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 14, 2008
Front Page
Gas suspension deepens power crisis
LAHORE-Country will face yet another energy crisis as several thermal power plants with a generating capacity of upto 1,200 megawatt electricity have either halted their production or reduced their generation capacity, following the suspension of gas supply to them, it is learnt. The officials ...
President to look for N-deal in Beijing
ISLAMABAD - As President Asif Ali Zardari leaves today for China on a four-day visit, the official circles here said that the ...
Circular crisis worsens
ISLAMABAD- The government is likely to provide guarantees for Rs 15 billion-syndicated loan for power generation and distribution ...
Govt can't afford subsidies: Tarin
ADVISER to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has said Pakistan will go forwards hand in hand with the US to look for a ...
International
Taliban-threatened Pashto singer takes refuge in New York
NEW YORK - Death threats by the Taliban have forced Haroon Bacha, a popular Pashto singer from Pakistan, to flee from Peshawar ...
Obama unveils new economic plan
TOLEDO, Ohio (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama rolled out a new plan Monday to get the stricken US economy back on its feet as he ...
Bush critic Paul Krugman wins Nobel Economics Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - US economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of George W. Bush's handling of the global financial crisis, on ...
Britains no more needed for security: Iraqi PM
LONDON (AFP) - British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ...
'Religious extremism is a WMD', Tehran meeting told
TEHRAN (AFP) - Religious extremism has become "a weapon of mass destruction," former Irish president Mary Robinson told a ...
SKorea hopes for better ties with NKorea after US deal
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea said Monday it hopes a US move to drop North Korea from a terror blacklist will warm Seoul's chilly ...
Russia fires missiles, Medvedev says strategic defences in order
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia fired three long-range missiles Sunday and pronounced its nuclear deterrent strong in an extraordinary show ...
Mbeki in bid to save power-sharing deal
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe swore in his two vice presidents Monday, a senior official said, casting doubt ...
'I have a plan,' McCain assures fleeing voters
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AFP) - Republican John McCain Monday desperately sought to win back voters hit by the economic crisis ...
Violence threatens India's social stability: PM
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Monday of rising ethnic and communal tensions in India and blamed ...
Pakistan crush Zimbabwe by seven wickets
TORONTO (AFP) - Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket victory over an outclassed Zimbabwe in the four-nation Canada Twenty20 ...
Zimbabwe trounce sorry Canada
TORONTO (AFP) - Zimbabwe trounced Canada by 109 runs to claim third place in the Canada Twenty20 Cup in a one-sided curtain ...
Tendulkar nears record as India fight for a draw
BANGALORE (India) (AFP) - Sachin Tendulkar was just 17 runs away from becoming Test cricket's leading scorer as India battled to ...
Kaka, Robinho lead Brazil to victory
SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela) (AFP) - World player of the year Kaka returned after an 11-month international absence to inspire ...
Business
State Bank may trim CRR to 5 per cent
KARACHI- In order to enable the banking system to get more access to liquidity, the State Bank of Pakistan is likely to reduce ...
Karachi-based traders not to pay KESC bills
KARACHI (PPI) - Karachi-based traders have decided not to pay bills of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) as protest ...
IMF, WB assure developing countries of financial rescue
WASHINGTON - The heads of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have assured developing countries that their needs won't ...
AJK and IHK traders mull joint industrial ventures
SRINAGAR (PPI) The representatives of occupied Kashmir industry and the visiting delegation of the AJK Chamber of Commerce and ...
Oil at 77 dollars in London
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose more than three dollars on Monday after world leaders united to tackle a financial crisis ...
Lack of interest prevails at stock market
LAHORE - The equity market was marginally up with dull trading as the Karachi Stock Exchange management continued the trading ...
PTCL extends free VMS in 38 cities
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has extended its Voice Messaging Service (VMS) to its ...
FBR chief urges broadening of tax base
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Ahmad Waqar has called for concerted efforts coupled with innovative steps to ...
Smeda facilitated Rs15,340m investment during ten years
LAHORE - Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) facilitated Rs.15340.96 million investment in different ...
GITEX Dubai a chance for Pak cos to capture IT markets
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) is all set to participate in GITEX DUBAI-2008 from October 19 to 23 which ...
Politics
Shares surge as billions pumped into banks
LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets staged spectacular gains Monday as governments pumped billions of dollars into banks crippled ...
KSE, SECP fail to break deadlock
KARACHI-Best brains of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE), and Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) for the third ...
In-camera session deferred until today
ISLAMABAD - The in-camera joint parliament session scheduled for Monday was adjourned till today (Tuesday) due to sad demise of ...
40 rebels die in fresh clashes
SWAT/PESHAWAR - Troops and helicopter gunships killed about 40 Taliban militants while four people, including a politician, were ...
Delhi to construct more watchtowers
LAHORE - An 18-member delegation of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), led by Utthan Kumar Bansal, Additional Director General ...
Radical amends to LG Ordinance on the cards
ISLAMABAD - PPP-led coalition government is poised to introduce radical amendments in the Local Government Ordinance 2002 and has ...
No end to power cuts till Dec '09
LAHORE - Loadshedding will continue till Dec 2009, as power crisis is unlikely to come to an end before the end of the next year. ...
