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 09, 2009
Front Page
Nazim among 13 killed in suicide hit
PESHAWAR At least 13 persons including a former Taliban sympathiser turned anti-militant nazim of union council Adezai, Abdul Malik, were killed and 43 others got injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near busy livestock market here at Mathani area on Sunday morning. Police sources and ...
Suicide attack thwarted in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - The police shot dead an alleged suicide bomber when he was about to blow himself up at a police picket here at Sector ...
How much access has Pakistan given to US?
NEW YORK Pakistan has denied having any understanding with US that would allow specially trained American units to provide added ...
International
War support flagging in UK
LONDON (AFP) - British politicians and military chiefs defended the war in Afghanistan on Sunday as Remembrance services for ...
US House passes health bill
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, ...
UN launches campaign to stop corruption
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations kicked off over the weekend a campaign to stop corruption and expose the corrosive effect if ...
23pc people worldwide say capitalism fatally flawed
LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly a quarter of people across 27 countries worldwide believe free market capitalism is fatally flawed, ...
Japanese continue protest against US base
GINOWAN, Japan, (AFP) - Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents rallied Sunday against a US military base on the island, raising ...
Top US Gen warns of anti-Muslim 'backlash
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - The US Armys top General expressed concern Sunday that last weeks mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, ...
MPs vow to divorce wives over party-hopping
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysias Islamic party has been criticised over a loyalty oath sworn by some of its legislators who have ...
Iran vacillates on UN-proposed N-deal
TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Russia should keep its word on selling a missile defence system to Iran, an influential parliamentarian ...
Australia seals series against India
GUWAHATI (India) (AFP) Doug Bollinger took 5-35 and Shane Watson hit 49 as Australia thrashed India by six wickets to win the ...
Younus under pressure in Pakistan-NZ decider
ABU DHABI (AFP) Pakistan captain Younus Khan finds himself under pressure as his team heads into the series-deciding third and ...
to leave for London before joining team in New Zealand
ABU DHABI Younus Khan (he does not like to be called as Younis Khan, My name is Younus Khan. I tell people that everywhere, but ...
Pennetta beats Oudin as Italy lift Fed Cup
REGGIO CALABRIA (Italy) (AFP) Italy claimed their second Fed Cup title in three years as Flavia Pennetta cruised to a 7-5, 6-2 ...
Bring on Klitschkos, demands new world champion Haye
NUREMBERG (Germany) (AFP) David Haye landed the WBA heavyweight title with victory over Nikolai Valuev and then set his sights ...
Mickelson holds off Els to win HSBC Champions
SHANGHAI (AFP) Phil Mickelson held off a resurgent Ernie Els in a tense finale to win both the WGC-HSBC Champions on Sunday and ...
Real hold on to win pulsating Madrid derby
MADRID (AFP) Real Madrid survived a late fight-back by Atletico Madrid to win 3-2 and keep the pressure on leaders Barcelona. In ...
Politics
Gilani, Nawaz meet on 12th
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has invited PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif on lunch on Thursday (Nov. 12), ...
Allied troops forced Qaeda into Pak: UK
LONDON (Agencies) - British politicians and military chiefs defended the mission in Afghanistan on Sunday as remembrance services ...
Peace under threat in S Asia: India
NEW DELHI (Online) - India on Sunday expressed its serious concern over the spurt of terrorism in neighbouring Pakistan and ...
Govt lacks system for population control plans
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is facing serious issue of having no institutional mechanism for effective implementation of population ...
AQ Khan backs Iran's right to develop nukes
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Pakistans renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has backed Irans right to develop nuclear energy ...
Airplane escapes disaster
LAHORE - Peshawar bound Flight PK 350 made emergency landing at Allama Iqbal International Airport (AIIA) due to engine failure ...
President, PM urge people to rebuild Pakistan on Iqbals vision
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the people to resolve on the birth anniversary of the poet philosopher ...
Bangladesh for regional anti-terror task force
DHAKA (APP) - Bangladesh has called on the South Asian nations to engage in regional cooperation urgently to counter terrorism. ...
