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 Sunday, May 25, 2008
Front Page
'Cut in CJ tenure unacceptable'
FAISALABAD - Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, was accorded warm welcome on his arrival in Faisalabad late on Saturday night to address the first convention of lawyers community. The City received heavy rain as the CJP arrived there. He was given ...
No peace with US, Nato, says Mehsud
PESHAWAR - Baitullah Mehsud, chief of Tehrik Taliban Pakistan, has denied involvement in assassination of PPP Chairperson Benazir ...
57pc expect judges' reinstatement: survey
ISLAMABAD - As many as 57% Pakistanis believe that the deposed judges will be restored while 41% think there is little or no ...
Rehmat Afridi released on parole
LAHORE - The Punjab govt on Saturday released Editor-in-Chief of The Frontier Post and daily Maidan Rehmat Shah Afridi on ...
International
Chanderpaul steadies West Indies
KINGSTON - A promising 128-run partnership between Runako Morton and Shivnarine Chanderpaul pushed West Indies towards the ...
Nadal, Federer play Open mindgames
PARIS (AFP) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have turned to playing mindgames ahead of the latest instalment of their epic French ...
'Old lady' Serena out to beat the kids
PARIS (AFP) - All the talk is of the new generation - Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic - to win the French Open and replace the ...
Sharapova pledges tip-top Olympics condition
PARIS (AFP) - Maria Sharapova hopes to battle through a wearying summer and still be in peak condition when she makes her ...
Clark strike wobbles West Indies
KINGSTON (AFP) - Stuart Clark cut down West Indies' top-order batting with his steady, accurate, if not menacing fast-medium ...
Polish women claim Olympic berth
TOKYO (AFP) - Poland's women's volleyball team reached their first Olympics in 40 years with a hard-fought win over Serbia in the ...
Indian Premier League- Some interesting facts
S. Pervez Qaiser Three left-handed batsmen have scored centuries while two right-handed batsmen made hundreds in ...
People's envoy to be missed by Pakistanis in UK
LONDON - As Dr Maleeha Lodhi nears the completion of her term as High Commissioner to the UK, members of the British and ...
Quota protests kill 31 in India
JODHPUR, India (AFP) - The death toll in two days' of clashes between police and an ethnic group demanding special government aid ...
Rice says peace deal not allow terrorists to regroup
WASHINGTON - The United States respects the Pakistan government and hopes to find a "common cause" with it to deal with ...
Afghans outraged after US Marines cleared
JALALABAD (AFP) - Afghans reacted with outrage Saturday after the US military found Marines had acted appropriately when they ...
50 dead in S Africa xenophobic attacks
BLOOMBERG (Agencies) South African anti-immigrant attacks have claimed at least 50 lives since May 11, with a further 22 arrests ...
Quake death toll may top 80,000: China
YINGXIU, China (AFP) - China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past ...
Tricky Dublin talks home in on cluster bomb ban
DUBLIN (AFP) - The first week of a key 109-nation conference here aimed at banning cluster munitions ended on an optimistic note ...
Iran troops kill nine Kurd rebels
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed nine Kurdish rebels, five of them women, in clashes in West Azarbaijan ...
Myanmar votes across cyclone zone
YANGON (AFP) - Voters in regions devastated by the cyclone, many hungry and destitute, cast ballots Saturday in a referendum that ...
Red Cross caring 25,000 displaced people
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The Red Cross in South Africa said Saturday it was caring for over 25,000 displaced people who have fled ...
Business
Russian motorists protest against high petrol prices
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian motorists held protests across the country on Saturday against petrol prices that are rising despite ...
Poorest of the poor being constrained by social, economic variables
DURING study of urban slums in Lahore, it has been clearly identified that the poorest of the poor and marginalised sections of ...
Citibank to distribute KASB open-ended mutual fund
LAHORE - The Citibank has announced the launch of the distribution of mutual funds managed by KASB Funds Limited through its 23 ...
AIDC approves rules for vehicles' assembly
ISLAMABAD - Auto Industry Development Committee (AIDC) approved rules for assembly of vehicles in its second meeting held here ...
Int'l Sovereign Energy Corp drilling at Sukkur block
SUKKUR (APP) - International Sovereign Energy Corp (the "Company") (TSX: ISR) reported that drilling is underway on the 2,435.4 ...
French fishermen protest as anger mounts in Spain, Portugal, Belgium
CALAIS (AFP) - French fishermen disrupted shipping in the Dover Strait and blocked access to an oil refinery on Friday as anger ...
G8, emerging economies begin climate talks
KOBE, Japan (AFP) - Environment ministers from the world's richest nations and a clutch of fast-growing economies kicked off ...
Urea offtake increases by 70.1 per cent
LAHORE - The urea offtake during the first four months (Jan-Apr), 2008 stood at 1.8mn tons, up by 70.1% compared to 1.1mn tons in ...
Oil tops 135 dollars as records smashed
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices stormed to record highs this week, spiking above 135 dollars as investors showed no let-up in their ...
Industrial zones to be set up in Sindh
SUKKUR (APP) - Provincial Minister for Works and Services Sindh Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that five thousand acres of land ...
Politics
Ex-servicemen for vacation of Army House
RAWALPINDI (Online) - Ex-Servicemen Society has called for immediate vacation of the Army House, impeachment of President Pervez ...
