Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- Jamaat Ali Shah rejects treason charges
- Letter sent to BlackBerry Company: DAG
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Aitzaz
- 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
The Nation in print for Monday, October 13, 2008
Front Page
Zardari warns India: Water treaty breach to damage relations
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday asked India to honour the international water sharing agreements and warned that the violation of Indus Water Treaty would damage the Indo-Pak relations. "Pakistan expects India to abide by international agreements on sharing of water in the Indus ...
Unfulfilled promises behind crises, says Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said October 12 being marked as democracy defence day is a day of accountability for ...
Hindu fanatics burn 6 Muslims in India
HYDERABAD (India) (Agencies) - Hindu fanatics in southern India killed six members of a Muslim family by setting fire to their ...
Arab stocks plummet on global concerns
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Stock markets across the Middle East traded sharply down Sunday amid fresh concerns about the global ...
International
Global economy faces most hard situation
WASHINGTON - A group of developing countries have warned that the ongoing global financial crisis could dampen growth prospects ...
Republican leaders say McCain heading for defeat
NEW YORK - US Republican Party leaders are saying they are worried that Senator John McCain was heading for defeat unless he ...
Replace capitalism with Islamic financial system: Imam Yusuf
DOHA (AFP) - Muslims should take advantage of the global financial crisis to build an economic system compatible with Islamic ...
Morgan threatens to pull out of Zimbabwe power-sharing deal
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatened Sunday to pull out of a power-sharing deal aimed at ...
Bush approach to war on terror under pressure as term ends
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Bush administration has come under renewed pressure over its anything-goes approach to the "war on terror" ...
20 killed in spate of Iraq bomb attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A spate of attacks in the Iraqi capital on Sunday killed at least 18 people and wounded 24 others, including ...
Abbas urges end to inter-Palestinian divisions
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called for an end to divisions between his Fatah faction and rival ...
India fightback slows Australia's victory bid
BANGALORE (India) (AFP) - Australian captain Ricky Ponting faced a tricky decision on a likely target for India after the hosts ...
A glance at today's matches
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, final Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in the final of Canada T20 tournament today. Pakistan will ...
Malik praises team on reaching final
TORONTO (Agencies) - Pakistan cricket captain, Shoaib Malik attributes the success of reaching the final in Toronto T20 ...
China's Liang triumphs in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Chinese star Liang Wen-chong birdied the last two holes to take the title at the Hero Honda Indian Open on ...
France and Portugal in World Cup struggle
PARIS (AFP) - Former champions France and 2006 semi-finalists Portugal were struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on ...
Argentina back to winning ways
MONTEVIDEO (AFP) - Argentina thanked their Spanish-based legionnaires Leo Messi and Sergio Aguero for returning the two-times ...
Czechs under pressure after loss to Poland
PRAGUE (AFP) - The Czech football team is under increasing pressure after a 2-1 away loss to Poland on Saturday, staying fourth ...
Capita conference
London-Capita's 2nd National Preventing Extremism Conference will take place here on Monday (today). The conference, being ...
World must help Pakistan to wipe out terrorism: Haqqani
WASHINGTON (APP) - Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani has said that the international community must help ...
Politics
No cause for alarm over Pak situation, Rice
WASHINGTON: - While Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. officials have been saying that there is no cause for ...
Cabinet to have 14 more PPP ministers
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party has finalised the names of its new ministers for federal cabinet and they will most likely ...
World Bank pledges $1.4 billion support
WASHINGTON - The World Bank has offered $1.4 billion support for Pakistan that can be front loaded to fast track investment ...
KSE to remain open today
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange Board failed to achieve a major breakthrough during a meeting with the Securities and ...
Joint strategy against terrorism must: FM
MULTAN (APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said composite dialogue between Pakistan and India has entered into the ...
100 Taliban die in Afghan battles
KANDAHAR (Agencies) - More than 100 militants were killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province, half in airstrikes that thwarted a ...
American space tourist blasts off
BAIKONUR (AFP) - American millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott followed in his astronaut father's footsteps Sunday, ...
Pakistani prisoner dies in India
NEW DELHI (APP) - Another Pakistani prisoner died in Amritsar jail, the prison authorities said. Asif, 32, who was expecting ...
In-camera briefing resumes today
ISLAMABAD - PPP-led coalition government will present a policy statement on country's national security and terrorism during the ...
