Friday, February 10, 2012
- SC rejects PM Gilanis appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Sunday, October 18, 2009
Front Page
Operation already underway in SWA
ISLAMABAD - Security forces have launched what is generally described as 'mother of all battles to smash terrorist networks of late TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) in the wee hours of Saturday. However, the operation code named Rah-e-Nejat will be officially launched by ...
Nawaz objects to NRO in Parliament
LAHORE - PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has asked the Parliament not to approve the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as its ...
PM asks MFA to probe into Rs396.15m misspent
ISLAMABAD - Taking prompt action on a news story published by TheNation on Saturday, October 17, 2009, under the tile MFA spent ...
International
Ghana shock Brazil in U20 World Cup final
CAIRO (AFP) - Ghana overcame Brazil 4-3 on penalties in the final of the Under-20 World Cup at the Cairo International Stadium ...
US donations used to finance settlements: AL
CAIRO (AFP) - The Arab League on Saturday urged US President Barack Obamas administration to prevent American associations from ...
Wrangling over Afghan vote result
KABUL (AFP) - Two months after Afghans voted in controversial presidential elections, authorities were still wrangling Saturday ...
World powers, Iran to meet on uranium deal
VIENNA (AFP) - The UN nuclear watchdog will host talks between Russia, France, the United States and Iran here Monday that are ...
US brigade wont go to Iraq; speeding withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Friday that it has scrapped plans to deploy a 3,500-member Army brigade to Iraq in ...
'Statement to clarify KLB without any legal standing'
NEW YORK - Dr Nasim Ashraf, a close associate of former President Pervez Musharraf and a long-time observer of US political ...
Barack Obama administration to engage Sudan, not isolate it
NEW YORK - In a policy shift, the Obama administration says it plans to use a mix of incentives and pressure to seek an end to ...
Islamic group ridicules 'spies' claim
WASHINGTON-A prominent American Muslim advocacy group on Saturday denounced as 'racist and 'insidious a claim by four US ...
Kabul offers reward for information on Taliban
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistans government Saturday offered the equivalent of 40,000 dollars in return for information on Taliban ...
Warehouse blaze kills 33 in India
CHENNAI (AFP) - At least 33 people were killed in southern India when an explosion turned a temporary firecracker warehouse into ...
Nine die in Iraq violence
FALLUJAH (AFP) - Nine people were killed, including six soldiers and two policemen, in a swathe of bombings and shootings across ...
Cricket and C'wealth march together
LONDON (APP) Cricket and the Commonwealth are 'two institutions that inter-link and endure, said former British Prime Minister ...
FIFA to probe into Maradona
CAIRO (AFP) - FIFA is to open a disciplinary investigation into Diego Maradona after the Argentinian coachs sexually-explicit, ...
TV diva Winfrey brings Tyson, Holyfield face to face
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - More than a decade after their infamous Bite Fight, heavyweights Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield came face ...
Business
EU asks developing countries to buy fabrics from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The European Union (EU) has asked Bangladesh and other developing countries to buy fabric from Pakistan to ...
Shares market offers highest dividend yields
LAHORE - Economic revival in the country offers a great opportunity to the investors as the equities at Karachi Stock Exchange ...
PTCL seminar
LAHORE (PR) - PTCL Senior Executive Vice-President (Business Zone North) Tariq Salman has said that PTCL highly values its ...
Excise Dept's tax evasion unearthed
KARACHI - The Excise Department of Sindh Government has unearthed the financial embezzlement of millions of rupees in terms of ...
KLa a recipe of disaster
KARACHI - Renowned economist Dr Shahid Hassan Siddiqui has described Kerry-Lugar Act (KLA) as disastrous from the financial ...
Nominal raise in weekly inflation
ISLAMABAD - The inflation based on Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) surged by 6.06 percent in the week ended on Thursday last as ...
Law, order situation impedes KSE to touch 10,000 mark
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange gained a meagre 69.37 points to close at 9,838 points in current week compared with 9,768 ...
Italian cos likely to invest $10b in corporate farming
KARACHI - State Minister for Investment and Chairman Board of Investment has termed all the reservations baseless about ...
Etisalat acquires Tigo Sri Lanka for $207 million
DUBAI (AFP) - Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) said on Saturday it has bought Tigo Sri Lanka, a unit of Millicom ...
Steels Mills practising dual contract system
KARACHI - Pakistan Steels Mills is practising dual contract system for its employees, depriving daily wagers and contractual ...
Politics
34 banned HT activists arrested
ISLAMABAD - Capital Police on Saturday arrested 34 activists of banned Jihadi organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir and impounded their 15 ...
Three soldiers dead in bomb attacks
MIRANSHAH (AFP) - A roadside bomb exploded alongside a military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding another four in the ...
Suicide jackets manufacturer arrested
MULTAN - The district police have launched a crackdown on terrorists and arrested an alleged suicide jacket manufacturer from a ...
DI congregation cancelled
Dawat-e-Islami (DI) has cancelled its three-day International congregation that was to start from October 23 at Sehra-e-Madina in ...
Americans start rolling in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior US officials travel to Pakistan next week to hammer out strategies to tackle the countrys chronic ...
Kerry comes with his Law
ISLAMABAD - Senator John Kerry will arrive here today (Sunday) on a two-day visit, sources informed TheNation on Saturday. During ...
Inter-agencies coop still missing: Sherpao
ISLAMABAD - President PPP-S Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao citing lack of coordination among the intelligence agencies as major reason ...
