Friday, February 10, 2012
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 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
The Nation in print for Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Front Page
Modalities of impeachment agreed
Islamabad - The tension that severed the PML-N's ties with coalition partner PPP since quitting the federal cabinet on May 13 was defused Tuesday when PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari unconditionally agreed to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Well-placed political sources told TheNation ...
NWFP to give VIP security to Iftikhar
PESHAWAR (APP) - NWFP Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Barrister Arshad Abdullah said on Tuesday that ...
Govt runs short of funds
ISLAMABAD- Confronting one after another difficulty in formulation of the budget 2008-09, the Finance Ministry is in an all-time ...
Coalition operations led to militancy
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid Tuesday said the coalition forces' operations in Afghanistan and ...
US clamps sanctions on 4 LT leaders
THE Bush administration moved Tuesday to impose financial sanctions against four people accused of being leaders in a ...
International
Fresh aftershocks bring terror to China
BEIJING (Agencies) - More than 420,000 houses collapsed and dozens injured in quake-hit Sichuan province in southwest China after ...
Rising food prices hurting the poorest in war zones: ICRC
GENEVA (AFP) - The head of the International Red Cross warned Tuesday that soaring food prices are exacerbating the misery of ...
Myanmar's junta again denies Suu Kyi freedom
YANGON8 (AFP) - Myanmar's ruling junta has extended the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi by another year, an official said ...
Peacekeepers 'abusing children'
CHILDREN as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity, BBC reported on ...
I gave cash to Olmert: US businessman
NEW YORK - A New York businessman and fundraiser testified Tuesday he provided Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert cash because ...
Canadian FM resigns after security breach
WASHINGTON - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier has resigned from the ...
India's bid for UNSC seat China blocks endorsement
UNITED NATIONS - China is reported to have refused to endorse India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council at a ...
Iran withholding info on nuke plans: UN watchdog
UNITED NATIONS - Iran is believed to be withholding information on studies it allegedly conducted as part of a secret project to ...
Six killed in Iraq suicide bombing
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's national security council has asked Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to ensure that a pact under discussion ...
UN nuclear watchdog report turns up heat on Iran: experts
VIENNA (AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog seems to be taking a tougher line with Iran on its nuclear programme, accusing it of ...
Clark bowls Australia to victory over West Indies
KINGSTON (AFP) - Australia recorded their 13th win in the last 14 tests against the West Indies here on Monday as five wickets ...
Sharapova waits as Kuznetsova cruises
PARIS (AFP) - Torrential rain washed away top seed Maria Sharapova's much-anticipated 2008 French Open bow on Tuesday as Russian ...
Business
WB to support PPAF efforts to cut poverty
KETI BUNDER - While living in the backyard of the civilisation of the biggest metropolis of the country, Karachi, one can only ...
Car buyers still paying high premium
KARACHI - The car buyers have become the victims of paying 'extra money' on purchase of either indigenous or imported of any ...
Oil prices advance above $133
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose above 133 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, within reach of last week's record peaks amid violence in ...
PM lauds WB support for economic reforms
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday lauded the World Bank assistance for Pakistan's ...
Phulkari a geographical indication of Punjab
LAHORE - Senior Minister Punjab, Raja Riaz Ahmad, has said that the registration of different cultural products and crops as ...
Uniform food policy to end flour crisis
QUETTA (APP) - Chairman Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Mohammad Naeem Butt Tuesday termed separate food policies by the ...
PCRA downgrades BoP rating
KARACHI (PR) - The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency has downgraded the long-term entity rating of the Bank of Punjab (BoP) to "AA-" ...
Pakistan, World Bank agree to continue close interaction
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and World Bank Tuesday agreed to continue close interaction on all local and regional fiscal and monetary ...
SA delegation shows keen interest in coal mining
ISLAMABAD - A leading South African (SA) coal mining company Tuesday showed keen interest in the coal mining areas of Thar in ...
Shares attractive value invites renewed buying
LAHORE - The bulls on Tuesday made a comeback with full strength, as the attractive value of the leading stocks invited fresh ...
Politics
PIA proposes Rs40,000 raise in Haj fare
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sent a proposal to the government for increasing Haj flight fare by ...
Abandoning KBD against national interest
LAHORE - The businessmen, industrialists and farmers on Tuesday demanded the government to review its decision on Kalabagh Dam ...
India dragging its feet on IPI pipeline: FM
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Pakistan believes that India is 'dragging its feet' on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline and has told ...
NATO calls for stronger dialogue
THE NATO Secretary-General urged Pakistan on Tuesday to prevent a spillover of violence from its border region into Afghanistan ...
Deposed judges still waiting for salaries
THE deposed judges of superior judiciary who refused to take oath under the PCO are still waiting for their salaries despite an ...
Democrat was review of US aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON - A leading Democratic lawmaker has called for a review of its approach to Pakistan, including a multimillion dollar ...
Nepal assembly set to abolish monarchy
KATHMANDU (AFP) - A newly elected assembly that will rewrite Nepal's constitution was sworn in on Tuesday, one day before the ...
15 per cent pay raise expected in budget
KARACHI - The federal government has decided to make provision for 15 per cent increase in the salaries of federal government ...
'Q' releases counter-tape
LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League (Q) as a retaliation on Wednesday released a recorded mobile conversation, allegedly of a PML (N) ...
