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 Monday, November 10, 2008
Front Page
Experts' must-do list to quell economic crisis
LAHORE - Pakistan must take decisive action to restore macro-economic stability, revive investors confidence, promote international competitiveness, increase cross-border regional trade, bring institutional reforms, accelerate agriculture growth, reduce current expenditure, mobilise revenue, ...
Zardari-Nawaz meeting clips hawks' wings
ISLAMABAD-The Saturday night dinner meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League(Nawaz) Quaid Mian Nawaz ...
Troops shoot dead journalist in Swat
MINGORA - A journalist was shot dead when he allegedly did not stop his vehicle as a military convoy was passed during a curfew ...
US jets bomb Tirah Valley
US fighter jets and artillery batteries struck inside Khyber Agency's Tirah Valley, killing seven people and wounding five ...
International
UK can't bear brunt of Afghanistan surge: Jock
LONDON (Agencies) - British troops must not be sent in support of US President-Elect Barack Obama's planned "surge" in ...
G20 pledges 'all necessary steps' to restore stability
SAO PAULO (AFP) - Major nations pledged Sunday "all necessary steps" to boost sagging market confidence and to give a bigger ...
World economy not so bad despite crisis: IMF
SAO PAULO (AFP) - The world financial crisis could still deal some nasty blows to emerging countries, but swift action by central ...
Obama reviewing Bush executive orders on drilling, stem cells
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President-elect Barack Obama's transition chief said Sunday that the Democrat is reviewing President George ...
Win shows non-white voters' growing power
WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama owes his success to tremendous support from African, Latinos and Asians Americans, ...
Stop Predator attacks, Pak tells US military leader
NEW YORK - "No predators please. You are not helping" was the message given to the new US Central Command chief, ...
US, EU on common ground to address int'l financial problems
WASHINGTON - The United States and the European Union have common views on the reform of the world financial system, the ...
Iraq provincial polls on Jan 31
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Sunday timetabled long-awaited provincial elections for January 31 as an opinion poll showed religious ...
Quartet pushes Israel, Palestinians to stick to peace talks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (AFP) - The Middle East Quartet called on Israel and the Palestinians on Sunday to press on with peace ...
Mahathir back in spotlight after long exile
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohammad is enjoying a surge in influence as a new administration ...
India set tough target for Australia
NAGPUR (AFP) - Australia face a stiff target to level the series against India after a crucial 108-run stand between Mahendra ...
Politics
Talibanisation, LG system dominate PPP-MQM talks
KARACHI - Two-point agenda containing amendments in the local government (LG) system and Talibanisation, dominated the first ...
Free judiciary must for survival
LAHORE - Speakers who addressed a Iqbal Day function have linked the survival, stability and progress of the country to following ...
Bombs kill two in Balochistan
QUETTA - At least two people were killed and five others injured in two separate incidents of remote-controlled bomb blast and ...
Govt to seek foreign help, says Rehman
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister's Advisor on Interior Rehman Malik Sunday said that Pakistan would seek help not only from Interpol ...
Terrorism threat in UK 'growing'
MORE Muslim extremists are active in the UK than previously thought, a secret intelligence report seen by the Sunday Telegraph ...
Senate, NA sessions start today
ISLAMABAD - The Senate and National Assembly meet today separately under the chairs of Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro and Speaker ...
5 Taliban among six killed over land dispute
BANNU- At least six persons including five alleged Taliban were killed over land dispute here on Sunday. The incident took place ...
Entertainment
Peaches Geldof denies she's divorcing Drummey
PEACHES Geldof has dismissed a report her marriage to Max Drummey is over after just 96 days. The troubled teenager was Sunday ...
AIDS vaccines: New hope for problem-plagued path
PARIS (AFP) - A strategic tack in the quarter-century-old effort to devise an AIDS vaccine, which last year became darkly clouded ...
Happy holidays for James Bond?
LOS ANGELES (Agencies) - The holidays should be green for James Bond. Maybe less so for Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. ...
Neuron gene linked to multiple sclerosis
PARIS (AFP) - A newly-discovered genetic flaw may lay the nervous system open to assault from the body's own immune system, ...
Beyonce wants to be Wonder Woman
POP star Beyonce has said she wants to play Wonder Woman in a film of the comic book heroine. The singer has met DC Comics ...
