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 Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Front Page
Terror comes back to Swat
PESHAWAR - At least 41 persons, including four personnel of the security forces, were killed and 53 others injured when a suicide bomber ripped through his explosive laden car into a military convoy near a check post in Alpori area of District Shangla on Monday. Sources said that the suicide ...
No-confidence move against AJK PM
MUZAFFARABAD - The Opposition in Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly moved no-confidence motion against Prime Minister ...
JCI on GHQ attack; future course of action to follow
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army said Monday that the terrorist attack on GHQ was planned in South Waziristan with primary objective to ...
International
Iran dismisses US warning on N-programme
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Monday dismissed US Secretary of State Hillary Clintons warning over its nuclear programme, as Britain ...
British PM to repay over 12,000 in expenses
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been ordered to pay back more than 12,000 pounds in parliamentary expenses ...
Watchdog alters Afghan recount rules, member quits
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - Afghanistans election watchdog changed its fraud-tallying rules for the second time in less than a week on ...
Yemen army kills 59 rebels
SANAA (AFP) - The Yemeni army said on Monday it had purged pockets of resistance of Shia rebels near the northern city of Saada, ...
Israel will not allow trials over Gaza: PM
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would not allow its citizens to be tried ...
Peres asks govt to relaunch peace talks
JERUSALEM (AFP) - President Shimon Peres on Monday urged Israels hawkish government to relaunch peace negotiations with the ...
Karzai needs to change: Hillary
LONDON (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai needs to do more to ensure stability in his country if he is declared the victor of a ...
Civilian goals unmet in Afghanistan
NEW YORK - With its troops under pressure from Taliban fighters, the United States is falling far short of its goals to fight ...
Kashmir's main glacier 'melting at alarming speed'
SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Indian Kashmirs biggest glacier, which feeds the regions main river, is melting faster than other Himalayas ...
Probe into protest on roof of UK parliament
LONDON (AFP) - House of Commons authorities ordered an urgent probe Monday after dozens of climate change protestors scaled the ...
North Korea fires 5 missiles
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired short-range missiles on Monday, South Korean media reported, sparking consternation just ...
India urged not to conduct another nuclear test
NEW YORK - A leading US newspaper has urged Washington to warn India against testing a nuclear weapon, saying it would be a huge ...
Safin, Gonzalez reach second round
SHANGHAI (Agencies) Tenth-seeded Fernando Gonzalez and former world No. 1 Marat Safin were among Mondays opening-round winners ...
Ex-Australian players in line to assist Bayliss
MUMBAI Sri Lanka team on tour to India next month is unlikely to be with an assistant coach, revealed Sri Lanka Cricket Board ...
Yorkshire shows the door to Hoggard
LONDON (AFP) Matthew Hoggards career at Yorkshire ended in acrimony on Monday with the county and the former England seamer ...
Woods proves perfect man to seal US Presidents Cup win
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Tiger Woods capped a perfect Presidents Cup performance by providing the clinching point Sunday in Americas ...
Business
Inflation up 10.66pc during first quarter
ISLAMABAD - Inflation remains in double digits in the first quarter (July-September) of current fiscal year 2009-10 despite State ...
Wheat production target raised to 25 million tons
ISLAMABAD - The federal government has decided to increase the wheat production target to 25 million tons for year 2009-10 ...
Auto sales down 4pc in Sept
KARACHI - Domestic car market depicted a meagre drop in sales after a persistent improvement during the last six months, data ...
State Bank advises banks to record complete reasons
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has advised all the banks to meticulously record correct and complete reasons for ...
Stock market starts week dismally, sheds 126 points
KARACHI - The bears paralysed the upward march of KSE towards 10,000 points level as intense selling was witnessed on governments ...
Pakistan 'No 1' among emerging markets peers
KARACHI - Pakistan stands at number one position for providing highest equity returns and dividends to local and foreign ...
