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 Saturday, November 07, 2009
Front Page
Another Brigadier targeted in Capital
ISLAMABAD Another senior army officer and his driver sustained bullet injuries when two unknown assailants sprayed bullets at his vehicle in Sector 1-8/4 here on Friday. It was the third attack on senior army officers during the last two weeks and every time the assailants managed to escape while ...
I foiled 3 removal bids: Zardari
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari made startling revelations on Friday saying that he had survived three bids aimed at ...
Mushahid urges govt to regain lost glory
ISLAMABAD PML-Q has announced to table a bill 'Pakistan Sovereignty Act 2009 in the National Assembly asking the President to ...
International
UN climate talks leave wide gaps to pact
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP/Reuters) - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive ...
Saudi Arabia vows to strike Yemen rebels until they flee
RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers on Friday, after Riyadh said it would press on with ...
China adopts 'malaria diplomacy' as part of Africa push
HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a laboratory in Chinas southern city of Guangzhou, scientists are trying to enhance the rare sweet ...
Palestinians breach Israels West Bank wall
NILIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Masked Palestinian youths breached a 6-metre (20-foot) high section of Israels security wall in the ...
Villagers flee war zone as India battles Maoists
LALGARH, India (Reuters) - Babulal Mahato hides in paddy fields each night in an eastern Indian village as security forces carry ...
Iran to give IAEA more details on N-fuel plan
TEHRAN/VIENNA (AFP) - Iran said on Friday it is preparing to give more details on its response to international proposals for ...
Two killed in Florida shooting
ORLANDO, Florida, (AFP) - Two people were killed and six were hurt on Friday in the second mass shooting in the United States in ...
McCullum's hundred props NZ to commanding total
ABU DHABI (AFP) Opener Brendon McCullum returned to form with a brilliant hundred to guide New Zealand to an imposing 303-8 in ...
Stalker: the secret of Kiwi success
ABU DHABI A woman playing big part in the physical condition of the Kiwi players is South Africa-born physio Kate Stalker. The ...
Djokovic clinches career-best 'double-bagel' victory
BASEL (Switzerland) (AFP) Novak Djokovic clinched the most comprehensive victory of his career on Thursday when he humiliated ...
Tiger Woods storms to shared lead in China
SHANGHAI (AFP) Tiger Woods stormed into a share of the lead with Nick Watney at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Friday, as Phil ...
Roma shock Fulham; Celtic face Euro exit
PARIS (AFP) Fulham compromised their hopes of advancing in the Europa League on Thursday when Roma came from behind to win 2-1 ...
Bashir's planned visit sparks Turkey-EU row
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkeys President Abdullah Gul accused the European Union on Friday of interfering after the bloc asked Ankara ...
Taliban turn screws on UN in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP/Reuters) - The Taliban on Friday levelled a stinging attack on the UN, ratcheting up pressure on the world body as it ...
Business
US jobless rate hits 10.2pc
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 percent in October as another 190,000 jobs were shed, the Labor ...
SBP launches agri financing scheme
KARACHI (APP) - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched a new Agricultural Loans Refinancing and Guarantee Scheme designed ...
9,000 level goes again as KSE sheds another 176 points
KARACHI- The Karachi stock market, after initial resistance on the back of index heavy weights, failed to sustain the pressure ...
US Consulate starts issuing visas to businessmen
KARACHI - The US Consulate Friday started issuing visa after a gap of 13 years and in this regard a Pakistani businessman was ...
Gold hits record
LONDON (AFP) - The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 dollars an ounce in trading here on Friday following a report that ...
Export of cotton and yarn ruining apparel industry
KARACHI - The Pakistan Apparel Forum (PAF) has said that unbridled exports of cotton and cotton yarn are ruining the apparel ...
Spotlight on tax and benefits
Yet again we have a new controversy brewing where supposedly the World Bank is advising the government that in order to avoid ...
KCCI chief emphasises quality educational projects
KARACHI - Education is the lifeline for any country; presently we are in a dire need to establish high quality educational ...
Senate body seeks details of privatised entities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Senate Standing Committee on Privatisation sought details of the terms and conditions applied to the ...
US slaps import penalties on Chinese tubular goods
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Commerce Department has imposed anti-dumping tariffs of up to 99 percent on imports of Chinese tubular ...
Politics
Intelligence agencies fear attack on PAF base
KARACHI Intelligence agencies have warned the Federal Interior Ministry regarding possible terrorist acts at the Pakistan Air ...
Did PSO get oil from banned source?
ISLAMABAD Providing documents in response to TheNations story dated November 4, (Wednesday), the Ministry of Petroleum on behalf ...
Mudslinging at its peak in PA session
SAJID ZIA & IQTIDAR GILANI LAHORE Visibly feeling pains in the wound inflicted by the remarks of Law Minister Ran Sana Ullah ...
CNG stations strike on 10th
ISLAMABAD All Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas Station Owners Association has decided to observe strike by shutting down CNG ...
'Base HQs of terrorists' seized
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said. Soldiers have ...
Reforms body abolishes concurrent list
ISLAMABAD - The Constitutional Reforms Committee of the Parliament successfully managed to overcome differences on the abolition ...
Dr Aafia's immediate release demanded, NA told
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan Friday informed the National Assembly that Government had ...
Pakistan released Jundullah leader: Iran
TEHRAN (AFP) - The deputy head of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards charged on Friday that Pakistan arrested and then released the ...
