Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
The Nation in print for Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Front Page
Two parallel CJs not possible: PM
SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (Agencies) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected any pressure on the issue of restoration of judiciary and judges, saying that the existence of two parallel chief justices is not possible. "There is no doubt in my mind. There is no doubt in Nawaz Sharif's mind ...
Nawaz asks Punjab ministers to serve masses
LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has directed the Punjab ministers to serve the masses and divert all resources to resolve the ...
Nato reinforces troops on border
KABUL (Online) - NATO has reinforced troops along the Afghan border anticipating peace deals between Pakistan and the Taliban ...
'N' perturbed over Zardari taking credit
LAHORE-The PML-N leadership is reportedly perturbed over PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari for taking credit of highlighting the ...
International
China stops to mourn quake victims
DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - From the heart of Beijing to the devastated southwest, China came to a standstill Monday to mourn its ...
Foreigners flee as Johannesburg clashes toll hits 22
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Thousands of foreigners sought refuge at crowded community centres and police stations in Johannesburg on ...
Full probe on hotel deaths urged
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A media rights group called for a full probe into a 2003 US shelling that killed two foreign journalists at a ...
Conference opens in Dublin to ban cluster bombs
DUBLIN (AFP) - Representatives from around 100 countries opened a 12-day conference Monday in a bid to agree a global ban on ...
Malaysia's Mahathir quits ruling party
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad quit the ruling party UMNO on Monday in a move observers said ...
Barak in Egypt for truce talks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will on Monday meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose ...
Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments
WASHINGTON - About 39,000 U.S. troops will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan later this year, a Defence Department official ...
Ban calls for eliminating cluster munitions
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday appealed for the creation of a new global pact to rid the world of ...
UN chief to travel to Myanmar to boost aid effort
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to arrive in Myanmar Wednesday to visit the areas hit by Cyclone ...
Oram helps New Zealand salvage draw
LONDON (AFP) - Jacob Oram's 101 secured a draw for New Zealand on the fifth and final day of the first Test against England at ...
Katich hits form but rain defies Aussies
TRELAWNY (Jamaica) (AFP) - Heavy rain prevented Australia from completing victory, after Simon Katich enhanced his claims for a ...
Ibrahimovic stars as Inter win third straight Italian title
ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan won their third straight Italian Serie A title with a 2-0 victory at Parma on Sunday. Sweden forward ...
Champions Real earn league double over rivals Barcelona
MADRID (AFP) - The 2007/08 Spanish league season will be remembered as the season when Barcelona performed the guard of honour at ...
Business
Sindh to build 32 small dams
KARACHI - Sindh government has planned to construct 32 small dams in the province to bring more area under cultivation by storing ...
NIB Bank likely to acquire Global Securities Pakistan
KARACHI - NIB Bank is likely to acquire Global Securities Pakistan Limited, one of the leading corporate finance and stock ...
LPG 11.8kg cylinder price reaches Rs 585
LAHORE - The price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) on Monday witnessed an another increase of about Rs 20 per cylinder of ...
1,578 points wiped out from KSE 100-index in 12 sessions
KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange-100 index has lost 1,578 points in the last 12 trading sessions amid prevailing political ...
Agricultural credit disbursement rises
KARACHI - Disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector by commercial and specialized banks has shown an impressive growth of ...
Euro higher as Trichet warns on inflation
LONDON (AFP) - The euro rose against the dollar on Monday as ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet warned about high inflation, which ...
Etimaad Engg playing role to overcome power shortage
LAHORE - Member National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader, Ahsan Iqbal, has said that the engineering sector has ...
Crude oil price flirts with new record high
LONDON (AFP) - The price of crude oil came close to reaching a new record high on Monday as the market shrugged off higher output ...
ITC and SCCI to work for economic development of SAsia
KARACHI - International Trade Centre (ITC) and SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) are looking forward to work ...
Market loses 14,000 level; down 311 points
LAHORE - The rupee on Monday lost its value further, causing panic selling on the floor of Karachi Stock Market. Hence, the ...
Politics
Masses want new President: Nawaz
WASHINGTON - Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that reinstating the judges deposed by President Pervez ...
Pakistan says Indian border firing charges groundless
Pakistan Army on Monday denied charges of opening unprovoked firing on a forward Indian post that killed an Indian Army jawan ...
Zardari acquitted in last case
LAHORE-PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday was acquitted of 11 year old drug case registered against him during the second ...
Explosion kills four, injures two in Bajaur
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - Four persons were killed and two others got injured in a bomb blast at Momand in Bajuar Agency on Sunday ...
Taliban claim Mardan blast
PESHAWAR - Claiming responsibility of Mardan suicide attack, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar has termed it as a reaction of US ...
US, Pak and Afghan leader reaffirm pledge to fight terror
WASHINGTON - Leaders of United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their pledge to work together in combating ...
Freedom of Information Act soon
LAHORE - Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Akram Shaheedi has said the government will introduce a new ...
'Kashmir removed from UNSC agenda'
ISLAMABAD (Online) - General Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights Dr Syed Nazir Gilani has revealed that the ...
A forlorn rapprochement
ISLAMBAD A rapprochement meeting between PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is on the cards, however, ...
