Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Front Page
Zardari in China to seek urgent cash
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said that strengthening of economic links with China would be his top priority during his four-day visit to Beijing. The President said this to media persons before leaving for China on his maiden state visit abroad. ...
New power tariff to darken consumers' nights
LAHORE - Wapda consumers will have to go through another ordeal in case they use electricity in the evening and at night. The ...
Ulema Council warns govt of jihad
LAHORE - The Muttahida Ulema-Council on Tuesday issued a fatwa (decree) declaring suicide attacks in country haram (illegal) and ...
ECC approves Rs 27b subsidy for fertiliser
ISLAMABAD - Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) Tuesday sanctioned release of Rs 27 billion-budgeted fertiliser subsidy till ...
International
Afghan insurgency spreads; no 'winter lull' likely- UN
UNITED NATIONS - The insurgency in Afghanistan has spread beyond Taliban strongholds in the south and east and their fighters are ...
Hunger in Indian states alarming
ROME (AFP) - The international goal of cutting hunger by half by 2015 appears "even more remote" after 75m new people joined the ...
Britain asked to devise policy to tackle problem
LONDON - Speakers at Capita's 2nd National Preventing Extremism Conference have stressed upon the British government to devise a ...
Russia gives territory to China, ending border dispute
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia ended a decades-old border dispute with China on Tuesday by giving it a stretch of river island territory ...
Rice vows to leave no stone unturned for Mideast peace
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged Tuesday to leave "no stone unturned" in her quest for a ...
Thailand, Cambodia spar over border troop positions
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs Tuesday of resolving their long-simmering spat over a disputed border ...
UN alarmed at impact of financial crisis on poor nations
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm Monday about the impact of the global financial crisis on poor ...
Iran reports 30pc rise in HIV infection in 2007
TEHRAN (AFP) - The number of people in Iran who have been infected with the AIDS virus has reached 18,320 people, a 30 percent ...
Afghan Taliban well-equipped, says minister
KABUL (AFP) - This year has been the bloodiest for insurgent violence in Afghanistan as increasing numbers of terrorists change ...
45 dead in two bus accidents in India
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - At least 45 people were killed and scores injured Tuesday in two bus accidents in India, police and ...
US gathering information about its detained citizen: spokesman
WASHINGTON - The United states is trying to gather information about a 20-year-old American man who was arrested on Monday at a ...
Jayasuriya, Mendis seal win for Lanka
TORONTO (AFP) - Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya, with his trademark big-hitting, and newboy Ajantha Mendis, delving into his bag of ...
Taylor inspires Black Caps to series win
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Ross Taylor hit a fighting hundred to help New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 79 runs in the third ...
Gerolsteiner pull the plug after Kohl's failed test
BERLIN (AFP) - German cycling team Gerolsteiner have withdrawn from all racing with immediate effect after the failed drugs test ...
Pakistan urges implementation of all UN resolution with 'equal force'
- UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan has called for the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions without ...
Business
Remittances soar over 25pc to $1.88b
KARACHI - Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis continued to show a rising trend as an amount of $1,879.86 million was ...
No relief despite 50pc cut in oil prices
KARACHI - The OPEC crude oil prices have declined by almost 50 per cent since July this year. In July 2008 the OPEC crude oil ...
Cement exports up 43pc
KARACHI - The export of cement increased by 43 percent to 2.390m tons in first quarter (from July to September) of current FY09 ...
National Traders Alliance for nationalisation of banks
ISLAMABAD (APP) - National Traders Alliance has said that uncontrollable banks and financial institutions should be nationalized ...
Loadshedding hits agriculture sector
LAHORE - Unannounced loadshedding is badly affecting the country's agriculture sector particularly at the time when the sowing ...
Global stocks soar for 2nd day
LONDON (AFP) - US share prices sprinted ahead at the opening Tuesday following strong gains in Asia and Europe for a second ...
Pakistan and India consider to upgrade rail links
LAHORE (APP) - Railways authorities of Pakistan and India Tuesday shared views to improve rail links between the two neighbouring ...
British inflation hits 16-year high of 5.2pc
LONDON (AFP) - British 12-month inflation surged to a 16-year high point of 5.2 percent in September owing to soaring energy ...
Enabling environment for Chinese investors assured
BEIJING (APP) - Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tuesday assured Chinese investors of enabling environment in ...
Politics
Bush announces 250-billion-dollar plan to buy bank shares
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush Tuesday announced measures to implement a plan of action agreed by the Group of Seven ...
No consensus in sight
ISLAMABAD-The in-camera briefing to joint session of the Parliament on the government policy on the ongoing war on terror and ...
Floor on share prices to go from 27th
KARACHI - The government will initiate rescue measures to reassure the confidence of investors and brokers before the removal of ...
US dollar further dilutes rupee to 81.5
KARACHI- Despite the support of the State Bank of Pakistan the rupee hit all-time low against the US dollar by falling to 81.50 ...
58 militants killed in Swat, Bajaur clashes
SWAT - At least 22 people including 18 Taliban were killed and four others were injured when security forces and Taliban targeted ...
Minister fires Pepco officials over crisis
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has taken serious notice of the current power crisis in ...
Tarin calls cost of fighting terror, militancy 'unbearable'
WASHINGTON - The economic cost of fighting the war on terror as a frontline state coupled with a 'ferocious militancy' and the ...
