Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Friday, May 30, 2008
Front Page
Musharraf rules out confrontation
ISLAMABAD - Taking strong exception to the media reports, President Pervez Musharraf Thursday denied any differences with the Army Chief saying they both had a routine meeting late Wednesday. Addressing a dinner reception he hosted in the honour of former Governor Punjab Lt Gen ...
AQ blames Musharraf for country's woes
NUCLEAR scientist and builder of Pakistan's nuclear programme Dr AQ Khan has said that he will prefer to work for educational ...
Investor commits suicide after KSE crash
KARACHI - A local investor committed suicide after suffering financial losses due to a crash in the Karachi ...
No harm in contacts with 'Q': Taseer
PUNJAB Governor Salman Taseer has said that he wants to keep in touch with all the parties including PML-Q. He said that PML-N ...
International
Buoyant Australia seek series victory
ST. JOHN'S (Antigua) (AFP) - Australia are looking to wrap-up another series victory in the Caribbean, but they will be making a ...
Tendulkar to miss B'desh tri-series and Asia Cup
MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming triangular series in ...
Jankovic plays through pain, Williams relish plain sailing
PARIS (AFP) - Third seed Jelena Jankovic reached the third round of the French Open on Thursday but her hopes of lifting a first ...
Terry's goal gets England captain smiling again
LONDON (AFP) - John Terry finally had something to smile about as he marked his return as England captain with a goal in ...
Cameras catch glimpse of world's rarest rhino
JAKARTA (AFP) - Hidden cameras in the jungles of Indonesia's Java island have captured rare footage of the world's most ...
UN honours 60 years of service by peacekeepers worldwide
UNITED NATIONS - From solemn wreath-laying ceremonies honouring those who died in service to a peace march, concerts, sporting ...
Royal flag removed from Nepal palace
KATHMANDU (AFP) - The royal flag was taken down from Nepal's royal palace Thursday as the Himalayan nation celebrated a new ear ...
Iraqi PM calls for debt waiver at global moot
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - World leaders attending a conference on Iraq unanimously approved a declaration Thursday acknowledging ...
Livni also challenges Olmert
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's foreign minister and Kadima party number two challenged Ehud Olmert's party leadership on Thursday, ...
IAEA alarmed by Iran's alleged nuclear work
VIENNA (AFP) - Inspectors from the UN atomic watchdog are "alarmed" that Iran has in its possession a document describing the ...
More states urged to ink new cluster bomb treaty
GENEVA (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday urged all states to quickly sign up to a new ...
Tutu blasts international 'complicity' over Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - South African Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Thursday denounced what he called the international ...
40 killed in truck crash
BANGALORE (AFP) - At least 40 people were killed and 60 injured on Thursday when a truck carrying guests to a wedding party ...
35 die in yet another day of Iraq violence
MOSUL (AFP) - A suicide bomber smashed a police base in northern Iraq and another blew up a patrol on Thursday, killing 20 people ...
Female al-Qa'eda supporter using internet as 'bomb': report
NEW YORK - A female supporter of al-Qa'eda is harnessing the internet as a "bomb" to recruit others to wage jihad ...
Business
Political instability continues to haunt market
LAHORE - Market continued its bearish trend on Thursday and opened around 500 points negative as almost all the blue chip scrips ...
Small brokers and investors stage protest demo
KARACHI - Small brokers and investors staged protest at Karachi Stock Exchange over the sharp declining trend that stock market ...
High food prices here to stay: OECD, FAO
PARIS (AFP) - High global food prices are a new fact of life, a major report warned on Thursday as 22 countries, mostly in ...
Pair indicted for insider trading
NEW YORK - A former partner at Ernst & Young LLP (ERNY.UL) - a US firm specializing in assurance, tax, transaction and ...
Rate of return on NSS expected to increase
KARACHI - In consequence of 150 basis points hike in discount rates, the federal government is expected to revise NSS profit ...
KSE board elects Mirza as chairman
KARACHI - Kamran Mirza was unanimously elected as chairman of the board of Karachi Stock Exchange on Thursday. Decision to ...
Govt committed to develop telecom sector, says Gilani
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said the government was fully committed to the development of ...
Investor-friendly policies to continue, says Qamar
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar on Thursday assured the investors that government would continue to pursue ...
Pakistan's economic woes worsen
Our monitoring desk Gul Rehan, a labourer from Pakistan's north-western district of Dir, says he has never depended on ...
Politics
US assures President of support
Islamabad - The Advisor to the US President on National Security Affairs, Stephen Hadley, called his Pakistani counterpart, ...
A day of rumour-moA day of rumour-mongeringngering
ISLAMABAD - The airwaves, the blogosphere, the SMS circuit, the drawing room chattering classes and the tea stall legions were ...
Gilani to abide by his party's decision on Musharraf's future
NEW YORK - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says he is willing to work with President Pervez Musharraf, but would let his party ...
PPP, PML-N want restoration of pre-Nov. 3 judiciary" Zardari
WASHINGTON - The Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N want the restoration of judiciary as it existed ...
