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 22, 2008
Front Page
Gas prices to go up by 7.7 per cent
ISLAMABAD " In addition to the fears of the demand-pushed load shedding of gas during the peak winter season ahead, the utility would be getting dearer in terms of price increase by a little over seven per cent from January 1, 2009. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, in its determination made public ...
PML-N, ANP MNAs trade barbs over Pukhtoonkhwa
ISLAMABAD - The legislators belonging to Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Awami National Party traded harsh words in the Lower ...
Gilani, Kayani discuss impact of US attacks on Fata action
ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed overall ...
No defence budget cut in IMF deal: govt
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan acquired a total of Rs 3.4 trillion domestic loan and $40.243 billion foreign debt outstanding as on ...
International
Thousands of Iraqis protest US mily pact
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Thousands of Shia followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday ...
Israel maintains Gaza closure despite humanitarian concerns
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel said on Friday it will maintain its closure of the Gaza Strip despite international concern over a ...
Politics must not be allowed to divide people
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged Indians on Friday to reject centuries of ethnic and religious ...
Russian parliament passes longer presidential terms
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian lawmakers gave final approval Friday to a bill extending presidential terms, after a speech on the economy ...
20 killed as fighters strike in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (AFP) - At least 20 people, including 11 fighters, were killed on Friday in fighting pitting Muslim fighters against ...
Bush hails record on democracy
LIMA (AFP) - US President George W Bush in an interview aired Friday hailed his record promoting democracy and free trade, ...
Ban renews appeal to Israel to allow relief assistance to Gaza
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday renewed his appeal to Israel to allow the urgent delivery of ...
Business
Inflation rises to 29 per cent
ISLAMABAD- Inflation in the previous week ended on November 20 shot up to 29 per cent during a year as compared to the price of ...
Food group exports up by 90pc
KARACHI - An enormous increase of 90 per cent had been witnessed in the exports of food group during first four months ...
Cars import growth declines
KARACHI - The motor cars' import growth has declined by -61.59 per cent during the four months of the current fiscal (July-Oct, ...
Cartel increases cement prices by Rs10-15
KARACHI - Pakistani cement cartel is raising the prices of commodity despite a downward trend in local sales and decline of coal ...
Slapping agri tax not part of IMF package terms: Wattoo
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo here on Friday said that the imposition of ...
Last day of week awakes KSE with mere 3.01 points
LAHORE - Trading volume at the Karachi stock market on last day of the business week Friday shrank a great deal from the already ...
Comprehensive report on economy - misplaced?
The panel of 18 economists formed by the Government to help stabilize the Pak economy recently came up with its final report ...
Govt providing all-out support to auto-makers
ISLAMABAD - The government is providing all-out support to the auto manufacturers and vendor industry in overcoming the current ...
Politics
Religious scholar killed in Quetta
QUETTA - Three persons, including a religious scholar and a police constable, were killed and another injured in incidents of ...
Police raid JI office to arrest Munawar
LAHORE - A team of Islamabad police on Friday conducted a raid at Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan head-office at Mansoora, for the ...
Taseer trying to destabilise Punjab govt, says Ahsan
ISLAMABAD - PML-N central leader Ahsan Iqbal here on Friday said that Governor Punjab Salman Taseer was trying to destabilise the ...
UN Secy-Gen concerned over US attacks
UNITED NATIONS-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday expressed his concern over US cross-border attacks on suspected ...
US attorney general had fainting spell
WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Michael Mukasey is getting better after collapsing during a speech, a spokeswoman said Friday. ...
India admits killing of 47,000 people in IHK
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - The nearly two-decade-old freedom struggle of Kashmiris in Occupied Kashmir has left 47,000 people dead, ...
Al-Qaeda on the wane: US intelligence
NEW YORK - While noting that al-Qaeda remains a major threat, the group's indiscriminate killings and inattention to the ...
Pakistan going through 'silent revolution': ex-CJ
NEW YORK - Stating that Pakistan was going through "an evolution as well as a silent revolution", sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar ...
