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 29, 2008
Front Page
Don't drag ties into deep freeze: Qureshi
NEW DELHI/AJMER (Agencies) - Foreign minister appealed to India Friday not to get sucked into a blame game over the Mumbai attacks and drag relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours back into the deep freeze Speaking in New Delhi, where he was on an official visit, FM Qureshi condemned the ...
Troops yet to secure Mumbai
MUMBAI (Agencies) - The terror war on Mumbai was believed to be on the verge of ending Friday night with security forces securing ...
Peace process will be hit, says Pranab
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India for the first time blamed 'elements in Pakistan' on Friday for the multiple attacks on the country's ...
Zilhaj moon not sighted; Eid on Dec 9
ISLAMABAD " Central Ruit-e-Hilal Committee has announced that the Eidul Azha would fall on December 9 as the moon of Zil-Hajj has ...
'We want U.S. and British' say Mumbai gunmen
ISLAMABAD " Central Ruit-e-Hilal Committee has announced that the Eidul Azha would fall on December 9 as the moon of Zil-Hajj has ...
International
Intelligence failure in Mumbai carnage flailed
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian newspapers on Friday slammed the government and intelligence agencies for failing to prevent the Mumbai ...
India turns down offer of Israeli commandos
JERUSALEM (AFP) - India has turned down an Israeli offer to send counter-insurgency officers to Mumbai, where a Jewish centre was ...
Don't rush to blame Pak, India urged
PARIS (AFP) - The carnage wreaked by gunmen in Mumbai has cemented South Asia's status as the most dangerous place on earth, the ...
UK Premier Gordon Brown cautious about British link
LONDON (AFP) - Britain said Friday it was too early to say if Britons of Pakistani origin could be among the gunmen in the Mumbai ...
Bomber strikes mosque in Iraq
HILLA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide bomber shattered Friday prayers in a Shia mosque south of Baghdad, killing nine people the day ...
Explosives found at Taj Mahal
MUMBAI (AFP) - Police found explosives capable of causing "major damage" at Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel after regaining control of ...
Tales of terror emerge from Mumbai ordeal
MUMBAI (AFP) - Eyewitnesses have described dramatic scenes of terror in the assault by the militants in Mumbai " from bodies in ...
Karzai calls for regional fight on terror
KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai telephoned Indian PM Manmohan Singh Friday and said the deadly attacks in Mumbai ...
India's injustices to Muslims responsible for rise of terrorism: US media
NEW YORK - The failure of successive Indian governments to address the grievances and injustices done to Muslims and to modernize ...
US military networks under cyber attacks: report
WASHINGTON - Cyber hackers have launched a series of "malware" attacks on U.S. combat zone computers and the U.S. Central Command ...
India revises England Test series itinerary
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India on Friday took the first step towards resuming international cricket after the deadly Mumbai blasts by ...
Business
Economic crisis hits Japan, emerging giants
LONDON (AFP) - Asian economic giants Japan and India on Friday revealed fresh damage from the global financial crisis, as Russia ...
Four banks profitability projected to remain intact
KARACHI - The profitability of the four leading commercial banks in the private sector is projected to remain intact for the ...
Privatisation through public-private partnership under consideration
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government is considering the privatisation of public sector entities through Public Private Partnership ...
Oil prices drop on eve of Opec meet
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Friday as key ministers from the OPEC producers group meeting in Cairo suggested the cartel ...
Lowest volume records break at KSE and LSE
LAHORE - While the market had become hostage due to non availability of supporting funds and the clear cut date of removing floor ...
Efforts on to shore up forex reserve levels, says Tarin
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs, Shaukat Tarin held a meeting with Ambassador of ...
Banking sector stable, profitable
MULTAN - Governor State Bank of Pakistan Shamshad Akhtar Friday refuted reports regarding liquidation of banks, saying 'the ...
NTBs and bureaucratic procedures real impediments
KARACHI - "Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) and bureaucratic procedures are real impediments to the implementation of SAFTA in true ...
Understanding IMF
Plan 'B' or 'C', the thing is that reluctantly Pakistan has had to turn to IMF again. Former governments from 1999 to-date, all ...
Politics
NA body smells a rat in 28 model villages
ISLAMABAD - The parliamentarians got shocked here on Friday when high-ups of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural ...
No choice but to fight militants till end: Zardari
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that there was no choice with the government but to fight the militants and ...
Deposed CJ returns from America visit
ISLAMABAD - After completing his landmark visit to the United States, deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reached ...
Former Taliban spokesman found dead
PESHAWAR - Former Taliban spokesman Abdul Haq, known as Dr Hanif, was found dead Friday morning along with three close relatives ...
7 die in Bannu suicide attack
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - A suicide bomber killed seven people when he detonated his explosives-laden car near a police van in Bannu ...
DSP among 9 killed in Swat
SWAT - As least nine persons, including a Deputy Superintend of Police, have been killed in different incidents of violence in ...
Can we stop drone attacks?
ISLAMABAD-While continuous drone attacks inside Pakistani territory pose serious threat to country's sovereignty and integrity, ...
