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 Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Front Page
50-men peace jirga arrested in Kurram
PESHAWAR - Around 50 elders of Hangu Peace Jirga from both Sunni and Shia sects were arrested under Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) when they failed to reach a reconciliation for bringing peace in Kurram Agency here on Tuesday. To settle down the confrontation between the two sects-Sunni and ...
Judges may be restored before June 10
ISLAMABAD The constitutional package being prepared by Pakistan People's Party for resolving the most contentious issue of ...
BoP Board members barred from getting loans
LAHORE- The Board of Directors of the Bank of Punjab on Tuesday took some major decisions including revoking the previous policy ...
Iftikhar to get CJP protocol in Punjab
LAHORE - The Punjab government has announced not only to participate in upcoming lawyers movement for reinstatement of deposed ...
International
No secrets in 50-50 final: Mourinho
LONDON (AFP) - Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said Tuesday there is nothing to choose between his old side and Manchester ...
Bush voices "serious concern" over Quran desecration
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an American soldier's ...
Iran N-plan may spark off arms race: think-tank
LONDON - A British think-tank on Tuesday warned that Iran's nuclear programme may start a "cascade of proliferation" that could ...
China needs more tents for 5m quake homeless
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Tuesday it needed more tents to provide shelter for the nearly five million people left homeless ...
Ethiopia drought threatens 6m kids
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - A severe drought in Ethiopia threatens up to six million children, the United Nations children's agency ...
46 dead in Nepal bus plunge
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Thirty-six people were killed when an overcrowded bus careened off a Nepal mountain highway into a river, and ...
Lebanon crisis talks stumble towards deadline
DOHA (AFP) - Crisis talks between rival Lebanese leaders stumbled towards a Wednesday (today) deadline as the Hezbollah-led ...
Iraq's Aziz back in the dock but without lawyers
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Tareq Aziz, the international face of the regime of late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, was back in the dock on ...
US, French professors share top maths prize
OSLO (AFP) - An American and a French mathematician Tuesday were handed the world's top mathematics award, Norway's Abel Prize, ...
Myanmar situation critical: Ban
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is heading to Myanmar for a visit that will focus on reinforcing disaster ...
Sen Kennedy has malignant brain tumour
WASHINGTON - US Senator Edward Kennedy has a malignant tumour in his brain, his doctors said Tuesday. Tests performed over the ...
Obama zeroing in on target for Democratic nomination
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will take a major step toward the Democratic presidential nomination when Oregon and Kentucky ...
Vaughan plots spin trap for New Zealand
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Michael Vaughan is backing Monty Panesar to produce more bowling heroics at Old Trafford when the ...
Warne mulls Ashes return
SYDNEY (AFP) - Bowling great Shane Warne says he will consider a dramatic Test return in next year's Ashes series against England ...
Australia scraps domestic triangular one-day format
SYDNEY (AFP) - Cricket Australia (CA) will scrap its triangular one-day international format after almost 30 years and play more ...
Business
Discount rate likely to go up further
KARACHI - In line with the surge of 81 basis points in the six-month Karachi Interbank Offer Rate (KIBOR), the State Bank is ...
Several mills and chakkies closed down
KARACHI - The profit mafia has hoarded wheat worth billion of rupees in the country as provincial food departments as well as ...
Maybank gets approval for investment in MCB
KARACHI - Competition Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday approved Malaysia's Maybank for investment in MCB Bank up to 20 per cent ...
Fixed line subscribers in April at 4.8m, WLL grows 1.9pc
KARACHI - Fixed line subscribers remained flat overall for April 08 at 4.8 million. The operators, giant Pakistan ...
High food prices could last 3 years: WB official
SINGAPORE (AFP) - The prices of staple foods such as rice could stay high for the next three years, hindering the battle against ...
Doha trade talks approaching finishing line, says WTO head
GENEVA (AFP) - WTO head Pascal Lamy said Tuesday the Doha round of trade liberalisation talks was nearing its final stage as new ...
Oil reaches 129 dollars for first time
LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil rocketed to a record high of 129.31 dollars per barrel on Tuesday on concerns about tight global ...
Australian dollar hits 24-year high
SYDNEY/ BRATISLAVA (AFP) - The Australian dollar hit a fresh 24-year high on Tuesday after official documents showed the central ...
PFMA for lifting inter-district ban on wheat movement
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has asked the government to lift ban on transportation of wheat between ...
Market reclaims all losses before closing
LAHORE - Minutes before closing, the equity market staged a remarkable recovery and almost reclaimed all the losses made earlier. ...
Politics
99 Indian prisoners to get freedom
ISLAMABAD - On the occasion of the Indian Foreign Minister's visit, Pakistan would release 99 Indian fishermen and civil ...
PIA to raise Umra and Haj fares
LAHORE - PIA is going to increase its fares for Umra and Haj pilgrims in coming June and during Hajj operation this year, sources ...
Pak Taliban 'appeasement policy' dangerous
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's foreign minister said Pakistan's policy of "appeasing" the Taliban is dangerous, reiterating concern ...
Bomb wounds 10 in Kohat
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Ten people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a military vehicle in Kohat on Tuesday, the third ...
PPP-'N' body meets to hammer out differences
LAHORE - The Coordination Committee of the PPP and the PML-N held its maiden meeting here to hammer out differences in coalition ...
