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 Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Front Page
Troops secure Malam Jabba
ISLAMABAD - As military operation Rah-e-Rast continues, the security forces have secured Malam Jaba, the militants stronghold in Swat region, army sources said on Monday. Malam Jaba, located on main line of communication connects Swat valley with Mansehra, was being used as a training centre and ...
Amy's career going up in smoke
FAMILY and friends have reportedly left Amy Winehouse alone on the paradise isle of St Lucia, for the singer is not being able to ...
Camps set up for IDPs dismantled
KARACHI- Strike call given by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Areesar) against the entry of Internally Displace People (IDPs) of Swat and ...
War to be taken to its logical end: Asif
ISLAMABAD (Online) President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the war against terrorism will be taken to its logical end and ...
International
Night at the Museum comes to life to claim top spot
NIGHT at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian opened as the top film over the Memorial Day holiday, beating out a new Terminator ...
Explosion rocks New York City
NEW YORK - A low-level explosion outside a Starbucks coffee shop sent frightened people running into the street early ...
World fury over North Korean nuclear bomb test
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - North Koreas nuclear bomb test drew stern rebukes Monday from global leaders with Barack Obama warning ...
UNSC may find it hard to respond to nuclear test
UNITED NATIONS - When the UN Security Council meets in emergency session Monday afternoon on North Koreas more powerful nuclear ...
'US weapons under control in Afghanistan'
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan and US militaries Monday played down a report that US-supplied weapons and ammunition were ending up in ...
Ahmadinejad rules out nuclear talks
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday ruled out any talks with world powers on Tehrans nuclear drive, ...
Iraq trade minister resigns
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani has resigned amid allegations of corruption, the prime ministers ...
Climate change: World's destiny at stake, big economies told
PARIS (AFP) - Ministers from economies accounting for 80 percent of the globes greenhouse gases met here Monday and heard ...
Israeli AWACS land in India; induction on Thursday
INDIA became the first country in South Asia on Monday to own an Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS), called 'an ...
Israel claims Venezuela sending uranium to Iran
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel suspects Venezuela and Bolivia of supplying uranium to Iran, according to a foreign ministry document ...
Cyclone slams B'desh and India; 33 dead
DHAKA/KOLKATA (Reuters) - A cyclone slammed into parts of Bangladesh and eastern India on Monday, triggering tidal surges and ...
After IPL, India unveils T20 Champions League
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India will host a multi-nation Champions League Twenty20 competition in October to cash in on the growing ...
Business
Private sector for cutting GST to 12.5pc in budget
LAHORE - The private sector in the country has proposed the government to reduce the General Sales Tax rate to 12.5 per cent in ...
Crisis, poor law, order hit NWFP carpet export
PESHAWAR (APP) - Global financial crisis and poor law and order situation in NWFP and FATA due to ongoing war against terrorism ...
Construction sector woes push down mild steel sale
KARACHI - The sale of mild steel has decreased up to 50 per cent in the last three months as the construction industry is facing ...
KSE witnesses bullish trend despite strike call
KARACHI - Despite strike call by political parties, pre-budget rally continued to attract investors at the stock market as the ...
Iraq seeks $7b loan from IMF
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq wants a seven-billion-dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cover its budget deficit, ...
500 marble factories affected due to operation in Buner
PESHAWAR (APP) - President Marble Factory Association (MFA) Mati-ur- Rehman has said that 500 marble factories have been affected ...
Japan urged to enhance imports from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Executive of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), Syed Mohibullah Shah stressed upon the ...
Zardari stresses improved trade corridor to up intra-regional trade
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday said Pakistans strategic location at the crossroads of Central Asian ...
Fertilizer off-take up 20 per cent in April
KARACHI - The year-on-year based growth in fertilizer off-take in the country soared by 16 per cent during the first four months ...
Halal Food Production Technology, Certification System introduced
ISLAMABAD - To capture Halal Food Market internationally, the Ministry of Livestock and Dairy Development has introduced Halal ...
Politics
Pakistan success to benefit world: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the world community especially the US to do more by assisting his ...
Doctrine of necessity is buried, says CJP
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said that a civilised system of governance was ...
US asks China to help stabilise Pakistan
THE Obama administration has appealed to China to provide training and even military equipment to help Pakistan counter a growing ...
NKorea conducts 'successful' N-test
SEOUL (AFP/Reuters) - North Korea on Monday tested a nuclear bomb many times more powerful than its first in 2006, angering ...
SC verdict likely today
ISLAMABAD - Ahmad Raza Kasuri, counsel for Khurram Shah, Monday concluded his arguments before the five-member larger bench of ...
Minister Prisons 'indulged in impersonations'
LAHORE - Now Minister, thrice MPA, took three examinations during various stints of the PML-N, two FIRs registered against him ...
City police in search of 600 outside criminals
LAHORE - The City police have handed over a list of about 600 hardened criminals, all belonging to 17 different districts of NWFP ...
Vienna killing sparks riots in Indian Punjab
AMRITSAR (AFP/Reuters) - Two protesters were killed in India on Monday as mobs went on the rampage after a guru was shot dead in ...
Doing politics at the cost of downtrodden
LAHORE - Believe it or not, some 64 lawmakers from Punjab including Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, his daughter Memoona Hashmi and Hamza ...
Pakistan given enough Mumbai evidence, says India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indias home minister said on Monday Pakistan had been given enough evidence to prosecute those behind last ...
