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 Sunday, May 24, 2009
Front Page
Fierce street battles as troops enter Mingora
ISLAMABAD (Reuters/AFP) - Street fighting erupted in the main town of the Swat Valley on Saturday as security forces mounted a new phase of their offensive against Taliban militants, the Army said. The battle for control of Mingora is crucial to the success of the offensive launched this month to ...
Strike against IDPs arrival shuts Sindh
KARACHI - Complete shutter-down strike was observed in Karachi and across Sindh on Saturday in support of a call by Jeay Sindh ...
French tourist snatched in Balochistan
QUETTA - Gunmen abducted a French tourist on Saturday, snatching him from a group of compatriots, who included women and ...
International
Delhi helpless as Gilchrist blasts Deccan into final
CENTURION (AFP) - Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag admitted he was helpless as Adam Gilchrist blasted the Deccan Chargers ...
South Africa restore relations with Zimbabwe
CENTURION (Reuters) - South Africa have restored cricket relations with Zimbabwe, Cricket South Africa said on Friday. A CSA ...
Thorpe tells England to target Aussie middle-order
LONDON (AFP) - Graham Thorpe has said Australia's middle-order must "backfire" if England are to regain the Ashes. Opening ...
Strauss won't fret over 'Fred' and KP
LEEDS (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss insists injuries to star players Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are not casting ...
Perfect Nadal poised to claim French Open history
PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal believes his game is almost perfect as he targets an historic fifth successive French Open title. The ...
French Open really open for top female contenders
PARIS (AFP) - An air of uncertainty surrounds the women's event at next week's French Open, with many of the would-be favourites ...
Israel govt too extreme to make peace: Assad
DAMASCUS (AFP/Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a tirade against Israel on Saturday, branding it the major ...
Scandal fuels polls calls
LONDON (AFP) - Britains shocking expenses is fuelling calls for early elections, a poll indicated Saturday as a whistleblower ...
Fresh fighting as terrified residents flee Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters/AFP) - Somalias govt resumed shelling insurgent strongholds in the capital on Saturday after a lull in its ...
Celebrations in Germany
BERLIN (AFP) - Huge crowds in Berlin celebrated on Saturday 60 years since Germany emerged from the ruins of WWII to lay the ...
Nepal's new PM elected
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepals parliament elected a moderate communist leader as the new prime minister on Saturday, hours after ...
UN chief face-to-face with Sri Lanka refugee despair
CHEDDIKULAM, Sri Lanka (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon came face-to-face Saturday with the despair of Sri Lankas war-hit civilians ...
US to resume migration talks with Cuba
WASHINGTON - The United States, in another overture towards Cuba, has suggested resuming migration talks with the Cuban ...
Khatami throws weight behind Iran ex-premier
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans former president Mohammad Khatami on Saturday openly threw his weight behind ex-PM Mir Hossein Mousavi, who ...
Iraq PM slams law pardoning mainly Sunni prisoners
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqs Shia leader vowed on Saturday to amend a law meant to foster sectarian reconciliation by pardoning ...
11 killed in Brazil in small plane crash
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Eleven people, including reportedly a US businessman, were killed in Brazil when a small executive jet ...
Business
MoI to bring in $10 billion foreign investment by year-end
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Investment, Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan has said that Ministry of Investment would manage to bring in ...
Sindh opens ways for Punjab wheat
KARACHI - The Sindh government has finally lifted ban on the arrival of wheat from Punjab and also abolished the private force ...
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 ...
Accountant's role vital for economic activities
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Syed Salim Raza has said the accountants can play a greater role to achieve ...
PPMA accuses Customs staff of harassment
KARACHI - The Customs Appraisement have delayed Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) which has been imported for making drugs ...
Inflation goes up by 10.92pc during last week
ISLAMABAD - The weekly inflation surged by 10.92 per cent during the week ended on Friday over the corresponding week of the last ...
Power generating machinery import up by 110pc
KARACHI - The deteriorated power generating condition in the country has increased the import of power generating machinery in ...
RCCI forwards budget proposals
RAWALPINDI - The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) on Saturday forwarded budget proposals to the government ...
Over-whelming response to SECP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is receiving over-whelming initial response from the ...
Oil, gold prices rally further
LONDON (AFP) - Oil and gold prices extended their recent rallies this week as investors scooped up commodities on signs of a ...
Politics
Afghan militants among arrested miscreants
PESHAWAR - A number of notorious Afghan militants are also included amongst the arrested miscreants making attempts to escape ...
Displaced can go anywhere in country
LAHORE-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the govt has launched the counter-insurgency military drive in ...
'TTP letter' threatens President, PM, others
ISLAMABAD - PPP Information Secretary Fouzia Wahab Saturday said that she had received death threats from Tehreek-e-Taliban ...
No role in Bugti killing: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Former President Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf has denied any role in the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. He also ...
Rs130 billion ADB loan to clear IPPs debt
ISLAMABAD - The government is entering into an agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to settle once for all the ...
Onus on Pakistan for better relations
NEW DELHI (AFP/Reuters) - Indias new government said Saturday it was ready to extend the hand of friendship to Pakistan and that ...
2m tons of wheat awaits buyers
ISLAMABAD - Even after raising the procurement target to 6 million tons, around two million tons of wheat, mostly of small ...
Zardari to hold key anti-terror talks today
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will hold key talks today (Sunday) in Tehran with his Iranian and Afghan counterparts to ...
SKorean ex-president jumps to his death
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreas former President Roh Moo-hyun, hounded for weeks over his links while in office to a widening ...
Aitzaz Ahsan's CWC membership restored
ISLAMABAD - PPP Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari has restored the basic and Central Working Committee membership of one of ...