Pakistan offers N-tech to Bangladesh
DHAKA (Online) - Pakistan has offered to help Bangladesh with the latter's proposed first nuclear power reactor that was ...
Bush apologises over Quran desecration
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US President George W Bush has apologised to Iraq after an American soldier riddled the Holy Quran with bullets ...
Junoon to stage concert in Srinagar
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Pakistan's top rock band will play a concert this weekend in Kashmir, the biggest musical event in the ...
Hurriyat invites India for talks
SRINAGAR (ONLINE) - Hurriyat Conference has asked New Delhi for a 'meaningful dialogue'. The move comes in wake of US President ...
SHC reserves judgment on Haqqani's case
KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday reserved the judgment on a petition seeking to dismiss Rs 10 ...
Entertainment
Eastwood film with Jolie gets Cannes applause
CANNES (Agencies) - "Changeling," Clint Eastwood's latest film starring Angelina Jolie, got a warm round of applause Tuesday at ...
Tasmanian tiger resurrected
SYDNEY (AFP) - Scientists said Tuesday they had "resurrected" a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger by implanting it in a ...
Diamond wedding couple fears separation
THEY fell in love during World War II and have been together ever since. So Thomas and Iris Bashford should have been looking ...
Jia focuses on how politics affects people
CANNES (AFP) - China's lone contender for the top Cannes prize, Jia Zhangke, probes the aftershock of the country's socialist ...
French first lady's new album due in July
PARIS (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni releases a third pop album in July featuring 14 songs, most of which were written ...
Most Americans telephone while driving
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly three-quarters of Americans drive while distracted by activities such as talking on the phone, largely ...
Islamabad
Pakistan women handball team to take on India on 23rd
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's women handball team will take on traditional rivals India on May 23 in the third South Asian Women's ...
Islam religion of peace, says Fehmida
Islamabad - National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza said Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance and abhors terrorism and ...
Three Pak NGOs win WB grants for AIDS projects
ISLAMABAD - Three civil society organisations from Pakistan won grants worth US $ 40,000 each from the World Bank's South Asia ...
19 outlaws held
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Police had apprehended 19 outlaws involved in robbery, gambling and holding illicit weapons and recovered ...
Al-Shifa Eye Hospital's role hailed
RAWALPINDI - Almost 50 percent of the ophthalmic mid-level personnel or allied ophthalmic professionals working nation-wide have ...
'Ummah facing troubles due to detachment from Islam'
ISLAMABAD - Most of the troubles faced by Muslim Ummah were because of their detachment from Islamic teachings, said Ayatollah ...
Nusrat Fateh biography in French on 27th
ISLAMABAD - Alliance Frantaise d'Islamabad is all set to launch the first-ever biography in the French language of ...
ICC officials due in Islamabad today
ISLAMABAD - The International Cricket Council (ICC) security delegation will visit three cricket venues of twin cities of ...
Karachi
Punjab on top as Sindh's only hope Hina crashes out
KARACHI - Punjab girls established their total superiority in girls under-19 event of inaugural Roshan Khan Junior Open Squash ...
CM envisions polio-free Sindh
KARACHI - Polio is injurious and dangerous for human life and it is endeavour of present Government to eradicate the same from ...
Summer camp at schools from June 12
KARACHI - The Committee for Monitoring and Improvement of city government's Schools (CMIS) will hold 15-day summer vacation camp ...
PR averts mishap; stops train from rolling back
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan Railways officials prevented a disaster when they succeeded to stop a passenger train "Super Express" ...
Altaf Hussain asks MQM legislators to serve masses
KARACHI - MQM leader Altaf Hussain on Tuesday directed the elected representatives of the party to serve the masses without any ...
Civil society fails to stop human trafficking
KARACHI - We have failed, as a civil society, to stop human trafficking in our country. Men and children are more prone to human ...
SBC threatens to besiege Parliment
KARACHI - Sindh Bar Council (SBC) Tuesday announced to besiege the Parliament House and stage a sit-in as part of its protest ...
Lahore
Balochistan thrash FATA 8-0: Rabia notches first hat-trick
LAHORE - Lahore Fighter Club opened their campaign with 1-0 win over Fatima Club in an all-Lahore affair when the inaugural ...
Pakistan, India announce squad for today's clash
LAHORE - Pakistan will take on India when format-II matches of the AFC U-14 Festival of Football (South Asia Region) will explode ...
Punjab on top in child abuse cases
LAHORE - As many as 2,321 cases of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) were reported countrywide in year 2007 including male and female with ...
Pilot project to view residential properties through satellite launched
LAHORE - The Excise and Taxation Department Punjab has launched the pilot project of digital mapping to view residential and ...
Heavy debts force security guard to commit suicide
LAHORE - Security guard of a private company and father of three minor daughters committed suicide after failing to return loan ...
Edu dept turns down ex-VC's request seeking MP-II scale
LAHORE - The Punjab Education Department has turned down the request of Punjab University's former acting Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr ...
Adlia Bahali long march to join masses together
LAHORE - To attract the public support, Adlia Bahali long march on June 10 has joined together lawyers, doctors, professors, ...
LHC seeks report from PMDC
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has called a report within two weeks from the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council and other ...
ICC delegation inspects Lahore venues
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council inspection team has expressed its satisfaction over the arrangements made by the ...
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