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 Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Front Page
Army knows how to protect interests: Kayani
KAMRA Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has made it clear that the United States will have to take Pakistan into confidence over new Afghan policy. The COAS said this while informally talking to a group of senior journalists shortly after the rollout ceremony of Pakistans first ...
Pakistan enters era of self-reliance in air combat
KAMRA Pakistan Monday gained another milestone towards self-reliance by rolling out its first cost-effective and multi-role ...
Review NRO list, Zardari asks Gilani
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani discussed the overall political situation in the ...
International
Iran will not ship uranium stocks abroad
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran will not ship its low enriched uranium abroad, a top security official said on Monday, renewing the ...
Iraq parliament passes new vote law
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqs upcoming election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday will ...
Two Afghan ministers suspected of embezzlement
KABUL (Reuters) - Two Afghan cabinet ministers are being investigated under suspicion of embezzlement, a deputy attorney general ...
Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near
CAIRO (Reuters/AFP) - Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two enemies are nearing a deal to ...
Sri Lanka President calls snap election
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas president Mahinda Rajapakse Monday announced he was calling a snap election to seek a second term, six ...
Climate protest shuts off Aussie parliament
SYDNEY/WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - Climate change protesters blocked off the entrance to Australias parliament on Monday, calling ...
Military stages chemical attack drill
TEHRAN (AFP) - Irans military on Monday conducted a drill aimed at dealing with possible chemical attacks and also tested ...
US rewards Afghans in drug fight
KABUL (AFP) - The United States on Monday signed an agreement giving 38.7 million dollars to 27 Afghan provinces that eliminated ...
4 charged with terror-related offences in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Police charged four men with terrorism-related offences on Sunday after an operation by counter-terrorism ...
8 soldiers dead in Russia blast
MOSCOW (AFP) - Eight soldiers died in a munitions blast Monday in central Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said, at the same ...
Pakistan, New Zealand seek batting revival
DUNEDIN (New Zealand) (AFP) New Zealand and Pakistan were casting an anxious eye at their fragile batting lineups Monday ahead of ...
Federer fights back to subdue Verdasco
LONDON (AFP) World number one Roger Federer dug deep to begin his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a hard-fought 4-6, 7-5, ...
Prasad out of second India Test
KANPUR (India) (AFP) Sri Lanka suffered a setback ahead of the second Test against India starting here on Tuesday with injured ...
Taxation not the only road-block in moving ICC HQ
MUMBAI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may be contemplating the idea of getting the ICC headquarters (HQ) ...
Business
PTA silent over SMS packages suspension
KARACHI - Several mobile phone companies have stopped their different kinds of SMS packages to avoid the intense load emancipated ...
Gold hits record high $1,174
LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices soared to a record 1,174 dollars an ounce here on Monday as a sliding US currency and worries about a ...
SBP to facilitate establishment
KARACHI - Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza on Monday said the Central Bank is working on the establishment of ...
Cooking oil prices shoot up ahead of Eid
KARACHI - The prices of cooking oil and ghee shot up ahead of Eid, as the commodity rate witnessed a surge of up to Rs10 per ...
SNGPL 'eligible' employees restoration ordered
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources on Monday ordered to reinstate all eligible employees of ...
KSE sheds 84 points amid political uncertainty
KARACHI - The market witnessed bearish trend on Monday and the KSE 100-index shed 84 points and closed at 9221 points. The ...
Aptma rejects ban on export of yarn, cotton
LAHORE (PPI) - The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA), in its Extra Ordinary General Meeting, has unanimously ...
SBP ensures sound financial system in challenging times
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan Governor Syed Salim Raza has said that the central bank strived to strike a balance between ...
What will be the fate of Competition Ordinance 2007?
KARACHI - The failure of government in approving the law draft of the Competition Bill from the Parliament has not only put a big ...
KCCI assures small traders of full support
KARACHI - A delegation of Saddar Alliance of Markets Association (SAMA), representing the 120 markets alliance of Sadder headed ...
Politics
Limited war under nuclear overhang possible: India
NEW DELHI (APP) Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said on Monday the possibility of a limited war 'under a nuclear ...
Missing persons sold to US in Afghanistan, SC told
ISLAMABAD Majority of missing persons had been shifted to Kabul first and then handed over to the United States, earning ...
India can't change status: FO
ISLAMABAD Strongly reacting to Indian Prime Ministers remarks about Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan reminded India that Jammu and ...
Singh meets Gates, discusses 'AfPak' situation
INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday kicked-off his State Visit to the US by meeting Defence Secretary Robert Gates and ...
Pakistan 'proud' of its ties with US: Haroon
NEW YORK Pakistan is proud of its relationship with the United States, saying it has always given political, diplomatic and ...
Inquiry indicts Vajpayee, Advani
NEW DELHI (AFP) An inquiry into the demolition of the Babri mosque that led to bloody Hindu-Muslim riots in India will accuse ...
Dragging feet on talks resumption: Qureshi
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) Questions raised by Indias prime minister about the control of the Pakistani army and Pakistans aims in ...
'N' asks NRO ministers to step down
LAHORE Strongly demanding immediate resignation of all the ministers benefited from the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), ...
Troops enter Orakzai to hunt down rebels
HANGU (Reuters/AFP) Security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in a tribal district, killing 22 ...
NRO list may be revised
ISLAMABAD The PPP-led coalition government has decided to put the list of over 8000 NRO beneficiaries into the dustbin and ...
SC moved to hear pleas against NRO
ISLAMABAD A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to seek early hearing of the pending petitions challenging promulgation ...
