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 Saturday, May 30, 2009
Front Page
Taliban bastion Peochar cleared
ISLAMABAD - Security forces Friday cleared Peochar Village, another militant stronghold, and Bahrain killing 28 militants including six of their commanders in various areas of Swat during different incidents of exchange of fire and cordon and search operations. According to an update for last 24 ...
Nukes cornerstone of deterrence strategy
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said nuclear weapons are cornerstone of Pakistans deterrence strategy and ...
President promises better tomorrow to displaced
SWABI - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday that the internally displaced persons (IDPs) would move back to their homes ...
International
NKorea fires another missile
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea fired another short-range missile on Friday and threatened fresh steps if world powers impose sanctions ...
US Army base shuts down to focus on rise in suicides
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The commander of a US Army base in Kentucky has ordered a three-day suspension of regular duties to focus on a ...
Sri Lanka hit by fresh allegations of civilian deaths
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka faced fresh allegations on Friday that its army had killed huge numbers of civilians during its ...
UN official deplores Isareli Gaza blockade
UNITED NATIONS - The ongoing Israeli blockade is hampering efforts by the United Nations and its partners to help Gaza recover ...
US President outlines cyber security review
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled the findings of a major cyber security review ordered shortly after he ...
UN disarmament moot agrees on work plan
GENEVA (AFP) - Member states of the Conference on Disarmament agreed for the first time since 1996 on a work plan, a UN ...
Iran blames US in mosque bombing
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - A provincial official said on Friday those behind a mosque bombing that killed around 20 people in Iran ...
Climate change kills 300,000 a year
LONDON (AFP) - Climate change is responsible for the deaths of 300,000 people every year and costs 125 billion dollars (90 ...
Obama asks Israel to stop settlements' expansion
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israel to freeze Jewish settlement expansion in occupied Arab ...
Afghan poll runner killed
KHOST, Afghanistan (AFP) - Attacks in Afghanistan killed five people including an election candidate, while gunmen kidnapped a ...
31 cluster bomb treaty signatories still have stocks
GENEVA (AFP) - Thirty-one countries still hold stockpiles of cluster munitions despite signing a treaty to ban them, according to ...
Ana rediscovers winning touch
PARIS (AFP) - Defending champion Ana Ivanovic breezed into the last 16 at the French Open on Friday but Portuguese teen prodigy ...
Sri Lanka cancel Oxford visit over security concerns
LONDON (AFP) - Members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team have cancelled a planned appearance at Oxford University because of ...
Tired India poised for world twenty20 title defence
LONDON (AFP) - Tired limbs, jaded minds and a tricky draw have toughened India's path as Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men defend their ...
Tearful Dokic retires after painful French Open exit
PARIS (AFP) - A tearful Jelena Dokic was left hoping on Friday that the latest painful twist in her life story of turmoil will ...
Politics
Militants getting Natoarms from across border
ARMY spokesman Maj-Gen Athar Abbas has maintained that he sees Swat as a political problem, which can only be partially solved by ...
IDPs see no early return to homes
ISLAMABAD - The government is eying on completing its military operation 'Rah-e-Raast within next three months by clearing most ...
Pak N-capabilities haunt India
NEW DELHI (Reuters/AFP) - The world must put pressure on Pakistan to restrict its nuclear capabilities, Indias Army Chief said on ...
Nawaz says no parliamentary system in country
ISLAMABAD (Online)- PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said neither presidential nor parliamentary system is in place in the country, ...
UN offices closed over security concerns
The United Nations has closed its offices in Pakistan and directed the staff to discharge their respective responsibilities from ...
UN honours 3 Pakistanis
UNITED NATIONS - Three Pakistan Army personnel were among the 132 United Nations peacekeepers from around the world who were ...
UN, Pakistan seek funds to help IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and Pakistan Thursday called on donors to fund an appeal for over $500 million to help over 2 ...
Abuse photos could hurt Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON - Releasing images of the abuse of the prisoners in US custody could damage Pakistans efforts to battle militants as ...
Woman jailed for treating sons' wives like 'dogs'
LONDON (Reuters) - A woman was jailed for seven years on Friday for falsely imprisoning her three daughters-in-law from Pakistan ...
6 Afghan soldiers, 53 Taliban killed
HERAT (AFP) - The US military said Friday that troops killed 53 militants in clashes and air strikes in Afghanistan, the latest ...
TheNation pre-budget seminar today
LAHORE - 'The Nation is organising its annual Pre-Budget Seminar 2009-10 titled Challenges to the Economy at Avari Hotel on ...
