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 Saturday, November 21, 2009
Front Page
ISI Chief confronts CIA counterpart with evidence
ISLAMABAD Serious differences are understood to have cropped up between Pakistans premier intelligence agency ISI and US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over the latters dismal role in countering terrorism in Pakistan, TheNation reliably learnt on Friday. According to well-placed sources, the ...
'Bulletproof' Mercedes rip-off
ISLAMABAD Massive irregularities were committed in the notorious deal of some 35-bulletproof Mercedes cars during the ...
Ex-PM Jatoi passes away
LONDON National Peoples Party chief and former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi died in London on Friday where he ...
International
11 killed in Congo ethnic clashes
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Two days of clashes between rival ethnic groups killed 11 people in isolated northern Democratic Republic of ...
'Palestinian vote to be postponed'
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for ...
EU leaders face flak as new president keeps low profile
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile Friday as the 27-nation blocs leaders faced flak for ...
Riots over Egypt football defeat; 35 hurt
CAIRO (AFP) - Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at riot police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, leaving dozens ...
Maoists derail train, kill 2
RANCHI, India (AFP) - Suspected Maoist rebels derailed a passenger train in eastern India, killing two people and injuring more ...
Bond returns to NZ team for Pakistan Tests
WELLINGTON (AFP) Star fast bowler Shane Bond has been recalled to the New Zealand Test squad to play Pakistan in the first two ...
Gambhir, Tendulkar tons save India
AHMEDABAD (India) (AFP) Gautam Gambhir made 114 and Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 100 as India batted out the final day to ...
Pacquiao in no rush for Mayweather clash
MANILA (AFP) Newly crowned WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao said he was in no rush to fight American Floyd Mayweather Junior ...
PCB may be asked to assure players' safety in IPL
MUMBAI Pakistan government has no reservations over sending its players to India and participate in the IPL, said Federal ...
More world records expected in Singapore
SINGAPORE (AFP) The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore on Saturday with expectations ...
ElBaradei hopes for Iran fuel deal by year-end
BERLIN (Reuters) - The chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Friday he hoped for an agreement with Iran on an ...
Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
COCKERMOUTH, England (AFP) - A policeman died after being swept away by 'biblical floods in Britains scenic Lake District, ...
Pakistan denies report about Mullah Omar's presence in Karachi
WASHINGTON - There is no evidence that Mullah Omar has taken refuge in Karachi, the Pakistan Embassy here said Friday, refuting ...
Tehran has 'not responded positively': Six powers
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has not responded positively to a plan for ...
Hillary, Karzai have good rapport
NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clintons rapport with Hamid Karzai makes her a good go-between for Karzai and President ...
Hardline Hindus target Indian TV station
MUMBAI (AFP) - Seven people were arrested in Mumbai on Friday after activists from a hardline Hindu regional political party ...
Business
6,000 more USC outlets to be set up
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo has said that the government has decided to ...
Govt bags Rs112b revenue from telecom sector
KARACHI - The countrys telecom sector has shown 20 percent growth in its revenues by generating Rs327.8 billion total revenues in ...
Pakistan, Indonesia to finalise PTA by year-end
LAHORE - The Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia, Ishaq Latuconsina, has said that Preferential Trade Agreement between Pakistan ...
ICCI for broadening tax base
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Friday urged the government to explore new avenues for ...
KSE adds 55 points as profit-taking limits gains
KARACHI - Profit-taking in late hours minimised the intra-day gain on Friday as KSE 100-index finally gained 55 points to close ...
EU may lift ban on seafood import
KARACHI - The government is hopeful that European Union will lift ban over import of seafood from Pakistan, as the authorities ...
Cabinet Committee on Textile meets
ISLAMABAD - The Cabinet Committee on Textile, which met here Friday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Textile ...
But wait a minute Mr Prime Minister, what about me?
The Prime Minister last week announced that owing to some smart economic management by his government, Pakistans economy is now ...