Seven die in rocket attack
LANDI KOTAL Seven persons were killed and many others got injured when rockets fired by unknown insurgents landed in residential ...
No cut in relief operations in SW: UN
UNITED NATIONS - A top United Nations official Monday denied that relief operations in South Waziristan had been cutback ...
Obama urged to lead efforts for a fair Kashmir settlement
WASHINGTON - A prominent Kashmiri leader Monday urged the Obama Administration to lead the effort to achieve a "fair and lasting ...
Balochistan package may get MPs' nod today
ISLAMABAD Joint sitting of the Parliament today (Tuesday) is expected to give approval to 'Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package ...
Govt miffed by tactics of ignored officials
LAHORE The Federal Government has decided to proceed under the Civil Servants Act of 1973 and conduct rules of 1964 against ...
No rift between President, PM on NRO issue: Kaira
ISLAMABAD Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has made it clear that there are no differences between President Asif Ali ...
Country to be out of present predicament soon: Nawaz
LAHORE PML-N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has expressed the hope that the nation and the country would soon be out of the ...
Shifting of diplomatic missions held in abeyance
ISLAMABAD The much-debated issue entailing shifting of foreign missions from residential venues to Diplomatic Enclave has held ...
Entertainment
Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on ...
Jackson named Favourite Male Artist
MICHAEL Jackson has made history by winning four posthumous prizes at the American Music Awards. The wins made Jackson, who died ...
Dirt can be good for children: scientists
CHILDREN should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skins ability to ...
Big cats in the studio
PHOTO shoots are usually the preserve of fashionistas and celebrities - but these are sleek and slinky posers of a different ...
Paris is a monster: neighbours
LA cops have issued a final warning to Paris Hilton and her beau Doug Reinhardt after repeated complaints of disturbance and ...
Air 'could be used to generate electricity for planes and cars'
FLOWING air could be used to generate electricity for planes and cars, researchers have found. Scientists are working on the ...
Islamabad
NA body wants inquiry against security officials
ISLAMABAD National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports on Monday asked Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt to ...
Violence against women in Capital on the rise
ISLAMABAD - The level of violence against women, particularly physical violence is touching alarming proportions in the Federal ...
Book a butcher in advance for coming Eid
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The residents of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have started booking in advance of the butchers ...
'Pindi requires more fire stations'
RAWALPINDI (Online) - The performance of city fire department is improving; however, there is more need to raise its standard. ...
PIMS Radiology Department becomes a success story
ISLAMAAD - Radiology Department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), is the first ever department in the twin cities ...
ANF foils smuggling bid
RAWALPINDI - Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Regional Directorate Rawalpindi Monday foiled two bids to sneak narcotics abroad and ...
'NA 17th session a triumph of citizens' will'
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The PILDAT roundup of the 17th Session of the 13th National Assembly analyses that the session, which does not ...
Karachi
Argentina shock Belgium to qualify for World Cup finals
KARACHI Host Argentina filled the 12th and the last berth in the Hero Honda World Hockey Cup to be played in New Delhi in ...
Sell all stocked sugar before Eid, orders SHC
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed the government to ensure a transparent process of the sugar sale and submit ...
Vitamin policy next month: Jakhrani
KARACHI - Federal Health Minister Ejaz H Jakhrani said that vitamin policy for sale of genuine and standard vitamins will be ...
Four crushed to death separately; body found
KARACHI - Four people were died in different incidents while a dead body was found in the City here on Monday. The Quaidabad ...
Test for recruitment of 5 to 15 grade staff
KARACHI - The Sindh Education Department has failed to produce the record of the test held for the recruitment of lower cadre ...
CDGK sets up Camp Office for Eid
KARACHI - City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has directed Municipal Service Department to set up camp office for arrangements ...
LG system to stay, says federal minister
KARACHI (APP) - Federal Local Government Minister, Justice (Rtd) Abdul Razaq Thahim has said that local government system will ...
Lahore
Medics demand regularisation
LAHORE - Doctors and paramedical staff working under the Punjab Rural Support Programme (PRSP) in 12 districts of the province on ...
Security arrangements for Eid finalised
LAHORE-Police claimed to have made elaborate security, traffic and Rescue management arrangements to ward off any untoward ...
Camel markets spring up in City
LAHORE - Huge camel markets have sprung up in the City, offering camels as sacrificial animals a week ahead of Eid-ul-Azha ...
EPTB evacuates 540 kanals land in DHA
LAHORE - Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) Chairman, Asif Hashmi said that he has not allowed any illegal construction on ...
Medical practitioners, associations reject healthcare bill
LAHORE - The owners of the private hospitals and the representatives of medical associations in the province have outrightly ...
Quaid Trophy: ZTBL, SSGC match evenly poised
LAHORE Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) took 81 runs lead over Sui Southern Gas Corporation (SSGC) on the third day of the ...
PHF completes scrutiny of district associations
LAHORE The Pakistan Hockey Federation completed the election elections of Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Kohat, Haripur, Pak Patan, ...
PIA, Habib Bank outclass rivals
LAHORE PIA and HBL got full three points as they produced fine scoring power to beat PEL and PMC respectively in Pakistan ...
Samir crashes out of Kuwait semis
LAHORE Pakistans upcoming tennis star and junior Davis cupper Samir Iftikhars hopes of reaching the finals of the Kuwait Open ...
Govt putting cart before the horse
LAHORE - The Punjab government has supplied Hepatitis C (HVC) medicines and injections to 9 teaching hospitals and 36 district ...
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