Equities tied to IMF review
Capital Viewpoint Afzal Bajwa Trading trends in Pakistans capital market that faced loss of over a couple of percentiles during ...
Army consolidates gains in SW
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) Twenty Taliban insurgents have been killed as military tries to consolidate gains in its offensive against ...
No talks on nuclear security: FO
ISLAMABAD Pakistan has neither held talks with US officials on the issue of security of its nuclear arsenal nor it requires any ...
No intention to seize Pak nukes: US
ISLAMABAD US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson has termed false the allegations published in the press that the United ...
Balochistan package soon, says Gilani
LAHORE Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) was not a matter of winning ...
NAC a bid to protect NRO beneficiaries?
ISLAMABAD After the governments nosedive on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) issue, the legal and constitutional minds of ...
Musharraf says Afghan intelligence under Indian influence
NEW YORK - The Afghan intelligence apparatus works under Indian influence and routinely blames Pakistan of harbouring the Afghan ...
Entertainment
Hudson's surgery vow
KATE Hudson has pledged to have Botox injections. The 30-year-old actress - who is currently dating New York Yankees baseball ...
Cameron won't sell her love life
CAMERON Diaz likes to keep her love life out of the spotlight. The actress - who has previously dated singer Justin Timberlake - ...
Oz fans walk out on Britney
POP star Britney Spears seems to have had a tough time down under as her Australian fans found her debut show in the country ...
Children with 'tough love' parents do better in life
CHILDREN who grow up with parents who take a 'tough love approach to their upbringing are better prepared to do well in ...
Super Aviator sub in action
THE Super Aviator is the personal sub designed like an aeroplane and as Caroline Graham discovers, with views like this, you wont ...
Computers reveal unexpected drug side-effects
SCIENTISTS at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco ...
National
A glance at today's game
Black Caps have bounced back in a fabulous way after their drubbing in the first ODI against Pakistan. On Friday, New Zealand ...
Karachi
KESC frames new loadshedding plan
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has set a new loadshedding plan for unprecedented period, The Nation has ...
IPC Ministry resents direct correspondence by Sindh depts
KARACHI - The Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ministry of the Federal government has expressed reservations over the direct ...
TAGO wants setting up laptop manufacturing unit
KARACHI - TAGO, an Arab Organization for Professional Services, Chairman Talal Abu Ghazaleh said that Pakistan economy and its ...
Baba Island residents get medical facility
KARACHI - When Sindh government, CDGK and Town Administration had failed in providing basic medical treatment facilities to the ...
Hesco officials asked to improve performance
HYDERABAD (APP) - The Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power Senator Nawabzada Mir Haji Lashkari Raisani has asked ...
SPARC drive on bonded labourers rights starts today
KARACHI - The Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) has launched a five-day campaign from November 9-13 to create ...
Lahore
'N' Opp not different from Fazl's, says Imran
LAHORE - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has said the role of the PML-N as a friendly opposition wasnt different ...
Widening of Canal Road project okayed
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has granted approval to the project of widening of Lahore Canal Road, which will be ...
Taufiq Rafat - the Ezra Pound of Pakistan
LAHORE - Eminent writers and intellectuals said Taufiq Rafat has introduced creative writing in English besides making his utmost ...
Iqbal Day to be observed today
LAHORE - Iqbal Day marking the 132nd birthday of national poet Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal will be celebrated on Monday (today) ...
More school holidays
The most wonderful thing about the approach of winter is the autumn, in which the weather becomes very different from the summer. ...
Complete projects at Murree before snowfall, says Shahbaz
LAHORE (PPI) - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that all out resources should be utilised for the early ...
Pakistan down Japan to qualify for Hockey WC
LAHORE Pakistan defeated Japan 3-1 in the final of the Hockey World Cup qualifying tournament in Lille, France on Sunday. The ...
Gheewala V way ahead of others
LAHORE The 13th Balijee Bridge Championship in progress at the Lahore Gymkhana bridge tables moves into the final phase with the ...
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