CM urges unity to cope with terror
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the entire nation is united to meet the challenge of terrorism and we ...
India wants to deny Pak 'strategic depth in Afghanistan: US report
WASHINGTON - A new United States report has revealed Indias expanding involvement in Afghanistan, and said New Delhis goal is to ...
Khosa ready to face allegations in Supreme Court
ISLAMABAD - Advisor to Prime Minister on Legal Affairs Sardar Latif Khosa has said that he will seek justice from the Supreme ...
UN, govt not on same page
ISLAMABAD - United Nations does not find it a feasible idea to shift its offices to Diplomatic Enclave in federal capital despite ...
Maldives cabinet makes a splash
MALE (Reuters) - The Maldivian president and ministers held the worlds first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a ...
WFP reopens offices in Mingora
SWAT - The World Food Programme (WFP) reopened their offices here in Mingora on Saturday to start distribution of ration among ...
Entertainment
Cheryl Cole nervous of live performance
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has spoken of her nerves as she prepares for a live performance of her new single Fight For This ...
Lohan probation extended
Los Angeles (AFP) - Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohans probation from her 2007 drink-driving case was extended by one year Friday ...
I am so happy: Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez says she has never been happier. The singer/actress - who welcomed twins Max and Emme in February last year - says ...
Mother makes infant have needless surgery to claim 130,000
EVIL mother made infant son have needless surgery to claim 130,000 in benefits and con celebrities An 'evil and cruel mother ...
Nicolas Cage sues ex-manager
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Nicolas Cage filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager on Friday, accusing ...
Celebrities need authenticity on Twitter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Twitter has been kind to a motley crew of actors, TV personalities and pop stars whose fame online outstrips ...
Islamabad
Pak hopes high for Squash World Open
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan No.1 Aamir Atlas Khan will take on Simon Rosner from Germany in the first round of the World Open Mens ...
Sara Mansoor new Tennis Queen
ISLAMABAD - Fourth seed Sara Mansoor lifted the Ladies Singles title of Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship by ...
CDA identifies land for FG employees
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Development Authority has identified land for the Ministry of Housing in Sector I-16 for ...
Youth can't take benefit of ministry's programmes
ISLAMABAD - The majority of the youth of the country cannot take benefit of the projects designed for them in the absence of ...
A unique event at Fatima Jinnah Park
ISLAMABAD - A large number of students from different schools of the Capital on Saturday took part in the paintings contest ...
NCA to play 'Kuch Kaho' tomorrow
RAWALPINDI (PPI) - The Department of Theatre of National College of Arts (NCA) will present a play Kuch Kaho tomorrow (Monday) at ...
Free medical camp
ISLAMABAD - SACHET Pakistan and Plan Pakistan under RAH (Responsible Actions for Health) Program, is organizing a medical camp ...
Pathologists annual conference on Nov 6
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The 33rd annual three-day conference of Pakistan Association of Pathologists (PAP) will be held at Pakistan ...
Karachi
Army, NWFP, PIA, Port Qasim lead on
ISLAMABAD Pakistan Army, NWFP, PIA and Port Qasim posted their victories on the 3rd day of the by beating their rivals here at ...
PIA fightback against SSGC
KARACHI (APP) - PIA bowlers led the fight-back after they were bowled out for 320 in their first inning on the day two of their ...
Tabish dismisses Customs for 106
KARACHI (APP) - Karachi Whites medium pacer Tabish Khan produced another sterling show by snapping-up five wickets to dismiss ...
Pedestrian bridges installation delayed
KARACHI - The stoppage of funds by the Sindh government to the City District Govt Karachi (CDGK) has affected many important ...
Azar Sahmim new naval commander
KARACHI - Vice Admiral Azher Shamim on Saturday took over the charge of Commander Karachi. In capacity of Commander Karachi, the ...
KESC transmission circuit trips
KARACHI - The transmission circuit at KCR Lalazar-2 was tripped at 7:00pm which resulted in total breakdown in the West Section ...
Violence against women rising: report
KARACHI - The representatives of civil society organisations and political parties have raised their concerns on increasing ...
Over 100 encroachments removed
KARACHI (APP) - Shah Faisal Town administration, on public complaints, removed over 100 encroachments including push carts, ...
The K-L Bill - where lies the truth?
The controversy rages on - Should we or shouldnt we - Is it good, bad or ugly for Pakistan - Will it compromise our sovereignty ...
Lahore
Afghan fire in late equaliser to hold HBL 1-1
LAHORE - The 87th match of the Pakistan Premier Football League 2009 ended 1-1 between Chamans Afghan FC and former national ...
CM's squad faces hurdles at airport
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharifs mobile squad had to face security barrier on his arrival at Allama Iqbal ...
Dry weather forecast for City today
LAHORE - Local meteorological department has forecast mainly dry weather for most parts of the country including the City during ...
City under strict security, surveillance
LAHORE - In the wake of the reports from intelligence agencies indicating high risk, the City Police have placed barricades at ...
15 suspects flee before police cordon off area
LAHORE - At least 15 suspects managed to flee when police tried to cordon them in Sherakot precincts in the wee hours of ...
KLB US effort to hijack Pakistan, says Nizami
LAHORE - Nazria Pakistan Trust (NPT) Chairman and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said that it is the US, which is ...
Shahbaz leaves for London
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif Saturday left for London for his medical check-up. The chief minister was earlier ...
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