Friday, February 10, 2012
- SC dismisses PM's intra-court appeal against contempt charge
- 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
The Nation in print for Friday, May 22, 2009
Front Page
$224m pledged to win 'hearts, minds'
ISLAMABAD - In response to appeal of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the world donors on Thursday promised $224 million in aid for more than 1.5 million people displaced by an offensive against Taliban after the government warned that the militants could exploit a failure to help. The Prime ...
US build-up may destabilise Pakistan: Mullen
The Pentagons top military officer said Thursday hes concerned that the US troop buildup to roust insurgents from Afghanistan ...
'Reasonable' cut in oil prices
ISLAMABAD - The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has announced new maximum ex-depot prices of petroleum products effective ...
International
Four Muslims arrested for New York bomb plot
NEW YORK - Four Muslim men were arrested Wednesday night in what the authorities said was a plot to detonate a bomb outside a ...
Obama, Cheney clash over Gitmo, national security
WASHINGTON - In back-to-back speeches, US President Barack Obama and former vice president Richard Cheney voiced sharply ...
Taliban set US pullout a condition for Afghan peace
NEW YORK - A timetable for a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is what leaders of the Taliban and other armed groups ...
Jerusalem will never be divided: Israeli PM
JERUSALEM (Reuters/AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Jerusalem would remain the capital of ...
Wave of Iraq bombings kill 66
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq was engulfed in a wave of violence on Thursday, with suicide attackers and bombings killing 26 people ...
Anti-drug effort in Afghanistan a failure: Mullen
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NATO has failed to stem the vast opium trade in Afghanistan that helps finance Taliban insurgents despite an ...
Miliband calls for 'Islamic coalition' with West
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that security in todays world can no longer be guaranteed by the ...
Canada prefers UK jobseekers over Asians
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Jobseekers in Canada fare better if their names sound UK than people with names from Pakistan, China or ...
Muslim immigrants clash with Greek police
Athens (AFP) - Greek police used tear gas Thursday during clashes with hundreds of Muslim immigrants protesting in Athens over ...
Palestinian population in Jerusalem grows
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Jerusalems Palestinian population grew by three percent in 2008, compared with just one percent growth of the ...
Business
Textile exports down 9.27pc in 10 months
ISLAMABAD - Due to prevailing power crisis and high interest rates, the export of textile products has declined by 9.27 per cent ...
CNG price may go down after POL
KARACHI - The CNG price is expected to reduce from 1 July 2009, as the petroleum prices will face cut down in the local market, ...
MNCs repatriate $672m profit in 10 months
KARACHI - The growth in repatriation of profits and dividends of the corporate sector of foreign companies has declined by 8.42 ...
Planning Commission sets 3.3pc growth target for next fiscal
ISLAMABAD - Planning Commission has suggested growth target of 3.3 percent for the next fiscal, 2009-10 to be considered by ...
Stock market falls below 7,000 psychological barrier
KARACHI - The stock market failed to sustain the 7,000 points psychologically barrier on Thursday as bears once again overpowered ...
Sindh willing to allow wheat from Punjab
KARACHI - The Sindh government has showed willingness to allow the arrival of wheat from Punjab to the Sindh as well to ...
PQ not using molasses space since 2000
KARACHI - The authorities of Port Qasim have allocated space area in the name of edible oil and molasses at Port Qasim but ...
PSM cuts hot rolled prices up to Rs7,000/ton
KARACHI - Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has cut down the prices of hot rolled up to Rs 4,000 to Rs 7,000 per ton. The new prices ...
Consumers are dealt a new hand in credit cards
AT first glance, the sweeping credit card legislation that passed the Senate on Tuesday looks like a huge victory for consumers. ...
Response to Cos Regularisation Scheme overwhelming
karachi - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is receiving over-whelming initial response from the ...
Politics
Combat spreads in Swat
SWAT/MOHMAND AGENCY - As fighting flared up in several areas of Swat Valley on Thursday in which a key militant commander was ...
International bids invited for Bhasha
ISLAMABAD - International bids have been invited for building Bhasha Dam with incentive clause for early completion and three ...
Pak economy growing despite security fears, says US envoy
LAHORE - US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson has said that despite economic and security challenges, Pakistans economy is ...
Pakistan, India sharing intel on US prodding
NEW YORK - With US prodding, Pakistan and India have begun sharing intelligence on extremists in an arrangement that represents ...
Islamabad against nuclear arms race
ISLAMABAD (Reuters/AFP) - News reports about Pakistans nuclear arsenal, including questions about its safety, are part of a ...
US House panel rejects India tag to Pak aid
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US congressional committee Wednesday approved a giant aid package for Pakistan but more political dealing ...
Five troops among 9 dead in suicide hit
TANK (Online) - At least nine people including five soldiers were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide car attack near FC ...
Ministers' guessing makes masses suffer
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah has maintained that the nation ...
IDPs crisis can lead to greater unrest
LAHORE - Five US Senators have urged their President an immediate response to the crisis in the NWFP and to provide assistance to ...
2 'suicide bombers' nabbed in Karachi
KARACHI - Police said Thursday they had arrested two suspects from Al-Qaeda-linked extremist groups who were planning suicide ...
