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 Monday, May 26, 2008
Front Page
Violators of SC Nov 3 order to be punished
FAISALABAD - Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the judiciary had played the role of second fiddle for the dictators' convenience in the past, but now the time has changed. All persons deviating from the Supreme Court's November 3 decision against PCO and ...
5th round of Indo-Pak talks from June 21
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party-led coalition government wants the immediate inclusion of Kashmiris in the Indo-Pak peace ...
President's safe drinking water plan hits snags
LAHORE - The Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA) programme, initiated by President Pervez Musharraf to deliver safe drinking ...
International
Aussie coach blasts his 'rubbish' team
MOENCHENGLADBACH (Germany) (AFP) - Furious Australia coach Frank Murray described his team's performance as "rubbish" ...
England still in trouble despite Monty heroics
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Monty Panesar returned his best figures in Test cricket here Sunday but England were still left needing to ...
Lawyers plan to challenge ban on Marlon Samuels
KINGSTON (Jamaica) (AFP) - The two lawyers that represented Marlon Samuels at the West Indies Cricket Board's disciplinary ...
Australia continue fight for survival
KINGSTON (AFP) - A 52-run, fifth-wicket stand between Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds stabilised Australia before lunch, but their ...
Blake flies the flag for Americans
PARIS (AFP) - Top-ranking American Andy Roddick may be missing due to injury but James Blake feels that the Stars and Stripes ...
Roma gain Inter revenge in Cup
ROME (AFP) - AS Roma retained the Italian Cup after a 2-1 victory over Champions Inter Milan at the Stadio Olimpico here on ...
Strong aftershock causes more misery in China
CHENGDU (AFP) - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least two people, destroying 71,300 homes and ...
Talk grows on Obama-Clinton ticket
WASHINGTON - As the Democratic presidential nomination race winds down, talk grows about a possible Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ...
BJP humbles Congress in Karnataka elections
AFTER decades of waiting, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday scripted history as it dramatically bagged top honours in ...
Earthquakes can be triggered from other side of globe: study
PARIS (AFP) - A major quake such as the one that left at least 60,000 dead in southwestern China this month can trigger other ...
World leaders hail Lebanon vote as first step to reconciliation
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush led the international community on Sunday in hailing the election of Michel Sleiman ...
5,500 orphans after massive earthquake
BEIJING (AFP) - Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because ...
Egypt in new bid to find Gaza truce
CAIRO (AFP) - A top Israeli official met Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Sunday in the latest bid to find a truce with Hamas in ...
Trial process to begin for accused 9/11 plotters
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In the first step towards trying the alleged plotters behind the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks, five ...
Cluster bomb ban talks face final hurdles
DUBLIN (AFP) - The run-up to Friday's deadline to seal an international treaty here banning cluster bombs seems set to be ...
Business
The engine for economy: black gold
In recent years, the combination of rising oil consumption and flat oil production in Pakistan has led to rising oil ...
Persistent imbroglio takes toll on economy
Cynics' vantage point apart Pakistan's has gone through massive growth with certain sectors ...
Downgrading of rating: Myth and reality
JAVED MAHMOOD talks to Naeem Rafi, Chief Executive Rafi Securities and a senior member of Karachi Stock Exchange, about issues ...
Discount rate hike formula fails to deliver
Economists, industrialists and business community sharply reacted on the announcement of hike in ...
A vibrant strategy must to propel exports growth
The Export growth of Pakistan during last eight years has remained dismal and could not progress beyond ...
High food prices-A harsh new reality
In Mexico City, mass protests about the cost of tortillas. In West Bengal, disputes over food-rationing. In ...
Babesiosis
Babesiosis, also called red water or cattle tick fever, is a tick-borne disease caused by Babesia spp, which infects red ...
Is ornamental horticulture answer for low-income group of Farmers?
Pakistan has all climates with all types of lands available for cultivation. Soils are rich in productivity in dry plains and ...
The glorious history of shipping
Shipping plays a very vital and significant role in today's global economy. The transportation through sea routes is considered ...
An emerging phenomenon
As the contemporary world is confronted with new challenges in almost every sphere of life B2B Marketplaces are now the emerging ...
Project communication management in Pakistan
Communication has been a problem for the firms whether large or small, service organizations or manufacturing company. In ...
Politics
US lawmakers seek clarity on shift in policy
ISLAMABAD-A marked shift in Pakistan's anti-militancy policy especially in Tribal Areas has raised many eyebrows in Washington ...
No clash with President: PM
LAHORE - In stark contrast to what PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said about President Musharraf the other day, Prime Minister ...
Peace deals must not put our soldiers at risk: NATO
KABUL (Agencies) - Nato in Afghanistan spoke out Sunday against Pakistan's moves to reach peace deals with Taliban militants on ...
US firm pulls out of Munda Dam project
LAHORE - The government is yet to come out of the shock caused by the refusal of a US company to carry out the documentation ...
Rain, lightning claim eight lives in Swat
SWAT - At least eight persons including six children were killed and five others got injured due to heavy rains and lightning ...
Lebanon elects president
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's new President Michel Sleiman appealed for unity as he was sworn in on Sunday in a first step towards ...
Delhi denies payment to 18,560 Pakistanis
NEW DELHI (APP) - The Indian government has denied payment of billions of rupees to 18, 560 Pakistanis accumulated on returns of ...