Pak student to be released and deported
LONDON - A Pakistani student arrested in the May 8 terror raids is being released and deported to Pakistan as the British Home ...
PAF aircraft crashes into house; 1 killed
ISLAMABAD (Online) - A Pakistan Air Force plane Friday crashed into a house in Moosa Wali area of Piplan Mianwali killing one ...
Entertainment
I'm not in a rush to get married: Richie
NICOLE Richie is in no rush to marry Joel Madden - because shes too busy focusing on other aspects of her life. When I was a ...
Astronomers peer into black hole's edge
USING new data from ESAs XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole ...
US Idol bosses deny vote rigging
AMERICAN Idol bosses have refuted allegations of vote fixing after fans were shown how to power-text for this years surprise ...
Faryl Smith gets virtual makeover
BRITAINs Got Talent singer Faryl Smith is getting a steep education in the business of celebrity. While shes no pop ingTnue, the ...
Lady GaGa is incredible: Scherzinger
PUSSYCAT Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger has heaped praise on Lady GaGa - branding the eccentric star incredible. The Poker Face ...
Islamabad
Capital's Kutchi Abadis face-lift on the cards
ISLAMABAD-Federal Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development has demanded Rs 150 million for PSDP 2009-10 from the ...
QAU faculty strike enters second week
ISLAMABAD-The protest demonstrations by the teaching faculty of Quaid-i-Azam University continued in the second week against the ...
Axe of rigorous imprisonment continues falling on juveniles
ISLAMABAD - Although awarding Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to juveniles is in contravention of the mandatory provision of the ...
Education, health top priority areas: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani while chairing a meeting at the Ministry of Education on Friday, approved the ...
Foreign, local brothels mock authorities
ISLAMABAD - Despite the media reports pointing to an alarming rise in the local as well as foreign brothels, the authorities ...
Pindi suburbs to get free reproductive healthcare
RAWALPINDI-Free medical camps would be set up at focal points of rural and urban areas of district Rawalpindi to provide medical ...
Karachi
Younus hopes one better
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan captain Younus Khan is confident his team can go one better in the World Twenty20 after finishing ...
Yousuf crashes out of NBP Ranking Snooker
KARACHI - Former world champion Muhammad Yousuf made his exit from the NBP Ranking Snooker when he failed to carve out straight ...
Fishermen ask govt to lease out villages
KARACHI - Local fishermen have demanded the government to fulfil the promise of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto to lease their centuries ...
KSE down on profit-taking
KARACHI - Mixed activity was witnessed at the KES on Friday as retail/institutional investors preferred profit taking ahead of ...
Nawaz not a candidate for premiership, says Hashmi
KARACHI - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior vice president, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, on Friday said that PML-N chief Mian Nawaz ...
Karachi Zoo to have four elephants in June
KARACHI - The Community Development Department (CDD) of City government has decided to invite children between the age group of 5 ...
Kamal inaugurates 7 projects in Landhi
KARACHI - City Nazim Mustafa Kamal Friday inaugurated 7 big development projects in Landhi Town on Friday. The projects including ...
Court issues notices to Sindh home dept, DAG and AG
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notice to the Federal Ministry, Sindh Home Department, Deputy Attorney General ...
Lahore
Security measures create no-go-areas
LAHORE - Unprecedented security measures taken by police aiming at protecting important government buildings, following the ...
Court calls VC in appointment case
LAHORE - Justice Hafiz Tariq Nasim of the Lahore High Court has summoned the Punjab University Vice Chancellor, Director ...
Row with advertisers causes Rs600m loss to PHA
LAHORE - As only a month is left before wrapping up the current fiscal year, the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has ...
Swat operation to end within a week
LAHORE - Federal Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour has said that not only the foreign but the internal forces are ...
LHC orders releasing pension emoluments
LAHORE-Mr Justice Hafiz Tariq Nasim of Lahore High Court (LHC) has set aside the dismissal order of an Army major and restored ...
No DNA tests of rapists: SC
LAHORE - A Full Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday directed the Punjab Government to review the policy of ...
PCB lifts ban on Razzaq, Yousuf
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed lifting of the ban on Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq and said that the two ...
BCCI, PCB to donate earnings of practice match
LAHORE - Despite strained relations between the two countries, the BCCI has agreed to donate its earnings from the Twenty20 World ...
Nazir fires Super Sialkot to title victory
LAHORE - Sialkot Stallions defeated Lahore Lions by four wickets in the final of the RBS National twenty20 Cup at the Gaddafi ...
Warid Gymkhana Golf League from today
LAHORE - The Warid Gymkhana Golf League tournament for the month of May will be contested at the Lahore Gymkhana Golf Course on ...
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