Thursday, February 09, 2012
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- 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
The Nation in print for Thursday, October 01, 2009
Front Page
Electricity 6pc higher from today
ISLAMABAD - The government has increased the power tariff by 6 percent for the consumers that will come into effect from today. Ministry of Water and Power a few days back forwarded a summary to the prime minister asking to raise power tariff by six percent to be implemented from October 1. That ...
US Congress passes Kerry-Lugar aid bill with strings attached
WASHINGTON - With its adoption by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the congressional process on the so-called ...
Inter-Risk owner's remand extended
ISLAMABAD - The Judicial Magistrate, Faheem Shah, granted two days physical remand of the owner of Inter-Risk Security Company, ...
International
Intact LT determined to hit India again: NYT
NEW YORK - Lashkar-e-Taiba remains largely intact and determined to strike India again, The New York Times reported Wednesday, ...
World ratchets up pressure; Iran defiant
GENEVA (AFP/Reuters) - World powers on Wednesday piled pressure on Iran to come clean about its disputed nuclear activities ahead ...
Beijing shuts down ahead of National Day
BEIJING (AFP) - China launched a massive shutdown of bustling central Beijing Wednesday on the eve of a spectacular celebration ...
Millions still lack access to AIDS drugs: UN
LONDON (Reuters) - More than half of the 9.5 million people who need AIDS drugs cannot get them and 33 million people across the ...
US speeds up troop withdrawal from Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - The US military has accelerated the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and freed up resources for the ...
UN demands end of sexual violence as tactic of war
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to the use of ...
UK differs from US view on Tehran bomb design
LONDON (Reuters) - British officials suspect Iran has been seeking nuclear weapons for the past few years, differing from a US ...
Fighting corruption key to US ties to Karzai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerned that its war strategy will be undermined by doubts over Afghan President Hamid Karzais ...
Israel to free 20 women for Shalit film
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel will free 20 Palestinian women from jail as early as Friday (tomorrow) in exchange for a videotape from ...
Boat capsizes in India, 32 dead
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP/Reuters) - A tourist boat carrying 76 people in the southern Indian state of Kerala capsized ...
Australia win last ball thriller
CENTURION Australia set their clash with England in the 1st semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 by beating Pakistan by 2 ...
Wasim named Hall of Fame
CENTURION The ICC and the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA) have acknowledged the services to cricket ...
PCB can't host it, it's our turn, claims BCB
MUMBAI Ijaz Butt, Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed his desire to host the ICC WT20 in Pakistan in 2014 ...
Sharapova, Jankovic reach Pan Pacific Open quarters
TOKYO (AFP) Crowd-favourite Maria Sharapova stormed into the quarter-finals by beating fellow Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the ...
Dark horse Madrid aiming to upset odds
MADRID (AFP) Madrid may be an outsider in the 2016 Olympics race, but the city is betting that the overwhelmingly support within ...
Emotional return for Karlsson after eye trauma
ST ANDREWS (AFP) - Robert Karlsson makes an emotional return to the home of golf this week, four months after being sidelined by ...
Business
Textile sector wants two-year rates freeze
KARACHI - Central Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Mohsin Ayub Mirza has said ...
Food imports witness negative growth
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Imports of various food commodities witnessed negative growth of 14.34 percent during the first two months of ...
Rs10 commemorative coin to mark China I-Day from today
KARACHI - The government has decided to issue Rs 10 commemorative coin from Oct 1 to mark the 60th independence day of the ...
Monetary policy dashes businessmen' hopes to ground
KARACHI - President FPCCI Sultan Ahmad Chawla has expressed his serious concern over monetary policy statement of the Governor ...
ENI wins gas block; in Caspian talks
ROME (Reuters) - Italys ENI is expanding in Pakistan with a new onshore gas concession and is in longer-term talks to bring gas ...
US second quarter GDP down 0.7pc in final revision
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy shrank at a 0.7 percent pace in the second quarter, the government said Wednesday in its final ...
KSE sheds 126 points as monetary policy disappoints investors
KARACHI - SBP move to keep discount rate unchanged in monetary policy review resulted in heavy selling pressure at the Karachi ...
100-Index recomposed
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange (Guarantee) Limited has re-composed its benchmark KSE-100 Index, bring in nine new ...
Bank accounts without CNIC to be blocked from Dec 31
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has provided final opportunity to banks/DFIs for regularizing accounts of their ...
Govt urged to adopt growers-friendly policies
LAHORE- Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) has called upon the government to adopt growers friendly policies in order to give ...
Politics
A daily dose of drone attacks and killings
PESHAWAR - At least five persons were killed when a US spy plane fired missile on suspected vehicle of Taliban militants in Norak ...
Taseer tries positive spin on Kerry-Lugar Bill
LAHORE- Rejecting criticism of the strings attached to the Kerry-Lugar Bill, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Wednesday said ...
A dangerous policy shift?
ISLAMABAD - Knowledgeable circles within Pakistans nuclear establishment, when asked to comment on Governor Taseers statement ...
Minority MNA boycotts NA body meeting
ISLAMABAD - Minority MNA Akram Masih Gil on Wednesday boycotted the proceedings of sub-committee of the National Assembly ...
Terror victim's story
ISLAMABAD - Inayat Bibi, an over-60 year old widow, whose household belongings were thrown out by the Estate Office the other ...
TTP chief's close aide nabbed
HANGU - A close aide of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakimullah Mehsud was arrested here in Duaba on ...