Construction of 32 dams for agri development on the cards, NA told
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Monday said that 32 dams would be constructed in all the four ...
Turkish PM and others to explore opportunities
LAHORE- The Secretary Board of Investment Tariq Iqbal Puri has said that the Board of Investment is organising CEOs Forum in ...
Fahim discusses JMC Agenda with Turk envoy
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan and Turkey on Monday discussed the agenda for upcoming Pak-Turk Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC), ...
Politics
Punjab shows flexibility in NFC meeting
QUETTA - National Finance Commission (NFC) has agreed to award revenues generated through General Sales Tax (GST) on Services to ...
American with ammo nabbed
RAWALPINDIThe Airport Security Force (ASF) Monday detained an American at the Benazir Shaheed International Airport, Islamabad ...
Armys options can go beyond Waziristan
ISLAMABAD - Pressure is building on the Pakistani military to rush into South Waziristan in the aftermath of the GHQ attack and ...
Opp MNAs demand Haqqanis sacking, FM's resignation
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNA Riaz Hussain Pirzada grilling the government for its indifference toward the issues of ...
Japanese still hung on N-issue
ISLAMABAD - Though he was running short of time to depart for the US, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was also afraid of ...
KLB has 'tone of a diktat': US columnist
NEW YORK - A noted American columnist and author, citing the uproar in Pakistan over the stringent conditions set in the ...
Haqqani to be replaced within 48 hours?
ISLAMABAD (Online) - After strong criticism on Kerry-Lugar Bill in the country, the government has decided to replace Pakistans ...
'N' fails to carry resolution against Musharraf
LAHORE-The PML-N can be said to have staged successful rallies to condemn the military takeover on October 12 a decade back, but ...
US, Pak need to work together over Bill: Asif
ISLAMABAD(Online)-President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday again made it clear that in the presence of a strong and stable Command ...
LHC bails Hafiz out
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered to quash two cases against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed that ...
Justice Ramday cautions Naeem Bokhari
ISLAMABAD - The PCO judges case Monday took another turn when learned council of Justice Jahanzib Bokhari raised objection over ...
PPP's past & present stay apart
Mubashar Hassan & Kaswar Klasra ISLAMABAD - The rift between the top leaders of PPP seems to have reached a personal level with ...
India-US biggest-ever war games start
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and the United States began a massive joint military exercise on Monday, underscoring their deepening ...
Anti-militant op in Bajaur Agency
BAJAUR AGENCY - Amidst shelling of gunship helicopters and bombings by jet planes, the military operation has been launched ...
US reassessing Taliban-Qaeda links: Hillary
LONDON (Agencies) - US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the Obama Administration was reassessing the ...
India tests N-capable missile
BHUBANESWAR (AFP) - The Indian military successfully test-fired two short-range nuclear-capable missiles from a site in the east ...
Entertainment
First woman wins Economics Nobel
Ostrom has won prize with fellow American Oliver Williamson for their separate work in economic governance ELINOR Ostrom has ...
Perry wants Brand to meet parents
KATY Perry wants new boyfriend Russell Brand to meet her parents. The singer is worried her parents dont approve of her fledgling ...
Sienna Miller, Jude Law reunite
SIENNA Miller and Jude Law are said to have crossed paths in New York at a party given for the Brit actress pet dog. Miller, 27, ...
Future kitchen grows its own vegetables and seafood
IF you thought kitchen technology had reached its peak with the microwave oven, think again. Future cooks will use an indoor ...
New strategy for mending broken hearts
BY mimicking the way embryonic stem cells develop into heart muscle in a lab, Duke University bioengineers believe they have ...
Kristen Bell is fan of therapy
KRISTEN Bell says she believes in therapy - and she hopes her new film will help lift the stigma on people seeking ...
Islamabad
CDA, Auqaf Dept enter blame-game
ISLAMABAD - The first phase of Bari Imam shrine project could not be completed within stipulated time period due to insufficient ...