Rumours to replace COAS a conspiracy: Presidency
ISLAMABAD - The spokesman of the President has said that the reports about possible replacement of the Chief of the Army Staff ...
Pak-India Indus Commission to meet on 31st
LAHORE (Online) - The annual Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission joint meeting would be held here on May 31. Pakistan ...
Doctor abducted in Mohmand
UNIDENTIFIED armed persons kidnapped a doctor, who was supervising the polio campaign in Mohmand Agency along with his vehicle ...
Junoon performs in Srinagar
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Thousands of Kashmiris in the Indian-occupied region danced and cheered during a rare concert by a top ...
Ganguly helps Kolkata end on a high
KOLKATA Knight Riders beat Kings IX Punjab by three wickets in an IPL match played at Eden Garden Stadium here. Scores: Kings ...
Entertainment
Electricity: dilemma of Pakistan
Pakistan is facing numeral constraints in the lane of socio economic development energy crisis and food ...
Divorce? No... Madonna and Guy Ritchie's civilised separation
AS a show of togetherness, Madonna and Guy Ritchie's glittering red carpet parade at the Cannes Film Festival last week did ...
Robbie Knievel shatters truck-jumping record
MASON - Evel Knievel made daredevil history when he jumped 14 Greyhound buses in 1975 at Kings Island. Thirty-three years ...
US probe to attempt perilous landing on Martian arctic
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US space scientists were to attempt Sunday to land a 420-million-dollar spacecraft near Mars's frigid north ...
Don't want to release your CO2? Bury it
LEIPNER PLATFORM IN THE NORTH SEA (AFP) - With planet Earth engaged in a heated race against global warming, "carbon capture and ...
Christian Audigier hosts star-studded birthday bash
TALK about a star studded birthday Friend to celebrities, Christian Audigier hosted his 50th birthday party last night at L.A.'s ...
Kate & Lance heat up Cannes
KATE Hudson and Lance Armstrong have taken their very new relationship to Cannes. Yes, everybody is in Cannes ...
Islamabad
CIA arrests several outlaws
ISLAMABAD - CIA Police has arrested seven accused involved in several cases of robberies, theft, drug selling and recovered ...
Group show 'Summer Bloom' opens
ISLAMABAD (APP) - An exhibition of exquisite paintings, calligraphy and sculptures was opened here Sunday by 10 established as ...
ILO, Hashoo Foundation organise 'Job Mela'
RAWALPINDI - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and its implementing partner Hashoo Foundation organised Sunday the ...
Shifa Trust awarded USF IT project
RAWALPINDI (Online)- Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi has been awarded a special project 'Enabling Persons with ...
Govt cancels 'Presidential Urban Clinic' project
ISLAMABAD (Online)- The federal government has decided to cancel the project of establishing clinics in seven major cities to the ...
Pindiites have no place for burial, 90pc graveyards overcrowded
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The mushrooming construction of the residential and commercial buildings continue to annex the space, ...
Karachi
Dialogue to be initiated on constitutional package: Sherry
KARACHI - A stakeholders dialogue would be initiated with regard to the constitutional package prepared by the Pakistan Peoples ...
Nawaz needs no clearance to visit Sindh, says Shazia Marri
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that Mian Nawaz Sharif does not need to get clearance from Sindh ...
Reshuffle in PPP Karachi on the cards
FAHEEM RAZA & NISAR MEHDI KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Karachi Division has decided to reshuffle the ...
Burning of robbers shows lack of justice, police inefficiency
Hue out cry in the society over the unfortunate burning of two alleged robbers by an angry crowd in Karachi recently was mere ...
15 fishermenrescued
KARACHI - A massive ocean current overturned two fishing boats packed with 15 fishermen at Ibrahim Hydery Point but the local ...
Minister for elimination of contract system
KARACHI - Sindh Labour Minister, Ameer Nawab Khan, has assured the legal rights of labour unions and eliminate contract system ...
Lahore
Solid waste station planned at fertile land
LAHORE - The City District Government has picked lush green fields and fertile land in the close vicinity of hundreds of houses ...
Lawyers, civil society stage demonstration
LAHORE - Lawyers, civil society members and other parties on Sunday staged a protest demonstration for the restoration of deposed ...
Protest against mounting prices, loadshedding
LAHORE - To criticise the rulers for mounting inflation and price-hike in the country the Jamat Islami took out a protest rally ...
Communion with Allah only panacea: Prof Akhtar
LAHORE Communion to The Creator - Allah Almighty through frequent remembrance with sincerity and devotion must be the ...
A "tissue paper tiger"?
Buk-up It may sound funny as usual, but this time is looks real. This time there is something big and serious otherwise ...
The tsunamis that are coming
CITY NOTES BY M.A. NIAZI The big tsunami that awaits us is not the shock when the judiciary is restored, or when the ...
Pakistan take on Rot-Weis Koln today
LAHORE - Pakistan will play their last match in Germany against Rot-Weis Koln on Monday, the contest which has been billed as a ...
Golden girl Ana into French Open second round
PARIS (AFP) - Ana Ivanovic, who crumbled to defeat in the 2007 Roland Garros final, took a first nervous step towards erasing ...
Billu Pehalwan is new Sher-i-Punjab
LAHORE - Billu Pahalwan downed Achi Pahalwan in a sensational bout and was declared the Sher-i-Punjab here at the Punjab Stadium ...
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