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 Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Front Page
Islamabad Islamic University bombed
ISLAMABAD As many as six people, most of them students, were killed and some 42 others sustained injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up one after the other here at the new campus of International Islamic University. The first suicide blast occurred at female students cafeteria ...
No security lapse, IIU out of security zone: Malik
ISLAMABAD Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday said that the chief of Jundulluh AbdolMalik Rigi was not in Pakistan and was ...
US responsible for terror in region: FM
MULTAN Holding Americans responsible for the emergence of terrorism in the region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi ...
International
N-talks stalled after Iran questions French role
VIENNA/TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers were held up Tuesday after Iran said it did not want ...
World rallies behind Karzai for poll move
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - US President Barack Obama and other world leaders rallied behind Afghan President Hamid Karzai on ...
Ban hails run-off polls
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday hailed the decision of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to accept the runoff ...
UN to debate Gaza war crimes report
NEW YORK (AFP) - The UN General Assembly will debate this year a report accusing both Israel and Palestinian militants of war ...
China opposes Lama visit to disputed Indian border area
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Tuesday it was firmly opposed to a planned visit by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to ...
Gates says Japan deal on US airbase must stand
TOKYO (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday rejected demands by Japans new government to review a deal between the ...
India sings old climate tune
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India reiterated on Tuesday its refusal to reduce carbon emissions under any new global deal to fight ...
EU fails to broker finance deal
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) - European Union finance ministers failed to agree a deal on Tuesday on who will pay what towards helping ...
US scientist arrested for attempted spying
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A leading American scientist who has worked for the White House and NASA was expected to appear in court on ...
N-powers must renounce pre-emptive use by 2025: panel
TOKYO (AFP) - An international panel on nuclear disarmament called on all nuclear-armed nations Tuesday to renounce pre-emptive ...
Emotional Milan reunion for Real new boy Kaka
MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrids Brazilian superstar Kaka faces old club AC Milan for the first time on Wednesday when the two sides ...
Zurich: Yes we can
ZURICH (AFP) - Zurichs shock defeat of AC Milan in the Champions League has thrust the Swiss team into the unlikely role of yes ...
Business
SBP allows 40pc FSV benefit to banks/DFIs
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan by amending the Prudential Regulations pertaining to provisioning of classified loans and ...
Oil price strikes $80
LONDON (AFP) - The price of oil hit 80 dollars for the first time in a year on Tuesday thanks to growing optimism surrounding ...
Kyrgyz Republic wants to develop economic coop with Pakistan
SIALKOT (APP) - Kyrgyz Republic Ambassador to Pakistan Bektur Asanov has said Kyrgyz Republic is making efforts for developing ...
Gas cut to make millions jobless: APTMA chairman
LAHORE- Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Punjab) Ejaz Gohar has said that the current economic situation demands ...
Stock market gains 157 points on SBP move, high oil prices
KARACHI - The bulls made a strong comeback at the local equity market on Tuesday as intense buying activity was witnessed in the ...
Up to Rs39,000 raise in Honda cars prices
ISLAMABAD (APP) - After Indus Motors, Honda Motors Company has also decided to increase the prices of its car models ranging from ...
PSO to post earnings of Rs15.9/share in 1QFY10
KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil is likely to post robust earnings of Rs15.9 per share in the 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010 versus ...
Minister offers full support to apparel sector
KARACHI - Federal Minister of Textile Rana Farooq Saeed Khan has stressed the need for research, development and training in ...
Generating own resources only way to safeguard economic sovereignty
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Shaukat Tarin said on Tuesday said that generating Pakistans ...
MCB 51 branches closed forcibly
KARACHI (PR) - Fifty one branches of MCB Bank Limited were forcibly closed down by a group of hooligans, in spite of Sindh High ...
Politics
All Pakistan educational institutions closed
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA In the wake of terrorist attack on the Islamabads International Islamic University on Tuesday, ...
Malik escapes students' wrath
ISLAMABAD Interior Minister Rehman Malik narrowly escaped the wrath of angry students of Islamic University who were in a mood ...
Taliban retake town
ISLAMABAD Security forces have killed 12 more terrorists in the ongoing military operation Rah-e-Nejat in South Waziristan ...
Govt decides to comb all seminaries
ISLAMABAD In view of growing security concerns and information given by sensitive agencies, the federal government has decided ...
Attack work of 'forces out to spoil ties with Iran'
ISLAMABAD (AFP) Pakistan on Tuesday blamed a massive suicide attack in Iran on forces wanting to spoil relations between the ...
Edhi wins UN prize for non-violence
UNITED NATIONS - A Pakistani philanthropist and a Belgian human rights defender were Tuesday awarded a prestigious United Nations ...
So many taxes on oil prices unjustified: CJ
ISLAMABAD - Embezzlement of over Rs. 150-200 billion in pricing mechanisms for petroleum products in the international and local ...
Gilani assures neutrality: Nisar
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has assured the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif that the federal government would ...
Ban on inter-provincial sugar trade likely to go
ISLAMABAD - Punjab government has finally decided to remove restrictions on sugar trade between Punjab and NWFP, sources revealed ...
'N' concerns on KLA conveyed to UK: Shahbaz
LONDON - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said he has conveyed his partys concerns over Kerry-Lugar Bill to British ...
Another body formed to probe PSM irregularities
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has constituted another three-member committee headed by Senator Haroon Khan to ...
Haqqani on Pakistan, Islam, Saudis
Washington DC - Ambassador Haqqani has been appearing on many fora in the US before and after he became ambassador for Pakistan. ...
US, Interpol help sought to arrest Hamesh
ISLAMABAD Pakistan has multiplied efforts to arrest Hamesh Khan, the most wanted person in Bank of Punjab scam, sources told ...
