Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Front Page
Bomber unleashes mayhem in packed Charsadda market
CHARSADDA At least 32 people were killed and 100 others wounded in a suicide car bomb blast at congested Farooq-e-Azam Chowk here on Tuesday. The blast was so severe that it damaged signboards and several vehicles including two buses. It jolted the entire city of Charsadda and smashed windowpanes ...
Troops unearth Taliban jail
ISLAMABAD The security forces killed at least nine terrorists, while one militant was apprehended in South Waziristan, ISPR ...
Info leakage irks 'soft image' dreamer
ISLAMABAD US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson asked NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti to take notice of ...
International
US efforts to revive Mideast talks falter
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - US efforts to revive the Middle East process floundered Tuesday after President Barack Obama and ...
UN body urges Karzai to fight corruption
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly has urged the government of re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai to press ahead with ...
Landslides, floods kill 53 in India, Thailand
CHENNAI/BANGKOK (AFP) - Heavy rain in southern India triggered flash floods and landslides that killed 45 people in the last 24 ...
Hillary says N-race not in Iran's interest
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said pursuing nuclear weapons was not in Irans own interest as ...
British town bows head to Afghan dead, as questions grow
WOOTTON BASSETT, England (AFP) - Another six British soldiers bodies were given an emotional homecoming from Afghanistan Tuesday, ...
KSA bombs Yemen rebels
ALKHUBAH, Saudi Arabia, (AFP/Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will continue its airstrikes against Yemeni rebels until they move back from ...
UN diplomats receive letters with white powder: NY police
NEW YORK (AFP) - Dozens of diplomats at the UN missions in New York of Austria, France and Uzbekistan had to be decontaminated ...
China, US keen to avoid trade war
BEIJING (AFP) - The United States and China will work to keep their latest tit-for-tat trade spats from escalating into an ...
8 charged in US in global credit card fraud ring
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A grand jury in the southeastern state of Atlanta indicted eight people Tuesday in a credit card fraud ring ...
Safin tells Agassi to return titles and prize money
PARIS (AFP) Russian tennis star Marat Safin has criticised Andre Agassi for the Americans recent admission that he took drugs in ...
Davydenko through in Paris, closer to London
PARIS (AFP) Russias Nikolay Davydenko eased into the third round at the Paris Masters by beating Germanys Benjamin Becker on ...
Zaheer back for India against Lanka
MUMBAI (AFP) Pace spearhead Zaheer Khan was on Tuesday included in Indias squad for the first two Tests against Sri Lanka after ...
India for focus on 'terrorist sanctuaries' across Afghan border
UNITED NATIONS-India told the UN General Assembly on Monday that terrorist actions in Afghanistan were linked to the support and ...
Business
Govt fails to enhance foreign reserves
ISLAMABAD - Despite numerous opportunities to enhance foreign reserves by sending labour to developed countries, the government ...
Germany to provide investment guarantee to business in Pak
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The German government will provide investment guarantees for its investors to invest in different sectors of ...
KSE loses 202 points amid security concerns, political uncertainty
KARACHI - The stock market witnessed bearish trend on Tuesday as the benchmark 100-index plunged down by 202 points to close at ...
Banks loan portfolio to improve
KARACHI - The loan portfolio of the banking sector is likely to improve in the quarters to come on expectations of seasonal pick ...
CCP issues show-cause notice to fertilizer cos
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday issued show cause notices to the fertilizer companies ...
Food prices still high for poorest: UN
ROME (AFP) - Food prices remain stubbornly high in the developing world despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 ...
Millers likely to delay cane procurement
ISLAMABAD - Most sugar millers are going to delay sugarcane procurement to benefit in terms of increased production of sugar from ...
Women entrepreneurs urged to play role for growth
LAHORE - Vice President Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Faisal Iqbal Sheikh has said that the women entrepreneurs need to ...