Balochistan's wheat stock ample for four months
QUETTA - Balochistan Minister for Food Mir Ali Madad Jattak has said that he was taking personnel interests to end flour crisis ...
Pakistan post 132 against Sri Lanka in final
Pakistan struggled to 132 in the final of the Twenty20 cricket tournament final at Maple Leaf Stadium against Sri Lanka on ...
Pesco asked to submit reply
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court here Monday directed Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) to immediately submit ...
Pak gets US invitation for wargames
NEW DELHI - Even as controversy still rages over the Bush administration's plan to divert over $250 million in aid to Pakistan ...
Haqqani says Pakistan seeks close ties with China, US simaltaneously
NEW YORK - Pakistan pursues close relations with China and the United States simaltaneously, Ambassador Husain Haqqani was quoted ...
Entertainment
Bush critic wins Nobel Economics Prize
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - US economist Paul Krugman, a fierce critic of George W. Bush's handling of the global financial crisis, on ...
Lily Allen gets a work visa
Lily Allen has finally been granted a work visa in the United States, a year after her permit was revoked by immigration ...
Parents, tech companies join forces to keep kids safe
SCHOOL bullies have gone hi-tech in recent years in their efforts to ruin the social lives of their fellow students - but now ...
Nerve stimulation therapy alleviates pain for chronic headache
A novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache ...
McCartney fears of career disaster
SIR Paul McCartney feared his new album would ruin his career. The Beatles legend has just completed work on Electric Arguments, ...
Weapon against cancer in a jar of jam
A basic ingredient in jam and jelly could help prevent the spread of cancer, scientists have found. Pectin, a natural fibre ...
Islamabad
Pakistan Asian Beach Games contingent leaves today
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's 40-man contingent will leave Islamabad for Bali on Tuesday (today) to participate in the 1st Asian Beach ...
PM directs CDA to ensure availability of water to citizens
ISLAMABAD (Online): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tariq ...
30,000 children immunised in Capital
ISLAMABAD (APP) - More than 30,000 children were immunized on Monday against the polio in the rural areas of Islamabad Capital ...
PFUJ condemns attack on journalist
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has strongly condemned bullet injuries cause to the young reporter and ...
Strategy yet to be finalised
ISLAMABAD - The government has not yet come up with a strategy to allow specific number of Indian movies to be screened in ...
'60x60 Secs': new perspectives on homes
ISLAMABAD - The '60x60 Secs' is the first project of Motiroti's 360 which is comprised of one-minute films by sixty artists from ...
Power outages to ruin economy: ICCI
ISLAMABAD - Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), has shown serious concern over ...
Karachi
Housing 'hungama' amid economic crisis
KARACHI - The construction of a number of important housing plazas had been launched in Karachi during the past few weeks. These ...
Hesco to get power from country's first alternative energy project
KARACHI - The first ever alternative energy production project in Pakistan will start providing electricity to about 6900 homes ...
Altaf asks govt to convene APC
KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Monday demanded of the President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minsiter Yousaf Raza Gilani to ...
City Council members in unison against hike in power tariff
KARACHI - Members of the City Council belonging to both treasury and opposition benches on Monday seriously criticised the ...
'Robber, cop killed in separate incidents
KARACHI - At least five people, including a policeman and robber were killed in separate incidents of firing on Monday. A ...
Bomb hoax at school
KARACHI - A telephone call about the installation of a bomb created panic in a privet school within jurisdiction of North ...
Qasim Zia takes over as Jamali finally quits
KARACHI - Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has resigned as president of Pakistan Hockey Federation after an uneventful 22 months stint ...
Lahore
Former captains in line for key posts in PCB
LAHORE - Former Test captains Majid Khan, Wasim Bari and Aamir Sohail are set to get key posts in a new-look Pakistan Cricket ...
Hadlee, Mudassar to join ICC Academy
LAHORE - Former Test cricketers Dayle Hadlee and Mudassar Nazar will join Rod Marsh at the ICC Global Cricket Academy (GCA) to ...
Lahore Rally Cross on 19th
LAHORE - Tourism Development Corporation Punjab will hold Lahore Rally Cross 2008 on October 19 at Sagian Bridge where more than ...
KPT edge out HBL in battle of favourites
LAHORE - Three more matches were decided in Pakistan Premier Soccer League (Karachi Phase) in three different venues on Monday. ...
Green No plates to semi govt entities in doldrums
LAHORE - The matter to issue computerised green number plates to the vehicles of more than 50 provincial and federal departments, ...
17 billboard sites auctioned for Rs254m
LAHORE - Amid controversy, Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has auctioned 17 sites of billboards at the cost of Rs254 ...
Varsities introduce new disciplines for session 2008-09
LAHORE - A number of new disciplines have been introduced in the public and private chartered universities in the session 2008-09 ...
Students protest against IBCC equivalence system
LAHORE - For the first time in the history of this country A level students, pushed to the wall by the Inter Board Committee of ...
Govt supplying sufficient flour to Balochistan, NWFP: minister
LAHORE - Food Minister Punjab Malik Nadeem Kamran has said that food department is supplying sufficient quantity of flour to ...
PBC not competent to cancel lawyers licences: Aitzaz
LAHORE - President Supreme Court Bar Association Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said an independent judiciary was vital to fight ...
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