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 Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Front Page
Peshawar reels from terror attack
PESHAWAR At least four persons including a policeman were killed and five others got injured on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police checkpoint here on Ring Road. Police and eyewitnesses informed TheNation that the suicide bomber got out of a rickshaw and detonated his ...
Pakistan must break shackles of America
RANA LATIF/KHALID MALIK LAHORE Speakers at a function held in connection with the 132nd birthday of Allama Muhammad Iqbal on ...
Foreign access to nukes out of question: CJCSC
ISLAMABAD Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid has rejected the article by Seymour M. Hersh, ...
International
Palestinians warn of violence if peace efforts fail
RAMALLAH (AFP) - The Palestinian Authority on Monday warned that violence could once again convulse the region if the United ...
Iraq election on Jan 21
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq will hold its general election on January 21, the war-torn countrys election chief told AFP on Monday, a ...
Hariri forms unity govt
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a government of national unity on Monday after more than four months of ...
US will present Karzai with measures to end corruption
BERLIN (AFP) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Washington will give Afghan President Hamid Karzai a set of ...
Capitalism main cause of current economic crisis: Iran
ISTANBUL (AFP/Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday slammed capitalism for the global financial meltdown as he ...
tear down chunk of wall, 20 years after Berlin
Ramallah (AFP) - Palestinians tore down a chunk of Israels West Bank separation barrier on Monday in a protest staged to coincide ...
Indian MLAs attack Azmi for taking oath in Hindi
FOUR legislators of the Indian Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were suspended by the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday for four ...
Afghan President vows to tackle corruption
Washington (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed to remove corrupt officials from government, after high-profile ...
Ajmal's best restricts New Zealand to 211
ABU DHABI (AFP) Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took a career-best 4-33 to help Pakistan dismiss New Zealand for 211 in 46.3 overs in ...
Abrar, Strings to perform ahead of T20 matches in UAE
DUBAI Two Pakistani music figures - Abrar-ul-Haq and Strings- have been invited by the hosts to entertain the fans ahead of the ...
Fergie fumes at referee after Chelsea defeat
LONDON (AFP) Sir Alex Ferguson launched a furious attack on referee Martin Atkinson after his decison to award a controversial ...
India vs Bangladesh to open 2011 World Cup
MUMBAI (AFP) India will clash with Bangladesh in the opening match of the 2011 World Cup in Dhaka on February 19, the ...
Hersh stands by his report
WASHINGTON - In the face of Pakistani and US denials, noted American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh stood by his weekend ...
Business
Sugar price may go beyond Rs60/kg
ISLAMABAD - The retail price of sugar is likely to go beyond Rs. 60 per kilogram in the coming season due to higher price of the ...
Fish sale on the rise
LAHORE (PPI) - The fish sale has surged after winter wave and daily sale of this white meat has reached up to 2,500 maund per day ...
Oil prices rebound above $79 on hurricane threat
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rallied above 79 dollars on Monday as deadly Hurricane Ida threatened to damage oil installations in ...
Appointment of 'non-technical' chief at PNSC worries businessmen
KARACHI - The appointment of a retired brigadier as Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on day-to-day basis ...
Fish Harbour master plan not started yet
KARACHI - The Karachi Fish Harbour (KFH) master plan that includes the modernisation of the existing auction halls and ...
China outlook upgraded to 'positive': Moodys
BEIJING (AFP) - Moodys on Monday upgraded its ratings outlook for China to positive from stable, giving policymakers in Beijing ...
Asian nations bear brunt of dollar slump
TOKYO (AFP) - Asias small, open economies are caught in the crossfire of a tussle between the United States and China over ...
Asian stock markets higher after Wall Street shrugs off jobs data
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian markets rose Monday after slim gains on Wall Street at the end of last week, with G20 finance ministers ...
APEC warned of critical labour shortages
SINGAPORE (AFP) - From nurses to welders, Asia-Pacific economies including the United States and Japan face critical labour ...
Global economy skirted depression: central bankers
BASEL (AFP) - The world has avoided an extremely threatening depression but there are outstanding risks that could topple renewed ...
Politics
Fake encounter to save IGP?
ISLAMABAD The incident of killing a suspected suicide bomber by police in the Federal Capital on Sunday night was actually a ...
Fantasies, falsehoods and a forewarning
In Bob Woodwards book, Bush at War, he recalls how when he (Woodward) quoted Hersh to Bush, the latter replied that Seymour Hersh ...
3 Americans charged with espionage in Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran has charged three detained US citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a judiciary ...
Jets wipe out nine militants in Kurram
PESHAWAR Nine terrorists were killed and many others got injured in the ongoing military operation in Kurram Agency where PAF ...
Two soldiers killed in Bajaur
BAJAUR AGENCY Two personnel of security forces including a junior commissioned officer were killed while one got injured ...
8 terrorists, 4 troopers killed in SWA
ISLAMABAD At least eight terrorists were killed while four soldiers were martyred and one was injured at Makeen area of South ...
Blatant violations of diplomatic immunity
ISLAMABAD Expressing deep concerns over blatant violations of diplomatic immunity, legal experts said on Monday that certain ...
CNG stations' strike today
RAWALPINDI All Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas Station Owners Association is all set to close CNG stations in Rawalpindi, ...
Imran Khan undergoes minor surgery
LAHORE - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was successfully operated upon for intestine treatment at the Shaukat ...
Osama is alive, claims Hekmatyar
CHIEF of Hizb-e-Islami and former Afghan commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has disclosed that Osama bin Laden is alive, a private TV ...