New Bamiyan Buddha find amid destruction
BAMIYAN (AFP) - "We got him" screamed Afghan archaeologist Anwar Khan Fayez as he leapt from the pit beneath the towering ...
Islamabad
'Iqbal's teachings solution to all ills'
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Speakers on Sunday urged that nation to follow the teachings of Dr Allama Iqbal to mitigate their ...
Sale of winter clothing picks up in twin cities
ISLAMABAD (APP)-As the chill has started to increase, the sale of winter clothes, new as well as secondhand ones has shot up in ...
New political party launched
RAWALPINDI - A new political party, named as Awami Party Pakistan (APP), was launched here on Sunday by political workers, ...
'Pakistan Post contract workers to be regularised'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Postal Services Mir Israrullah Zehri has said that government was committed to resolving problems ...
Transporters keep fleecing commuters
ISLAMABAD- The commuters of twin cites are facing hardships as the public transporters keep overcharging them without any proper ...
Parks can cut health gap between rich and poor
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Parks, playing fields and forests greatly narrow health gaps between the rich and poor, and governments ...
National
Inter-provincial Games begin
PESHAWAR - A colourful and an impressive opening ceremony of the third Inter Provincial Games-2008 was held here at Qayyum Sports ...
Punjab on top
PESHAWAR - Punjab dominated the first day events of the third Inter-Provincial Games by clinching a total of seven gold ...
Punjab-Sindh play 2-2 draw in hockey
PESHAWAR (APP) - NWFP took a nice start after defeating Balochistan by 4-1 in opening match of the hockey event of the 3rd ...
Karachi
Water board owes Rs6b to KESC
KARACHI - The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has the arrears of Rs 6 billions pending to KESC. The current bill of ...
KU to host scientific conference on Dec 20
KARACHI - Karachi University is going to invite hundreds of scientists and experts from all over the country to review the ...
3 political workers among six killed
KARACHI - As many as six people, including three political activists belonging to different parties, were shot dead in separate ...
Rulers mum over BB's murder
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh National Front (SNF) Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Monday criticised the present rulers for not launching a ...
Of expensive and inferior flour
Despite an unabated spike in the flour prices, an inferior quality 'chaki atta' is being marketed in Karachi and other parts of ...
SC seeks report on schools condition
KARACHI - (APP) - The Sindh Chief Secretary, Fazal ur Rehman, has sought a report from the concerned officials regarding the ...
Lahore
Khurram replaces Jamshed for WI series
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket team's opening batsman Nasir Jamshed has been replaced by Khurram Manzoor, it was learnt on Sunday. ...
Khurram Manzoor shines hits double ton
LAHORE - Muhamamd Hafeez hammered 10 cracking fours along with three massive sixes to draw a high scoring feast against Sindh on ...
Sohail Khan gets 100 wickets
LAHORE - Sohail Khan reached 100 wickets in first-class (FC) matches and equaled Waqar Younis record of getting hundred wickets ...
Pakistan beat England
LAHORE - Pakistan beat England by three wickets in Hong Kong Super Sixes cricket tournament, it was learnt Sunday. In a ...
Indian Jr hockey arrives today
LAHORE - The Indian junior hockey team will arrive at Wahgah border Lahore at 12:30 pm on Monday, a PHF official said. The ...
WAPDA take giant step towards title
LAHORE - Dera Ismail Khan-born Imran Niazi hammered his sixth goal as WAPDA earned revengeful 1-0 win over KESC in Pakistan ...
Lone survivor dependent on foreign medicines
LAHORE - At the time when Punjab government seems quite determined to restart liver transplantation in the province, a ...
Every MP gets 8,000 Income Support Programme forms
LAHORE-Every member of Senate and National Assembly has been given eight thousand (each) application forms of Benazir Income ...
CM looks for China's investment in Punjab
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that vast opportunities of cooperation in various sectors between Pakistan ...
Top leaders of lawyers' movement drift apart
LAHORE - Two top leaders of the lawyers' movement Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and Hamid Khan are backing different candidates for ...
Khosa hints at keeping LB system intact
LAHORE - PML-N Punjab President and Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Zulfikar Khosa has hinted at keeping intact the ...
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