Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
The Nation in print for Monday, November 03, 2008
Front Page
28 new ministers to join Cabinet
ISLAMABAD - The names of the federal and state ministers to be inducted in the federal cabinet were finalized and they would be administered oath of their new assignment here at President House on Monday (today) by President Asif Ali Zardari. But at eleventh hour MQM leadership decided to stay ...
Red Cross in $7.8m quake aid appeal
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross on Sunday appealed for 7.8 million dollars in emergency funding to ...
US should help resolve Kashmir dispute: Obama
WASHINGTON - The United States should help resolve the decades-old Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India as part of efforts ...
Sumaira Malik removed from 'Q' Women Wing slot
ISLAMABAD - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain here on Sunday dismissed Sumaira Malik from party women wing's presidency ...
International
Laxman shines in tame draw
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The third Test between India and Australia ended in a tame draw here on Sunday but not before the host captain ...
ICL will cripple Bangladesh cricket
DHAKA (AFP) - India's rebel cricket league has the potential to cripple the sport in Bangladesh and jeopardise its Test status if ...
Kumble, a spin king with a difference
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Anil Kumble announced his retirement from Test cricket here on Sunday, leaving India with a huge task of ...
Radcliffe ready to defend New York Marathon crown
NEW YORK (AFP) - Britain's Paula Radcliffe defends her New York Marathon title here Sunday against an impressive women's field, ...
Superstars crush England to collect jackpot win
COOLIDGE (Antigua) (AFP) - The Stanford Superstars made the quickest million dollars of any group of cricketers in history after ...
Democrats look for White House, Congress clean sweep
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrats are hoping to take a stranglehold on political power in Washington in Tuesday's election and are all ...
Lose or win, Sarah eyes bright future
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Whoever wins Tuesday's election, Sarah Palin, who shot to international fame barely two months ago, is likely ...
Kenya holds breath for homeboy
NAIROBI (AFP) - With posters splashed on walls, front pages bearing Barack Obama's picture day after day, concerts and plays held ...
Joseph Biden: Obama's foreign policy man
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Veteran senator Joseph Biden has a key dual role as Barack Obama's running mate: to woo the working class and ...
Shaped by war, McCain is not a man to admit defeat
CHICAGO (AFP) - John McCain is a man shaped by war. And he is a man who refuses to admit defeat. Not in politics, when the polls ...
Key Senate battlegrounds in 2008 election
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A third of the seats in the US Senate are up for grabs in congressional elections on November 4, with ...
BD mily not to interfere in politics: Ban
DHAKA (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he has secured assurances from Bangladesh's powerful military that it ...
Support for UN terror blacklist dwindling
WASHINGTON - The United Nations blacklist of alleged terrorism financiers is facing legal challenges and dwindling support, The ...
Extremists may try to derail ME peace: Israeli spy chief
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency said on Sunday he is "extremely worried" that right-wing ...
Anti-Qaeda tribal chief, family killed
BAQUBA (AFP) - An Iraqi Sunni tribal chief who led a US-financed militia battling Al-Qaeda militants was killed by a ...
Politics
Obama, McCain step up battleground blitz
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, (Agencies) - White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain Sunday hurled themselves into a Herculean ...
British govt to spy on Muslim kids as young as five
LONDON - A witch-hunt against the British Muslims has become much more pervasive as the surveillance of potential violent ...
Achakzai for change in foreign policy
QUETTA - Convener All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) and President of Pashtoon Khawa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) Mehmood Khan ...
44 foreign militants held in Kohat
KOHAT - Kohat Police arrested 44 suspected militants on Sunday. The arrested militants are nationals of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, ...
Troops kill 13 militants in Swat
PESHAWAR (APP) - The Security Forces backed by gunship helicopters and artillery have killed 13 more militants and injured ...
India wishes to address all issues with Pakistan
TEHRAN (Agencies) - Observing that it has been pursuing a policy of 'positive and substantial' engagement with Pakistan, India on ...