Floods kill 130 in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) - Floods and landslides left at least 130 people dead in El Salvador on Monday after a late-season hurricane ...
'Q' promises prosperity to Gilgit-Baltistan
ISLAMABAD - Denying the reports of her sacking from the slot of In-charge PML-Q Gilgit-Baltistan Elections Campaign, Marvi Memon ...
New Zealand win despite Aamer's heroics
ABU DHABI (AFP) - New Zealand beat Pakistan by seven runs to win the third and final one-day international here on Monday, taking ...
PPP, PML-N not on same page
ISLAMABAD - On one hand, Pakistan Peoples Party is on a damage control move while, on the other, it has locked horns with ...
Huge crowds mark end of Berlin Wall
BERLIN (AFP/Reuters) - World leaders past and present gathered in the German capital on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary ...
2 Kashmiris martyred
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred two civilians including a woman at two ...
Entertainment
Cough into your mobile phone for instant diagnosis
YOUR mobile phone may soon be able to diagnose respiratory illnesses in seconds when you cough into it. Software being developed ...
Sandra doesn't chase film roles
SANDRA Bullock puts her family before film roles. The Hollywood superstar says she enjoys being a wife and step-mom more than ...
Rihanna to launch her own perfume
RIHANNA is all set to become the latest celeb to launch her own fragrance. The Umbrella singer has even tested her perfume. Ive ...
Woman frightened of vegetables
STUDENT Vicki Larrieux cannot eat her five a day because she is frightened of vegetables. The 22 -year-old suffers from an ...
Airbrushed ads 'cause eating disorders'
AIRBRUSHING of models and celebrities in adverts is fuelling eating disorders and depression among girls as young as five, ...
CU gets first cheerleading squad in 800 yrs
STUDENTS at Cambridge University are renowned for their brains. But, for the first time in its 800 year-old history, students ...
Islamabad
The future is Dhaani
ISLAMABAD - Members of Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP) clad in green got together at Gelato Affair on Monday as part of the ...
LHWs yet to get govt's promised Rs6000 per month
ISLAMABAD Despite tall claims of the PPP-led regime to fix minimum pay scale in both private and public sector at Rs6000, the ...
Twin cities residents take out woolies after rain
ISRAR AHMED & Danish Hussain RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD The first winter rain that started on night between Sunday and Monday not ...
Manpower institute short of staff
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Manpower Institute (PMI), a state-run institute which provides training to public and private sector ...
Man killed in road mishap; 2 vehicles lifted
RAWALPINDI A vendor was killed when a speeding motorcycle hit him at Kutcheri Chowk here on Monday. The motorcyclist managed to ...
Sugar at Rs40/kg to be made available: Shahbaz
ISLAMABAD (Online) Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif said that his government will ensure the availability of sugar at ...
Rain washes out Quaid Trophy 6th round matches
ISLAMABAD The fifth round of the four-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket matches could not start in the twin cities Rawalpindi and ...
Shahbaz, Shahnaz hail performance
ISLAMABAD Former Olympians Shahbaz Ahmed Senior and Shahnaz Sheikh Monday hailed the performance of national hockey team in the ...
Karachi
Coastal belt agoldmine for land grabbers
KARACHI - The coastal belt of the metropolis has became a heaven for the land grabbers as a big part of Hawks Bay and its ...
Shanakht fest starts amid terror fears
KARACHI - The Shanakht festival starts today amid shadows of terror and horror, as on the first day, the spectators present here ...
Sindh government to trace missing persons
KARACHI - The Sindh government has finally decided to address the issue of missing persons belonging to Sindh and started working ...
ANP's criticism of Mufti Muneeb slammed
KARACHI - Ahle Sunnat on Monday has said that ANP s allegations against chairman Rout-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman ...
Incorporate population welfare in MBBS curricula
KARACHI (PPI) - Population in Pakistan will double to 300 million by 2020 at the high cost of the countrys mothers and children ...
CM flays 'baseless propaganda' against elected government
HYDERABAD (APP) - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has castigated the undemocratic role and baseless propaganda of so ...
PHF's perseverance paid rich dividend
KARACHI The fact that Pakistan clinched berth in the title round of the World Cup at New Delhi next year speaks well of the ...
Lahore
'No sugar' banners displayed outside shops
LAHORE - The consumers of white sweetener have become rolling stone in the City and a great number of roadside tea-stalls have ...
LBT for suspension of Lahore Canal Road project
LAHORE-Lahore Bachao Tehreek (LBT) (a platform representing diverse groups, organisations and individuals concerned about the ...
First winter rain delights Lahorites
LAHORE - The first winter rainfall that hit different parts of the Punjab including the provincial metropolis at pre-dawn time on ...
Sugar crisis to be over soon, says Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the government has adopted a solid strategy for the supply of sugar to the ...
Youth should transform themselves into Iqbals 'Mard-e-Momin': Javed
LAHORE - The teachings of Allama Iqbal promote tolerance, peace and stability, said Justice (r) Javed Iqbal during a function ...
Pai Forest faces threats from land grabbers
LAHORE - The Pai Forest in Sindh, one of the richest eco-regions of the world, is facing threats from land grabbers and shortage ...
PCB wants short series with India in near future
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board is looking for a short series against India at a neutral venue, most probably in England, ...
Preempters win in grand style
LAHORE The 13th Balijee Bridge Championship held at the bridge tables of Lahore Gymkhana from November 6 to November 9 brought ...
WAPDA thrash Army 5-1
LAHORE Sialkot-born Zeeshan Javed struck two fascinating goals as WAPDA thrashed Army 5-1 in the Pakistan Premier Football ...
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