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 25, 2008
Front Page
Military rift hurting terror war: Mullen
WASHINGTON - A commentary in a conservative newspaper says that a rift between militaries of United States and Pakistan was hurting the war on terror, with the Pakistani ambassador expressing the view that it would time to rebuild the relationship. "The US has to make it very clear that the U.S. ...
25 militants killed in Mohmand operation
PESHAWAR " Expressing satisfaction over the security forces action against militants in restive tribal areas near Peshawar and ...
'N' finalises constitutional package
ISLAMABAD - PML-N, the major opposition party in the National Assembly, has finalized its constitutional amendment package and ...
Six injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR " At least six persons including a woman were injured, when a bomb planted in the upper portion of Imambargah went off ...
International
First Saudi all-girl rock group is a hit: report
NEW YORK - Saudi Arabia's first all-girl rock band has scored an underground hit with its first single and hopes to play live ...
Obama presents team to navigate US economic crisis
NEW YORK - President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his economic team on Monday that will help him deal with the U.S. financial ...
Zimbabwe recover but Sri Lanka take series
HARARE (AFP) - A transformation in Zimbabwe's batting almost earned them a shock victory over Sri Lanka here Monday in the third ...
Thai anti-govt protesters paralyse Bangkok
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of Thai protesters forced parliament to close and surrounded the prime minister's makeshift offices at ...
Abbas gives Hamas deadline for talks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Monday gave the Hamas movement, which controls Gaza an ...
BD govt under pressure to lift emergency
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's army-backed authorities were under pressure Monday to lift a state of emergency to ensure the ...
No basis for denying Syria help on nuclear plant: IAEA Chief
VIENNA (AFP) - The head of the UN atomic watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, said Monday the IAEA had no legal right to deny Syria help ...
Israel allows supplies into Gaza
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel allowed some basic supplies into Gaza on Monday amid mounting international concern over a deterioration ...
Iraq blasts kill 17
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three explosions rocked Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people two days before parliament was to vote on a divisive ...
Jordan, China sign nuclear protocol
AMMAN (AFP) - China on Monday signed a protocol with Jordan to help the tiny desert kingdom produce nuclear power to meet its ...
Muslims urge Obama to restore rule of law
WASHINGTON - The head of a prominent Islamic advocacy group has called on the incoming administration of President-elect Barack ...
Business
Rupee to improve as IMF loan coming through
KARACHI- The value of Pak rupee is expected to remain stable against the US dollar in the inter-bank and in the open market as ...
US promises massive bailout for Citigroup
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government promised to guarantee hundreds of billions of dollars of the banking giant Citigroup's debt ...
LSM declines by 6.20 per cent
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) of the country has declined by 6.20 percent during the first quarter of the ...
Oil price below 50 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices bounced back above 50 dollars on Monday ahead of a weekend OPEC meeting which could see the oil ...
New NBFC regulations issued
KARACHI - The SECP has notified the Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) and notified entities regulations, 2008. Earlier, the ...
KSE board again fails to reach decision on 'floor'
KARACHI - The fate of floor mechanism is expected to be decided shortly after the new election of the board of directors of the ...
Govt to exempt dying units from gas loadshedding
DASKA - The government is likely to exempt the dying industrial units from the coming spell of Sui gas loadshedding in the ...
Govt urged to lessen tax burden on telecom industry
ISLAMABAD - Representatives of Pakistan telecom industry have urged the government to rationalize the process of auctioning 3G ...
Shahbaz forms task forces for dairy, livestock uplift
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that dairy development and livestock sector can play an ...
Karachi stock market opens with another flat start
LAHORE - Business activities in Karachi stock market on the first day of the week Monday remained dull and lacklustre as brokers ...
Politics
China willing to share technology with Punjab
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that 19 Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs ) have been signed between ...
Punjab govt not implementing laws
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has observed that the Punjab govt has not set its priorities and seems to be not interested in ...
COAS urges troops to enhance skills
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Air Defence conducted their annual practice fire exercise at Sonmiani Air Defence Ranges. Chief of the ...
Stability must for reviving investors' confidence
ISLAMABAD - Investment attraction would be the next critical stage in the logical sequence of unfolding economic revival ...
Zardari, Karzai stress boost in cooperation
ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Online) - President Asif Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai stressed in a telephone conversation ...
Islamabad in search of high technology
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has decided to look for other sources including indigenous efforts for the acquisition of high tech ...
Terrorism does not affect economy: PM
KARACHI (Agencies) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that terrorism and extremism has caused great damage to the ...
Indian team arrives for security talks
LAHORE/NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta along with a three-member delegation reached Lahore on Monday ...
IMF approves $7.6b bailout
ISLAMABAD (APP) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved $ 7.6 billion bailout package for Pakistan, a private TV ...
Lady councillor shot dead
SWAT (NNI)- Some unidentified persons shot dead a local leader of PPP and a lady councillor on Monday in separate incidences. ...
