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 Thursday, May 22, 2008
Front Page
Army to withdraw from Swat region
PESHAWAR - At long last a 15-point agreement was signed on Wednesday between the NWFP Government and Maulana Fazal Ullah-led militants calling them Taliban in a bid to bring peace and stability in the Swat region. "Gradually the forces would return to their barracks whereas Taliban would not ...
18th amend unlikely to get through
ISLAMABAD - The PPP proposed 18th amendment is unlikely to get through in Parliament in the first go due to lack of much-needed ...
Private sector allowed to import wheat
ISLAMABAD - Abolishing 10 per cent import duty on wheat, the federal government Wednesday allowed private sector to import wheat ...
US calls for Baitullah's arrest
WASHINGTON: - While negotiations with him are still underway for a peace deal in South Waziristan, The United States has ...
International
Rival Lebanon leaders clinch deal to end crisis
DOHA (AFP) - Rival Lebanese leaders clinched a deal on Wednesday to end an 18-month political feud that exploded into deadly ...
Lebanon deal greeted with international relief
PARIS (AFP) - The United States led global applause Wednesday for an agreement to end Lebanon's 18-month political crisis that ...
US denies imminent plans to attack Iran
WASHINGTON - The White House has dismissed an Israeli media report that President George W Bush intends to attack Iran before his ...
Sen Kennedy released from hospital
WASHINGTON - Senator Edward Kennedy was released from the hospital Wednesday and is heading to his Cape Cod home in Massachusetts ...
Build peace by addressing root causes of conflicts: Akram
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan has called for identifying and addressing the root causes of disputes in an effort to lay ...
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 use of ...
Israeli govt unveils new West Bank settlements
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Wednesday unveiled plans to build new houses in the Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit near Bethlehem ...
Another woman saved as China plans billions for relief
SHIFANG, China, (AFP) - A woman emerged alive Wednesday after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's ...
Olympics face nuclear terror threat: IAEA
LONDON (AFP) - The Beijing Olympics could be the target of terrorists using radioactive material, possibly in the form of a ...
160 die in India after drinking alcohol
CHENNAI - The death toll from consumption of contaminated alcohol in southern India rose to 160 Wednesday with people still ...
New era awaits Maria, Ana
PARIS (AFP) - Seldom has the French Open got underway with so much uncertainty shrouding the women's game. Justine Henin's ...
Aussies, WI sweating over first Test line-ups
KINGSTON (AFP) - Australia, still trying to settle down following a number of high profile retirements over the last year, could ...
Business
New budget to help poorest of poor: PM
ONBOARD PM's AIRCRAFT (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani reiterating the government's commitment to improve the lot ...
Oil price hits record high of 132.08 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil rocketed to a record high 132.08 dollars a barrel on Wednesday as official data revealed ...
Warid investment to touch figure of $2.5 billion in '09
LAHORE - The Warid Telecom total investments and commitments will reach the mark of $ 1.5 billion by the end of 2008 and in 2009 ...
NTC keen to save local industry
ISLAMABAD - The domestic industry is shrinking in current highly competitive world market but the major stakeholders; the ...
Who is pocketing Rs78 per kg profit of basmati rice?
KARACHI - The gap between the retail price of basmati rice and its ex-mill price (at the start of the season in January 2008) has ...
Cotton reaches Rs3,475 a maund
KARACHI - Local cotton prices have touched the mark of Rs 3,475 per maund which represents a 30 per cent increase on Year on ...
Brisk shipping activity at Port Qasim
KARACHI (APP) - Brisk shipping was observed at the Port where three ships scheduled to load/offload containers, cement and iron ...
Current account deficit rises to $5.3 billion
KARACHI - The current account deficit of Pakistan has increased to 5.3 billion dollars in ten months of current fiscal year, The ...
Concern over decline in textile exports
LAHORE - LCCI Acting President Shafaqat Saeed Piracha Tuesday expressed grave concern over decline in country's textile exports ...
Stock market moves on both sides of fence
LAHORE - In continuation of the last day trend stock market on Wednesday moved on both sides of the fence but finally closed in ...
Politics
Pakistan re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
UNITED NATIONS - Despite a vicious campaign carried out by some western Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) against its ...
Mengal, Jalib cleared in treason case
QUETTA (APP) - A single bench of Balochistan High Court headed by Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai has acquitted Balochistan ...
PPP asks 'N' to avoid solo flight
LAHORE - The PPP leadership has accused the PML-N of making solo flight with regard to certain issues, which it believes, could ...
Adgpr Abdul Majeed demoted, post abolished
LAHORE - Once considered as one of the most influential officers in the Punjab government especially at the Directorate General ...
Naveed to present budget on June 7
ISLAMABAD - Syed Naveed Qamar holding, inter alia, portfolio of Finance after resignation of Ishaq Dar of PML-N, would present ...
Moody's downgrades Pakistan rating
PAKISTAN'S credit rating was cut for the first time in nine years by Moody's Investors Service, which cited 'growing economic ...
Flourmills profits up 212 per cent
LAHORE-The worst wheat crisis is being marked as stoke of luck for the flour millers whose profitability surged up to 212 per ...
Constitution package: who is the author?
ISLAMABAD-Law Minister Farooq Naek's statement that a Constitutional package is on the anvil to be introduced before the budget ...
