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 Saturday, May 23, 2009
Front Page
Car bomb wreaks havoc in Peshawar
PESHAWAR - At least 10 persons were killed and more than 75 injured on Friday evening in a car bomb explosion in front of Tasweer Mahal Cinema, Khyber Bazaar. According to police officials and eyewitnesses, the red coloured Suzuki Mehran car, bearing registration number R-7867 Peshawar, was parked ...
Taliban sign deal with Kalam elders
PESHAWAR - Taking advantage of being cut off from rest of Swat in the wake of ongoing military operation, Taliban militants in ...
17 militants, 3 troops killed in clashes
ISLAMABAD - The security forces have killed 17 more terrorists and arrested four others during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Rast ...
International
Pandey hits century as Bangalore secure semis spot
CENTURION (Reuters) - Manish Pandey smashed the highest score of the Indian Premier League season as his unbeaten 114 helped ...
Hughes itching to get back to England for Ashes
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia batsman Phillip Hughes arrived home from a successful few weeks in England on Friday and said he ...
Serena, Ivanovic happy to hobble into Paris
PARIS (AFP) - Serena Williams, the 2002 French Open winner, and defending champion Ana Ivanovic, insisted on Friday that recent ...
Nadal handed tough French Open draw
PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal's path to a record fifth successive French Open title was littered with pitfalls Friday when he was ...
Sharapova plays down Open expectations
WARSAW (AFP) - Maria Sharapova played down her hopes of a deep run into the French Open and admitted she's just happy to be ...
Tokyo says low public support won't sink bid
TOKYO (AFP) - Tokyo is confident that it can overcome the shock of subdued public support for its bid to host the 2016 Olympic ...
Newcastle can expect no mercy: Villa's Friedel
LONDON (Reuters) - Aston Villa will show relegation-threatened Newcastle United no mercy when they bid to secure fifth spot in ...
Top financial contributors to UN miss May 7 deadline
UNITED NATIONS - Hit hard by the financial crisis, fewer countries are contributing to the United Nations budget while the top ...
No terror ties in N.Y. bomb plot
NEW YORK - The New York City police commissioner says the four men arrested for a Jewish temple bombing plot were not aided by ...
Upholding values will shield US from terror, says Obama
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, (AFP/Reuters) - US President Barack Obama Friday warned America risked its security when it compromised its ...
France flays Netanyahu's Jerusalem 'forever' vow
PARIS (AFP) - France accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu on Friday of prejudicing the outcome of the Middle East ...
45 killed in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali government forces attacked rival groups strongholds in Mogadishu on Friday, triggering battles ...
Lankan President ignores war crimes charges threat
COLOMBO (AFP/Reuters) - Sri Lankas President Mahinda Rajapakse on Friday brushed off calls for an investigation into alleged war ...
US Vice-President's trip to Lebanon draws Hezbollah ire
BEIRUT (Reuters/AFP) - US Vice-President Joe Biden, the most senior American official to visit Lebanon in 26 years, took a swipe ...
Ahmadinejad kicks off combative poll campaign
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kicked off a combative reelection campaign on Friday by firing fresh verbal ...
Swine flu to hit world's poor harder: WHO chief
GENEVA (Reuters/AFP) - Global health chiefs warned on Friday that swine flu could soon hit much harder in the worlds poorest ...
Indian govt to speed up fighter jet deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will soon hold field trials for the purchase of 126 fighter planes in a $10.4 billion contract that ...
Pelosi affirms charge CIA misled lawmakers
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday declared that she stood by her explosive charge that the ...
Suu Kyi pleads her innocence
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi proclaimed her innocence in front of a prison tribunal Friday, her ...
Business
UN financial summit may be postponed
UNITED NATIONS The UN General Assembly will meet early next week to consider postponing a high-level gathering which seeks to ...
Appointment of FBR head draws resentment
ISLAMABAD - The appointment of new Chairman in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from the DMG Group has drawn resentment among the ...
Urea producers, dealers fleecing farmers
ISLAMABAD - Urea fertilizer manufacturers and dealers are fleecing the farmers by charging Rs 950 per bag against the governments ...
Flour price to go up as govt suggests Rs1,050 wheat price
KARACHI - The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has suggested increase issue price of wheat at to Rs1050-40kg for flour mills ...
KSE gains 176 points to cross 7,000 level again
KARACHI - Clarification on expected capital market taxation by Prime Ministers Advisor on Finance Shaukat Tarin boosted trading ...
Govt mulling cut in tax on tea import
ISLAMABAD - The government is considering to reduce tax on tea import in the upcoming budget and discourage its smuggling through ...
APCC okays Rs600b PSDP for 2009-10
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) here on Friday approved allocations of Rs.600 billion for the ...
Monetary policy choices
Since over two years now we the public are being told that inflation has seriously crept into the Pak economy, that it needs to ...
Smeda to set up 14 centres for women entrepreneurs
ISLAMABAD - Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) plans to establish 14 Women Business Development Centres ...
Romanian envoy for raise of trade volume
LAHORE - Romanian Ambassador Emilian Ion Friday urged the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to arrange a ...
Politics
'Rasta do ya atta do'
SWAT - An emotionally-charged procession emerged from the Bahrain area of Kalam to protest against the way the military operation ...
Rs600b PSDP okayed
ISLAMABAD-Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) Friday approved Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2009-10 with ...
UN flashes $543m appeal
Islamabad - The United Nations flashed Friday $543 million appeal to help more than two million IDPs who had to leave their homes ...
3D strategy to defeat militants: Zardari
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Friday said that the government would defeat militants in Swat and other regions by ...
