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 Monday, October 19, 2009
Front Page
Forces battle Taliban in SWA
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN AGENCY - Security forces killed sixty militants and secured several areas in the ongoing military operation Rah-e-Nejat here on Sunday, military sources informed. During the last twenty-four hours, sources revealed, Jandula, Kotkai, Sararogha, Mandana, Kund and Tarakai areas have ...
Bomber hits Iran's elite Guards
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday at a meeting in southeastern Iran of the elite Revolutionary ...
Attack plotted in Pakistan: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit out at neighbouring Pakistan over a deadly bombing against Irans ...
International
Waziristan action gets ample space in US media
NEW YORK - Pakistans most ambitious military operation against militants in South Waziristan was featured prominently in ...
Turkey defends censure of Israel
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul defended his governments criticism of Israel on Sunday amid a war of words over ...
Iran to seek guaranteed supply of N-fuel at Vienna
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran will enter Vienna talks with the major powers on Monday seeking a guaranteed supply of 20 percent ...
270,000 victims of human trafficking in EU: UN
VIENNA (AFP) - The United Nations said on Sunday there could be around 270,000 victims of human trafficking in the European ...
World economies hold climate talks
LONDON (Reuters) - The world can still agree a deal in December to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for a warmer world, ...
Muslims concerned about settlements, says Egypt
ROME (AFP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said the entire Muslim world is concerned about Israels settlement ...
Three Israeli spy devices blown up in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AFP) - Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli ...
Obama faces loneliness of power on Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AFP) - It comes to every US president and now looms relentlessly for Barack Obama: the moment when he must shoulder ...
Parliament approves ending energy subsidies
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Irans Parliament passed a bill on Sunday that would cut energy subsidies to make the country less vulnerable ...
US warns it needs credible Afghan partner
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Top US officials Sunday delivered a sharp warning to Afghan leaders to resolve the election crisis, saying it ...
Zimbabwe beat Kenya by six wickets
HARARE (AFP) Mark Vermeulen, Forster Mutizwa and Brendan Taylor all scored half-centuries as Zimbabwe beat Kenya by six wickets ...
Arsenal and Birmingham tussle over Walcott injury
LONDON (AFP) Arsene Wenger has slammed Birmingham defender Liam Ridgewell for the tackle which left Arsenal winger Theo Walcott ...
United barely make it through
MANCHESTER (Agencies) Post-Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United are still on top of the Premier League, with maximum points from ...
Valencia deny Barca's best ever start, Real on top
MADRID (AFP) Barcelonas perfect start to the Spanish League season ended on Saturday when the champions were held to a 0-0 draw ...
Soderling continues struggle for year-end spot
STOCKHOLM (AFP) Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling will step up his fight to earn one of the three remaining spots in the ...
Politics
6 madaris raided in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - The capital police conducted a search operation in six madaris of the city including Jamia Muhammadia located in ...
Co-accused likely to go off the hook
ISLAMABAD - The co-accused booked with Gen. (Retd) Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of Nawab Akbar Bugti had little role in ...
IG Sindh defies SHC order
ISLAMABAD - Karachis banking community has been hit by a new form of terrorism. The General Secretary PPP Sindh, Saeed Ghani, has ...
NATO fails to block arms' supply into SWA
ISLAMABAD - Lack of credible intelligence about reinforcements and supplies from neighbouring Afghanistan into Waziristan, has ...
Agencies fear new wave of terrorism
ISLAMABAD - The intelligence agencies on Sunday feared a new wave of terrorist attacks in near future on important government ...
Grenade attack on minister's house
QUETTA - Private residence of Balochistan Minister for Information was attacked with hand grenade in the provincial capital on ...
55 arrested in search operation near GHQ
RAWALPINDI - Police during a search operation on Sunday arrested some 55 suspicious persons including five Afghan nationals from ...
More than 100,000 flee battle zone
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - More than 100,000 people have fled South Waziristan, the lawless area where forces have launched a major ground ...
American plane forced to land in India
MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian military officials ordered a United States airplane carrying 205 Marines to land at Mumbai airport on ...
India to give 7th dossier to Pakistan
STATEMENTS of key witnesses in the Mumbai attack case in an anti-terror court in Mumbai will be forwarded by India to Pakistan, ...
Shoe-welcome for Musharraf in US
CHICAGO - Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf is receiving shoe-welcomes in various cities of the United States, including ...
Security threats impact NFC's NWFP meeting
ISLAMABAD - Growing terror threats in the wake of the ongoing Waziristan Operation has forced the NWFP provincial government to ...
Too early to send more US troops, says Kerry
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator John Kerry says it is irresponsible to send more US troops to Afghanistan at this time, amid a ...
14 Taliban, US soldier killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - A roadside bomb attack claimed the life of one US soldier in Afghanistan, while 14 armed Taliban were killed in ...
Minister-couple face dismissal
QUETTA - The Balochistan government has decided to dismiss two ministers, Agha Irfan Karim and his wife, from the provincial ...