NAB probes disappearance of 120-year-old clock
LAHORE-The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started probing into the incident of a 120-year-old big clock's removal and ...
Restoration of unions to bring violence
LAHORE - The restoration of students union in educational institutions is paving the way for political interference and violence ...
Addl Secy summoned in person before IHC
ISLAMABAD - A single bench of Islamabad High Court, chaired by Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam, Tuesday directed Additional ...
Entertainment
Leona Lewis engaged to long-term love?
LEONA Lewis has been spotted wearing a diamond ring, sparking speculation that she is engaged. The singer was first seen with the ...
Blanchett backs censored artist
SYDNEY (AFP) - Hollywood star Cate Blanchett Tuesday joined prominent arts figures in condemning moves to prosecute a renowned ...
Britney Spears smiles again
BRITNEY Spears is getting both her life - including her love life - back on track, as she stepped out with her rumoured new ...
New wave art: Trans Atlantic 'tunnel' links London to NY
LONDON (AFP) - An arresting new artistic landmark is drawing crowds in London and New York, intrigued at being able to wave to ...
Hanging with young doubles life span of fruit flies
CHICAGO (AFP) - Forget radical calorie restriction or human growth hormone. If it's longevity you are after, you may want to ...
Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack dies
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sydney Pollack, the prolific US director, producer and actor who helmed the Oscar-winning romance "Out of ...
Islamabad
'The miniature is a gift from Iran'
ISLAMABAD - "The miniature is a gift of Iran to Indo-Pak and it has a deep influence on other Islamic miniature traditions and ...
CDA fully equipped to cope with fires on Margalla Hills
ISLAMABAD - The Environment Wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is fully equipped to cope with the incidents of ...
Universities to discuss research strategy in Physics
ISLAMABAD-A daylong meeting of Chairpersons of Physics departments of national universities across the country is being held ...
Beggars irk the faithful at Bari Imam
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) has closed its eyes over the professional beggars swarming in Noor Pur Shahan, ...
Mega housing project in the offing
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Housing and Works is finalising modalities to start work on a gigantic project of one million ...
Yaum-e-Takbeer rally today
ISLAMABAD - To mark 'Yaum-e-Takbeer', students of the twin cities would hold a peaceful bicycle and motorcycle rally at 10:00am ...
Pakistan Olympic athletes to be named after dope tests
ISLAMABAD - The Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) will announce two athletes on June 15 for the upcoming Beijing Olympic ...
Volleyball executive body meets today
ISLAMABAD - The General Council and Executive Committee of the Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) will meet today (Wednesday) ...
Notices served on federations for violating national sports policy
ISLAMABAD - Acting Director General Pakistan Sports Board said here Tuesday that the board had issued notices to all the national ...
Karachi
Marri welcomes shelving of KBD
KARACHI - Welcoming the shelving of Kala Bagh Dam project for good by the federal government, Sindh Information Minister Shazia ...
Bureaucratic relics still ruling the roost
KARACHI - More than one month has elapsed the Sindh ministers took oath of offices and were allotted respective portfolios but ...
Democracy sans secularism a failure: seminar
KARACHI - 'Without secularism democracy can't survive and it is necessary to cooperate to tackle the problems the south Asian ...
Kaira inaugurates KPT Overpass at Keamari
KARACHI - Inauguration of Rs. 150 million KPT Overpass marks the completion of KPT project "Development and Rehabilitation of M A ...
US values Karachi, Casey tells Kamal
KARACHI - Senator Robert Casey, a member of US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, accompanied by Principal Advisor for Foreign ...
AKU to observe No-Smoking Day
KARACHI - World No Tobacco Day will be marked at the Aga Khan University (AKU) here on May 28. An announcement to this effect was ...
Lahore
Parties concerned over dropping KBD project
LAHORE - Major political parties, other than the PPP and the PML-N, have expressed concerns over the decision of dropping the ...
Punjab to raise issue with federal govt
Punjab has expressed its reservations regarding the termination of the Kalabagh Dam Project and said that it would raise the ...
Punjab University Book Fair begins today
LAHORE - Punjab University's three-day Book Fair-2008 will begin at new campus today (Wednesday). PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr ...
Complications multiply after spending $1102.3m on project
LAHORE - The variety of problems are in full swing, especially in water and power sector of the country following the ...
'Package a tactic to delay judges' reinstatement'
LAHORE - Lawyers, civil society, traders, workers, politicians and others have demanded immediate reinstatement of the deposed ...
Court cancels post-arrest bail of rapist
LAHORE - Additional District and Sessions Judge Qamar Ijaz on Tuesday cancelled post arrest bail of Muhammad Zubair, accused of ...
Pakistan draw 1-1 against Rot-Weis Koln
LAHORE - Pakistan hockey team, currently touring Europe for Beijing Olympics preparation, drew 1-1 against Rot-Weis Kln in a ...
Shabana tops scorer list as WP enter super league
LAHORE - Chiniot-born Shabana Kausar became the new leading scorer of National Women Football Club Championship when she smashed ...
Lahore make impressive debut in Benazir memorial soccer
LAHORE - Winger Saeed Qureshi struck twice in each session as DFA Lahore brushed aside DFA Okara 2-0 while Toor Club caught DFA ...
Badminton coaching course concludes
LAHORE - A seven-day badminton coaching course, which was organized by the Pakistan Badminton Federation under the auspices of ...
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