Entertainment
Brown-Big winner at American Music Awards
R&B singer Chris Brown was the big winner at the American Music Awards (AMA) in Los Angeles, picking up three prizes including ...
Jackson settles High Court case
MICHAEL Jackson has made a settlement in principle in a legal dispute over claims he breached a music contract with an Arab ...
New mechanism for superconductivity?
LABORATORY researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, ...
Harvey the dog daily exercise riding waves
HIS name is Harvey and he's a surfer of the highest pedigree. After all, it's not everyone who can balance with four feet on the ...
How the brain re-learns
THANKS to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we ...
Miley Cyrus enjoys challenges of being an actress
MILEY Cyrus is enjoying the "challenges" of being an actress. The "Hannah Montana" star - who celebrated her 16th birthday Sunday ...
Islamabad
Indians hit the bull's eye in SA shooting
ISLAMABAD - Indian shooters won all the six gold medals of the day-three competitions of the 4th South Asian Shooting ...
Chief of Air Staff opens Mushaf Golf Club
ISLAMABAD - Air Chief Marshal, Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed, Chief of the Air Staff inaugurated the Mushaf Golf Club at Sargodha. The ...
Govt according top priority to health sector: PM
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said that the government was according top priority to health sector ...
Shady business at Homoeopathy body
ISLAMABAD - Malpractices in National Council of Homoeopathy (NCH) have touched their peak as the Ministry of Health is least ...
NGO plans over 24,000 events by March
ISLAMABAD - In order to mark the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women' the civil society activists ...
CDA fails to generate expected revenue
ISLAMABAD - The financial crisis in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) is likely to continue, as the civic body couldn't ...
Faryal asks NCHD for plans to achieve EFA, MDGs
ISLAMABAD - MNA Faryal Talpur directed the National Commission for Human Development team to develop integrated plans for each ...
Qazi urges govt to ensure Aafia's return
ISLAMABAD - Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Qazi Hussain Ahmed has demanded of the government to ensure the repatriation of Dr Aafia ...
Karachi
KESC starts charging 40pc arrears in Nov bills
KARACHI - The KESC has included the arrears of 40 per cent in the electricity bills of the consumers for the current month of ...
KU turns into breeding place for mosquitoes
KARACHI - The Karachi University has become an ideal place for breeding of mosquitoes as the KU administration has failed to ...
Moot to remember Jon Alia on 26th
KARACHI - The literary services of renowned poet Jon Alia will be eulogised tomorrow at a moot organised by Pakistan Arts Council ...
Accused lawyers remanded in gangrape case
KARACHI - The Judicial and Sessions Magistrate on Monday remanded two lawyers, Nayyar and Kokab, till December 6 for their ...
First-ever open heart surgery at KIHD
KARACHI - The first ever open heart surgery was successfully performed by doctors on one Naseem Ansari at Karachi Institute of ...
Qaim for improvement in health services
KARACHI - Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qasim Ali Shah has said that allopathic system of medicine has yet not fully succeed in ...
Bickering in Indian hockey behind Jr team's tour cancellation?
KARACHI - The Pakistan Hockey Federation PHF should partially share the blame for the cancellation of Indian junior hockey team's ...
Lahore
Action awaited against officers for wrong answers
LAHORE - Incorrect, incomplete, indefinite, vague, partial... are a few adjectives which can be perfectly used for the imperfect ...
Rs1 million for dengue virus research centre
LAHORE - The Punjab government has released Rs1 million for the center of excellence set up for operational research on dengue ...
Garbage heaps breeding dengue mosquitoes
LAHORE - The heaps of garbage lying unattended, dumped on roads or overflowing from garbage containers are serving as breeding ...
CJ appoints sessions judge for inquiry
LAHORE - The Chief justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain Monday directed sessions judge Lahore to depute ...
CM pledges to eradicate polio
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that every member of society will have to play an active role for ...
Shahbaz suspends MS of Nawaz Sharif Hospital
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has suspended the Medical Superintendent (MS) and a Deputy Medical ...
Manjula wins 8th stage of Tour de Pakistan
LAHORE - Sri Lanka's Jeevan Manjula won the eighth stage of Tour de Pakistan from Sahiwal to Lahore on Monday. Manjula won the ...
Younis convinces fitness trainer Dwyer to stay back
LAHORE - Pakistan's fitness trainer David Dwyer has agreed to extend his stint with the national team and will be available for ...
PHF delegation off to USA for FIH meeting
LAHORE - A three-member delegation of the Pakistan Hockey Federation flew to Los Angeles, America to attend the congress of ...
Shoaib is not finished yet, says Intikhab
LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam believes that pacer Shoaib Akhtar still has some cricket left in him and he should still be ...
Five-for Rauf wrecks NWFP
LAHORE - NWFP crawled to 222 on day one of the RBS Pentangular Cricket Tournament final against Balochistan here at the Gaddafi ...
Court reinstates three PCB employees
LAHORE - Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of Lahore High Court on Monday suspended termination orders of three officials of Pakistan ...
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