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- Karachi violence claims seven lives
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The Nation in print for Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Front Page
Package out to heal Balochistan wounds
ISLAMABAD Inviting Baloch nationalist leaders engaged in armed struggle against Pakistan for dialogue, Government on Tuesday tabled Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package before the joint sitting of the Parliament pledging provincial autonomy, control over provincial resources, more jobs, settlement ...
India's N-doctrine dangerous, offensive: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are back to a cold war like situation with the dialogue process between the two ...
SBP cuts interest rate to 12.5 per cent
KARACHI-The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has lowered its policy discount rate by 50 basis points to 12.5 per cent for the next ...
International
Biased US journalist defends India's role in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - An American journalist of Indian origin Monday denounced the report of US top commander in Afghanistan voicing ...
UN distributes winter aid among IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - The UN refugee agency has begun distributing additional relief supplies to civilians displaced by the ongoing ...
Kashmiris, Sikhs stage protests as Manmohan visits White House
WASHINGTON-While President Barack Obama held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Kashmiris and Sikhs gathered in ...
Families want Blair answers as Iraq war probe begins
LONDON (AFP) - The first full-scale inquiry into Britains role in the Iraq war opened Tuesday with families of soldiers killed in ...
US, Israel 'don't have guts' to attack: Iran
BRASILIA (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said late Monday that US and Israeli military threats against Iran were a ...
Jordan King dissolves parliament; calls election
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordans King Abdullah on Tuesday ordered the government to start drafting a modern election law that would ...
AIDS deaths top 25m, but infections slow: UN
SHANGHAI (AFP) - AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said in an annual ...
Philippines declares emergency as massacre toll hits 46
SANIAG, Philippines, (AFP) - The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south on Tuesday as anger ...
Asif announces return as Kiwis struggle
DUNEDIN (New Zealand) (AFP) Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif celebrated his international cricket recall with three vital wickets ...
A glance at first day's play
An even battle It was an engrossing days play at Dunedin. Fortunes fluctuated pretty evenly throughout the day as New Zealand ...
Indian batsmen make merry against Sri Lanka
KANPUR (AFP) Opener Gautam Gambhir top-scored with 167 as India piled up a record 417-2 on the first day Tuesday of the second ...
MCC law silent on tossing coin
MUMBAI The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has been the custodian of the laws of cricket since the Clubs formation in 1787. The ...
Defending champ Djokovic downs Davydenko again
LONDON (AFP) Defending champion Novak Djokovic handed Nikolay Davydenko another painful defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals as ...
US aim to break WC 'drought'
MISSION HILLS (China) (AFP) The United States are confident they can mount a strong challenge for the World Cup of Golf at ...
Business
Fertilizer off-take increases 23pc
KARACHI - The fertilizer offtake stood at 7.1 million tons during Jan-Oct 2009, up by 23 per cent compared to 5.8 million tons ...
Rate cut not enough: traders
LAHORE- The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, while commenting on the SBP decision to cut discount rates by 50 basis ...
Islamic Finance becoming global leader
LAHORE (APP) - The global financial meltdown has presented an unprecedented opportunity for Islamic Finance to establish itself ...
Cement price dips by 26 per cent in one year
ISLAMABAD - Due to inflationary pressure and cut in developmental projects under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), ...
Gold reaches record Rs39,000
PESHAWAR (APP) - The gold prices hit the record high in the provincial capital as the rate of per tola gold touch the figure of ...
SECP implements criteria to enhance capital markets integrity, transparency
ISLAMABAD (APP) - SECP has implemented a 'Fit and Proper Criteria for directors on the Boards of the stock and commodity ...
KSE sees dull, dry session
KARACHI - An extremely dull and dry session grabbed the local bourse on Tuesday while the benchmark index remained positive and ...
IFC to give $15m loan to Engro Chemicals
ISLAMABAD IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a $50 million financing agreement with Engro Chemicals Pakistan Ltd. ...
Vietnam envoy for bilateral exchanges to promote trade
LAHORE - Ambassador of Vietnam Hguyen Quang Thuc has stressed the need for more frequent meetings of Joint Economic Commission ...
Travel advisory hitting hand-woven carpet exports
LAHORE - Travel advisory issued by the developed economies has already hit the hand-knotted carpet exports severely while ...
Politics
Babar faces Rs35.5m graft charges
ISLAMABAD At a time when immense pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to ask his NRO benefited ...
No US role in settling Indo-Pak disputes, says Obama
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the United States would not intervene to resolve the Indo-Pakistan disputes, ...
Khyber op intensified; 18 killed
LANDI KOTAL The security forces killed 18 militants and arrested six others in different areas of tehsil Bara on Tuesday in a ...
Nationalists reject package as charity
QUETTA - The Baloch nationalist parties have termed the much hyped proposed Balochistan package 'Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan, ...
Baloch MPs term package a game of words
ISLAMABAD Rejecting the Balochistan package (Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan), some Parliamentarians from Balochistan termed it ...
'Q' seeks general amnesty for separatists
ISLAMABAD Endorsing the proposed Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package, PML-Q central leader Pervaiz Elahi stressed for ...
Sherpao seeks NWFP package
ISLAMABAD President Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao), Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has demanded a Balochistan like package for NWFP ...
President, PM discuss package execution
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have discussed the strategy to implement the ...
