Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Front Page
US attacks now intolerable: PM
ISLAMABAD/Lahore - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the whole nation was concerned about the US and NATO drones attacks inside Pakistan and explained the government's stand that these attacks were not doing any service to the ongoing war against terrorists, rather adding to their ...
Angry mob kills two robbers
KARACHI - Angry residents of the Saeedabad area killed two robbers. The robbers were tried to escape after killing a worker of ...
PIA likely to operate extra Haj flights
LAHORE - PIA authorities have feared that due to consecutive delay in dispatching passports by Religious Ministry to the airline ...
International
Interfaith meeting to concentrate on common values, not religion: UNGA president
UNITED NATIONS: - The UN General Assembly's inter-faith meeting opens Wednesday, with delegates frocuing not on religion but on ...
Star to watch
With more than 7,000 one day runs in 235 games at an average of 40.50, Shivnarine Chanderpaul is one batsman that every ...
Germany to resist American pressure
BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's Defence Minister said Tuesday that Berlin would resist any US pressure to send troops to the ...
Olmert warns of looming confrontation with Hamas
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned on Tuesday of a looming confrontation with the Hamas ...
World recalls end of Great War I
DOUAUMONT, France, (AFP) - Europe on Tuesday marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, with the handful of surviving ...
A promise fulfilled in a Taliban stronghold
KAJAKI DAM, Afghanistan - Five shipping containers marked with the Afghan flag, some of them still wrapped in plastic, now sit in ...
Maldives President sworn in
Male (AFP) - A former political prisoner who unseated Asia's longest-serving leader as president of the Maldives was sworn into ...
Palin wants God to show her way to White House
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Defeated Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she hopes God will "show her the way" before ...
NKorea's Kim may have had second stroke
TOKYO (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il may have had a second stroke in October that has affected his speech, a Japanese ...
Four killed in Baghdad attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Four people were killed and more than two dozen wounded on Tuesday in attacks across the Iraqi capital, police ...
Taiwan's former President held over graft probe
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian was arrested on Tuesday as prosecutors sought to detain him in connection ...
Five dead in China quake
Beijing (AFP) - Five factory workers were killed when a building collapsed during a powerful earthquake that rocked northwestern ...
Business
Remittances rise by 13pc to $2.346b in 4 months
KARACHI - Remittances sent home by Overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of dollars 2,345.99 million ...
Sindh gets Rs8.7 billion less from centre in FY09
KARACHI-Sindh province has suffered over Rs8.7 billion shortfall in federal transfers during first four months (July to October) ...
SBP seeks further powers
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan has demanded more powers from the federal government to impose financial penalties on the ...
Investment in income funds now highly attractive
KARACHI - With Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) recent decision to mark down TFC (Term Finance ...
Lowest turnover tide keeps benchmark index unchanged
LAHORE - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Tuesday witnessed yet another dull dreary and flat day, as the investors with their ...
SNGPL Union sets 15-day deadline
LAHORE - The SNGPL Employees Union CBA has set 15-day deadline for the govt to accept its demands besides arresting the culprits ...
Qamar vows transparent privatisation process
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Privatization, Syed Naveed Qamar on Tuesday assured the Senate that privatization process would be ...
France ready to build windmills for energy
LAHORE - The Ambassador of France, Mr Daniel Jouanneau, has said that France is ready to extend cooperation to Pakistan in ...
Increase mark-up rate to aggravate economic crisis
LAHORE - Any further increase in mark-up rate will not only be detrimental to exports but it would also aggravate ongoing ...
China posts another record trade surplus
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Tuesday its trade surplus hit a monthly all-time high of 35.2 billion dollars in October, as exports ...
Politics
Zardari leaves for NY to attend inter-faith moot
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday left for US to attend the interfaith conference scheduled to ...
Efforts afoot to avert PML-Q fracture
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q, in its elders' meeting to be held today, will most likely constitute a special committee to ...
Bhasha Dam to cost $12b
ISLAMABAD- The federal government in a meeting on Tuesday accorded approval to the Diamer Bhasha Dam worth $ 12.6 billion, and ...
US may talk to Iran
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama's incoming administration is considering a regional strategy to the war in Afghanistan that could ...
Singh refutes reports of Obama snub
INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made light of reports that US President-elect Barack Obama ignored India while making ...
FIA obtains 7-day remand of Munaf Kalia
LAHORE - Federal Investigation agency (FIA) on Tuesday obtained seven days remand of Munaf Kalia, Director of Khanani and Kalia ...
Obama wants trials of Guantanamo detainees on U.S. soil: report
WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama is formulating a plan to put Guantanamo detainees on trials on U.S. soil, which will ...
Pakistan focuses on its losses from ongoing Afghan conflict
UNITED NATIONS - Vowing to continue supporting Afghanistan's efforts to achieve peace and security, Pakistan has brought into ...