What's the status of the package?
ISLAMABAD-The constitutional package proposed by the PPP is partly out. It is comprehensive and probably first attempt to cover a ...
Srinagar shuts to protest Patil's visit
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Freedom fighters staged a general strike in Srinagar on Saturday to protest a visit by India's president to ...
'Confrontation to hurt reconciliation'
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Pervez Musharraf has underscored the need for promotion of restraint and tolerance in the ...
2 cops killed in bomb blast
PESHAWAR - Three persons including two police official were killed and three other injured as a result of two bomb explosions in ...
Man commits suicide after killing four children
QUETTA (APP) - A man committed suicide after killing his four children due to domestic disharmony here Saturday, the police said. ...
Babar suffers heart attack
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar admitted to Pakistan Institute for Medical Sciences (PIMS) after a heart stroke ...
Karthik gives Delhi a life
NEW DELHI - Delhi Daredevils beat Mumbai Indian by five wickets in an IPL match played at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Scores: ...
Entertainment
Phoenix, the Mars polar explorer
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander is slated to descend onto the planet's north pole region on Sunday on ...
Demi 'completes him': Ashton
ASHTON Kutcher says his wife Demi Moore completes him. Um...isn't she supposed to compliment his life, not complete it? He ...
Baby bliss
MOTHERHOOD clearly suits socialite Nicole Richie given the size of the smile on her face. The Simple Life star, 26, beamed ...
Divers survive 20 hours in shark-infested waters
SYDNEY (AFP) - Two divers survived more than 20 hours in shark-infested waters in Australia's Great Barrier Reef before being ...
Vast cracks appear in Arctic ice
DRAMATIC evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military. ...
Endangered pandas arrive in Beijing for Olympics
BEIJING (AFP) - Eight giant pandas were flown Saturday from quake-ravaged southwestern China to Beijing, where they will be ...
Islamabad
Bari Imam urs starts in Nurpur Shahan today
ISLAMABAD - The annual 'Urs' of great Sufi Saint Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi Mashhadi, more known as Bari Imam, is starting in ...
5-point programme for women development
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman, while reviewing the performance of the ministry on Saturday at ...
HEC starts high speed internet access for varsities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Higher Education Commission has initiated a project of multi gigabit network titled "Pakistan Education and ...
Judges' reinstatement urged
ISLAMABAD - Speakers at a seminar held here on Saturday called for independence of judiciary and stressed the government for ...
Group show of various artists goes on display
ISLAMABAD - A group of 10 rising artists exhibited their work titled 'Summer Bloom' at gallery 6 Saturday, portraying varieties ...
English course certificates awarded to 37 teachers
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal College of Education on Saturday held a certificate awarding ceremony for English language teachers of ...
National
PML-N to wait; ANP welcomes
ISLAMABAD - Awami National Party (ANP) has welcomed the proposed constitutional package while the second major ruling coalition ...
Karachi
Managing Karachi
I was determined to stay off politics and write about Mother Nature, punting on the river Thames and my 'bird cage'. No it is not ...
Kamal approves pay raise for LDA workers
KARACHI - The Governing Body of Lyari Development Authority (LDA), which met here on Saturday under the chairmanship of City ...
Workshops for students to promote leadership qualities
KARACHI - City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has said that the city government under the CIIM (city institute of image management) ...
Committee formed to work out specification for e-driving licence
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Home Department has notified a 5-member steering committee to work out specification for NADRA e-Driving ...
LG minister's guard shot injured
KARACHI - The security guard of Provincial Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani was shot injured when his gun ...
Constitutional package hailed
KARACHI - Pukhtoon Students Organisation Saturday welcomed the Constitutional Package proposed by PPP, which contained the ...
Sangnil ends Saleh's fine run in Thai Pro Snooker semis
KARACHI (APP) - Former World No two Saleh Muhammad's brilliant run in Thailand Professional Ranking Snooker Tournament finally ...
Lahore
Easing visa restrictions, trade with India unwise: Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief Daily The Nation and chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust, Majid Nizami has said that trade or any other ...
Action ordered against irregularities in PEF
LAHORE - The chief secretary Punjab has instructed the secretary education to take action against alleged corruption, nepotism ...
City lawyers raise voice for independent judiciary
LAHORE - A caravan of buses and cars of the City lawyers left for Faisalabad at about 6pm on Saturday to take part in lawyers' ...
Notice issued to Nawaz and RO
LAHORE - Election Tribunal of the Lahore High Court Saturday issued notice to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, returning ...
NPT vows to work for national solidarity
LAHORE - The Advisory Council of the Nazria Pakistan Trust reiterated its pledge to work for the national solidarity, unity and ...
Patriots, professionals and politicians
Justices (R) Nasira Iqbal Last week I read about two events in the press, one which made headlines, while the ...
36-member team to attend the Beijing Games
LAHORE - The Pakistan Olympics Association's executive committee Saturday approved a 36-member contingent for the Beijing Olympic ...
Shoaib's petition not to be heard on June 4
LAHORE - PCB Appellate Tribunal proceeding on the petition of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been postponed from June 4 and its ...
National Women Football Club: Rawalpindi club move into super league
LAHORE - Rawalpindi 's Young Rising Star joined Vehari's Young Rising Star in four-team super league of first National Women ...
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