Petraeus arrives in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Gen David Petraeus, Chief of US Central Command (Cent-com), on Sunday arrived in Islamabad Sunday on an ...
PML-Nawaz not to endorse KLB: Nisar
KARACHI - Opposition leader in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Kerry-Lugar Bill is not in the ...
Only dialogue can calm Pak-India ties: Nirupama
INDIAN Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said that only through a dialogue, relations between India and Pakistan can be ...
Delhi launches operation along Gujarat coast
NEW DELHI (APP) - India has launched 'Operation Raksha along the Gujarat coast for looking out suspected terrorists. The ...
Majority of Pakistanis satisfied with Army: IRI
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Pakistan Army has grabbed top slot for people support while the National Assembly got second in a row with ...
Entertainment
Kylie's Bollywood debut slammed
Kylie Minogue has failed to impress movie critics who have slammed her Bollywood debut in the film 'Blue. The Aussie singer was ...
Windows 7 to salvage Vista 'train wreck'
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft releases Windows 7 to the world on Thursday as the US software giant tries to regain its stride ...
'Lovely' wife Aniston?
JENNIFER Anistons husband will be the luckiest man in the world, says her former co-star. The stunning actress - who is single ...
I try not to be a jerk: Mariah Carey
MARIAH Carey has witnessed extreme diva behavior first hand - and she insists thats not who she is. The Touch My Body hitmaker ...
Aussie girl, 16, sets off on round-world sail
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world began her journey ...
Elephants to be extinct in 15 years
THE sight of elephants trekking trunk-to-tail across the Saharan Plains may soon be lost from African landscapes because of the ...
Islamabad
Picnic spots attract families
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A good number of families from different parts of the country are daily visiting various resorts of Rawalpindi ...
6 culprits including MS nabbed
RAWALPINDI - On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Anti Corruption Department, Rawalpindi, during an ...
Hizbul-Tehrir activists hold protest demo
ISLAMABAD - Scores of activists of banned outfit, Hizbul-Tehrir, on Sunday staged a protest demonstration here in front of ...
Action against commercial use of residential units demanded
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The departments concerned have been asked to take notice of commercial use of residential units in various ...
Capital to have 'old home' for senior citizens
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The World Peace Movement (WPM) would build an 'old home to provide multifarious services for well being of ...
CDA to improve water supply system
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The water supply system of federal capital would be up-graded and replaced by the Capital Development Authority ...
Army thrash Islamabad; WAPDA, PAF, HBL also win
ISLAMABAD Pakistan WAPDA, PAF, Army and HBL won their matches of the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Gold Cup Hockey Tournament against ...
Big brother takes trophy
ISLAMABAD Top seed Aqeel Khan claimed the title of Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Championship 2009 by beating his younger ...
Karachi
Downtrodden yet to get possession
KARACHI - The low-cost 'Benazir Homes built under government-run Peoples Housing Programme is yet to be handed over to the poor ...
SPLA announces Black Day from today
KARACHI - Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) has decided to observe 'Black Day in all the colleges of the ...
JI asks govt to present KLB in joint session of Parliament
KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan General Secretary Liaquat Baloch on Sunday rejected the Kerry-Lugar Bill and asked the ...
Politics shouldnt be a mean to make money
KARACHI (PPI) - Politics should not be a source of making money for politicians, but a medium to serve people, said speakers of a ...
'Kamal running LG system smoothly'
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh Commerce and Industries Minister Mohammad Rauf Siddiqui has said that City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has run ...
Martyrs of Karsaz tragedy paid tributes
KARACHI - The Chief Minster of Sindh and other PPP leaders paid rich tributes to the martyrs of 'Karsaz bomb blast, who ...
Lahore
Nine peacocks fall prey to stray dogs
LAHORE - Owing to the negligence of PHA staff, stray dogs on Sunday tore into pieces nine precious peacocks confined in shabby ...
101 terrorists rounded up
LAHORE - At least 101 terror suspects were rounded up in City on Sunday in an ongoing joint operation launched by intelligence ...
ISO protests US intervention
LAHORE - Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) staged a protest demonstration against the US intervention in Pakistan. They were ...
Involved officials dismissed
LAHORE - In view of fraudulent appointment of bogus doctors, tempering with the record, fake appointments and promotions and ...
Nazims seek CJ's help for LG polls
LAHORE - More than 26 district nazims of Punjab have demanded immediate local bodies elections seeking intervention of Chief ...
Dasti had no business accusing the team of match-fixing: Ramiz
LAHORE Pakistan former captain Ramiz Raja backed Younus Khans decision to resign from the captaincy of the national team. In ...
Fawad ready to bat at any position
LAHORE Pakistan all-rounder Fawad Alam, who scored two centuries for National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in the Quaid-e-Azam ...
PHF names squad for U-18 AHF Cup
LAHORE The selection committee of the Pakistan Hockey Federation(PHF) has announced 18 members squad for under-18 boys AHF Cup ...
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