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 Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Front Page
Court overturns Sharifs poll ban
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Sharif brothers eligible for contesting election and holding public office, thus setting aside the February 25, 2009 decision of its three-member bench and the June 23, 2008 decision of the Lahore High Court. Justice Tassaduq Hussain, head of ...
Tanks roll into S Waziristan
PESHAWAR (Reuters) - Helicopter gunships attacked Taliban positions in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on ...
Lift Swat curfew for trapped civilians: HRW
NEW YORK - An international human rights watchdog on Tuesday warned that severe shortages of food and medicine are creating "a ...
International
UNSC decides to prepare resolution to sanction N. Korea
UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council swiftly agreed on Monday afternoon to strongly condemn North Korea for testing a nuclear ...
N Korea to 'pay a price' for more tests, says US
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - North Korea will pay a price if it continues to carry out nuclear weapon and missile tests in violation ...
Nine killed as Somalian Presidency attacked
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali insurgents fired mortar shells at the presidential palace in Mogadishu killing nine people and ...
Jordan summons Israeli envoy over dual state idea
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh summoned the Israeli ambassador on Tuesday to protest a reported proposal ...
Iran sends six warships to international waters: report
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has sent six warships into international waters including the Gulf of Aden, a local newspaper reported on ...
Troops patrol towns in Indian Punjab
CHANDIGARH (Reuters) - Troops patrolled towns and highways in Indias northern state of Punjab to enforce a curfew on Tuesday ...
Sarkozy opens first mily base in Gulf
ABU DHABI (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened Frances first military base in the Gulf on Tuesday and pushed ahead ...
Bomb attack on US convoy kills 3 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters/AFP) - A bomb struck a convoy of US officials and civilian contractors on a visit to a construction site in ...
Obama picks first Hispanic Supreme Court justice
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - US President Barack Obama Tuesday nominated judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court ...
UN rights council divided over Sri Lanka
GENEVA (AFP) - Asian and Western members of the UN Human Rights Council failed to find a common voice on the situation in Sri ...
Russia breaks 'wall' into US N-market
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia signed a landmark deal to supply nuclear fuel directly to US companies on Tuesday, setting itself up ...
Suu Kyi denies charges
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told her trial Tuesday that she did not violate her house arrest, ...
Afghan was taken to Gitmo aged 12: rights group
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - An Afghan who has spent over six years at the US militarys Guantanamo Bay prison was only around ...
Prior powers England to big total
BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Matt Prior's one-day international best of 87 was the highlight of England's record total against the West ...
Mirza exits French Open in first round
PARIS (AFP) - India's Sania Mirza was knocked out of the French Open after a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) defeat to Kazakhstan's Galina ...
Business
Subsidies on fuel and power to go in budget
LAHORE - The budget 2009-10 is expected to deliberate on the countrys long-standing structural issues, led by IMFs tough ...
Rs10 billion demanded for Steel Mills expansion
KARACHI - The chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills, who is in Islamabad these days, has demanded Rs10 billion grant for the expansion ...
TCP to set up rice export zone on 600 acres land in Karachi
KARACHI - The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has agreed to convert 600 acres land, consisting on rice milling units and ...
Sindh canals lining to save 2,800 cusecs water
LAHORE - The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has launched a project for lining three main canals of Sindh namely ...
Mobile phone techonology fast growing in Pakistan: WB
KARACHI - In recent times, there has been a rapid increase in the use of new technologies to increase access to financial ...
KSE mixed as volume shrinks to 127.845m shares
KARACHI (APP) - A mixed trend prevailed at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Tuesday as KSE-100 index gained 3.32 points to close at ...
764 new CNG stations set up in last fiscal year
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) sector has witnessed unprecedented growth during the corresponding fiscal year ...
Fahim for early conclusion of free trade deal with Jordan
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has asked for an early conclusion of Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) ...
Amendments in Microfinance Credit Guarantee Facility
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to further incentivize commercial banks to provide wholesale funds to eligible ...
FBR extends warehousing period for uncleared goods
ISLAMABAD - Extending the warehousing period, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has waived surcharge on overstayed goods lying ...
Politics
90pc Buner cleared; 29 militants, 6 troops killed
ISLAMABAD - Fighting fiercely to secure Mingora, Kabal and other areas of Swat region areas, the security forces have killed 29 ...
Cracks emerge in TTP ranks
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Taliban led by South Waziristan based Baitullah Mehsud is no more a solidly unified entity as fissures and ...
Malakand Div calamity-hit
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has exempted Malakand Division from agriculture tax declaring the territory as ...
Trade, not aid key to development: Zardari
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the key to Pakistans economic development lies in trade and not aid. He said ...
Quaid's next ladder
ISLAMABAD - PML-N Quaid and two times Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif is likely to replace his younger brother Mian Shahbaz ...
A hard-fought legal battle
LAHORE - After a hard-fought legal battle by more than a year, the Sharif brothers have been finally given clean chit by the ...
Zardari, Gilani greet 'N' leaders
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have felicitated PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and ...
Pak-France N-deal likely this autumn
ABU DHABI (Reuters/AFP) - France and Pakistan are negotiating a partnership including nuclear cooperation and French President ...
Taliban seek return to peace deal
THE Taliban said they wanted to return to a peace deal that recently collapsed, sparking an ongoing massive military operation, a ...
3 cops dead in Haripur ambush
HARIPUR (Online) - At least three police personnel were killed while two others sustained serious injuries in an attack on their ...
Cyclone Aila kills 200 in BD, India
DHAKA (Reuters) - Nearly 200 people have been killed by a cyclone that ripped through Bangladesh and eastern India, while ...
NKorea fires more missiles
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its latest nuclear test, fired two more ...