13 killed in shooting at Texas army base
WASHINGTON - Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a US army psychiatrist who is suspected of killing 13 people and wounding 30 at a major ...
LHC stops Frenchman's repatriation
RAWALPINDI - Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Friday issued stay orders regarding the repatriation of a French national ...
President bypasses Prime Minister to woo allies
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to be on the same page with the coalition partners, President Asif Ali Zardari accelerated his direct ...
Pentagon snubs Indian newsman
WASHINGTON - An Indian journalist who routinely asks anti-Pakistan questions at the main briefings/press conferences in ...
All-out support for democracy: Nawaz
SKARDO (APP) - Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif Friday said that his party would support every step of the ...
Corrigendum
ISLAMABAD With reference TheNations story dated November 5, 2009 captioned Why hotels when you have Belaire, Mr President? this ...
UN General Assembly votes for probe into Gaza war crimes
UNITED NATIONS - Defying the pressure from the United States and Israel, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved Thursday ...
Entertainment
Designer baby clothes could stop children playing
PARENTS who dress their children in designer clothes are hampering their development because it stops them playing properly, ...
Atif Aslam has Bollywood offers
PAKISTANI singer Atif Aslam, who crooned his way into the hearts of Indians with Bollywood songs, has revealed he has acting ...
Carrie Underwood on track to top US pop chart
CARRIE is on track to achieve her second No 1 album on the Billboard 200 as her just-released Play On should debut atop the chart ...
Getting up close with the kings of jungle
AS an enormous lion lumbers onto the bonnet of the jeep and begins tearing up a piece of raw meat, you would expect to see fear ...
Babies cry with regional accents
NEWBORN babies cry with regional 'accents copied from their mothers, researchers have shown. An astonishing new study found that ...
Beyonce wins MTV Europe hat-trick
SINGER Beyonce has landed a trio of trophies at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin. The singer fought off rivals including ...
Islamabad
Sugar evaporates from market
ISLAMABAD The sugar has not been available in the markets of the Federal Capital for the last three or four days, as the Punjab ...
'CDA to resolve residential, trade problems'
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority has constituted Chairmans Task Force to solve problems of the residents and ...
Probe widens regarding fake doctors appointment
RAWALPINDI The Anti-Corruption (AC) Department Rawalpindi on Friday took into custody record of Dr Mubeen Akhter and a quack ...
Grants for IIU, QAU boundary walls okayed
ISLAMABAD Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to provide grants for boundary walls of the International Islamic ...
Ministry to engage ulema
ISLAMABAD Ministry of Population Development is contemplating to involve graduates of local Madaris (religious schools) in its ...
90 held in search operation
RAWALPINDI On the directives of Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Muhammad Aslam Khan Tareen, police launched an ...
Quaid Trophy: Stunning Shahzad wrecks Faisalabad
ISLAMABAD Shahzad Azams stunning 11 wicket haul led hosts Islamabad to a big innings and 70 runs win against Faisalabad in the ...
PSB to monitor SA Games camps
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has decided to monitor the performance of coaches during the on-going training camps, ...
Karachi
PPP govt making mockery of its own decisions
KARACHI - Violating its own cabinet decision, the PPP led Sindh government has posted a number of junior officers to senior posts ...
Godown in Landhi export zone gutted
KARACHI - A massive fire was erupted in a godown located in Landhi Export Processing Zone. One firefigher received burn injuries ...
Research work on Josh Malihabadi underway
KARACHI - Literary and research work on 'Josh Malihabadi, one of the most prominent poet of the Urdu history, has been ...
Lyari Development Package reviewed
KARACHI (APP) - The progress of schemes under multi-million rupees Lyari Development Package was reviewed at a meeting held under ...
Citizens seek removal of encroachments
KARACHI (APP) - Citizens have appealed to the Nazim Karachi to ensure prompt action against dealers of car and accessories for ...
Initiative taken for life improvement in Sindh cities
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Government has taken an initiative to improve the quality of life in intermediate cities of Sindh. As a ...
Lahore
Masood look formidable
LAHORE The 13th Balijee Bridge Championship started on Friday at 10.00 am with the finest of Pakistans bridge stars occupying ...
Inzi backs Afridi's captaincy
LAHORE Former skipper Inzamam-ul Haq believes that Shahid Afridi should be made captain of the team because the captaincy has ...
KRL, Army overtake WAPDA with narrow wins
LAHORE Army and KRL strolled past national title holder WAPDA with narrow 1-0 win on Friday as two more matches were decided in ...
Body to resolve Queens Road issue
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday constituted a three-member committee to resolve the issue of blocking Queens Road, ...
Sugar selling at Rs60/kg
LAHORE - White refined sugar is being sold at Rs 60/kg in the retail markets of the City as the Punjab government has badly ...
Ban on postings and transfers in Punjab
LAHORE - Punjab Government have imposed complete ban on posting and transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff in the School ...
PU assigning duties wishfully
LAHORE - The Punjab University (PU) is continuously ignoring the equitable appointments of head examiners and paper setters for ...
Govt lost ground to stay in power
LAHORE - PML-Q Central leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi has accused the Punjab government of aggravating problems of the masses through ...
Two dead, 5 hurt in road mishaps
LAHORE - At many as two persons were crushed to death while five others injured in various road accidents in different localities ...
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