Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Front Page
Operation Lionheart launched at border
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US military has launched a coordinated operation with Pakistani forces to put pressure on insurgents on both sides of Afghanistan's wild eastern frontier, a US military commander said Tuesday. Dubbed "Operation Lionheart", the operation takes cooperation between US, Afghan ...
Shahbaz strikes back
LAHORE - The series of advisory letters on the formation of the govt and governance, written by both the Punjab govt and the ...
Cabinet takes up IMF loan today
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's proclaimed indigenous economic stabilisation plan entailed to $7.6 billion bailout package of the ...
10 dead as Taliban siege tribal elders
KHAR (Agencies) - Taliban militants attacked tribal leaders in Bajaur near the Afghan border on Tuesday, triggering a gunbattle ...
International
Musharraf to address a U.S. thinktank in Michigan in January
NEW YORK - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will be the keynote speaker at the annual dinner of the World Affairs ...
Israeli tanks storm into Gaza Strip
GAZA CITY (Agencies) - Israeli tanks forged into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing rocket and mortar fire from ...
Iraq war set to end not on Bush's terms
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W Bush appears to have had to back down from his long-held opposition to an unconditional ...
Afghanistan security at worst since fall of Taliban: UN envoy
OSLO (Agencies) - Security in Afghanistan is at its worst since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the United Nations ...
Peres eyes deal after Obama election
LONDON (AFP) - Israel's President Shimon Peres said Tuesday he felt confident about the prospects for a Middle East peace deal ...
Seized Saudi oil tanker anchors off Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) - A hijacked Saudi super-tanker, carrying 100 million dollars of oil, anchored Tuesday off a notorious Somali ...
Uranium at Syria site comes from Israeli missiles: FM
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Traces of uranium on a site in northern Syria were residue from Israeli missiles used to bomb the area in Sept ...
Lord Nazir could be charged
LONDON - Member of the British House of Lords Nazir Ahmed could be charged with dangerous driving after a six-car Christmas Day ...
India, Egypt ink extradition agreement
NEW DELHI (APP) - India and Egypt signed here Tuesday five agreements including an extradition treaty and another for ...
Involvement in US spy scandal fabrication, says China
BEIJING (AFP) - China Tuesday called allegations that it bought US military space technology from a Chinese-born physicist a ...
Business
Foreign debt dips by $737m
KARACHI - The external debt and foreign exchange liabilities of Pakistan showed a surprising decline of 737 million dollars ...
Protocol of projects cooperation signed between Punjab, CNCEC
LAHORE - A protocol of projects cooperation between Punjab government and China's top entrepreneur was signed in Beijing on the ...
Cellular subscribers growth drops in October
KARACHI - The cellular subscriptions again slowed down in October after picking up slightly in the previous month. Overall, ...
MoU for 390MW project signed
LAHORE - Punjab Industrial Estates and Amwal International Investments of Kuwait Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...
IMF assistance to act as steroid for financial system
LAHORE - The initial installments of loan from the IMF expected within few weeks will change the whole economic scenario of the ...
Oil falls below $53
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) forecast a contraction in global oil ...
Austrian investment in water, power to be welcomed
ISLAMABAD " Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf, has said that the government will welcome the Austrian ...
Karachi Port handles massive export cargo
KARACHI - Karachi port has handled massive export cargo and total dry cargo handling showed an upward growth trend in ...
Lowest-ever volume at Karachi stock market
LAHORE - Business resumed on Tuesday in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) with very slow activity and throughout the day remained ...
Dubai property giant hard hit
DUBAI'S main stock market tumbled six per cent on Sunday amid growing fears that the Gulf's property and investment boom would ...
Politics
Bengali resigns due to rift with Farzana
KARACHI - Veteran Economist Kaiser Bengali who was patron of Benazir Bhutto Income Support Programme (BISP) has tendered his ...
HRW calls for prosecution of Indian police
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A leading human rights group on Tuesday called for Indian police to be punished for torturing Muslim men ...
Women abandon 8 kids due to poverty
KARACHI-Three women left their eight beloved children to Edhi Home in its Metadhar office in Lyari due to extreme poverty as they ...
Democracy sans free judiciary not possible
NEW YORK - Calling it a "proud moment", the President of New York City Bar Association on Monday conferred the association's ...
No un-Islamic law will be passed
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazami said that no law contrary to the teachings of Quran and Sunnah ...
Religious leaders target CII stance
ISLAMABAD - Expressing their serious reservations over the current composition of the Council of Islamic Ideology, leaders of ...
Body formed for Northern Areas status
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani constituted a Cabinet Committee to look into the possibility of granting ...
Big cabinet not sending good message: Tarin
ADVISOR to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has said that all-out efforts would be made for making the IMF loan taken this ...
Tribal engagement important: Mullen
WASHINGTON (APP) - Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman US Joint Chief of Staff, has said the strategy of tribal engagement has great ...
Mind your language, PPP warns Sana
LAHORE-PPP Punjab President, Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan and PPP MPA, Qasim Zia ,in a joint statement, took strong exception to ...
