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 Sunday, November 22, 2009
Front Page
Murder, embezzlement & balwa amongst the pardoned crimes
ISLAMABAD List of beneficiaries of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) released by Ministry of Law and Justice on Saturday took the top politicians of the state to task and perceived them as black sheep of the society. Some 34 politicians have been ranked first in the list of some 8,041 ...
Haqqani, Wajid among NRO beneficiaries
ISLAMABAD The list of NRO beneficiaries has revealed that three sitting ambassadors also took benefit under the National ...
Peace returns to Swat: Kayani
SWAT Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that peace has been fully restored in Swat due to a successful ...
International
South Africa creates special 'World Cup courts'
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa plans to create special courts dedicated to handling crimes committed during the World Cup, ...
Marseille edge PSG
MARSEILLE (France) (AFP) A first-half goal from Gabriel Heinze vaulted Marseille back into the French title race on Friday, ...
FIFA ban Iraq from international football
PARIS (AFP) World footballs governing body FIFA on Friday announced its decision to suspend the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) ...
Sri Lanka to free all war-displaced civilians
VAVUNIYA (AFP) - Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant free movement to the remaining war-displaced civilians held in internment ...
42 dead, 66 trapped after China mine blast
BEIJING (AFP) - An explosion at a coalmine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua ...
US enlists allies in new surge: Afghanistan
NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama's administration is talking with NATO officials about staging a coordinated rollout of a new ...
US helping some anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan: report
NEW YORK - The United States and Afghanistan have been providing aid to anti-Taliban militias in several parts of Afghanistan, ...
Russia, Kazakhstan sign uranium production plan
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and Kazakhstan signed plan for joint uranium production late Friday, the RIA Novosti news agency ...
Ireland battles severe flooding
DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland battled its worst floods in decades on Saturday, with the government rushing to provide shelter and ...
Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20 years
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed almost 8,900 lives in two decades, the vast majority of them ...
Bangladesh arrests 14 suspected extremists
DHAKA (AFP) - Police in southwestern Bangladesh on Saturday said they had arrested 14 suspected militants who had links to a ...
Australia issues catastrophic alerts
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has issued catastrophic alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more ...
US soldier jailed for six months after Iraq offences
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to six months in ...
Akhtar underwent liposuction against doctor friend's advice
MUMBAI Controversys favourite child, Pakistani pace ace Shoaib Akhtar has always consulted his doctor friend Tauseef Razaq ...
Business
Pharma cos pressurise govt to legalise DTCAs
KARACHI - The pharmaceutical companies are building up pressure on the government to legalise Direct To Consumer Advertisements ...
Delay in LHR-Khanewal dual track to cost PR Rs3b more
LAHORE - The Lahore-Khanewal dual track project cost which was estimated at Rs 8.3 billion at the time of initiation in 2005 has ...
Inflation increases slightly
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on November 19, for the lowest income group upto ...
Gold rockets to record high above $1,150
LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices scaled historic heights above 1,150 dollars per ounce this week, buoyed by the weak greenback and ...
WB says its fund for poorest countries delivers record support during economic crisis
WASHINGTON - The World Bank's fund for 79 poorest countries has delivered record support during the global economic crisis, the ...
KESC signs deal with Abacus and Metro
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) entered into an agreement with Abacus Consulting and Metro Resources Inc for ...
Tariff raise severe threat to growth
KARACHI - President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Abdul Majid Haji Muhammad has expressed deep concern over the ...
SBP formulates strategic framework for microfinance
KARACHI - A dynamic financial sector is emerging to provide financial services to all. Mobile technology is now fuelling banking ...
Thar to be declared Special Economic Zone
KARACHI - An important headway was made when Thar Coal Energy Board (TCEB) which met here Saturday under the chairmanship of ...
Politics
Seeds of acrimony, bitterness sown
LAHORE The exposure of the NRO beneficiaries to the public and the reaction that came from various segments to the same, ...
MQM, PPP on collision course
ISLAMABAD The making public of the National Reconciliation Ordinance beneficiaries list by the government on Saturday has worked ...
Balochistan Package to be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday
ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan has said that joint sitting of the Parliament has been ...
Besieged militants blow themselves up
MIRPUR Three suspected militants blew themselves up after police surrounded them in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on Saturday but ...
MQM ready to face cases in courts, says Sattar
KARACHI MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said that his party leaders are ready to face the politically motivated criminal cases ...
3 MQM men shot dead in Karachi
KARACHI Three workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) were gunned down in three separate incidents while in another incident ...
16 militants killed in operation
PESHAWAR Amidst bombing by jet fighter planes on suspected militant hideouts in Nawagi and Tehsil Mamond at least eight ...
Rocket hits luxury hotel in Kabul
KABUL (AFP/Reuters) A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has injured four people, including two members of the ...
'More troops will be sent to Waziristan'
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has made it clear he will resign from his slot if US security company ...
Hoti orders closure of wedding halls after midnight
PESHAWAR - NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haidar Khan Hoti has directed for closure of wedding halls and centers in Peshawar till 12 ...
Initial probe completed
ISLAMABAD - Joint investigation team formed to resolve the issue of missing persons, particularly Masood Janjua, has completed ...
Faisal asks Ashraf to address TI concerns
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q Parliamentary Leader Faisal Saleh Hayat has asked Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to satisfy ...