PPP may lose govt, warns Nawaz
LAHORE-PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that PPP is fast losing popularity amongst the masses because of not ...
Hillary accepts US Secretary of State offer
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - New York Sen Hillary Clinton has accepted an offer from President-elect Barack Obama to become US ...
Army conducts exercise to shoot down drones
MULTAN - Pakistan Army successfully tested a short-range, surface-to-air missile capable of destroying drones, the country's ...
Entertainment
Jackson 'converts' to Islam
MICHAEL Jackson has become a Muslim. The singer changed his name to Mikaeel in a ceremony at a friend's Los Angeles home just ...
Madonna granted divorce
POP star Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been granted a divorce at the High Court in London. The decree nisi was granted ...
Bruce Willis sues Malaysian royal
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is suing a Malaysian company and its royal chairman over an investment in an ...
103 years later, Einstein's proven right
PARIS (AFP) - It's taken more than a century, but Einstein's celebrated formula e=mc has finally been corroborated, thanks to a ...
Media violence cited as 'critical risk factor' for aggression
YOU are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behaviour in young people, and a new ...
NASA radar detects vast glaciers on red planet
VAST glaciers, up to a mile thick and tens of miles long, have been discovered on Mars in what scientists believe is the remnants ...
Islamabad
Caucus formed for women legislators
ISLAMABAD - Women Parliamentarians' Caucus, with the objectives to protect women's rights and women empowerment, was formally ...
Sale of steroids on the rise
ISLAMABAD - Prohibited steroids are being sold across the country posing serious health hazards for masses. TheNation witnessed ...
Campaign against women violence on Nov 25
ISLAMABAD - To end gender-based discrimination and violence, about 1,000 events aimed at raising awareness are going to be ...
'Poor will bear brunt of IMF package'
ISLAMABAD - Experts demanded that the government cut its expenditure, refrain from imposition of an agriculture tax and, most of ...
CJP calls all parties in court on Nov 25
Islamabad - After completing judicial probe into doctors' thrashing case in Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH), the ...
Former DCO summoned in court contempt case
RAWALPINDI - The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi bench, Friday directed an Assistant Advocate General (AAG) to ensure the ...
Karachi
Peaceful Karachi govt's top priority: Asif Zardari
KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that mutual consultation of Governor Sindh, Chief Minister, Home Minister and City ...
Five more children abandoned
KARACHI - Five more children have been abandoned, due to poverty, at Edhi Centre, said Abdul Sattar Edhi here on Friday. The ...
Court grants physical remand of Khanani, Kalia
KARACHI - Judicial and Sessions Magistrate (South) on Friday, granted physical remand of accused Munaf Kalia and Javed Khanani, ...
Citizen's killing in fake encounter remains mysterious
KARACHI - The alleged police encounter, which claimed an innocent live in Baldia town about one month ago, continues to remain a ...
Funds dearth: HEC to end MPhil, PhD programme
KARACHI - Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to stop sending students abroad on scholarships for MPhil and PhD ...
Residency permit for aliens?
KARACHI (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has indicated the need for issuance of "residency permit" to aliens, illegally living ...
Lahore
'Safety First' campaign starts to avoid fog-related mishaps
LAHORE - With the dawn of the foggy season, the National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) have started adopting extra-ordinary ...
FIR registered against accused
LAHORE - The provincial police officer has informed the Lahore High Court that an FIR on the directions has been registered ...
Snowfall in hilly areas brings mercury down
LAHORE - Snowfall in hilly areas and change in wind direction has caused considerable decrease in the mercury level in plains, ...
PA questions Centre's treading on Punjab pitch
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Friday questioned the formation of the National Assembly Committee for monitoring the working of ...
Petition against Taseer dismissed
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Friday dismissed a writ petition filed against Governor Punjab Salman Taseer for using delaying ...
Package for provincial autonomy ready
LAHORE - Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Babar Awan has said that present government stands for provincial ...
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