Absence of health minister affecting health dept working
LAHORE - In the absence of the Punjab Minister Health - never appointed after formation of the provincial government in the ...
SC again summons Sharif brothers
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court Tuesday issued fresh notices to Sharif brothers, the top leaders of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), ...
India defers polls in Kashmir
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India's election commission on Tuesday deferred polls in Kashmir, which has been hit by a resurgence of ...
Flour price soars to Rs 45 per kg
ISLAMABAD - Wheat flour of substandard quality is being sold at a price of Rs 45 per kilogram in the market across the country ...
Entertainment
SECP issues companies cost accounting records
LAHORE - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued the Companies Cost Accounting Records ...
Man who writes with his own tears
A Chinese man is able to shoot water from his eyes so accurately that he can write calligraphy from up to ten feet away. Ru ...
US star Cyrus writes memoir at 15
US pop sensation Miley Cyrus has finished writing a book of her life at the age of 15. The star of hit TV show Hannah Montana ...
One in 10 iPod users risks going deaf, experts warn
In parks, on trains and even pounding the pavement, we are permanently wired for sound. But our love affair with our iPods and ...
Brain responds when women wear makeup
TOKYO (AFP) - When a woman puts on makeup and looks in the mirror, it is as if she is seeing a different person, Japanese ...
Archaeological dig uncovers Roman mystery
UNIVERSITY of British Columbia archaeologists have dug up a mystery worthy of Indiana Jones, one that includes a tomb, skeletons ...
Russian capsule docks with space station
MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott docked with the International ...
Islamabad
Terror attacks traumatise artists' community
ISLAMABAD - The recent wave of terror and chances of more attacks in the Federal Capital have perplexed the artists' community ...
JI to share its stance on terror with people
ISLAMABAD - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has decided to share its stance on war against terror with the nation and its senators will held ...
Saudi Pak Tower all set to thwart any untoward incident
ISLAMABAD - The administration of Saudi Pak Tower is all set to counter any untoward incident, be it a suicidal attack or bomb ...
PAF Air Defence Structure completely upgraded: Tanvir
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed addressed Junior ...
Plan to involve 1m children in hand washing
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Environment has planned to involve one million children across Pakistan in hand washing activities today ...
Excessive loadshedding makes life miserable
ISLAMABAD - Like other parts of the country, the Federal Capital is also facing the hour-long load-shedding after the end of holy ...
Aqeel in Futures Tennis second round
ISLAMABAD - Ace national tennis player Aqeel Khan advanced into the second round of the PSO-ITF Pakistan Futures International ...
Karachi
Pakistan's Afghan policy bearing bitter fruit: Meraj
Former Afghan President Dr. Najeebullah's prediction, which he made 30 years ago, had proved right as Pakistan was sinking in the ...
Punjab, Sindh face cut in irri water for Kharif
KARACHI - Anticipating more than 30 per cent shortage in the availability of water in the country for the coming crops season, ...
'Burqavaganza' hits City theatre
KARACHI - Once the banned play during a dictator's regime, has finally made way into the metropolis enlightening many with ...
Joint online fight for climate survival
KARACHI - Seven universities of six countries, including Pakistan, agreed to hold an online MS programme in the field of climate ...
CPLC to be linked with Command and Control Centre
KARACHI - The Citizen Police Liaison Committee has decided to link its video network at Defence and Federal B. Area industrial ...
City Council demands amendments in Power Act
KARACHI-City Council demanded of the Federal Govt to bring changes in the regulation of generation, transmission and distribution ...
PHF executive board meeting ends in controversy
KARACHI - The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Executive Board held its requisitioned meeting here late Tuesday morning at the ...
KPT returns to winning ways with win over HBL
KARACHI - The Karachi Port Trust returned to winning ways after two points losing draws in the Pakistan premier football league ...
Lahore
City to have 5 new parks, 14 playgrounds
LAHORE - The PHA has launched an action plan under which two biggest parks spreading 1,000 kanal in Johar Town and 480 kanal ...
5th, 8th class exams in March again
LAHORE - The 5th and 8th class annual examination will be conducted by the Punjab Examination Board (PEB) in collaboration with ...
LHC seeks reply from FO
LAHORE - Justice Mian Najamuz Zaman of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought para wise comments from the Foreign Office, ...
Revise policy on America: lawyers
LAHORE - Lawyers in the City have laid stress on the PPP government for promoting ties with China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey ...
Speedy car crushes minor, injures uncle
LAHORE - A speedy car, being driven by a young girl, crushed to death a minor boy and injured his uncle critically when they were ...
Special campaign against terror to be launched: Shahbaz
LAHORE (PPI) - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that terrorism and other serious threats confronting the ...
Pakistani wrestlers win two silver medals
LAHORE - Young Pakistani wrestlers have won two silver medals for the country in the 3rd Youth Commonwealth Games being held at ...
CM Inter-Zonal Athletics gets underway
LAHORE - The two-day Chief Minister Punjab Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship formally started here at the Punjab Stadium on ...
Pakistan's desert camels U-13 runners up in UK
LAHORE - The Desert Camels Under -13 Team from Pakistan stood runners-up in the Tullow Oil Touraid Cup in UK. The Desert ...
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