Security takes lead on hot issues list
ISLAMABAD - Resolving to take the Operation Rah-e-Nijat to its logical end at all costs, the government on Tuesday decided to put ...
UN agencies seek access to IDPs
UNITED NATIONS - The UN refugee agency Tuesday called for ensuring access to the people displaced the anti-Taliban military ...
Pak General to head UN's Liberia mission
UNITED NATIONS-Lieutenant General Sikander Afzal of Pakistan will head the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia, a UN spokesperson ...
Entertainment
Beyonce postpones Malaysia concert amid protests
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Beyonce has postponed a planned concert in Malaysia after the nations opposition party raised concerns ...
Bell always wants more
KRISTEN Bell treats every acting job like its her last. The actress - who stars in new movie Couples Retreat - insists she loves ...
Spears swaps starbucks for sushi
The singer has cut out the carbs and instead opts for tasty portions of sushi - not burgers and frappucinos. She exhibited ...
World's heaviest man warned: 'lose weight or die' as he balloons to 444kg
THE worlds heaviest man has been warned that he has just months to live unless he loses weight, it was revealed on Tuesday. Paul ...
Samurai art on show in NY
NEW YORK (AFP) - The worlds most comprehensive collection of armor, weaponry and art covering 700 years of Japans fabled Samurai ...
NASA pushes back Atlantis launch date to Nov 16
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA is pushing back a space shuttle Atlantis mission to the International Space Station by four days to ...
Islamabad
Students vow to fight terrorism, militancy
ISLAMABAD (APP) Lauding the decision of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) for not closing its institutions, the students ...
Capital's security pickets increased
ISLAMABAD (Online) Keeping in view the recent wave of terrorism and commencement of Operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan, ...
Dr Musaddiq saves his skin in fake doctors' case
RAWALPINDI - Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) and Allied Hospitals (AHs) Principal Dr Musaddiq Khan has saved his skin in the ...
CDA to auction Khokhas, signboards
ISLAMABAD In a bid to enhance the cash strapped Capital Development Authoritys (CDA) financial resources, the city managers have ...
PAL confers Kamal-e-Fun Award on Baloch writer
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has conferred Kamal-e-Fun Award for the year 2008 on the progressive writer and ...
PIMS health staff seeks raise in salaries
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has requested the Ministry of Health to increase the salaries of ...
Police, PAF, HBL, Army clinch victories
ISLAMABAD Police, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Habib Bank Limited (HBL) and Army clinched victories in the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed ...
Greenshirts in Dubai for Volleyball
ISLAMABAD-Pakistans 12-man squad left for Dubai to participate in the 11th Al-Rashid International Mens Volleyball Championship ...
National
Cricket fights terror
PESHAWAR In order to bring the people of war-hit Malakand division back to their normal lives, who were traumatized due to ...
Karachi
MPAs for check on mushroom growth of mobile towers
KARACHI - The lawmakers of Sindh Assembly on Tuesday emphasised on the provincial government to keep vigil on the installation ...
TTP men sent on remand
KARACHI - Judicial Magistrate district (Malir) Mohammad Aslam Sheik on Tuesday has sent Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistans alleged Ameer ...
CID busts three TTP operatives
KARACHI - The Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday claimed to have busted three operatives of defunct ...
JI urges govt to address Iranian concerns
KARACHI- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hassan on Tuesday suggested the government to visit Iran with the high profile delegation ...
Minister flays assault of teenage girl
KARACHI - Condemning the criminal assault on a teenaged girl student in Khairpur, Sindh Minister for Women Development Tauqeer ...
Fatal road accidents in City on the rise
KARACHI - Since the rapid development of infrastructure and construction of flyovers, underpasses, especially of signal free ...
Kaneria, Rehman spin HBL to huge win over KRL
Karachi HBL defeated KRL by huge 235 runs margin after test leg spinner Danish Kaneria and Abdur Rehman ran through opponents ...
Pakistan, England reach settlement over Oval Test
KARACHI (Reuters) - The cricket boards of Pakistan and England have resolved the financial dispute that arose after the forfeited ...
Lahore
Opp in PA divided over PAC chairman polls
LAHORE - The PML-Ns decision to give the office of Chairman Public Accounts Committee-I (PAC-I) to the Opposition has created ...
PA passes resolution to condemn Gojra killings
LAHORE - Delayed it might have been since it was not in session, the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed resolution ...
Baloch for stopping offensive launched on US directions
LAHORE - Expressing concerns over military operation in Waziristan, Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Liaqat Baloch has demanded ...
Unregistered marriage halls plague City
LAHORE - With the wedding season reaching its pinnacle, a large number of unregistered marriage halls, especially in open plots ...
Assembly session likely to end soon
LAHORE - The Punjab Assemblys ongoing session is likely to end soon in the wake of deteriorating law and order situation in the ...
Nizami eulogises Wyne's meritorious services
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation, Majid Nizami has said that Shaheed Ghulam Haider Wyne was ...
LHC adjourns hearing of intra court by-polls pleas
LAHORE - The Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday told the Lahore High Court that it would entertain any request of Punjab ...
Younus willing to accept challenges
LAHORE Pakistan cricket team captain Younus Khan is willing to accept future challenges and wants to lead the team in the ...
Army struggle to overcome PAF
LAHORE Leading scorer of 2005 Pakistan Premier Football League, Imran Hussain steered dying seconds goal as Army laboured to 1-0 ...
Cricketers bemoan LCCAs drawing-room selection policy
LAHORE - The highhandedness of the Lahore City Cricket Association officials is taking its toll on young and talented crickets. ...
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