Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
- US drone kills Qaeda leader in Pak: officials
- Blast rocks ASF headquarters in Karachi
- Three including two women killed for honour in Faisalabad
- Obama briefed by national security team on US-Pakistan cooperation
- Awan contempt case: Hearing adjourns till Feb 20
- Memo case: Lawyer insists recording of Ijaz statement abroad
The Nation in print for Thursday, November 06, 2008
Front Page
S Arabia to give $4b to Pakistan
MADINA - Saudi Arabia has agreed to give $4 billion to Pakistan and provide oil facility on one-year deferred payments. It has been learnt from reliable sources privy to the meeting held here the other day between King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and President Asif Ali Zardari. Advisor to Prime ...
Top 10 foreign challenges
PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama, who takes office on January 20, 2009, will face a number of key foreign policy problems. Here are ...
Call for new US anti-terror plan
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani militants and tribesmen on Wednesday urged US president-elect Barack Obama to break with his ...
Pakistan hopes Obama will promote stability
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama and Senator ...
International
World cheers Obama's historic victory
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Supporters of Barack Obama erupted into song and dance around the world Wednesday, from the bars of London and ...
Global superpower urged to change its way
PARIS (AFP) - World leaders hailed Barack Obama's triumph Wednesday in the US presidential election as the dawn of a new era and ...
Ban congratulates US President-elect
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday extended his congratulations to US President-elect Barack Obama, ...
Obama's unlikely story reaches triumphant climax
CHICAGO (AFP) - From national obscurity to rewriting world history in four short years, Barack Obama has risen like a rocket to ...
Kenya erupts in joy
KOGELO, Kenya (AFP) - Barack Obama's friends and relatives erupted into song and dance in the Kenyan family homestead of Kogelo ...
Eight babies named Obama
KOGELO, Kenya (AFP) - Eight babies born overnight or on Wednesday were named Barack or Obama " or both " in one Kisumu hospital ...
Obama turns to task of building an administration
WASHINGTON - US Congressman Rahm Emanuel, a member of the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives, has been offered ...
Yousuf announces ICL deal
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Star batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Wednesday said he was still keen to play for Pakistan despite signing up with a ...
Democrats triumph in elections to congress, governors' positions
WASHINGTON - The Democrats expanded their majority in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and also defeated the ...
Business
Obama's victory to give fresh start to Pak-US economic ties
KARACHI - "The newly-elected U.S. President, Barack Obama will not only bring the hope for the recovery of financial mess but ...
State Bank to provide 100 per cent refinancing to banks under EFS
KARACHI - The Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Wednesday announced that the central bank will henceforth ...
Weaving, spinning sectors profitability deteriorates in 1Q
LAHORE - Profitability of weaving and spinning sectors of textile industry deteriorated in the first quarter of fiscal year ...
E&P sector profits up by 55pc during first quarter
KARACHI - Profitability of the Exploration and Production (E&P) sector increased by 55 percent during the first quarter ...
Inflation, poverty hamper economic transformation
KARACHI - A higher GDP growth rate, building of foreign exchange reserves, accelerated stock market index and record growth in ...
Oil slumps under $65
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices tumbled two dollars on Wednesday as traders awaited the latest weekly snapshot of crude inventories in ...
Dubai Islamic Bank reports 55pc growth
KARACHI - Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited (DIBPL) has achieved an impressive growth of 55 percent in its financings and a 42 ...
Market remains flat despite volume increase
LAHORE - The business in Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) remained unchanged for the third consecutive day and closed at 9,182.88 ...
US, European stocks falter as Obama wins US presidency
LONDON (AFP) - Wall Street and European stocks fell Wednesday as investors took profits despite gains earlier in Asia as Democrat ...
Rs400b debt a hurdle in power generation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday said all out efforts were being made to overcome ...
Politics
Profile
Born on Aug 4, 1961 in Hawaii, Barack Obama studied law at Harvard, worked as a civil rights lawyer in Chicago, served in ...
Plan devised to manage 700mcf gas shortfall
LAHORE - The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited has been asked to devise a new plan of gas load management ahead of severe winter ...
Obama might appoint Bill Clinton as special envoy on Kashmir
NEW YORK - US President-Elect Barack Obama might consider appointing former President Bill Clinton as special envoy on ...
Taliban warn Barack Obama on troop plans
TALIBAN militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan have given a lukewarm response to the election of Barack Obama as the new US ...
Indian army officer arrested over blasts
POLICE in India have arrested an army officer in connection with two bombings in Maharashtra state which killed at least eight ...
Entertainment
Bond girl Olga does own stunts
UKRAINIAN model Olga Kurylenko, who stars as the new Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig in "Quantum of Solace", is scared of ...