Sri Lanka believes in market-oriented policies
KARACHI - Consul General of Sri Lanka, V.S.Sidhat Kumar on Tuesday said Sri Lanka believed in market-oriented policies for ...
Ministry intervention vital to control yarn prices
KARACHI - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association has demanded the intervention of textile ministry ...
Politics
US says no intention to seize Pak N. arms
WASHINGTON: The United States has given the assurance that it has no intention of seizing Pakistan's nuclear weapons or material, ...
Zardari suspected of graft in submarine sale: Report
PARIS ( DPA) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is suspected of having received millions of dollars in kickbacks from the 1994 ...
Obama mulling five options for Afghanistan
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama and his senior advisers will consider five strategies for Afghanistan and Pakistan at their ...
Work on NRO beneficiaries' list afoot
ISLAMABAD National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday directed all its regional offices to prepare a list of the cases in ...
SC verdict on Dogar's plea today
ISLAMABAD During the course of hearing on two petitions filed by Justice (Retd) Abdul Hameed Dogar, challenging the July 31 ...
Waziristan will be tougher than Kashmir: Taliban
PESHAWAR (Reuters/AFP) Taliban militants vowed to fight a tough, protracted guerrilla war against the army on Tuesday. The army ...
Resolution declares NWFP war-torn
PESHAWAR (APP) The NWFP Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Tuesday presented a resolution in a representative ...
IGP denies while TheNation stands by
ISLAMABAD A spokesman of the Islamabad Police has issued following denial to TheNations story titled Fake encounter to save ...
Bomb explodes in Quetta
QUETTA (APP) A bomb placed near Quetta-Karachi Highway in Mian Ghundi area, Quetta went off here on Tuesday at about 2:00pm, ...
PM assures free and fair polls in G-B
SKARDU (APP) Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday assured holding of free, fair and transparent elections in ...
2 teams of US Congressmen due today
ISLAMABAD Two American delegations of Congressmen are visiting Pakistan from (today) Wednesday, sources informed TheNation ...
Zardari chooses Ghari Khudabakhsh as last abode
ISLAMABAD Struggling head-on to surmount a plethora of challenges, President Asif Ali Zardari has been contemplating about his ...
CNG stations stay out of business
ISLAMABAD - All Pakistan CNG Station Owners Association observed strike on Tuesday in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and from Attock to ...
Parliament House under threat
ISLAMABAD - Speaker National Assembly Dr. Fehmida Mirza rushed into meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani following ...
Anti-media laws to be abolished: Sumsam
ISLAMABAD - Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Bukhari said on Tuesday the government would abolish ...
US aid with constraints a problem, says Zardari
ISLAMABAD (Online) President Asif Ali Zardari has said the conditional US aid is creating difficulties for Pakistan in its fight ...
President can be summoned in court: SCBA President
SUPREME Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Qazi Mohammad Anwar has said the President of Pakistan could be summoned in a ...
Nisar rebuffs Musharraf's tirade against President
ISLAMABAD Demanding the trial of former President Musharraf under Article 6, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Ch. Nisar ...
Entertainment
Rihanna honoured at Glamour awards
AN EMOTIONAL Rihanna stole the limelight at a womens awards ceremony in New York when she dumped her regular androgynous style ...
Lohan at Ungaro a disaster
LISBON (AFP) - Hollywood bad girl Lindsay Lohans first collection as artistic advisor for Emanuel Ungaro was a disaster, the ...
Unemployed mechanic who beat cancer wins Euromillions jackpot
AN UNEMPLOYED mechanic who beat cancer, Les Scadding, from Caerleon, south Wales, has spoken of his joy at scooping Britains ...
Japan plans giant solar power station in space
Japans space agency is planning to construct a solar power station in space and use it to beam energy down to Earth using ...
Every phone call, email, internet click stored by 'state spying' databases
Every phone call, text message, email and website visit will be stored for a year for monitoring by the state. All telecoms ...