Entertainment
World's first truly blue roses go on display
They are the stuff of legend - signifying mystery and traditionally believed to be able to grant the owner youth. For years ...
Palin takes prank call from fake Sarkozy
TORONTO (Agencies) - Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday ...
Scientists turbo-charge immune cells to fight cancer
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists in the United States have created super-charged immune cells that helped beat back cancer tumours in ...
Beyond Recognising Odours, single neuron controls reactions in worm
Babies will smile when they catch the scent of vanilla, but a whiff of rotting meat will send them into fits. From people to mice ...
Money makes political world go around
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - In a presidential race filled with broken barriers, money has shattered far more than its share. ...
New Age author dies
BANNING, Calif. (Agencies)- Marilyn Ferguson, whose best-selling book "The Aquarian Conspiracy" helped establish the New Age ...
Islamabad
Pakistan to take part in World Karate C'ship
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - Pakistan named team for the 19th World Karate Championship, scheduled to be held from November 13-16,2008 in ...
Federal Area fancy win against Punjab
ISLAMABAD - Federal Area plunged into crisis after getting a good start in the Pentangular Cricket Cup, as they were 127 for 4 in ...
Fares still high despite cut in fuel prices
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- Transporters in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have not reduced fares despite decrease in oil ...
Painting exhibition to be held in November: PNCA
ISLAMABAD - Painting exhibition under the title "Unveil Murree: Past and Present" would be organised during this month. In ...
PM takes note of petroleum problem
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- While taking serious notice on media reports about the non-availability of petroleum products at petrol pumps at ...
Anti-beggary drive in full swing
ISLAMABAD- Over 131 beggars have been arrested during the ongoing drive against the beggars and shifted to Adiala Jail. ...
Too much weight during pregnancy can make baby fat
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Women who gain more than 40 pounds (18 kg) during pregnancy have nearly twice the risk of delivering a heavy ...
Jamshed Gulzar Kiyani laid to rest
RAWALPINDI - Former Corps Commander Rawalpindi and active member of Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association Lt General (retd) Jamshed ...
Karachi
Pakistan junior hockey team named for India series
KARACHI (APP) - The Selection of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Sunday announced a strong 20-member Pakistan junior hockey ...
Sugar, milk prices go to stratosphere
KARACHI - The retail prices of sugar and packed milk further jumped up in the City at a time when the government had provided ...
Probe into killings of political workers sought
KARACHI - The Multi-Parties Conference (MPC) hosted by Sunni Tehreek have adopted resolutions demanding the government to set up ...
'Foreign loans will further jeopardise economy'
KARACHI - The current economic crisis in Pakistan demands that our policy makers and think-tank find out quick corrective ...
Financial capital or capital of weapons
Since the formation of PPP government, the people in Karachi are hearing much hue and cry about the Talibanisation. For the MQM ...
MQM sends relief items worth Rs23m
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday said that the Party had sent more than Rs 23 million worth relief items for ...
PIA schedules 310 Haj flights this year
KARACHI - PIA's first Pre Hajj flight from Karachi left on November 1, 2008 with 457 Pilgrims on board, signalling the beginning ...
Lahore
Agha-led Pony Express stun Hattaf Security
LAHORE - Pony Express pulled off a surprise win over Hattaf Security (6 1/2 to 6) in the final of the World Call Polo ...
Black coats protest plan attracts support
LAHORE - City lawyers will observe complete boycott of courts on Monday (today) besides staging two hours sit-in outside ...
Commissioners interviewed, names finalised
LAHORE - The Punjab government has finalised the names of the nine divisional commissioners after interviews with the Chief ...
Victim family wants medics' trial
LAHORE - Family of a 26-year-old orphan, who died in the Services Hospital due to negligence of the doctors while administering ...
Lawyers movement unwavered despite odds
LAHORE - The lawyers' movement that initially started with the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on March 9 ...
Nawaz Sharif likely to join rally
LAHORE - The PML-N is all set to participate in 'November 3 Black Day' on Monday (today) to mark the occasion against the ...
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