Woman held for calling police 7,177 times
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese police arrested a woman for making more than 7,000 emergency telephone calls because an officer did not ...
Hairless cats that you'll either love or hate
They have been described as the Marmite of cats - you either love them or shudder. Well, enough of us have developed a taste ...
Any caffeine may affect growth of unborn child
CONSUMING caffeine at any time during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal growth restriction (low birth ...
Mission to Mars: Key health hurdle can be overcome
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists believe they have found a way of protecting astronauts from a dangerous source of space radiation, thus ...
Diesel fuel found in fungus
A team led by a Montana State University professor has found a fungus that produces a new type of diesel fuel, which they say ...
Islamabad
Sale of unregistered SIMs continues
ISLAMABAD - The tall claims of government have been negated by the frequent use of unauthorised SIMs across the country with ...
Action against massage centres, brothels, bars ordered
ISLAMABAD- Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior, Senator Talha Mehmood has asked Islamabad Capital Territory ...
CDA to meet Rs25b budget targets
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has more funds than that of the budget targets set for the fiscal year ...
Turkish culture depicted in photographs
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Turkish embassy Wednesday organised an exhibition of selected photographs made by three Pakistani photographers ...
BISP another feather in PPP's cap, says Farzana
ISLAMABAD - Chairperson, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Farzana Raja Wednesday strongly dispelled the impression that ...
'PRC not authorised to raise drugs prices'
ISLAMABAD - A final decision on increasing prices of around 325 medicines including some life saving drugs hangs in limbo despite ...
Karachi
'Government planning action against lawyers'
KARACHI - Former President Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Munir A Malik, has said that the government was ...
Man dies in police custody
KARACHI - A man, allegedly involved in a murder case, died in the custody of Sharah-e-Faisal police here on Wednesday. ...
KESC groans under burden of Rs 90b loans
KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is groaning under the burden of a bank loan worth Rs. 90 billion and most of ...
BNP activists protest leader's killing
KARACHI - Hundreds of enraged activists of Balochistan National Party (BNP) on Wednesday took out a protest rally from Regal ...
Special Branch Police under-staffed
KARACHI - Special Branch, most sensitive arm of the Sindh police performing VVIP duties and keeping tab on foreign citizens ...
Zardari orders withdrawal of petitions against MQM
KARACHI - On the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, the PPP leadership has started confidence-building dialogue with MQM ...
Farhan to face Amir Atlas in final
KARACHI - Top seed Farhan Mahboob and second seed young Amir Atlas will fight for the final honours in the US dollar 25,000, ...
Lahore
LHC orders to book 'miscreants' under ATA
LAHORE - A seven-member full bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the chief secretary, home secretary and inspector ...
Pak-India water dispute bigger issue than terrorism: Ch Shujaat
LAHORE - President PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that water dispute between India and Pakistan was graver issue than ...
GCU directed to readmit rusticated students
LAHORE - Justice Najam-uz-Zaman of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Registrar Government College University ...
18 flourmills to get biometrics equipment
LAHORE - In order to make the dealings among the Punjab government, flourmills and tandoor owners transparent on long-term basis, ...
Work on delayed Walton Road project resumes
LAHORE - All controversies surrounding the Walton Road project couple of days back suddenly set aside, paving the way for prompt ...
New president of the world
The new American President has been elected. Barak Obama gets the honour of not only being the president of a super power but for ...
Pakistan imposes ban on Yousuf
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned star cricketer Mohammad Yousuf for playing cricket in the country. ...
PCB refuses to confirm Malik's appointment
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board refused to make official appointment of former Pakistan captain Salim Malim as chief coach of ...
Angry Rashid Latif resigns as coach
LAHORE - Former Test player Rashid Latif has resigned from his post of wicket-keeping coach at the National Cricket Academy in ...
A question that begs answers
Zakir Khan has generally been very trustworthy but on this occasion his defence of the current dispensation in the board seems to ...
Punjab College emerge champion
LAHORE - Punjab College won the college title of the Interschool and collegiate Games event by securing 1355 points. The ...
PAF clinch Capt Natha Khan Volleyball
LAHORE - Pakistan Air Force thrashed Army by 3-2 to win the 26th Captain Natha Khan Sher Jang memorial volleyball championship ...
Qasim Zia inaugurates floodlights at national Stadium
LAHORE - President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Qasim Zia inaugurated the floodlights of National Hockey Stadium Lahore, here ...
PMC overcome KPT 4-3 with last-ditch winner
LAHORE - Pakistan Premier Soccer League - the handsome show of Pakistan Football Federation - saw completion of three more ...
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