisalabad-born striker Muhammad Nawaz came out as hero from the field when Pakistan-A snatched 1-0 win over Sri Lanka-A ...
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