Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Front Page
Thousands stream out of Swat
SWAT/PESHAWAR - Panicked residents streamed out of Swat district where gunfire rocked the main town Tuesday and a botched army evacuation order sparked fears that a peace deal could collapse. Spiralling insecurity jeopardised a three-month ceasefire on the eve of President Asif Ali Zardaris first ...
Swat, Buner purged of Taliban: Zardari
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday that a violent insurgency posted a threat to him personally but ...
'N', PPP retain 60-40 formula in Punjab
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Peoples Party agreed in principle to retain the previous arrangement of ...
International
Nepal President sets deadline for new govt
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepals President has given political parties until Saturday to form a government after Maoist Prime ...
US presses Israel on 2-state solution
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - The US stepped up pressure on Israels new right-leaning government on Tuesday to accept the goal of a ...
Tigers chief trapped: PM
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas Tamil rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is trapped in a small strip of coastline that has been ...
UN slams Israel for Gaza war 'recklessness'
UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations report criticised the Israeli military for negligence or recklessness in seven incidents that ...
Iran says Indo-US nuclear deal 'severely damaged' NPT
UNITED NATIONS - Iran told a U.N. panel Monday that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal under which American firms will sell nuclear ...
Iran stones to death adulterer
TEHRAN (AFP) - A man found guilty of adultery has been stoned to death in an Iranian city, a top official told reporters on ...
Business
PSM employees salaries, allowances enhanced
KARACHI - Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and its have signed Shaheed Benazir Charter of Demands; starting from June 12 till June 11 ...
CNG stations getting lions share in profit
ISLAMABAD - CNG stations are charging 80 per cent gross profit on cost approximately from the consumers by selling the gas at Rs ...
'Pak-Qatar' to provide Takaful to Meezan customers
KARACHI - Meezan Bank Ltd and Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Ltd have signed an agreement whereby all customers of Meezan Banks Housing ...
UBL to provide banking facilities to LCCI members
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Tuesday became the first Chamber in the country that has a ...
Maximum corporate tax be reduced to 25pc: Aptma
LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) have sought vital intervention of the government in tax regime to ...
FBR misses tax collection target by Rs14.47b in April
ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) missed the tax collection target in the month of April by Rs 14.47 billion, which made ...
$7.5b US aid not enough to bring country out of economic crisis
KARACHI - The economists and businessmen of the country have said that the proposed $7.5 billion US economic aid for Pakistan ...
Volume dips below 100m; index gains 20 points
KARACHI - Despite low volume, buying activity was witnessed at the Karachi Stock Exchange on Tuesday as investors gained ...
3 PR officials suspended
LAHORE - The Pakistan Railways three officials have been suspended for not paying due attention in looking after the rail tracks ...
Slow growth, inflation hit telecom sector
KARACHI- The slow growth in economy, rising inflation and revenue enhancing measures (particularly taxes) by the Government of ...
Politics
Obama to meet Zardari, Karzai on strategy
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - The White House vowed Tuesday there would be no 'blank cheques for Pakistan after two top US senators ...
PML-N vows to launch movement for Baloch rights
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday affirmed that he would wage a relentless struggle ...
Taliban can flee to Balochistan, says Holbrooke
WASHINGTON - Asserting that Pakistan is not a failed state, US Presidents special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Tuesday gave ...
Most Americans concerned about Pak nukes: poll
WASHINGTON - Eighty-seven percent of US voters are now at least somewhat concerned about the safety of nuclear weapons in ...
SHC acquits two in Sheraton Hotel blast case
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday acquitted two accused, allegedly involved in the bomb blast which took place outside ...
Frequent amends open doors to corruption: CJ
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday remarked that continuous amendments in Income Tax Laws were ...
Car-bomber rams into mily vehicle
PESHAWAR (AFP) - A suicide car bomber rammed a paramilitary vehicle on the edge of Peshawar Tuesday, killing five people and ...
AJK glacier collapse kills 28
MUZAFFARABAD (Agencies) - At least 28 people were killed when an ice shelf collapsed onto them in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), ...
44 killed in blood feud massacre at Turkish wedding party
BILGE, Turkey, (AFP) - Masked gunmen stormed a wedding party in Turkeys Kurdish region firing machine guns in an attack which ...
ASI's greed leads Buner lovebirds to death
LAHORE - A young couple that left troubled area of Buner to tie the knot has been murdered allegedly in the city late on Monday ...
Rs 500m grant for relief operations
ISLAMABAD - In order to speed up relief activities for the Internally Displaced Persons of the NWFP, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza ...
Top Obama ally doubts US aid to Pakistan
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A top US lawmaker said Tuesday that Pakistan must show seriousness of purpose against Taliban and their allies ...
Georgia rebellion over; President accuses Russia
TBILISI (AFP) - Georgian troops mutinied Tuesday on the eve of NATO exercises in the ex-Soviet republic, prompting the government ...
One FIA, 8 Customs officials suspended
QUETTA - Eight officials of Customs and an official of FIA have been suspended in connection with the container case. This ...
20 UK 'military advisors' to work with Pakistan Army
LONDON (Online) - Britain is stepping up its military and intelligence presence in Pakistan to help in the fight against the ...
Writer Qamar Shahbaz dies
KARACHI (PPI) - Noted intellectual, poet and writer of Qamar Shahbaz, passed away Tuesday morning due to a heart attack. He was ...
Detained Pakistani students seek bail
LONDON (APP) - Four out of 10 Pakistani national students currently detained at Manchester prison for deportation on national ...
Entertainment
Rihanna returns to red carpet at NY gala
Rihanna is back - on the red carpet, at least. The pop singer arrived Monday at the annual Costume Institute of The Metropolitan ...