Restrictions on Dr AQ Khan eased
ISLAMABAD - The government has eased restrictions on the founding father of Pakistan's nuclear programme, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, ...
Pak woman prisoner dies in India
A Pakistani woman prisoner lodged in Amritsar Jail in a narcotics case died in the prison following illness, reports Indian ...
Entertainment
Archuleta bests Cook on eve of American Idol finale
SNARKY Simon got it right Tuesday night. "You came out here tonight to win," judge Simon Cowell told the doe-eyed David ...
The smart parrot
When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught - recite his name and address to ...
Jessica Alba weds in secret ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Actress Jessica Alba has wed long-time boyfriend and "Fantastic Four" co-star Cash Warren in a private ...
Cancer-sniffing dog being cloned in SKorea
SEOUL (AFP) - A Japanese centre which says it has trained a dog to sniff out human cancer cells is cloning the animal in South ...
Dustin the Turkey culled as Eurovision kicks off
BELGRADE (AFP) - The controversial Irish entry for this year's Eurovision song contest, a purple-beaked glove puppet called ...
Incredible flying fish in record flight
AMAZING film of a flying fish soaring through the air in what may be the longest recorded flight of the species has been ...
Islamabad
ICC delegation inspects Pindi facilities
ISLAMABAD - International Cricket Council (ICC) security delegation, headed by Mr Campbell, Wednesday visited three cricket ...
Little interest from stars in CAS Squash despite enhanced prize
ISLAMABAD - Despite increase in the prize money of the upcoming Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash Championship to ...
PCB enhances salaries of coaches
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has enhanced the salaries of 11 regional coaches who are performing their duties at ...
CDA okays 7 locations for CNG stations
ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has approved seven locations for CNG filling stations in the federal ...
Showcases of a New China at NAG
ISLAMABAD - "Pak-China friendship represents a model for co-existence of two countries with different ideologies, political ...
WHO to hold workshops
ISLAMABAD - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is organising a series of workshops for health professionals to help rehabilitate ...
PHD to prepare PC-I of Adiala Road
RAWALPINDI (APP) - Punjab Highway Department (PHD) has been asked to prepare PC I of Adiala road within a week and present it to ...
Withdrawal of 15pc GST urged
ISLAMABAD - The Information Technology industry in Pakistan is on the verge of total collapse and direly needed immediate ...
Survey against illegal constructions
RAWALPINDI - The Building Encroachment Control Department, on the special directives of Rawal Town Nazim Sheikh Rashid Shafique, ...
Karachi
Shoaib ousted from U-19 final
KARACHI - Shoaib Hassan of Punjab, top seed in boys under-19, and his team-mate Aurangzeb Mahmood, seed one in boys under-17, ...
City to have $300m desalination plant
KARACHI - The phenomenally expanding city of Karachi will have its first state-of-the-art desalination plant with capacity of ...
Climate change a threat to biodiversity
KARACHI - Biodiversity World Day is going to be observed today (Thursday) across the globe as well as in the country with a call ...
Wajih against retention of PCO judges
KARACHI - Lawyers' fraternity leader Justice (R) Wajihuddin Ahmed has said that a mass resistance would be offered if the sitting ...
Residential project after BB's name soon
KARACHI - The PPP is planning a residential project titled 'Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Valley' at northern bypass Karachi, The Nation ...
Cooperation must to resolve differences: Governor
KARACHI - Governor Sindh Dr Ishratual Ebad, Provincial Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani and City nazim Mustafa Kamal on ...
Biodiversity Day being marked with focus on agriculture
Karachi - The International Day of Biological Diversity is being marked on today throughout the world including Pakistan. Owing ...
Lahore
PCB chief says no compromise on discipline
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf has renewed the board's policy of zero tolerance towards discipline. ...
POA executive committee's annual meeting today
LAHORE - All the members of the Pakistan Olympics Association will assemble for its annual executive committee meeting on May 24 ...
Muslim Model win National School Cricket
LAHORE - Muslim Model School Lahore won the third edition of the PCB National School Cricket Tournament beating Rawalpindi's ...
WP Club earn sensational victory
LAHORE - Two more matches were decided in the inaugural National Women Football Club Championship at Lahore and Sialkot. WP ...
Salman Taseer tasked to galvanise PPP in Punjab
LAHORE-The newly appointed Punjab Governor, Mr Salman Taseer has been tasked to galvanise the Pakistan Peoples Party in Punjab, ...
Partridge on verge of extinction
LAHORE - Hunting of partridge was allowed from 15 November 2007 to 15 February 2008. Three months later the Punjab Wildlife ...
Renewable resources must to counter energy crisis
LAHORE - Tapping of renewable energy resources of wind, solar and bio-fuels is necessary to resolve the prevailing energy crisis ...
Lawyers rally today
LAHORE - Following the call of the Pakistan Bar Council, city lawyers on Thursday (today) will take out protest rally despite ...
NADRA ready to launch e-Sahulat
LAHORE - NADRA is all set to launch dynamic "e-Sahulat" project, which is an advance form of Kiosk, utility bill payment system. ...
LDA barred from acquiring land of American national
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain has barred govt from acquiring the land purchased with foreign ...
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