IPPs ignoring govt directives
LAHORE-All the 16 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are stated to be ignoring the govt directives issued time and again, ...
APDM to hold national moot on June 1
ISLAMABAD - All Pakistan Democratic Movement here on Monday announced to organize national conference on June 1 to devise ...
Entertainment
Keira Knightley to star in film of King Lear
Keira Knightley is to star in a new film adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. he will play Cordelia, the youngest ...
Justin to propose to Jessica Biel?
This one is a little hard to swallow. According to sources at the UK Sun, Justin Timberlake is ready to propose to Jessica Biel. ...
Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong heat up Austin
KATE HUDSON sure moves quickly Like we reported last week, fresh from her breakup with Owen Wilson, Kate enjoyed a weekend away ...
Laser heats up the fusion future
The world's most powerful laser has heated matter to 10 million Celsius, hotter than the surface of the Sun. The Vulcan laser ...
Why did the toads cross the road?
Watching the thousands of toads pouring across a Chinese road, people must have wondered exactly what they knew that the world ...
'Brittlestar City' discovered on underwater mountain
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A unique colony of tens of millions of starfish-like creatures has been discovered on a mountain peak lying ...
Islamabad
Full-scale emergency drill at Airport
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Airport Emergency Exercise 'Rescue Air 2008' was conducted at Islamabad International Airport on Monday to ...
Rife violation of ban
ISLAMABAD- Although cellphone is a useful revolution in the modern era but students, the future hope of the Pakistan, are risking ...
'One UN' system to support govt in five key areas
ISLAMABAD- Speakers here at a consultative workshop on 'One UN System' country programme in Pakistan said the system would ...
Traders reject proposed energy saving plan
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Most of the traders and businessmen of the capital while expressing their reservations have rejected the ...
'Vesak Day' held at Sri Lankan HC
ISLAMABAD- Sri Lankan High Commission organised a ceremony to mark the 'Vesak Day' here on Monday in which a number of ...
A journey from Babul to Susraal
A decent man turns into a clown, a girl who bubbles with happiness has to act shy and coy, wearing a dress, heavier than the ...
Camp for CAS Squash gets underway
ISLAMABAD - The training camp for the upcoming Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash Championship started here at Mushaf ...
Karachi
Unscheduled loadshedding irks people
KARACHI - The unending sufferings of Karachities started to further aggravate the situation as the Karachi Electric Supply ...
Edu board helpless before cheating mafia
KARACHI - Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has surrendered to cheating mafia, as vigilance teams of the BIEK could ...
PFF seeks end to contract system
KARACHI - Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has demanded the government to present the ordinance against contract system of fishing ...
Uproar in City Council on fund issue
KARACHI - Both treasury and opposition benches in city district council Monday stressed the need to resume policy of ...
Pak students win award at Intel ISEF 2008
KARACHI - A group project titled "Novel Drug Therapy of Silver Nano Particles to Cure MRSA infections" by students from Aga Khan ...
Call made to end corporal punishment at schools
KARACHI - Chairman of All Private Schools Management Association Sindh (APSMAS), Khalid Shah on Monday demanded the Sindh ...
ICC security delegation visits stadiums in Karachi
KARACHI - A four-member delegation of the ICC headed by Campbell Jamieson here on Monday morning visited three local cricket ...
Pakistan face Windies in Champions Trophy opener
KARACHI (APP) - Hosts Pakistan will face 2004 winners West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC Champions Trophy Cricket ...
Asif, Farhan in shock exit
KARACHI - Asif Khan of NWFP and Farhan Zaman of Punjab started their campaign in PST Rohan Khan Junior Open Squash in style when ...
Lahore
PCB doctor says Asif is fit
LAHORE - The official doctor of Pakistan cricket team, Dr Sohail Saleem, has declared that fast bowler Muhammad Asif is ...
Remodelling of Shaukat Ali Road comes to halt
LAHORE - Work on the remodelling of Maulana Shaukat Ali Road, which is the first project undertaken by the PML-N government in ...
LHC seeks reply from secretary and DCO
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Monday sought reply from Punjab food secretary and DCO Lahore on six identical petitions filed by ...
Raise in transport fares demanded
LAHORE - The Urban Transport Owners AssOciation has demanded a considerable increase in the transport fares, threatening the ...
New controversy in education dept after bifurcation
LAHORE-Following bifurcation of Punjab Education Dept into higher education and school wings, a new controversy has arisen ...
Cholera not gastroenteritis hits Mirpur Khas
LAHORE - Scientists at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) have discovered the outbreak of cholera in Mirpur Khas, a district ...
8 committees formed to arrange book fair
LAHORE - In connection with its 125-year celebrations, Punjab University on Monday constituted eight committees to organise ...
PCB to conduct dope tests on Asia Cup squad
LAHORE - The players participating in the Asia Cup to be held in June-July in Pakistan, would come under doping scanner. The ...
Pakistan defeat India, Maldives in AFC U-14 Festival
LAHORE - Pakistan put up spirited display to snatch two more wins in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-14 Festival of ...
PCB names 16 players for bowling camp
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee in consultation with Mudassar Nazar, Director Game Development, has ...
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