Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, November 01, 2009
Front Page
Troops enter Sararogha
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Troops killed 33 militants but faced mortar fire and street battles as they entered militants stronghold of Sararogha during an offensive against Taliban and foreign extremists on Saturday, the military said. No information provided by the Army can be verified because ...
NRO a test for Parliament's supremacy: Shahbaz
LAHORE - President Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that elements ...
NWFP gets Rs10b hydel profit
PESHAWAR - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Saturday announced the release of Rs10 billion to the NWFP government ...
International
Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines
MANILA (AFP) - Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing eleven people and worsening floods in areas ...
UN backs negotiations on arms trade treaty
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - UN members overwhelmingly has backed negotiations on a global treaty to regulate the worlds $55 ...
Afghan war must be won to stop 'tyranny': Bush
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Former US president George W Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to ...
Obama seeking options on troops levels in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - With American public opinion rapidly turning against the Afghan war, President Barack Obama has asked the Pentagon ...
OIC chief backs Yemen plan to end feud with rebels
SANAA (AFP) - The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) expressed support on Saturday for a five-point plan by ...
UK colonel warned of helicopter shortage
LONDON (AFP) - The most senior British soldier to die in Afghanistan warned that a helicopter shortage was putting troops at risk ...
Bombing suspect kills policeman
BAGHDAD9 (AFP) - A suspect being questioned over Baghdad bombings last week grabbed a police weapon and killed an officer, the ...
Egypt body outlines rules for lifting niqab
CAIRO (Reuters) - A research body in Egypts main centre of Sunni learning has backed a ruling on when a Muslim woman should lift ...
India marks Indira Gandhi's assassination
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India paid tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on Saturday, the 25th anniversary of her ...
Venus, Jankovic, Wozniacki complete semi-finals line-up
DOHA (AFP) Defending champion Venus Williams reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships without hitting a ball on Friday ...
Gerrard, Johnson and Aquilani to miss Fulham clash
LIVERPOOL (England) (AFP) Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is set to be without captain Steven Gerrard, defender Glen Johnson ...
Business
Rural labour force up, urban down
KARACHI - The rural labour force participation has increased due to significant growth in the agriculture sector in the ...
SBP revises rates of financing and service charges under EFS, LTFF
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has revised financing and service charges rates under the Export Finance Scheme (EFS) and ...
KCCI wants trade counsellors to work as marketing managers
KARACHI (APP) - Leadership of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to take all corrective measures ...
SIM info system reveals terrible mismanagement
ISLAMABAD - The SIM Information System introduced by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has exposed terrible ...
Ban on cotton and yarn export demanded
LAHORE - Countrys textile sector is facing worst shortage of cotton yarn as the unplanned and unrestricted export of cotton and ...
Obama assures economy moving in 'right direction'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Saturday the United States was recovering from deep recession and that hundreds ...
Commodities mostly drop in choppy week as US economy recovers
LONDON (AFP) - Commodities mostly fell in volatile trade this week as investors tracked sharp swings in global equities and the ...
Indian government plans to import rice
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indias government plans to import 30,000 tonnes of rice to offset an expected production shortfall following ...
Dollar surges on risk fears
NEW YORK (AFP) - The US dollar surged against the euro and several other key currencies amid concerns over the pace of US ...
Investment opportunities in Punjab discussed
LAHORE - Argentinean Ambassador Rudolf O.J. Martin and Norwegian Ambassador, Robert Kvile called on Vice Chairman of the Punjab ...
Politics
'N' to launch protest against NRO soon: Nawaz
LAHORE PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has accused the National Assembly Standing Committee of bulldozing the democratic ...
PML-N to facilitate NRO passage: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD Announcing his partys decision to vote against National Reconciliation Ordinance in the Parliament, President Pakistan ...
Sistan blast info given to Islamabad, says Shakiri
KARACHI - Iranian Ambassador Mashallah Shakiri has said that his country has provided the evidences of Sistan incident to ...
Unending excuses by millers
ISLAMABAD Yet again, sugar lobby has exhibited audacious show of its strength by hitting the entire country hard with acute ...
Amputees, injured US troops rising in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - A military hospital here is coping with a dramatic increase in amputees and other seriously injured American troops ...
Roadside bomb kills 7 soldiers
LANDI KOTAL At least seven FC personnel died when a roadside bomb planted by unknown miscreants hit their vehicle here in tehsil ...
Secy BISE shot, injured in Quetta
QUETTA (NNI) - Secretary Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Quetta Hamid Mehmood, who was seriously injured in ...
Abdullah poised to quit Afghan run-off
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzais election rival Abdullah Abdullah will announce on Sunday whether he will take ...
West still untrustworthy over Iran talks: Nejad
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday Iran still distrusts Western powers when it comes to ...
Erdogan slams N-curbs on Iran
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that countries opposed to Irans atomic programme ...
'Missing person' returns, protests
ISLAMABAD - Mystery of alleged escape of a 'missing person who was admitted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) under ...
Senate body summons Faisal, Kamal
ISLAMABAD - After going through the sorry tale of Dr Aafia Siddiqui who was mysteriously handed over to Americans years ago, ...
MFA asked to provide details of victims
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court has directed Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to provide a complete list of all those Pakistanis who ...
Clinton lavishes praise on Pak Army
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has acknowledged that challenges remained in removing Pakistanis suspicions about the ...