Pak expatriate Luton mayor
LONDON (APP) - A Briton of Pakistani origin was elected as new mayor of Luton located 32 miles north of the British capital with ...
60 Afghan rebels die; 92 tons of drugs destroyed
KABUL (AFP) - Troops killed 60 militants and seized their largest-ever drugs haul in a just-ended operation that smashed an ...
Musharraf finally vacates Army House
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The family of former President Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf Saturday finally vacated the Army House and shifted ...
33 Afghan, Uzbek, Tajik nationals held
DARRA ADAM KHEL (Online)- Security Forces have arrested 33 Tajik, Uzbek and Afghan national from Darra Adam Khel who had entered ...
Rocket fired in Quetta
QUETTA - A rocket was fired in Quetta on Saturday night. Unknown people fired a rocket from the outskirts of Quetta that landed ...
No space for corrupt officials in judiciary: CJ
SUKKUR - Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has asked the judicial officers to do their duty without any fear and favour ...
Pakistan to phase out N-arms if India does so:Haqqani
WASHINGTON-Pakistani Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has asked US media not to divert attention from Pakistan's fight ...
Entertainment
Films in main competition at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival winds up on Sunday when the Palme d'Or for best movie and other prizes will be ...
Dragonfly-shaped skyscraper could feed Earth's population
A DRAMATIC vertical greenhouse shaped like the wings of a dragonfly could revolutionise farming in cities around the world, ...
Men with big muscles cut cancer risk by 40 per cent
MEN with stronger muscles from regular weight training are up to 40 per cent less likely to die from cancer than men who do not ...
'Science train': next stop Shanghai 2010?
BERLIN (AFP) - How will we feed nine billion people in the future? Can we ever have a disease-free world? Can robots play ...
Statue of Liberty has plenty on her mind
NEW YORK (AFP) - She may be stern and resolute on the outside, but a sneak preview of the Statue of Liberty's soon-to-be-reopened ...
Search for homes for Slumdog children picks up
THE search for new homes for two impoverished child stars from the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has intensified, as one child ...
Islamabad
ICG dispatching relief goods for IDPs today
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The students and teachers of Islamabad College for Girls (ICG), F-6/2 have collected relief goods for Internally ...
Pims plans satellite hospital
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) will set up a satellite hospital for Internally Displaced Persons ...
Polluted water breeds diseases
ISLAMABAD - As if the frequent power outages and unbridled inflation were not enough, the water borne diseases amid ever ...
'Pakistan lags behind India, Sri Lanka in mother healthcare'
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan ranks 72 among 75 less-developed countries as the best places to be a mother, in the same list, Sri Lanka ...
FDE employees given preference to teachers
ISLAMABAD- Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has given full concession of fee and transportation charges for the two ...
134 foreign graduates pass PM&DC examination
ISLAMABAD-Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has announced the results of the examinations held for registration and ...
Karachi
Akhtar to play domestic T20 despite infection
KARACHI (AFP) - Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was Saturday named in a local team to play the domestic Twenty20 event, just two days ...
'Money can't buy you love'
In my last ST article I had referred to the above Beatle song and stressed that the only way to 'buy the hearts and mind of the ...
SHC moved against restriction on IDPs entry in Sindh
KARACHI - Syed Iqbal Kazmi Advocate Saturday submitted a constitutional petition in Sindh High Court (SHC) against not permitting ...
Missing Qamber's family appeals CJP for release
KARACHI - The hunger strike, outside Karachi Press Club (KPC), by the family of missing person Abdul Wahid Qamber entered into ...
Hunger-strike against Port Qasim Authority
KARACHI - Score of people from Lyari on Saturday held a hunger strike camp out side the Press Club against non-issuance of ...
Qamar's work displayed at Chawkindy
KARACHI - Painting is an art of refreshing the mind of human beings. God created every thing in accurate shape like blue sky, ...
Kamal for elimination of tanker mafia in City
KARACHI - Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has directed the officials of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to chalk out a ...
Lahore
Pakistan outplay Sri Lanka 8-0
LAHORE - Faisalabad's front-runner Muhammad Bilal completed hat-trick in 22-minute spell as Pakistan thrashed Sri Lanka 8-0 put ...
Abu Dhabi willing to hold 2011 World Cup games
LAHORE - Abu Dhabi cricket authorities are willing to host Pakistan's share of World Cup 2011 matches. The International Cricket ...
Aisam makes solid progress in Fergana Challenger
LAHORE - Pakistan's tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi was playing the Fergana Challenger in Uzbekistan last week, where, in the ...
N-League's Rana-Mian duo in for 'improving edu'
LAHORE - Dust of wrong-doings by a PML-N MNA and Punjab Minister for Prisons has hardly settled yet, and now a Rana-Mian duo has ...
Government to provide best health facilities to masses: PM
LAHORE - Speaking at the inauguration of Shaikh Zayed Bin Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College at Sheikh Zayed Hospital here on ...
MQM is allergic to Pakhtoons: Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has condemned the attempt to preventing the ...
India conspirator-in-chief of Swat battle: Shujaat
LAHORE - The entire nation should stand behind the armed forces fighting for the solidarity of Pakistan, saving public lives and ...
Imran criticises IDPs entry ban in Sindh
LAHORE - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has condemned the Sindh governments decision to deny entry to the IDPs into ...
SC moved against compromise in loan recovery case
LAHORE - An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to question the compromise earlier reached between the ...
Edu Dept to prepare list of subject specialists
LAHORE - Secretary Education Department (School) Nadeem Ashraf has directed to ensure the implementation of the orders of Chief ...
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