Indian domination unacceptable, Pervaiz tells US team
LAHORE - PML-Q Punjab President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has asked the United States to handover drone technology to Pakistan, ...
Pakistan seeks OIC states' support to eliminate terror
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday urged the OIC member states to support its efforts aimed at eradicating the menace of terror while ...
7 US gunship choppers violate Pak airspace
KHYBER AGENCY (Online) - Seven US gunship helicopters violated Pakistan airspace here on Monday. According to a private TV ...
Detained Pak students seek asylum
LONDON - Pakistani students detained in the British jails will be questioned on their potential asylum claim as they may not be ...
3 shot dead in DI Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Online) - At least three people were killed while another sustained serious by firing of some unknown men in ...
Entertainment
White Ribbon wins Cannes
THE White Ribbon, a black and white parable about the rise of fascism in pre-war Germany from director Michael Haneke, has won ...
Peter Andre wants quickie divorce
PETER Andre wants a quickie divorce from his estranged wife Katie Price. The former Aussie singer has apparently told Price, who ...
I'd die if I wasn't famous: Lady GaGa
LADY GaGa insists she is grateful for her new-found success - and says she would die if she wasnt famous. There are times when it ...
Turmeric spice may stall spread of fat tissue
THERE may be a new way to spice up your weight loss routine, according to results from a new animal model study by Agricultural ...
Islamabad
Judge orders out-of-court settlement
RAWALPINDI-Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Monday directed the members of Revenue Employees Cooperative Housing Society ...
LHWs to train women in self-examination
ISLAMABAD-Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission being a major government institute dealing with cancer treatment in the country has ...
Committee report on PIMS pharmacy today
ISLAMABAD (APP)- A two-member committee constituted by the management of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to ...
Ministry launches halal food certification system
ISLAMABAD (APP)- In order to capture halal food market in the world Ministry of Livestock and Dairy Development (MinLDD) has ...
Union slams propaganda against state-run TV
ISLAMABAD-PTV Central Employees Union hailed the donation of 14th PTV Award Show income to the internally displaced persons ...
People's Cultural Wing awards artists
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Peoples Cultural Wing, Rawalpindi Division, in a ceremony on Monday conferred awards on artists, writers and ...
Karachi
Ajmal eyes Pakistan win in World Twenty20
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistani off-spinner Saeed Ajmal said Monday his focus would be his team's bid for victory in next month's World ...
NBP to sponsor second National Ranking Snooker
KARACHI - National Bank of Pakistan has officially sponsored the second National Ranking Snooker Championship which will break ...
Major parties say IDPs have right to go anywhere
KARACHI - Leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) on ...
Faulty cables impede smooth power supply in Karachi
KARACHI - The use of substandard material to repair cable faults has resulted in prolonged power outages in the metropolis as the ...
Meeting reviews uplift schemes in Sindh
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has directed the Works and Services Department to plan road construction ...
National moot supports operation against Taliban
KARACHI - A conference on National & Democratic Question in Pakistan and Ways & Means for Uprooting Terrorism and Lawlessness, ...
Port suffers impact of climate change
Karachi - Keti Bandar is dying a slow death, one that can only be associated with diverse impact of climatic change. Pakistan eco ...
Fund-raising dinner for Swat IDPs
KARACHI - A fund raising dinner for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Swat was held at Defence Authority Country and ...
Lahore
Arrested persons released; safety to couple ordered
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice hearing a suo moto case about registration of fake cases against husband and in-laws ...
Huge fire at plaza guts motorcycles
LAHORE - Motorcycle parts and other valuables worth millions of rupees were reduced to ashes when huge fire broke out at a ...
Court disposes of petition against Bar President
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday disposed of a petition seeking removal of Munawwar Gondal from LHC Bar ...
'Benazir Smart Cards' will be issued soon
LAHORE - Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Farzana Raja on Monday said the government was in the process of ...
CJ notices masses' plight
LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Monday took three suo moto notices on news items published ...
Educationists demand legislation on education
LAHORE - Educationists at a seminar has demanded the government to make legislation in the Parliament and increase education ...
Naseebo Lal summoned in plea against vulgar songs
LAHORE- Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Monday sought personal appearance of a local female singer ...
Pakistan has the psychological advantage
LAHORE - Pakistan team coach Intikhab Alam is confident that the sessions held by a sports psychologist with the team players ...
Faisalabad Wolves trounce Quetta
LAHORE - Faisalabad Wolves trounced Quetta Bears by a 101 runs in the opening match of the RBS T20 Cup here at the Lahore City ...
Lahore Eagles off to winning start
LAHORE - Lahore Eagles relying on the batting prowess of Alis (Azhar and Abid) won their opening RBS T20 Cup match against ...
Nazir shines in Sialkot victory
LAHORE - ICL player Imran Nazir hammered an unbeaten 68 to get an easy win of eight wickets for Sialkot over Karachi Zebras here ...
Lahore Lions thrash Rawalpindi
LAHORE - Lahore Lions rammed Rawalpindi by eight wickets in the RBS T20 Cup here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday. The Lahore ...
PCB bars Shoaib from playing in National T20
LAHORE - After dropping him from the national squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board has now barred ...
Iftikhar approved as Shoaib's replacement
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has cleared Iftikhar Anjum's name as a replacement of Shoaib Akhtar in the ...
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