Tsunami smashes Pacific islands; 113 die
APIA (AFP) - Towering tsunamis churned up by a huge earthquake slammed into the Samoan islands on Tuesday, killing at least 113 ...
1,000 feared dead in Indonesia quake
JAKARTA (AFP/Reuters) - At least 75 people were killed and thousands more trapped underneath rubble after a major earthquake hit ...
Navy inducts anti-sub copters
KARACHI - The Pakistan Navy has acquired Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters Z9EC from China. The induction ceremony was ...
Bill stalls on American trade help for Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six months ago, US President Barack Obama asked Congress to give him two key tools - aid and trade - to ...
US diplomat fired from UN job in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS-UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday fired Peter Galbraith, a UN deputy representative in Afghanistan, ...
PM hints at foreign hand in GB violence
GILGIT (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday did not rule out the involvement of foreign hand in the recent ...
Taliban film shows dead Mehsud
THE Taliban in Pakistan have released a video confirming that their former leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead. A video received by ...
Raisani warns against drone attacks
QUETTA - Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani has strongly rejected reports about presence of Taliban ...
PK-326 lands at PAF base; pilot arrested
QUETTA - A PIA flight narrowly escaped disaster as pilot of a PIA flight landed the aircraft at a PAF base instead of Quetta ...
Pak, Italy sign defence accord
ROME (PPI) - President Asif Ali Zardari and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Wednesday presided over the signing of a ...
Entertainment
First intelligent financial search engine developed
RESEARCHERS from the Carlos III University of Madrid (UCM3) have completed the development of the first search engine designed to ...
Kingbird takes piggyback on predatory hawk
HOW far would you go to get rid of an unwelcome visitor? This is the moment a tiny kingbird decided it was time to see off a ...
German men are 'world's worst lovers'
GERMAN men have been voted the worlds worst lovers, narrowly beating English men to the unwanted title. A poll of 15,000 women ...
A pet in your life keeps the doctor away
LOWERS blood pressure, encourages exercise, improves psychological health- these may sound like the effects of a miracle drug, ...
Clown takes giant leap into space
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - The billionaire founder of the Cirque du Soleil show Wednesday blasted off on a Russian rocket to ...
Emma Watson 'shaken' by fans
EMMA Watson was shaken when she was recently besieged by students and other spectators at an American football match. The ...
Islamabad
Heroin sale, consumption go unchecked
ISLAMABAD - The sale and consumption of heroin goes unchecked in the jurisdiction of Sabzimandi Police Station, badly affecting ...
Strict security measures ordered
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Inspector General of Islamabad Police, Syed Kaleem Imam has ordered strict security measures in Capital and ...
Strict check sought on housing societies
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat, Inter-Provincial Coordination and Special Initiatives ...
NA body to review FDE DG appointment
ISLAMABAD (APP) - National Assembly Standing Committee on Education formulated sub-committee to review the matter of appointment ...
Promoting diplomacy through truck art
ISLAMABAD - A group of art enthusiasts will travel from Islamabad to Paris in a 1974 Volkswagon Beetle that has been ...
Illegal portions of six building razed
RAWALPINDI - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdad Ullah Bosal said that City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) in ...
Karachi
Thar coal field to be linked with rail system
KARACHI - The government has planned to provide broad-gauge railway line for Thar coalfields in Sindh, officials told The ...
KESC asked to issue outages schedule
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Wednesday disposed off the petition regarding unannounced prolong loadshedding in the metropolis, ...
Ikebana to spread message of peace, says Shazia Marri
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Information Shazia Marri has said that women are as talented as men in different walks of life. This she ...
Nasreen for early solution of civic problems at lower courts
KARACHI - City District Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil has directed the City Council members, having legal degree or are professional ...
Concerns shown over rise in suicide cases worldwide
KARACHI - Experts on Wednesday said that worldwide suicide ratio had increased by 60 per cent in the past 50 years mainly in ...
Tutors to get awards on Teachers' Day
KARACHI - The Sindh Directorate of Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education will reward two teachers (One Male & One Female), for ...
Pakistan proposed to hold first Test WC thirteen years ago
Karachi Pakistan had submitted detailed written proposals with the ICC to hold the first Test world cup in Pakistan thirteen ...
Lahore
Building inspectors' powers withdrawn
LAHORE - To check spiralling influence of building inspectors wanting their assignments in favourite housing schemes under the ...
Punjab govt shelves two PU IT projects
LAHORE - Setting aside the approved PC1s, the Punjab government has shelved the two vital IT projects of Punjab University, an IT ...
Shahbaz directs to submit report within fortnight
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said despite utilisation of billions of rupees on water supply schemes during ...
Sketch of suspected terrorist issued
LAHORE - City police have issued the sketch of suspected terroist identified as Akhtar Joyia on Wednesday, asking the public to ...
DPO ordered to cancel case against three women
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice Wednesday ordered DPO Kasur to cancel a case registered against three women who were ...
PU Syndicate approves various appointments
LAHORE - The 1679th meeting of Punjab University Syndicate was held Wednesday at New Campus with Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid ...
Visa delay forces PHF to change tour itinerary
LAHORE Delay in the issuance of Europe visa to Pakistan team has compelled the PHF to make changes it the teams tour itinerary ...
PFF make DVD compulsory
LAHORE The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has asked the management of all the 14 participants of Pakistan Premier Football ...
Asif comes clean in ICC's dope test
LAHORE - Dope tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif came clear of the dope test conducted by the ICC during the Champions ...
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