Indian President receives e-mail threat
NEW DELHI(APP) - Indian President Pratibha Patil has received e-mail threat from unidentified person. The officials in the ...
Iran rejects FM assassination report
IRAN on Sunday denied a report that its Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has been the target of an assassination attempt in ...
Entertainment
Angelina Jolie tops Forbes' list
ACCORDING to a new list by Forbes, Angelina Jolie is what people want to see on magazine covers. Jolie topped the list of the ...
Man without the 'Golden Gun'
LONDON (AFP) - The golden gun used by villain Scaramanga in the James Bond movie "The Man With The Golden Gun" has been stolen ...
Britney's tender moment with Jayden
LAST week she was pictured looking every inch the polished popstar as she met delighted children from the Bronx. But this ...
Hair today, gone tomorrow " and this is why
PARIS (AFP) - Gene detectives on Sunday said they had netted two genetic variants that, together, boost the risk of male baldness ...
Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food
TOXINS in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that ...
India's unmanned lunar mission ready for launch
SRIHARIKOTA (India)(AFP) - India is making final preparations for its first mission to the moon, officials said over the ...
Islamabad
Middle class worst hit by terrorism, inflation
RAWALPINDI-At a time when the giant of inflation and economic vicious circle have grasped the world economy as most of the ...
Photo exhibition falls prey to bureaucratic apathy
ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of young artists are facing immense difficulties regarding the unusual delay in arranging a painting ...
Health officials directed to achieve 100pc target
ISLAMABAD - Arrangements regarding 3-day anti polio drive being launched in the rural areas from Oct, 13 were reviewed and ...
DCO unveils 'Master Plan' to sell roti at Rs 2
RAWALPINDI(APP)- Following the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the city district government has started ...
APMA for joint efforts to curb terrorism
ISLAMABAD - In-camera briefing to the parliamentarians on terrorism has proved sovereignty of Parliament as well as sincere ...
3 held for robbing Indian diplomat
ISLAMABAD - Central Investigation Agency Islamabad on Sunday arrested three dacoits allegedly involved in different robberies ...
Shabbir clinches President Gold Medal Golf
ISLAMABAD - Professional golfer Shabbir Iqbal from Navy retained his title by winning the 26th President of Pakistan Gold Medal ...
Nine ties decided in ITF Futures Tennis qualifiers
ISLAMABAD - As many as nine matches have been decided on Sunday in the qualifying round of the ITF Pakistan Futures International ...
Karachi
Govt body to review KESC privatisation
KARACHI - Federal government is likely to constitute a committee under the supervision of federal law minister, Farooq Naek, to ...
Eight hurt in clash between student groups
KARACHI - Tension gripped the Quaidabad area when at least eight people, including two journalists of a private TV channel, were ...
3 kidnappers for ransom held; weapons and cash seized
KARACHI - Police have arrested three kidnappers including a dismissed cop, allegedly involved in kidnapping for ransom and ...
PPP stalwarts vying for party top slot in Sindh
KARACHI - Federal Minister for Labour and Overseas, Syed Khursheed Shah, Sindh Senior Minister, Pir Mazharul Haq, speaker Sindh ...
'N' asks govt to impeach Musharraf thru Parliament
KARACHI - Pakistan Muslim League (N) Sindh on Sunday demanded the trial of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf for ...
Three Afghan nationals detained
KARACHI - Three suspected Afghan nationals were detained on Sunday. They were caught and handed over to police by the residence ...
Lahore
Democracy Defence Day observed
LAHORE - PML-N President and CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday surprised the audience by reciting the poem of Habib Jalib, a ...
Tableeghi Ijtema concludes
LAHORE - The first four-day session of International Tableeghi Ijtema of Raiwind concluded here Sunday following a spirited ...
Model Sunday Bazaars to be set up, says DCO
LAHORE - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Lahore Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has said that 'Model Sunday Bazaars' would be set up ...
The greatest secret of all
The most notable thing of the last week was something that we were supposed not to know about, the in-camera briefing on the War ...
Govt paying special attention to maintain law and order: CM
LAHORE - President Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Raja Zulqarnain called on Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif here on Sunday ...
Massive traffic jam on roads
LAHORE - The city suffered massive traffic jam with Multan Road, Canal Road, Thokar Niaz Baig and Motorway remained closed for ...
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