Shahbaz free to run Punjab: President
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday underlined that PPP believes in politics of consensus, maintaining that ...
Entertainment
Britney named best international pop star
BRITNEY Spears has performed at an awards ceremony in Germany, where she was named best international pop star. The 26-year-old ...
'Millionaire Fair' flaunts wealth despite crisis
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow's top annual luxury fair was extravagant as always on opening night: champagne flowed freely, sexy models ...
Rock music calms elephants down
SO what would you do if confronted by an elephant in the middle of the jungle? It's a rare problem, admittedly, but zookeepers ...
Secret to workplace happiness?
URGING employees to simply rethink their jobs was enough to drop absenteeism by 60 per cent and turnover by 75 per cent, a new ...
IPod charged using an onion soaked in Lucozade
DURING one of the gloomiest weeks in recent memory, the story that Owen Louis, a 21-year-old student in Portsmouth, had succeeded ...
Kidman embarrassed to sing in front of hubby
NICOLE Kidman refuses to sing in front of her musician husband. The 41-year-old actress - who is currently filming musical movie ...
Islamabad
Govt committed to senior citizens welfare: Minister
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education is gearing up efforts to introduce the due National Senior ...
Super shopping malls in urban areas gaining popularity
ISLAMABAD - With economic prosperity, at least for certain segments of society, the concept of super malls in the urban areas is ...
Abducted UK citizen recovered
ISLAMABAD - Capital Police Friday recovered a British citizen kidnapped for ransom from his home on November 23, Superintendent ...
Govt believes in gender equality: Tarin
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has ensured gender equality in all walks of life to allow women to play their role in ...
Working class fears instability, unemployment
ISLAMABAD - The current financial crunch coupled with prevailing instability has hit the industrial sector besides traders and ...
Govt to improve postal services
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Postal Services Mir Israr Ullah Zehri here Friday said that Pakistan Post would initiate new ...
Korea claim Future Tennis Circuit title
ISLAMABAD - Korean young guns Hae Sung Kim and Jung Yoon Shin annexed the doubles title by beating Indian girls Treta ...
National
Niamat clinches Tour de Pakistan
PESHAWAR - Pakistani cyclist Naimat Ali from Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) clinched overall trophy in the 14th Tour de Pakistan ...
Karachi
India should tour Pakistan, says Butt
KARACHI - Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ejaz Butt has strongly condemned terror attacks in Mumbai recently saying it was an ...
Fake housing society in BB's name unearthed
KARACHI - A PPP Legislator from Nawabshah had accused one Bahawal Zardari of occupying over 100 acres of land of his relation and ...
Ethnic violence creates panic among citizens
KARACHI - Growing ethnic violence is gripping the City which is creating panic among the citizens. Rumours and warning threats to ...
Drugs demand rises among youth
KARACHI - The demand of cocaine and intoxicated drugs amongst the youngsters has been reached to an alarming level and its ...
Mustafa Kamal spells out uplift work
Karachi - City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the Haq Parasts had been given only 3 or 4 years in the government offices ...
ADB provides funds for union concils projects
KARACHI (PPI) - The Sindh Assembly was told on Friday that Asian Development Bank was providing funds for clean drinking water ...
POF launches four new products at Ideas-2008
KARACHI - Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah Cantt have launched four new products during IDEAS-2008 held at Karachi. These ...
Lahore
Five robbers 'murdered' in encounter
LAHORE - The CIA police Friday killed five robbers in what they claimed an 'encounter' near Nishtar Colony. However, eyewitness ...
PA passes resolution against agriculture tax
LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Friday has passed a resolution against the much-feared agriculture income tax, while the ...
Lawyers rebut Indian allegations
LAHORE - While expressing sympathies with the Indian government over the loss of life and property in the Mumbai incident, ...
Plea against collecting hides by NGOs
LAHORE - Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court Friday admitted for hearing a petition filed to seek restriction on ...
Years-long enmity claims 2 more lives
LAHORE - Two members including head of a Khokhar party were killed allegedly by its rival Bhatti group over years-long old enmity ...
Mismanagement hampers anti-encroachment drive
LAHORE - The anti-encroachment drive, going on in all towns with pump and show, is going to be marred by knee-jerk strategy, ...
NWFP beat Balochistan to lift Pentangular Cup
LAHORE - NWFP beat Balochistan by 28 runs in the final of the RBS Pentangular Cricket Tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium Lahore on ...
Pakistan blind cricketers thrash Sri Lanka
LAHORE - Pakistan blind cricket team thrashed Sri Lanka by a world record huge margin of 318 runs here at the LCCA Cricket Ground ...
Malik lacks leadership qualities
LAHORE - Mahendra Singh Dhoni's out-of-the-box thinking has earned him another admirer in banned batsman Mohammad Yousuf who ...
Punjab U-14 Athletics gets underway
LAHORE - The Sports Board Punjab Youth Under-14 Inter-district Athletics Championship began here at the Punjab Stadium on Friday. ...
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