'70pc gas being wasted by domestic consumers'
RAWALPINDI (APP) - The domestic consumers were wasting 70 percent of natural gas owing to inefficient home appliances which could ...
Australian firm enhances support in oil, gas sector
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A leading Australian firm SMEC International has joined hands with Clough Engineering and Integrated Solutions ...
Politics
Mastermind of Capital attacks held
ISLAMABAD Capital Police have claimed that mastermind of suicide attacks on World Food Programme building and Rescue 15 office ...
India asked to open its eyes: FM
MULTAN Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday warned 'India or any one else not to remain in illusions, saying Pakistan ...
No Indo-Pak talks is a win for terrorists
ISLAMABAD Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit has said that India does not seem intent on initiating composite talks with ...
US missile strike kills eight in NWA
NORTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY At least eight terrorists were killed when an American drone targeted a militant compound here at Machi ...
Dr Aafia to boycott trial
NEW YORK While a defiant Aafia Siddiqui declared that she would boycott her trial in January, a federal judge Thursday rejected ...
12 militants die in Bajaur unrest
PESHAWAR At least 12 militants were killed and many others got injured in different clashes with security forces in Bajaur ...
8 terrorists killed in Bara
LANDI KOTAL As many as eight militants were killed here in tehsil Bara on Friday, FC sources informed. According to details, a ...
Court may take up NRO beneficiaries cases
ISLAMABAD Fate of the beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is hanging in balance, as cases of corruption ...
US Afghan policy should address Pak concerns: PM
ISLAMABAD Director US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon E. Panetta has stressed the need for enhancing operational ...
Revisit strategy on Pak nukes, govt asks US
ISLAMABAD (APP) Minister for Defence Production Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi on Friday asked the Obama administration to review its ...
Women to be given state land in Fata
ISLAMABAD (APP) President Asif Ali Zardari Friday afternoon directed to include provision of satellite imaging of future ...
Singh labels Pak terror sponsor
WASHINGTON Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has accused Pakistan of using terror as an instrument of state policy, and urged ...
Mushahid urges Karzai to stop India
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed Friday urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai not to allow the use of ...
Reforms body soft pedals on given tasks
ISLAMABAD Although President Asif Ali Zardari has given the deadline of December 31 to Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional ...
CJ for Acid Control Act
ISLAMABAD - Legal efforts should be made to halt increasing acid attacks on women and laws should also be enacted against acid ...
5 terrorists killed in SWA clashes
Islamabad - Security forces killed at least five terrorists while one soldier was injured in an encounter that took place at ...
60pc youth have faith in military: Poll
LAHORE - In a representative poll conducted by British Council, it has been revealed that only 15 per cent of the youth in ...
Cabinet reshuffle may fizzle out
ISLAMABAD - President Zardari and his ruling party PPP are unlikely to go ahead with the planned reshuffle overdue in the Federal ...
Complete shutterdown strike in Quetta
QUETTA-A peaceful and complete shutter-down strike was observed in provincial capital and many other parts of Balochistan on the ...
Two injured in NATO convoy attack
QUETTA-Two persons sustained injuries when unidentified armed men attacked a container carrying goods for NATO troops in ...
Bombers kill 23 in Afghanistan
HERAT (AFP) - Bomb attacks on Friday killed 23 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzais second term that ...
Ahle-Sunnat leader killed
KARACHI - The leader of banned outfit Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan Engineer Ilyas Zubair was shot dead by the unknown assailants in ...
Entertainment
Oprah Winfrey to end her talk show in 2011
THE Oprah Winfrey Show is to end in September 2011 after more than two decades on air, the production company behind the ...
Global warming and 9/11
TERRORISM, economic turmoil and climate change have shaped the 2000s, not only affecting how people live but their language, with ...
I'll quit politics next year: Arnold
HOLLYWOOD star-turned-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced hell quit as a politician next year. The former ...
