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 Thursday, October 16, 2008
Front Page
Pakistan offers China access to warm waters
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan and China Wednesday signed eleven agreements, MoUs and protocols to enhance bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors including infrastructure, energy, telecommunication, agriculture, industry, minerals, trade, disaster relief and space technology. The signing ceremony ...
Concern over Indian soldiers deployment in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - A growing al-Qaeda -backed insurgency, combined with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out crackdown, ...
3 prisoners die in Malir Jail riots
KARACHI - Three prisoners were killed and over a dozen injured as prisoners turned aggressive and resorted to rioting at District ...
Protest lodged over border violations
ISLAMABAD - Military chiefs of Pakistan, Afghanistan and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) who met on Wednesday ...
International
Pakistan won't allow foreign troops on its soil: Envoy
UNITED NATIONS - Reaffirming its commitment to fight extremism and terrorism, Pakistan on Tuesday emphasized that no foreign ...
Deadly fighting erupts on Thai-Cambodia border
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia, (AFP) - Fighting erupted on Wednesday on the Thai-Cambodia border, military officials from both sides ...
Syria, Lebanon formalise ties
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria and Lebanon formally established diplomatic ties on Wednesday for the first time since independence 60 ...
US commander's Iran bribe remark irks Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq criticised as "inappropriate" on Wednesday comments by US commander General Raymond Odierno accusing Iran of ...
Fatah rejects talks with Hamas
RAMALLAH (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has rejected a call for talks with arch-rival Hamas ahead of early November ...
Obama ahead of McCain by 14 points: poll
NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican rival John McCain by 14 percentage points, with three ...
Allegations against Gitmo prisoner dropped
WASHINGTON - The US government has withdrawn key allegations linking a British prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a plot ...
Bush admin endorsed waterboarding
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration explicitly endorsed the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against ...
Canada's Conservatives win stronger second minority
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada has re-elected a minority Conservative government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in the first polls ...
Hijacker warned to blow up airliner
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - A Russian man threatened to blow up a Turkish Airlines jet on Wednesday but passengers said they were ...
ICC reschedules Champions Trophy to 2009
DUBAI (AFP) - The International Cricket Council said Wednesday it had decided to reschedule the Champions Trophy tournament in ...
Vettori faces double challenge against B'desh
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Daniel Vettori faces a double challenge, both as skipper and spin bowler, as New Zealand come ...
High-flying Oram relishing Australia tour
CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh) (AFP) - New Zealand's in-form all-rounder Jacob Oram told how he is relishing his team's tour of ...
Nadal roars off to victory in Madrid title quest
MADRID (AFP) - Rafael Nadal thrilled a sold-out home crowd with a comeback performance to win his 78th match of the season as he ...
Business
Global stock markets tumble on recession worries
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets slumped Wednesday, with losses of five percent in London and Hong Kong and a near ...
Chinese companies, institutions keen to invest in Pakistan
BEIJING (APP) - Heads and Chief Executives of major financial, industrial and investment institutions of China Wednesday called ...
Oil price slides below 71 dollars to 13-month low
LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil fell below 71 dollars on Wednesday, its lowest level for more than 13 months, as recession fears ...
USAID assures to increase assistance in energy sector
ISLAMABAD- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Wednesday assured Pakistan to increase its assistance ...
Abraaj to buy stake in KESC
KARACHI - Abraaj Capital, the premier investment firm specialising in private equity investment in the Middle East, North Africa ...
Dollar further edges up to Rs82.70
KARACHI - Despite receiving huge amount of remittances in the first quarter of current financial year from the overseas ...
UBL Income Funds post robust growth
KARACHI - Income Funds managed by UBL Fund Managers have recorded strong performance over the last quarter ending September 2008. ...
CSF accelerates efforts to open SEZs in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) is taking concrete steps to establish Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the ...
LCCI for concrete law, order measures
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday urged the government to take immediate and concrete measures to ...
Market remains flat on another day
LAHORE - The equity market remained flat on Wednesday as well and no change was seen in its index, as investors took no interest ...
Politics
Masses fast losing sight of electricity light
LAHORE/KARACHI - Prolonged and incessant power breakdowns have come back to haunt the people, plunging almost the whole country ...
Another 31pc slap on consumers face soon
ISLAMABAD - The government has committed to giving another 'dose' of 31 per cent hike in power tariffs to masses before June 2009 ...
Traders to vent their anger on 25th
LAHORE - The traders and businessmen on Wednesday announced to observe complete shutterdown strike across Punjab on October 25th ...
Cabinet okays NCHR draft bill
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the government had taken revolutionary steps in the agriculture ...