US mily burns Bibles sent to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The US Defence Department has disclosed that the Bibles sent by a US church to Afghanistan were confiscated and ...
Fake colleges let Pak suspects into Britain
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistani fraudsters set up a network of fake colleges which helped thousands of Pakistani nationals enter Britain ...
S Asia violence hurts polio eradication fight
GENEVA (Reuters) - The paralysing polio virus is spreading fast in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two of its last four strongholds, in ...
34 Taliban dead in Afghan operation
KABUL (AFP) - Troops killed 34 Taliban rebels and seized 15 tonnes of drugs during an ongoing operation in southern Afghanistans ...
Entertainment
Kris Allen wins American Idol
STUDENT Kris Allen has been named the surprise winner of the eighth season of American Idol. The 23-year-old from Arkansas beat ...
Death for killers of Lebanese star
CAIRO (AFP) - A Cairo court sentenced to death on Thursday an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop hitman for the murder last year of ...
Biel wants to be picture perfect
HOLLYWOOD actress Jessica Biel has revealed she always leaves the house looking perfect because she doesnt want to see an ugly ...
Wheeling and dealing for Cannes' red carpet
CANNES, France (AFP) - Even ordinary people get to walk up Cannes fabled red carpet and rub shoulders with the stars at the ...
Sports
Don't treat us like beggars, Butt tells ICC
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has accused the ICC and the BCCI of treating them as beggars and threatened ...
'Unfit' Shoaib out of World Twenty20
LAHORE - Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has been withdrawn from the squad for the World Twenty20 because of a 'groin' ...
Yousuf an asset for Pakistan
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has given clear indication that Mohammad Yousuf, who has parted ways with the ...
Yousuf confirms ICL resignation
LAHORE - After resigning from the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Tuesday called on Pakistan ...
Sehwag regains form as Delhi outplay Mumbai
CENTURION (South Africa) (AFP) - Captain Virender Sehwag hit his first half-century of the Indian Premier League season to help ...
Murali spins Chennai into IPL semis
DURBAN (South Africa) (AFP) - Muttiah Muralitharan led a disciplined spin attack as Chennai Super Kings qualified for the Indian ...
England-Windies first ODI washed out
LEEDS (AFP) - The first one-day international between England and the West Indies at Headingley here on Thursday was abandoned ...
Ivanovic in search of Paris magic
PARIS (AFP) - Paris has been the inspiration for many troubled souls over the years and Ana Ivanovic is hoping the City of Light ...
Sharapova comeback curtailed by Bondarenko
WARSAW (AFP) - Maria Sharapova's comeback from injury came to an abrupt halt when she was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Ukraine's Alona ...
Who is the real number one?
PARIS (AFP) - Since Belgium's Justine Henin spent the last of her 117 weeks as women's world number one before retiring in May ...
Islamabad
Expats, businessmen prefer Hundi to formal channels
RAWALPINDI-Illegal business of financial transaction (hundi/hawala) is once again on the rise in the city while authorities ...
Bail of ex-MNAs nephew cancelled
RAWALPINDI - Additional District and Sessions Judge Thursday cancelled post-arrest bail of Bilal Javed who is the nephew of ...
Encroachments irk twin cities' residents
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Shopkeepers encroach on footpaths in different commercial areas of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are ...
Anti-littering drive on the cards
ISLAMABAD-Anti-littering drive in five mega shopping centres of the capital city is on the cards from June 5th on the eve of the ...
Bijarani commends Hamdard University's role in private sector
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani on Thursday said the government had finalized a plan to ...
Police arrest 2 carjackers
ISLAMABAD - Capital Police have arrested 2 accused involved in a car lifting and recovered the vehicle from their possession. ...
Karachi
Loadshedding will continue for 5 years
KARACHI - Citizens in the metropolis have been forced to experience long spells of power outages, amid extremely hot and humid ...
Karachiites need alternative energy projects
KARACHI - Naib City Nazim Nasreen Jalil on Thursday asked the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to heed on alternative sources of ...
Muttahida supports JSQM strike call
KARACH - MQM Rabita Committee has assured its full support to the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) call for a peaceful strike ...
Kidnapped boy's body found
KARACHI - A boy, who left home for two hours to take a computer class, was found dead on Thursday from Malir River after the ...
Gas field privatisation: SC order moved for SHC bench
ARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday moved a copy of the order of Supreme Court of Pakistans decision ...
Saleem sees no Talibanisation threat in AJK
KARACHI - Acting President Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Saleem Butt on Thursday visited the MQM headquarter Nine Zero, where the MQM ...
Lahore
Lady Duty Officers posted at 12 stations
LAHORE - The City police has posted lady constables as duty officers at 12 police stations of the City to create a soft image of ...
Nawaz concerned over drone attacks
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has expressed his concerns about the US drone attacks in Pakistan and the displacement of ...
Employee of pharmaceutical company murdered
LAHORE - An official of a private pharmaceutical company was allegedly shot dead by three armed men in Sattokatla police limits ...
'Savages will be thrown out'
LAHORE-In a reference to Taliban militants fighting military forces in Swat, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Thursday that ...
SC orders Govt to rationalise narcotics law
LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan hearing a case Thursday asked the Federal Government to rationalise ...
JD chief detention case put off
LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday provided last opportunity to the federal government to argue in ...
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