PM says peace will return to NWFP soon
MARDAN - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed to root out extremism and militancy from the country saying all ...
Singh rules out talks
NEW DELHI (Reuters/AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sworn in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of ...
Pakistan wants peaceful resolution of issues
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani congratulated Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh ...
Militants crossing into Pakistan: US Gen
A top US general in eastern Afghanistan said on Friday he saw some very interesting movement of insurgents across the border into ...
UN chief urges donors to fund $544 million appeal to help Pakistani displaced
UNITED NATIONS Urging the international community to show their solidarity with the nearly 2 million people who have been driven ...
US pushing for Indo-Pak cooperation: WH spokesman
WASHINGTON - The White House Friday indicated that its efforts are already underway to promote cooperation between nuclear-armed ...
Pakistan tops Google's maps experiment
SILICON VALLEY (California) - Pakistani web users posted localised information and data on Googles 'map maker more than any of ...
Outrage at Quran desecration
ATHENS (Reuters/AFP) - Greek riot police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of Muslims who pelted them with sticks and stones ...
78pc serve cold beverages to guests
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Demand for different drinks varies from season to season. While in winters, demand for hot beverages such as ...
17 killed in Afghan unrest
KABUL (AFP) - Two Afghan soldiers and 15 insurgents have been killed in new clashes, officials said Friday, while a Nato ...
Asif to attend Iran summit tomorrow
TEHRAN (AFP) - A delayed summit hosted by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts will ...
Three killed in IHK gunbattle
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Three suspected freedom fighters were killed Friday in a gunbattle with Indian troops near the Line of Control, ...
Entertainment
Bad weather cancels astronauts' return to Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - Nasa cancelled the Friday return of the space shuttle Atlantis to Earth due to bad weather at the ...
Girl has 5 spleens, back-to-front liver and two left lungs
ON the outside, Bethany Jordan looks like any healthy little girl - cheeky grin included. But on the inside, she has been pieced ...
Oprah Winfrey's charity challenge
ELEVEN of the worlds wealthiest people, including Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, met in secret a fortnight ago to discuss the ...
Paris lost her cellphone
PARIS Hilton went into meltdown just after midnight when she lost her phone. She told the Daily Mail that she had mislaid her ...
Party spirit lacking in Cannes as crisis bites
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Thumping dance beats still pound out over the Croisette and cream linen suits, tottering high heels ...
I'm the happiest man ever: Brad Pitt
BRAD Pitt is on a mission - to quash rumours (again) his relationship with Angelina Jolie is on the rocks. The actor, currently ...
Islamabad
Traders give 15-day deadline to Punjab govt
RAWALPINDI - While expressing complete solidarity with the Ghakar Plaza affectees, the traders community of Rawalpindi Friday ...
'Light House' at Al-Shifa Eye Hospital inaugurated
RAWALPINDI-Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah Friday inaugurated the Light House a new facility at ...
'Give me water, surfeit of it'
ISLAMABAD- Give me water, surfeit of it, so I may live cool long life, parodied an optimist poet Shakespeares rather pessimistic ...
'Africa supports Pakistan's fight against terror'
ISLAMABAD - The African Heads of Missions in Islamabad have reiterated their firm resolve to continue to strengthen the ...
RGH sets up 6 free medical camps for IDPs
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Railways General Hospital (RGH) on Friday set up six free medical camps at Mardan to provide medical support for ...
Demand for UPS on the rise
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The demand of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and generators are on the rise due to increasing power ...
Karachi
MQM against IDPs settlement in Sindh
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced its unconditional support to the Sindh-based parties against the ...
Cop kills prisoner's brother
KARACHI - A cop shot dead a brother of under trial prisoner (UTP) within the limits of City Court police station on Friday while ...
CDGK summer camps to charge high fees
KARACHI - The CDGK will organise summer camps for school children from June 2. However, it has been decided to charge high ...
Stamps issued on Parsi high school's 150 years
KARACHI - On the eve of completion of hundred and fifty years of Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School, Karachi, the Pakistan ...
CM reviews Youth Programme performance
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah Friday said that government had launched Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development ...
Judicial officials recruitment: Orders issued to form full bench
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Friday issued orders for the formation of full bench over the petition filed about challenging the ...
Lahore
PCB chief to meet Zimbabwe, South Africa heads
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt will hold talks with Zimbabwe and South African cricket boards ...
Pakistan get record-breaking win over Bhutan
LAHORE - Sargodha-born offensive midfielder Haider Ali showed striking ability with impressive hat-trick as Pakistan put up ...
Twenty-eight teams endeavor for top honor
LAHORE - Dir-born Safi Ullah Khan, only player in history to score four goals for Pakistan in an international football fixture, ...
Minister stopped from attending office
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, while taking notice of the report regarding the incident that took place on Lahore ...
PPP peace rally shows 'disunity'
LAHORE - The PPPs peace-rally at The Mall on Friday was reflective of disunity and lack of coordination among partys rank and ...
Land grabbers acting like 'vultures': SC
LAHORE - Hearing a case Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday of the Supreme Court Saturday came down hard on the land mafia, which is ...
Provinces be given rights to avoid separation: Jamali
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief daily The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said that we should maintain unity ...
PML-N lawmakers turn aggressive
LAHORE - It seems as if PML-N legislators have surpassed police in their rude behaviour, and interestingly enough, the police ...
Nation stands by Army to protect nukes: Shujaat
LAHORE - PML-Q Chief Ch Shujaat Hussain has said the nation stands by the army in protecting atomic assets of the country. The ...
Mily operation brings no gain: speakers
LAHORE - The participants of a discussion said the war or military operation brings no gain and it only causes devastation and ...
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