IDPs' woes go on unaddressed
ISLAMABAD Hundreds of affected families of South Waziristan Agency who have moved to bigger cities with a hope to acquire ...
Defaulters agree to pay back loan
ISLAMABAD - Defaulters of Bank of Punjab (BoP) in Rs 9 billion scam on Tuesday agreed to pay back the loan they were sanctioned ...
UK police rapped over arrests of Pak students
LONDON (AFP) - British police were criticised Tuesday over anti-terror raids that led to the arrests of 12 mostly Pakistani men, ...
Haqqani moves court
RAWALPINDI - Pakistans Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani moved Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday ...
NAC likely to be autonomous
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice has agreed to propose complete monetary autonomy to the ...
Jugglery of words or a good start?
Whether or not the government succeeded in soothing the leaders of Balochistan by launching an appeasement package in the joint ...
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 ...
No rules for blue-eyed baboos postings
PESHAWAR - Contrary to tall claims of good governance, the NWFP government has paralysed the civil bureaucracy by posting ...
Military consolidates positions in SWA
ISLAMABAD - Security forces have apprehended two terror suspects from village Zinda near Janata on Jandola-Sararogha axis in ...
No let-up in Israeli hostility
GAZA CITY (AFP/Reuters) - Three Palestinians were wounded early on Tuesday as Israel carried out three airstrikes on Hamas-run ...
Entertainment
Red Planet was once blue
A VAST ocean once covered a third of Mars, scientists believe. Such a stunning prospect greatly increases the chances of life ...
Britain tops Emmy awards list
NEW YORK (AFP) - Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil ...
Supercar set to power its way to 1,000mph
WORK has begun on building a super-fast car to smash all previous records and reach the breathtaking speed of 1,000mph. The ...
Eva Mendes likes being bad
EVA Mendes likes playing bad girls on the big screen. The actress says she prefers to take on the roles of non-traditional female ...
Katie, Osama most unpopular
BRITISH glamour girl Katie Price and Osama Bin Laden have been voted the most unpopular plane seat neighbours in a poll. Katie ...
'Comfort food' a stress killer: Australian study
SYDNEY (AFP) - A high-fat, high-sugar diet could have the same effect on brain chemistry as mood-altering drugs, giving ...
Sports
Nordvist closes season with win, Ochoa player of year
HOUSTON (Texas) (AFP) Anna Nordqvist won the LPGA Tour Championship Monday as Lorena Ochoa seized her fourth straight Player of ...
Islamabad
Candle-lit vigil projects women rights
ISLAMABAD - A Candle-lit vigil held in some 25 cities of the country simultaneously, including in the Federal Capital with solemn ...
Students to get discount for public transport
ISLAMABAD - With the efforts of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP), the menace of students climbing on the rooftops of public ...
Motor football?
ISLAMABAD - The only football ground in the F-8 sector of Islamabad, situated in the F-8 markaz, is being used as a parking lot ...
Govt urged to re-assess curricula of Shariah faculties
ISLAMABAD-The participants at a two-day seminar demanded of the government to re-assess present curricula of Shariah faculties of ...
PNCA working to save national heritage
ISLAMABAD - Top Pakistani artist Tauqeer Ahmad Nasir, DG Pakistan National Council of Art (PNCA), said on Tuesday that there was ...
Senate body on health meets
ISLAMABAD - The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Health to look into the problems being faced by provincial ...
National
National Games in Peshawar from March 25
PESHAWAR (APP) The opening ceremony of the 31st National Games would be held here at Qayyum Sports Complex on March 25, 2010, ...
Karachi
Marri slams 'anti-democratic media elements'
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Information Department Shazia Marri has said that anti-democratic elements of media are busy to ...
Rangers deployment at harbour demanded
KARACHI - The Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) has sent a request letter to the Rangers authorities not to move its ...
Teaching staff seeks advance salaries
KARACHI - Thousands of academic and non-academic staff of the Education Department is waiting for advance salaries on the eve of ...
Road safety drive thru multimedia launched
KARACHI - Transport and Communication Department (TCD) has launched a comprehensive program through coordination with various ...
PPP-MQM relations 'worsening'
KARACHI - Though the MQM-PPP relations are worsening day by day, and the gap between the both parties are widening since after ...
Maintenance work new strategy
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has devised a new strategy to inflict loadshedding upon the masses in the ...
Lahore
Outstation animals' buying getting impetus
LAHORE - The City is witnessing sluggish trend in the buying of sacrificial animals owing to the peoples interest in outstation ...
Kasuri asks Obama to fulfil promise on Kashmir issue
LAHORE - America cannot make its new Afghan policy successful until it gives priority in it to the interests of Pakistan, said ...
Consumer courts in dilemma over consumer definition
LAHORE - Consumer protection courts of Punjab are still stuck up in dilemma of definition of a consumer due to conceptual ...
We must be ready to fight Hindus, says Nizami
LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief The Nation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami has said that we should remain well-prepared ...
Fraudsters gang busted
LAHORE - The Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation FBR Regional office, Lahore busted a gang of fraudsters involved ...
PFF shortlists probables to 32 for national camp
LAHORE The Pakistan Football Federation has shortlisted the probables to 32 from 45 players in the build up for the national ...
SSGC play drab draw with ZTBL in Quaid Trophy
LAHORE The SSGC and ZTBL group A match of the eighth round of the Quaid -e-Azam Trophy ended in a draw here at the Gaddafi ...
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