Special security force for Green Zone planned
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal government has planned to form a special security force for safeguarding the planned Green Zone and ...
Nato bombs hit Taliban gathering; 70 killed
KANDAHAR (Agencies) - An Afghan government official said Wednesday that international warplanes had bombed a gathering of Taliban ...
16 die as troops pound militants' positions
KHAR (AFP) - Security forces pounded hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 16 rebels ...
Entertainment
Madonna, Ritchie to untie the knot
LONDON (AFP) - US pop megastar Madonna and her British film director husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce, a newspaper reported on ...
How children choose their food portions?
AT dinner time, parents will often tell their child to clean their plate. However, that old maxim might lead kids to eat more ...
NASA expects Hubble to be up and running
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA said Tuesday it will make an attempt to revive the space telescope Hubble, idled since september 27 by an ...
Like mother, like daughter
KATIE Holmes clearly has competition from daughter Suri in the style stakes. So much so that she appears to be taking ...
Aravind Adiga wins Booker Prize
LONDON (AFP) - Indian writer Aravind Adiga won the 2008 Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, for ...
Single brain cell can reactivate paralysed limbs
PARIS (AFP) - One tiny brain cell is all it takes to restore voluntary movement of paralysed muscles, scientists in the United ...
Islamabad
15 players confirm entry in Pakistan Open Squash
ISLAMABAD - As many as 15 countries have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Pakistan Open Squash Championship ...
'Unsafe water, poor hygiene cause 80pc diseases'
ISLAMABAD- Unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices cause over 80 per cent of the diseases in the ...
Speakers depict gloomy picture of rural women
ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of rural women from across the country gathered at the first National Conference on World Rural Women Day on ...
Effective strategy on cards to protect citizens: Lashari
ISLAMABAD - Chief Commissioner Kamran Lashari Wednesday said security arrangements in the Capital have been reviewed in order to ...
AIOU students ask govt to take notice of delay
ISLAMABAD- The students of Allama Iqbal Open University have demanded of the government to get their degrees registered with ...
Fake marriage bureaus exploiting people
ISLAMABAD - Seeking unfair advantage of their social needs, the fake marriage bureaus are exploiting innocent masses in the name ...
Students highlight Pakistan-Japan friendship
ISLAMABAD - A friend in need is a friend indeed. More than 32 schools of the twin cities participated in the Embassy of Japan ...
Karachi
SHC questions CM's power to sack dist nazim
KARACHI - Sindh High Court has sought details from provincial government regarding powers conferred on Sindh Chief Minister with ...
Polio vaccination denied at Elite School
KARACHI - The National Polio Campaign was observed from October 13 to 15 in which more than 75,000 polio teams visited door to ...
'Karachi City of Lights' showcased
KARACHI - An exhibition featuring oil paintings of historical monuments by Hanif Shahzad with reference to everyday life titled " ...
Rauf receives complaints at CM House Cell
Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Minister for Commerce and Industry Rauf Siddiqui on Wednesday listened the complaints of people and issued ...
89 PSs sanctuary for mobile snatchers
KARACHI - Out of 104 police stations in the metropolis, as many as 89 have been declared safe havens for mobile phone snatchers ...
Sir Syed's birth anniversary tomorrow
Karachi - Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Association of Pakistan is celebrating Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's 191st birth ...
Sindh TT trials for inter provincial games
KARACHI - The Sindh Table Tennis Association (STTA) will hold two day open trials at National Coaching and Training Centre ...
Lahore
Hospital officials embezzling millions
LAHORE - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Section officials of the Lahore General Hospital are committing embezzlement of ...
Pepco relying on mere guess work to charge 'ToU Tariff'
LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is relying on mere guesswork to charge its power consumers after the ...
Independent judiciary sans Justice Ch impossible
LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Imran Khan has said that the country cannot progress and become prosperous without ...
Ulema Board declares suicide attacks haram
LAHORE - Muttahida Ulema Board Punjab has declared suicide attacks haram (illegitimate). "Any person or party involved in suicide ...
LHC concerned over Double Shah daughter's remand
LAHORE - Justice Tariq Shamim of the Lahore High Court Wednesday expressed serious concern over an order of an accountability ...
Qasim Zia officially appointed PHF president
LAHORE - Former Olympian Qasim Zia has been officially appointed the new president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in ...
PCB starts inquiries against officials
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced to hold an inquiry against a number of PCB officials on different counts. ...
Lahore win CM Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship
LAHORE - Lahore district has won the Chief Minister Punjab Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship that concluded here at the Punjab ...
Student killed in encounter
LAHORE - A passerby student was killed during an encounter between the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police and an alleged ...
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