Swine flu kills 4 Haj pilgrims
Makkah (AFP) - Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the Haj, the health ministry said in a statement carried by ...
Khuzdar Radio Station attacked
QUETTA (APP) - Unidentified persons fired a rocket targeting Khuzdar Radio Station between Friday-Saturday night. The rocket fell ...
'China has stake in Kashmir'
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - China has a stake in peace in South Asia, and Kashmir in particular, as part of the disputed Himalayan ...
Italy arrests 2 Pakistani suspects
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the militant group ...
Entertainment
Atom-smasher restarts after 14 months
THE Large Hadron Collider experiment has re-started after a 14-month hiatus while the machine was being repaired. Engineers have ...
Heidi officially adopts husband's last name
SUPERMODEL Heidi Klum has legally changed her name to Heidi Samuel, adopting the last name of her singer husband Seal Samuel. ...
Midnight record for Twilight film
THE latest vampire instalment rakes in $26.3 million in midnight ticket sales and is set to make more than $70 million in ...
Diana novel 'is a flop'
VALRY Giscard dEstaings romantic novel, whose thinly disguised lovers are modelled on himself and Diana, Princess of Wales, has ...
Eight glasses a day doesn't make your skin glow
FOR years, women have been glugging down eight glasses of water a day in pursuit of a glowing complexion (or feeling guilty if ...
Kim denies nose, lip surgery
KIM Kardashian is setting the record straight on Star magazines claims she got surgery to make her nose and lips smaller. Star ...
Islamabad
Encroaching with impunity
Islamabad The CDAs refusal to act against encroachments has made this a civic disease in the Capital. Whether it is the ...
Work on National Science and Technology Policy in limbo
ISLAMABAD - The work on National Science and Technology Policy has come to a halt due to lack of political will and ...
Capital to have modern Liver Transplant Centre
ISLAMABAD- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally approved establishment of countrys first ever modern Liver ...
Enforcement of CDA's environmental laws soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is in the process to finalise the modalities to implement its ...
CM okays setting up of industrial zone in Pindi
RAWALPINDI - Chief Minister Punjab Main Shahbaz Sharif has approved the plan of acquiring 500 acres of land for establishing ...
Islamabad Club entertaining guests with 'unhygienic' food
ISLAMABAD - What to talk about the unhygienic food available in the city as Islamabad Club, a paradise for elite class, also ...
Nawa-i-Waqt in quarters after thrashing Samaa Tv
ISLAMABAD - Nawa-i-Waqt Group moved into the quarter-final of the ongoing Inter-Media cricket tournament by thrashing Samaa TV in ...
Karachi
India creates new problems for FIH
KARACHI Internal strife in Indian hockey instead of dying down is growing with each passing day giving new headaches to the ...
City govt fails to set up veterinary medical camps
KARACHI - The City government has announced last week that they would established free medical camps for sacrificial animals in ...
Offal to be disposed of 'scientifically'
KARACHI - All civic services providers in Karachi have decided to work in coordination with city government and town ...
Steps afoot to address fishermen's problems
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro assured the fishermen that the PPP-led government had initiated various ...
Only 1.4m consumers pay bills on time
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has expressed confidence over the support of its 1.4 million consumers who ...
'That certain smile'
Gone is the 'here to there grin and the happy go lucky, I got the world on a string attitude of our globetrotting President. And ...
Pakistan Khappey Rally from 24th
KARACHI - General Secretary Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sindh chapter, Taj Haider, said that 'Pakistan Khappey Rally would be ...
Lahore
Pakistan can beat NZ: Qadir
LAHORE Former chief selector Abdul Qadir believes that Pakistan team has the ability to beat New Zealand at their backyard ...
Six troops, 14 terrorists killed in SWA clashes
RAWALPINDI (Online) - 14 terrorists were killed while six soldiers including an officer embraced martyrdom and four sustained ...
British Council expanding its role
LAHORE-Chief Executive, British Council (BC), Martin Davidson said on Saturday that BC was expanding its sphere of educational ...
V-shaped City hurdle in expansion
LAHORE - The metropolis is expanding abnormally in the southward direction in a V-shape between Ferozepur Road and Multan Road, ...
NRO beneficiaries asked to quit offices
IQTIDAR GILANI/ JAWAD R AWAN LAHORE - The disclosure of the names of high profile politicians as National Reconciliation ...
Punjab at forefront to help IDPs: CM
LAHORE - Representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan Mengesha Kabede called on Chief ...
GCU houses Dr Salam's Nobel certificate
LAHORE - The Government College University has the honour of housing the original Noble Prize Certificate of Dr Abdus Salam, the ...
Wajih asks SC to act against NRO beneficiaries
LAHORE - National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is against the fundamental rights and letter and spirit of the constitution. The ...
Pakistan stadium's 50th muffled by security fears
LAHORE (AFP) Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday celebrated 50 years as the home of Pakistan cricket despite questions remaining over ...
Hayat shines with four wickets for Lahore Ravi
LAHORE Aamer Hayat shined for Lahore Ravi on the opening day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy eighth round Group B match against ...
Razzak hopeful of Test comeback
LAHORE - Pakistan veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzak would now be concentrating hard on his domestic cricket performance to regain ...
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