Koalas face extinction
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australias koalas could be extinct in 30 years, conservationists warned Tuesday, calling for the iconic creatures ...
Islamabad
'Germany backs Pak-India talks on Kashmir'
ISLAMABAD - German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Michael Koch Tuesday said that Pakistan and India could follow the principle of ...
Shopkeepers start fleecing masses
ISLAMABAD (APP) - With the advent of Eid-ul-Azha, shopkeepers of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have started ...
Sale of warm clothes on the rise
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - As the chill has started to increase, the sale of winter clothes, new as well as secondhand ones has shot up in ...
Journalists take out 'Peace Rally'
ISLAMABAD - Journalist fraternity, representatives of civil society and members of the Parliament held a 'Peace Rally in front of ...
AIOU to get video conferencing equipment
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has signed a contract here on Tuesday with M/S Mansha Brothers, Islamabad ...
Prices of sacrificial animals keep buyers away
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As the Eid-ul-Azha is fast approaching, the rising prices of the sacrificial animals are becoming unaffordable ...
Have some pity on cricket, PCB
ISLAMABAD After watching the abysmal performance of the senior Pakistani batsmen against the Kiwis on Monday night in Abu Dhabi, ...
Inactive federations big worry for lawmakers
ISLAMABAD The Senate Standing Committee on Sports criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and national sports federations on ...
Islamabad restrict Rawalpindi in Quaid Trophy
ISLAMABAD Rawalpindi managed 218 for 8 on the second day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket match against Islamabad here at ...
PSB plans dope tests ahead of SA Games
ISLAMABAD Pakistani boxers and weightlifters would probably undergo dope tests before visiting Dhaka for the 11th South Asian ...
Karachi
Plants running below capacity
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) following its new load-shedding plan has generated just 610MWs on ...
Civil society wants arrest of Nisar's killers
KARACHI - The civil society on Tuesday demanded the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the killing of renowned ...
MQM eyes 6 to 7 seats in GB Assembly
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which is contesting election of Gilgit-Baltistan legislative assembly, has confident ...
Katchi abadi dwellers get lease documents
KARACHI - The Sindh government has delivered ownership documents to the inhabitants of Bismillah Colony Sector 11-G and 11-F ...
Lyari road projects get govt's nod
KARACHI - The Sindh government has given approval for the construction of development schemes in Lyari and other towns of the ...
Conflict resolution a science of peace
KARACHI - Conflict resolution is essentially if not absolutely a science of peace. Peace is in itself now an established academic ...
NZ & China remain unbeaten in WC hockey qualifiers
KARACHI Favourite New Zealand and challengers China remained unbeaten in the league round of the six nation mens World Hockey ...
Lahore
Cylinder blast terrifies cops
LAHORE - Panic Tuesday gripped the City especially police personnel deployed outside the Capital City Police Office and general ...
LHC takes notice of poll campaign in GB
LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday hearing appeals against postponement of by-election in Punjab took ...
Shahbaz praises France's cooperation in water supply project
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that France has played a commendable role in the progress and ...
Roberts Farm tenants protest for their rights
LAHORE - Tenants of Roberts Agricultural Farms, Rahim Yar Khan, Tuesday staged a protest demonstration at Faisal Chowk to protest ...
Arrest warrants of 'Q' MPA issued
LAHORE - A civil judge has issued arrest warrants of PML-Q MPA Sardar Dildar Cheema for failing to appear before the court in a ...
PHA forcing ad agencies to remove PTI banners
LAHORE - President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Lahore Mehmood-ur-Rasheed has alleged that the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) ...
Former cricketers urge Zardari to intervene
LAHORE Former Test cricketers and captains have asked the PCB chief patron to spare some tine to intervene in the falling ...
PFF asks AFC to allot one int'l event
LAHORE The Pakistan Football Federation has requested the Asian Football Confederation not to ignore Pakistan in its 2010-11 ...
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