Teachers' families seek CJP help against govt's hiring policy
ISLAMABAD - Suffering great hardships due to hiring policy of the government, thousands of families of schoolteachers have ...
Eight outlaws arrested; weapons recovered
ISLAMABAD - Sabzi Mandi police arrested two proclaimed offender besides arrest of six other outlaws and recovered three pistols ...
Corporal punishment affects students' performance
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The trend of corporal punishment in the schools by untrained and tactless teachers make students lose interest ...
'Constitution gives equal rights to all citizens'
ISLAMABAD - The Department of Sociology of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), in collaboration with the ...
3-day national polio eradication drive starts
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A three-day national polio eradication campaign commenced from Monday throughout the country to immunize ...
Hyderabad earn lead against Islamabad in Quaid Trophy
ISLAMABAD Hyderabad earned vital 28-run lead in the first innings against hosts Islamabad on the third day of the Quaid-e-Azam ...
Desperate Hameed says he would burn national awards
ISLAMABAD Former Davis Cupper Hameed-ul-Haq announced that he would burn his awards if he was not given justice by the Ministry ...
Karachi
Assembly asks IRSA to implement '91 Accord
KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Monday through a resolution demanded the Federal government to direct the Indus River System ...
'N' observes Defence Day of Democracy
KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Sindh President Syed Ghous Ali Shah called the day (October 12, 1999) when a military ...
ANP denounces Shangla blast
KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh chief Shahi Syed on Monday denounced the suicide bomb blast at district Shangla and ...
Autonomous provinces to guarantee national unity
KARACHI - Strong provinces can only make Paksitan more stronger, said Tahir Bazanjo, Secretary General National Party. He ...
Funds delay puts CNG buses project in limbo
KARACHI - The project of Benazir Bhutto CNG buses is in doldrums due to delay in releasing of approved funds for 500 CNG buses ...
Appeal on death penalty case:Court adjourned
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing on the appeal moved by the accused persons, who were awarded ...
Guidelines for NBFCs issued
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has introduced minimum requirements for Non-Banking Financial ...
Lahore
'N' puts up lukewarm show to mark Oct 12
LAHORE - The PML-N has put up a spiritless show to mark 12th of October as the blackest day despite high-sound rhetoric to ...
Yet another walkout by lady MPAs from PA
LAHORE - Resenting the as yet not released funds for the development schemes, women members of the Punjab Assembly belonging to ...
Contempt notices issued to Humaira, complaint cell directors
LAHORE - A court of magistrate, Syed Nadeem Abbas, on Monday issued contempt of court notices to two suspended directors of Chief ...
Khosa repeats his own created history
LAHORE - It was not for the first time that provincial minister for Local Government and Community Development Department Sardar ...
Students urged to develop reading habits
LAHORE - The alumni of Hailey College of Commerce, Punjab University are serving at key positions in foreign and national ...
Masses hate US, pro-US rulers: JI
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that the warm welcome accorded to the 'Go-America-Go ...
Code of ethics imperative for media, say speakers
LAHORE - The speakers at a seminar titled 'Importance of the implementation of code of ethics for Pakistani media have urged the ...
PHF hopes FIH chief's visit would help revive hockey
LAHORE The Pakistan Hockey Federation is confident of the return of international hockey to Pakistan after Leandro Negre, ...
Mushtaq says Afridi should be given captaincy
LAHORE Former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has asked the PCB to appoint Shahid Afridi as captain of the team. Mushtaq, ...
PIA jump to 5th place: Overpower KESC 2-0
LAHORE Gold medallist in 10th South Asian Games 2006 at Colombo, Shakir Lashari fired two lovely goals as the 78th match of the ...
PEL outgun NWFP
LAHORE Pak Elektron Limited (PEL) thrashed NWFP 5-0 in the quarter-final of the 20th National U-19 Soccer Championship here at ...
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