Nicole hospitalised
AMERICAN actress-singer Nicole Richie has been hospitalised with pneumonia. The star was taken to the Cedars-Sinai Medical ...
Uma signs on for Bel Ami
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Uma Thurman soon will be making time with Rob Pat-tinson. The actress has signed to star opposite the ...
Kate comes under fire for skinny comments
KATE Moss needs to watch what she says The British supermodel has come under fire for making comments, which could promote ...
Islamabad
Sports Minister announces projects for rural areas
ISLAMABAD The Federal Minister for Sports, Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani, has said that the ministry of sports had taken a vital ...
NBF, FJWU in forefront to celebrate Children's Day
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) A large number of children including students of the twin cities thronged National Book Foundation (NBF) on ...
Film festival at FJWU
RAWALPINDI - Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Rawalpindi Friday organised a film festival to celebrate the 20th anniversary ...
Readymade garments sale on the rise
ISLAMABAD (APP): The sale of ready made garments got momentum after the customers in the twin cities constant complains against ...
Divided Self, Himalayan Odyssey goes on display at Tanzara
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The exhibition of exquisite paintings and stunning wood nymph series by the prominent artist Raja Changez Sultan ...
Overcharging ahead of Eid irks passengers
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The residents of twin cities are preturbed over increasing fares of local transport in the wake of upcoming ...
Lok Virsa gets award
ISLAMABAD (APP)- National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa participated in the Second Contest on Better ...
Karachi
Hockey WC qualifier tensely balanced
KARACHI Favourite Belgium and host challengers Argentina, with equal ten points from four outings and Ireland with seven, will ...
Fishermen lambastes government policies
KARACHI - The fishermen community as well as the civil society on Friday rejected the unilateral draft of 'National Fisheries ...
PFF holds boats rally to mark World Fisheries Day
KARACHI - Pakistan Fisher folk Forum (PFF) on Friday took out a boats rally from Karachi Fish Harbor to Baba Bhit Island in ...
Physical activity must for healthy kid
KARACHI - Regular physical activity is part and parcel of a childs growth and development, and there are simple, low-cost ways to ...
PPP disappointed Sindhis: Palijo
KARACHI - The President of Awami Tehreek, Ayaz Latif Palijo, has said that the PPP government has disappointed the people of ...
Time for women to come forward: PTI women's president
KARACHI - President Womens Wing Tehreek-e-Insaf Fauzia Kasuri on Friday said that it was time for women to come forward and take ...
No political will to safeguard consumer rights
KARACHI (PPI) - Growing trend of profiteering has created a lot of problems for consumers, who become victim to unfair business ...
Lahore
Corruption charges attempt to destabilise democracy
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer has said that the charges of corruption and misappropriation of funds are an attempt to ...
Rector FC collapses at stage
LAHORE - Rector Foreman Christian (FC) College University Dr Peter H Armacost collapsed at the stage during the 3rd annual ...
Use of manpower can make Pak prosperous
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said Pakistan is rich in natural resources as well as manpower and there is a ...
Blue-eyed firms being awarded projects bypassing PHA rules
LAHORE - The financial kickbacks in the procedure of awarding contracts to favorite firms bypassing set rules and regulations ...
Campaigns come to end without manifesto
LAHORE - Ending their months long hectic and the most expensive campaign, different groups of lawyers are poised for the Punjab ...
Open courts fail to address public grievances
LAHORE - The open courts held by the top bosses of police department have almost closed down as people have stopped visiting ...
Public hospitals fail to accommodate patients load
LAHORE - The public hospitals in the provincial metropolis are grappling with serious problems owing to low capacity to ...
Model Town win hockey title
LAHORE Model High School Model Town won the hockey title of the Inter-school and Collegiate Games here at the National Hockey ...
PCB chief denies giving statement on Shoaib
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt has denied giving any statement regarding Shoaib Akhtar. Talking to newsmen at ...
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy eighth round from today
LAHORE The eighth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy cricket tournament will start on Saturday (today) at different centers of the ...
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