Ministry, dam sponsors may enter into litigation
LAHORE - The Ministry of Water and Power (MoW&P) has received a final legal notice and may enter into litigation with the 740 ...
Khosa for putting Musharraf on ECL
LAHORE - PML-N Punjab President Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa has demanded the govt to include the name of President Pervez Musharraf ...
Strike brings rail service in Balochistan to standstill
QUETTA-Angry workers of Railways went on strike that caused delay in all up and down trains for over eight hours on Thursday ...
'N' readies 22-point chargesheet
LAHORE - PML-N and PPP have decided to mount more political pressure on President Musharraf to quit office rather than bringing ...
Notices issued to Sharif brothers
LAHORE - An election tribunal headed by Justice Akram Qureshi of the Lahore High Court has issued notices to Sharif brothers and ...
'Musharraf must go' our taff Reporter
LAHORE - PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif has said that Musharraf has no other option but to step down and after he left the ...
Pakistan-India Indus Water Commissioners meet today
LAHORE (Online) - A five-day meeting of Pakistan and India Indus Water Commissioners starts on Friday (today) in Lahore. Syed ...
Entertainment
George Clooney possibly single again
GEORGE Clooney may have just returned to his longstanding single status: the Academy Award winner reportedly has split with his ...
Trovador sets new world auction record
NEW YORK.- Christie's landmark Latin American Evening Sale realized both a new world auction record for Latin American Art with ...
Germ clue to tragic 'cot death' babies
PARIS (AFP) - British researchers say they have found strains of germs that appear to play a stealthy role in the rare but ...
Cirque du Soleil targets Asian market with Macau spectacular
MACAU (AFP) Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian-based circus and entertainment troupe, said Thursday the Asian market could help it ...
Toilet trouble for space station
International Space Station astronauts are eagerly awaiting the arrival of shuttle Discovery - it is bringing a new pump to mend ...
Islamabad
Govt urged to implement ordinance on smoking
ISLAMABAD - The speakers at a one-day conference urged government to strictly implement Smoking and Prohibition of Smoking and ...
CDA not to chop trees in future
ISLAMABAD - After receiving the transplanter machines, Capital Development Authority (CDA) would chop no trees in future, said ...
Motorway Police recover four vehicles, one held
ISLAMABAD - National Highways & Motorway Police Thursday recovered four snatched/stolen vehicles and arrested one ...
Anti-Smoking Day tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (APP) - World Antismoking day is observed throughout the world on May 31, 2008 each year. This day provides us the ...
'Pak values ties with Australia'
ISLAMABAD- The Deputy Speaker National Assembly, Faisal Karim Kundi has said that Pakistan values high its relations with ...
IESCO mobile unit schedule for June
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) Mobile Unit, which is providing services to the consumers at ...
National
Keen contest on cards in IPL first semi
The first semi final of the Indian Premier League will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Daredevils at Wankhede ...
Karachi
Govt to launch low-cost public housing schemes
RAMZAN CHANDIO AND MUNAWAR ALAM KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Katchi Abadies and Spatial Development, Engineer Mohammad ...
'Conspiracies hurdle in realising Murree Accord'
KARACHI - Lawyers' Long March is not a conspiracy against democracy and parliament but people of Pakistan reserve their right of ...
Railways affairs not ok
KARACHI - Several imperative matters and outstanding issues of Pakistan Railways still linger on due to absence of the Federal ...
Shelving KBD can make country Ethiopia: Wardag
KARACHI - Central President Tehreek-e-Istaqlal Rehmat Kan Wardag has supported the construction of Kalabagh Dam (KBD) and other ...
Disabled on hunger-strike
KARACHI - Disabled Welfare Association (DWA) on Thursday staged token hunger strike outside Karachi Press Club against the ...
HRCP flays arrest of Baloch leaders
KARACHI - Iqbal Haider, Co-Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Sindh chapter and Vice Chairperson Ghazi ...
Lahore
Akhtar nothing but a problem: Shaharyar Khan
LAHORE - Shoaib Akhtar may claim to be a perfect team-man but former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan says ...
Squash summer training camp
LAHORE - The Punjab Squash Association is organising a summer training camp for boys and girls, under the age groups U-11, U-13, ...
Triple murder sparks protest on The Mall
LAHORE - Three persons were gunned down by their rival group over an old enmity here in Gujjarpura area on Thursday. The enmity ...
Lawyers' movement gains momentum
LAHORE - PML-N continued to participate in lawyers' movement for judges' reinstatement as on Thursday Punjab Excise & ...
'N' lawmaker barred from addressing students
LAHORE - Punjab University Book Fair gave rise to a fresh controversy when PML-N MNA Naseer Ahmad Bhutta was not allowed to ...
City Master Plan 2021 in the offing
LAHORE - The Punjab govt is likely to take up Integrated Master Plan-2021 in June to cope with the growing traffic, unplanned ...
7pc KEMU female students smoke
LAHORE - A survey carried out by research center of the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) has revealed that around 7 per cent ...
LHCBA fails to ensure complete courts' boycott
LAHORE - In contrast to what happened on last week, the LHCBA failed to ensure complete boycott of courts on Thursday as lawyers ...
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