Entertainment
Britney terms life a prison
TROUBLED pop singer Britney Spears has compared her life to living in prison. The 26-year-old has made a comeback from her ...
International Space Station turns 10
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Space Station, one of the most ambitious space projects ever and a key launching board for ...
Jolie makes tearful tribute to late mum
ANGELINA Jolie choked back tears as she revealed that her role in Changeling was played in her late mother's honour. ...
'Australia' debuts in rainy Sydney
NICOLE Kidman and Hugh Jackman have attended the world premiere of period epic Australia in a rainy Sydney. Directed by Baz ...
Marine 'jelly balls' can combat global warming
LARGE numbers of 'marine 'jelly balls' that have appeared off the east coast of Australia could be part of the planet's mechanism ...
Britain's smallest horse
A pony so tiny her owner can pick her up in her arms is laying claim to the title of Britain's smallest horse . Lucy the ...
Islamabad
Ad-financed bus stops to net city Rs 4.5m/yr
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA)'s agreement with a private advertisement firm for construction of bus shelters ...
Land prices falling in Capital
ISLAMABAD - The prices of properties have declined almost by 30 per cent during the current year due to the lack of interest of ...
IHC seeks report about cut in petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The single bench of Islamabad High Court here Tuesday reissued notices to Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and ...
CDA prepares plan to cope with dengue
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The health directorate of Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared an action plan against the spread of ...
HEC autonomy to end soon
ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to bring Higher Education Commission (HEC) under the Ministry of Education thus ending the ...
An eagerly awaited addition to capital's cultural landscape
The way to reach The Arts and Craft Village set at the foot of the Shakarparian Hills, all one has to do is zip across 7th Avenue ...
Sohail Tanvir rocks Balochistan
ISLAMABAD - A furious bowling spell by lanky left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir (6 for 10) tattered the batting line of visitors ...
National
Tour de Pakistan 4th leg to finish today
RAHIM YAR KHAN (APP) - Participants of the ongoing 14th Tour de Pakistan international cycle race after covering 178 km from ...
Karachi
Pedestrian bridges project in limbo
KARACHI - The inordinate delay in the construction of pedestrian bridges in various parts of the city has resulted in increasing ...
Fire damages plaza
KARACHI - A fire was erupted at Landmark Plaza on I.I. Chundrigar Road on Tuesday early morning, however no casualty was ...
Court summons 'Jirga' in karo-kari case
KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the jirga members involved in declaring a married couple as karo-kari ...
PNF launches Centre of Nursing Excellence
Karachi - Chief Minister Sindh inaugurated a Centre of Nursing Excellence set up by the Pakistan National Forum on Women's Health ...
WSF plaque unveiled
KARACHI - Finally, the World Social Forum plaque was unveiled after almost two years since its inception, which took place in the ...
Rs 46m relief sent to Balochistan quake victims
KARACHI - The Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO) has launched a Humanitarian Response Programme (HRP) to provide ...
PST aims at harnessing Pakistan's sports talent
KARACHI - Chairman Pakistan Sports Trust Lt General(r) Arif Hasan has said Pakistan sports has the depth and talent to win medals ...
Lahore
Fumigation drive fails to deliver
LAHORE - The CDGL's much-belated dengue fever control programme launched a few days back to control the malaria and dengue fever ...
Dengue stings another woman to death
LAHORE - Another woman who was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Services Hospital due to dengue virus, died here ...
Court orders medical check-up of girls
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered comprehensive medical check up of two minor housemaid sisters who were illegally ...
No more dance in stage dramas: LHC
LAHORE " The Lahore High Court Tuesday imposed a complete ban on dance performances in stage dramas and their telecast on cable ...
LHC employees' pay-raise okayed
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has approved the summary to increase monthly salaries of all non-gazetted employees of the ...
Azma's statement boils tempers, females walk out
LAHORE - Like the first day of the current session of the Punjab Assembly, women MPAs on Tuesday again demanded development funds ...
Intikhab says no problem if series shifted to India
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam says the PCB should not think twice about shifting the upcoming home series to ...
Court seeks Shoaib's bad behaviour record
LAHORE - The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Sayed Zahid Hussain on Tuesday ordered Pakistan Cricket Board to place before ...
Inzamam proposes Lahore Badshahs vs Pakistan series
LAHORE - Indian Cricket League champion Lahore Badshahs' skipper Inzamam-ul Haq has claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ...
PCB in deep financial troubles
LAHORE - The financial crisis in the Pakistan Cricket Board seems to have deepened to the extent that it has yet to pay the match ...
Committee had recommended Rs 5m fine, 12-match ban
ASIF WAS CAUGHT WITH OPIUM AT DUBAI LAHORE - Former PCB Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi has at last spoken out the ...
Nauman, Shakeel put Punjab in trouble
LAHORE - NWFP bowlers Nauman Habib and Shakeel-ur-Rehman rattled Punjab batting on the opening day of the fifth round match of ...
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