Halle Berry goes for blonde highlights
OSCAR-winning actress Halle Berry, who was planning to shave her head for a new film, has got herself a new look by going for ...
Denise will never sing in public again
Denise Richards wants you to know that theres a very good reason she sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame the other day at a Chicago ...
Bullying may make kids psychotic
CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who are bullied as children have twice the risk of having delusions, hallucinations or other psychotic ...
Hilton's plan to fool fans flopped
Socialite heiress Paris Hilton on her recent visit to London had bought a designer wig in a bid to fool her fans, but the plan ...
JLo struggles to lose weight after baby
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says she is struggling to lose her fat after giving birth to twins. The 39-year-old, who gave birth ...
Sports
Strauss wants end to England slow starts
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss is hoping the presence of a few new faces can end his side's four-year long failure ...
Smith blitz steers Rajasthan to decisive victory
DURBAN (South Africa) (AFP) - South Africa skipper Graeme Smith staged a boundary blitz as Rajasthan Royals cruised to a 78-run ...
Pakistan down Malaysia in Asia Cup warm up
LAHORE - The Pakistan hockey team beat Malaysia by 2-0 in its first warm up match at Kuantan, Malaysia on Tuesday. According to ...
Giving rest to in-form bowlers surprising: Wasim
LAHORE - Former captain of Pakistan cricket Wasim Akram said Pakistan team facing one problem after another and wining series ...
Lorgat's unconvincing response to Mani criticism
LAHORE - The International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat came up with an unconvincing reply to criticism from ...
Gayle's IPL stint an ill-wind for Dyson
LONDON (AFP) - The Indian Premier League (IPL) threatens to play a major role in the Test campaign between England and the West ...
Pakistan Open Golf tees off tomorrow
ISLAMABAD - As many as 82 professional golfers will vie for the title of 40th Open Golf Championship of Pakistan which will tee ...
Clean sweep for China at worlds
YOKOHAMA (AFP) - China completed a clean sweep of all five titles at the World Table Tennis Championships Tuesday, with world ...
PSF plans to hold seven national events this year
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) decided to hold seven national squash events in a row aiming to provide maximum ...
Quetta clinch exciting win over Multan
KARACHI - Quetta bowled and batted with responsibility to hand down Multan two wickets defeat in the PCB/Mobilink under-16 ...
Islamabad
Cultural Complex project hits snags
ISLAMABAD - Construction work on the Rs 1.3 billion Convention and Cultural Complex at Shakarparian has been halted for the last ...
Green environment clubs to be set up in schools
ISLAMABAD - Secretary Environment Kamran Lashari has said that the we have planned to establish environment clubs in the schools ...
Rs 48, 500 fine imposed on profiteers
RAWALPINDI - Following the directives of District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdad Ullah Bosal, the Special Price Magistrates ...
RPO dismisses ASI found drunken on duty
RAWALPINDI - Addl IG and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani on Wednesday dismissed one Assistant Sub-Inspector ...
Gakhar Plaza affectees waiting for relief package
RAWALPINDI - Punjab government did not even announce any package for the affectees of Ghakhar Plaza inferno in spite of passage ...
Parenting influences kids' temperament
ISLAMABAD, (APP) Babys natural temperament and parentsinteractions with their baby during the first year of life can predict the ...
National
Hafiz Saeed's detention extended
LAHORE-A three-member Constitutional Review Board of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday extended house-detention of chief ...
Karachi
DHA starts beach cleaning drive
KARACHI - A three-day beach cleaning campaign was launched by the DHA on Tuesday. Administrator DHA, Karachi, Brig. Khalid Masood ...
Govt to counter West's negative propaganda
KARACHI - Central PPP leader Nafees Siddiqui has called upon the Sindh coalition partners to withdraw the May 12 strike call ...
Altaf flays ANP 'surrender' to Taliban
KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain has criticised the Awami National Party (ANP) leadership for not taking bold stand against Sufi ...
Poverty forces parents to 'sell' children
KARACHI - Poverty has a cruel face which feels even more cruel as economic impediments are a common scene in a developing ...
Police rescue college principal from cheating mafia
KARACHI - The principal of the Government Degree Boys College, 7D-2, North Karachi, was rescued by the police on Tuesday from a ...
MQM, ANP urged to withdraw rally, strike calls
KARACHI - Minister of State for Ports and Shipping Nabil Ahmad Gabol has appealed to the ruling coalition partners, the MQM and ...
Lahore
Asthma patients more vulnerable to swine flu: speakers
LAHORE - Like other parts of the country World Asthma Day was also observed in the provincial capital on Tuesday. NGOs, doctors, ...
Lawyers announce launch of movement's next phase
LAHORE - Lawyers fraternity have announced to embark on the next phase of their movement, which, they said, would continue till ...
Court restrains police from harassing UK-returned couple
LAHORE - A local court has restrained Hanjarwal police from harassing a UK-returned couple who tied nod against the will of their ...
Govt starts Rs1b project sans fulfilling legal requirements
LAHORE - The Punjab Government has started widening of road from Adda Plot Raiwind Road to village Mull via Jatti Umra at a hefty ...
Zero spending dims edu prospects
LAHORE - The goal to increase the literacy rate from abysmal 43 per cent to 86 per cent in Pakistan by the year 2015 under an ...
'Q' forward bloc opposes PPP-'N' power-sharing arrangemnet
LAHORE - The PML-Q forward Bloc has strongly opposed the 60-40 percent power sharing arrangement between PPP and PML-N in Punjab ...
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