US bid to revive Mideast talks falters
ABU DHABI (AFP/Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday demanded a total Israeli freeze on work on West Bank ...
Pak win WC qualifiers opener
LAHORE - Pakistan thrashed Italy 5-0 in its opening match of the World Cup qualifying round being held at Lillie, France. ...
Sindh Home Secy, IG undertake to comply with court order
ISLAMABAD - Sindh PPP General Secretary, Saeed Ghani, has finally decided to respect law and abide by the October 30 order of the ...
Entertainment
Cambridge University allows Muslim students to wear burqas
CAMBRIDGE University will allow female Muslim students to wear burkas at graduation ceremonies, it emerged yesterday. By ...
Connelly to quit acting?
JENNIFER Connelly may never work again. The 'A Beautiful Mind actress - who raises sons Kai, 12, and Stellan, six, with husband ...
Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole steps into solo limelight
LONDON (Reuters) - Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole is a tabloid fixture in the United Kingdom, thanks to her marriage to the ...
Fame's taking a cruel toll on me: Leona Lewis
LEONA Lewis is the sort of girl who feels things; feels them very deeply. So when a crazed fan punched her in the head during a ...
Canada, US state give name to new sea
VANCOUVER (Canada) (AFP) - The Salish Sea may never appear on official navigation maps, but residents of western regions in the ...
Ryan Seacrest 'stalker' arrested
AMERICAN Idol host Ryan Seacrest has been granted a restraining order against a man arrested on Friday on suspicion of stalking ...
Islamabad
Margalla College admin receives terror threats
ISLAMABAD - The management of FG Margalla College for Women, F-7/4, is receiving anonymous threats of attacks on the faculty and ...
'Vibrant media a pre-requisite to success of democracy'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Secretary of Information and Broadcasting Mansoor Suhail has said that emergence of free and independent media ...
Islamabad Zoo presents a deserted look
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Zoo, once the most visited spot by Islooites, now wears a 'ghost town look as the influx of visitors dies ...
Insufficient parking space irks visitors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The residents visiting the F-8 Markaz and Kutchery are facing parking problems due to insufficient parking ...
Axe falls on mess employee
ISLAMABAD - Zaridad Khan, former cook of the Curriculum Wing Hostel, which is now closed has been virtually put into another ...
Official vehicles spared from security check
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Despite the clear orders to check every single vehicle entering in the Capital, the Capital territory ...
HBL, PIA, Quetta register wins
ISLAMABAD The low ranking Quetta slammed heavyweights Islamabad cricket team by 20 runs in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket match ...
Karachi
19 foreign prisoners still imprisoned
KARACHI - A total of 19 foreign prisoners of Tajikistan, Bangladesh, India, Mozambique, Tanzania, Palestine, South Africa, ...
KESC unveils staffers safety policy
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has launched safety vision and policy which has brought the cases of ...
Artist pins hope on Sabrang band
KARACHI - A new band with the name of Sabrang is ready, its sound mixing has been done, and we are working on a video that is to ...
High security at exam centres
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Health, Dr. Sagheer Ahmed, has directed the Health Department and all the Medical Universities to ...
Three Taliban suspects arrested from Suhrab Goth
KARACHI (PPI) - Crime Investigation Department of Sindh Police arrested three accused allegedly belonged to Omer Khalid Group of ...
Mob kills man who assaulted another
KARACHI - An alleged sodomite was killed by an angry mob in City on Saturday, while two people were killed in other separate ...
Cleaner environment necessary to develop sports
Karachi Gulzar Feroz, a senior tennis player and Chairman Standing Committee on Environment FPCCI has underscored the importance ...
Green card to attract 2 minutes suspension instead of caution
Karachi The International Hockey Federation (FIGH) has approved stiffer penalty for the green card in the World Hockey Cup ...
Lahore
Scuffles as sugar supply insufficient
LAHORE - White refined sugar has virtually disappeared from the open market across the provincial metropolis, as the shopkeepers ...
Constitute committee to remove impediments: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high level meeting for revisiting Annual Development Programme ...
Yatrees dump govt warning, visit City
LAHORE - Ignoring the warning issued by Indian government to avoid visit to Pakistan, 1,500 Sikh Yatrees arrived in City through ...
Nizami for 4-nation bloc to counter hostile forces
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said that a bloc of Pakistan, ...
300 schools in City without boundary wall
LAHORE - The government has finally decided to re-open all the educational institutions across Punjab and NWFP from tomorrow ...
'Journalists playing role in highlighting issues'
LAHORE - Almost all the columnists are playing their pivotal role in highlighting the issues confronting the state presently. ...
Pakistan beat India, lose to England, Sri Lanka
LAHORE Pakistan beat India by six wickets in the Hong Kong Super Six event but lost to England by three runs and Sri Lanka by ...
PEL draw with league-topper KRL
LAHORE - Asghar Khan Anjum heaped praise on Lahores Pak Electron Limited players after watching his side enjoy a 1-1 draw against ...
'Afridi best bowling all-rounder in one-day cricket currently'
LAHORE - Former English opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott, one of the all-time greats, has called flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder ...
IOC and Visa extend partnership to 2020
LAHORE - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Saturday announced an extension to its current partnership with Visa Inc ...
ICC asks members to prepare sporting wickets
LAHORE The International Cricket Council has asked all its member nations to prepare sporting pitches for the One-dayer and ...
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