US soldiers among 22 killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - A bomb attack on US troops north of the Afghan capital Tuesday killed three soldiers and three Afghan civilians, ...
TheNation pre-budget seminar on Saturday
LAHORE - The Nation is organising its annual Pre-Budget Seminar 2009-10 titled Challenges to the Economy on Saturday at Avari ...
Malik vows to ensure security of Chinese
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A 22-member delegation from Peoples Republic of China, headed by Chinese envoy to Pakistan, Luo Zhaohui, called ...
Entertainment
Lloyd undergoes surgery after club attack
Danielle Lloyd on Tuesday was recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery following an alleged attacked by two ...
Springsteen, Spinal to rock Glastonbury
LONDON (AFP) - Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur were announced Monday as the headline acts at this years Glastonbury ...
John to perform with Beyonce
MUSIC lovers as well as Bollywood fans might now get together under one roof to watch the performance of John Abraham and Beyonce ...
Japan mouse study finds hair-loss gene
TOKYO (AFP) - Experiments on mice have revealed a gene that is linked to early hair loss, a Japanese researcher said Tuesday, ...
Rare Hepburn stamp goes to auction
BERLIN - A collector stands to make a tidy profit after discovering a rare stamp portraying movie star Audrey Hepburn smoking - ...
Price pulls out of Jonathan Ross show
KATIE PRICE has cancelled her appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. The former glamour model was due to be interviewed ...
Islamabad
Prosperity linked with education, says Hina
ISLAMABAD - State Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar Tuesday said government would facilitate the Public ...
PIMS body clean-chits drug store
ISLAMABAD - The three-member team constituted by administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)to probe into the ...
Another shuttle bus service for twin cities
ISLAMABAD - SSP Traffic Dr Sultan Azam Temuri has said that Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) are taking positive steps to ...
National Drinking Water Policy draft in doldrums
ISLAMABAD - The draft of National Drinking Water Policy moving from one table to another has not been finalised for the last two ...
CPO suspends SHO, SI on graft charges
RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Rao Mohammad Iqbal suspended Station House Officer (SHO) and one Sub Inspector ...
Polyclinic field hospital treats 314 IDPs
ISLAMABAD (Online) - At least 314 internally displaced persons have been treated at a field hospital set up in Tehsil Pabbi by ...
Karachi
5,000 candidates take HST test
KARACHI - The recruitment test of the High School Teachers (HST) was held at Expo Centre peacefully in the metropolis on Tuesday ...
Govt explanation sought on IDPs settlement issue
KARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court on Tuesday sent notice to the Federal Ministry, Sindh Home Department, Deputy ...
CDGK can earn revenue thru multiple sources
KARACHI - The CDGK authorities are still indecisive and indifferent with regard to the implementation of new policies, designed ...
Students thrash 4 college teachers
KARACHI - The activists of a student union on Tuesday thrashed four teachers of DJ Sindh Government Science College. Manhandling ...
MQM, other respondents summoned in violence case
KARACHI - An SHC bench consisting Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Safar Ali Bhutto summoned the Sindh Government, MQM, ANP and ...
Pillion-riding ban adds to miseries of Karachiites
Karachi (PPI) - The re-imposing of ban on pillion riding in Karachi has added to the miseries of Karachiites. The ban was imposed ...
Lahore
47pc drinking water unfit: EBA report
LAHORE - The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has yet to replace about 40 per cent main water supply lines and 0.2 million ...
Govt to introduce criteria for opening sub-campus
LAHORE - The Punjab government has decided to introduce eligibility criteria for the opening of a sub-campus of private sector ...
Democracy linked with free judiciary: Shahbaz Sharif
LAHORE - Leaders of all the major political parties, while deeming Supreme Courts decision about the Sharif brothers, have ...
Medics 'impertinence' baffles patients
LAHORE - The poor patients seeking free treatment at public hospitals under Chief Minister scheme are in big trouble which is ...
34 activists held and 1,300 booked
LAHORE - At least 34 trade and labour union activists and leaders have been arrested during last one week all over the province ...
Consumers served huge bills despite severe outages
LAHORE - In spite of eight-hour loadshedding in urban and over 12-hour power outages in rural localities, the Pakistan Electric ...
Comments sought from health departments, Jamia Ashrafia
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has sought comments from respondents including federal and Punjab health departments and Jamia ...
No dope tests ahead of World Twenty20, says PCB
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has no plans to conduct dope test of players ahead of the World T20Championship being played ...
Pakistan still hopeful of CL T20 participation
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping that an improvement in bilateral relations with India would pave the way for its ...
Faisalabad Wolves down Rawalpindi Rams
LAHORE - Faisalabad Wolves grabbed a 27 runs win over Rawalpindi Rams in the RBS T20 Cup here at the LCCA ground on Tuesday. ...
Karachi Dolphins tame Abbottabad Rhinos
LAHORE - Karachi Dolphins tamed Abbottabad Rhinos with ease in the RBS T20 Cup here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. Put into ...
Hyderabad Hawks thrash Peshawar Panther
LAHORE - Hyderabad Hawks defeated Peshawar Panther by eight wickets on day two of the RBC T20 Cup here at the Gaddafi Stadium on ...
Multan Tigers romp to win over Karachi Zebras
LAHORE - Multan Tigers nailed Karachi Zebras by eight wickets in the RBC T20 Cup here at the LCCA Ground on Tuesday. Zebras got ...
Argentinean cyclist impressed with Pakistan hospitality
LAHORE - An Argentinean cyclist Pablo Garcia is traveling around the globe with a mission to not only see cultures of the world ...
Adil hammers hat-trick in Faisalabad victory
LAHORE - Seven matches were decided in the PFF U-16 Football Youth Cup at various centres on Monday night with Faisalabad ...
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