Entertainment
Starlings turned sky black
THE Scottish border town of Gretna Green has an influx of visitors, and not just the human kind. It seems locals and tourists ...
Pot plants may absorb toxic gas
TOKYO (AFP) - As well as brightening your room, pot plants may one day help to prevent headaches in "sick" houses by absorbing ...
Bacteria in mouth help make certain foods tasty
SCIENTISTS in Switzerland are reporting that bacteria in the human mouth play a role in creating the ...
Phoenix probe mission on Mars ends: Nasa
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA scientists said Monday the Phoenix Mars lander has gone silent because of a lack of sunlight needed to ...
Baby elephant adopted by sheep
It's as close to the lion lying down with the lamb as you are likely to see - the lamb is a full-grown sheep and its snoozing ...
Rice, Yemeni child bride Glamour's 'women of the year'
NEW YORK (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a Yemeni girl who broke with tribal tradition to obtain a divorce ...
Islamabad
Sports ministry seeks report from PHF
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sports Pir Aftab Hussain Jillani disclosed here Tuesday that the ministry of sports had demanded ...
Farhan, Amir Atlas in Pakistan Open quarters
ISLAMABAD - Besides top seed Farhan Mehboob, Aamir Atlas Kan, Yassir Butt, Campbell Grayson, Safeerullah Khan, Waqar Mehboob, ...
Bogies of cargo train derailed
RAWALPINDI - At least 20 bogies of a cargo train derailed the track at Poripul area near Rawalpindi Railway Station in the wee ...
Police arrest 4 staffers of Mohafiz Force
RAWALPINDI - Police Tuesday arrested four Tigers (staffers) of Mohafiz Force and three other accused for their alleged ...
Hooligans make poor waiters poorer
ISLAMABAD - A little thrill for some can put others in a big trouble. And excitement at the cost of others, especially the poor, ...
Maqbool replaces Uxi as NMM project director
ISLAMABAD - The government has terminated the services of Uxi Mufti, Project Director Creative Works, National Monument Museum ...
PML-Q wants legislation for women rights
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Whip of PML-Q in National Assembly Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada Tuesday said his party wanted 'serious ...
'Harassment Act a welcome step'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The members of civil society organizations in a meeting termed the approval of sexual harassment act a 'welcome ...
National
Punjab complete hat-trick as Games end in tears
PESHAWAR - Punjab completed a hat-trick by winning the trophy of the third Inter-Provincial Games for the third consecutive time, ...
A glace at today's match
Pakistan v West Indies 1st ODI Fortune Cup Pakistan team might not have played much cricket off late but they couldn't have ...
Karachi
APC for shelving Qadirpur Gas Field privatisation
KARACHI - Speakers at All Parties Conference (APC) held under the aegis of Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh Tuesday unanimously gave a ...
ETD officials hire men to mint money
KARACHI - Some senior officials of Sindh Excise and Taxation Department (ETD) have hired their own private persons to mint money ...
Nato tanker snatched
KARACHI - A NATO oil tanker was snatched from the jurisdictions of Memon Goth police station when the tanker was on the way to ...
Genomic study on red Sindhi cows
KARACHI - The scientists of the Karachi University (KU) are carrying out a genomic research on red Sindhi cows, the most popular ...
ST worker among three killed in City
KARACHI - A worker of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) was shot dead during a wave of political violence in the City. Meanwhile, a property ...
Sindh athlete injured in blast
KARACHI - Sajjad, a member of Sindh judo team was injured in the bomb blast that occurred at the main gate of the Qayyum Stadium ...
FIH presidential race become two man contest
KARACHI - Peter Cohen of Australia initially considered as a strong candidate for the FIH's top job has withdrawn his nomination ...
Lahore
India may call off Pakistan cricket tour
LAHORE - The Indian cricket team tour to Pakistan in January is likely to be called off due to the Indian mission's security ...
Too early to say anything: PCB
LAHORE - There was no top Pakistan Cricket Board official available for comments when contacted. Neither the PCB chairman ...
PCB divided over banning ICL players
LAHORE - In what would come as a glimmer of hope for players banned for joining the Indian Cricket League, the PCB on Monday ...
Dengue spreads its tentacles
LAHORE - Dengue cases have touched the figure of 800 in different cities including 730 in Lahore alone causing seven deaths so ...
CDG wakes up at last
LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore on Tuesday launched Dengue Fever Control Programme to stop any further spread of ...
PPP promises 'breaking news' in Punjab
LAHORE - The PPP's Punjab President Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan on Tuesday said that his party would give a "breaking news" to the ...
Hearing of pleas against power tariff adjourned
LAHORE- The Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned for November 14 the hearing of more than 100 petitions of industrial and ...
Chief Justice appoints 42 civil judges
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain on Tuesday made fresh appointments of 42 civil ...
CJ takes suo moto notice of bonded labour
LAHORE -Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain (LHC), taking suo moto notice of tying a young man of ...
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