Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
The Nation in print for Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Front Page
Body formed for anti-terror policy
ISLAMABAD - Speaker National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza Tuesday constituted a 16-member parliamentary committee in a bid to draft a consensus resolution for government's counter terrorism strategy likely to be passed by the parliament either on Wednesday or Thursday. The committee set up during ...
It's gas cos turn to 'fleece' masses
ISLAMABAD - Two state-owned gas utilities namely the SSGC and SNGPL have filed petitions with the Oil and Gas Regulatory ...
Schools, offices open in Khar
BAJAUR (APP) - Security forces, while giving impetus to the ongoing operation launched against the miscreants in Bajaur Agency, ...
President approves amendments in FCR
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said that the fight against militants and insurgents could not be left alone to ...
International
Iraq takes no notice of Washington warning
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday called for changes to a planned security pact with Washington despite a warning from ...
15 die in Iraq clashes
HILLA (AFP) - At least 15 men were killed and 14 wounded on Tuesday in fierce early morning clashes between insurgents and tribes ...
Rich-poor gap growing in developing countries
BERLIN (AFP) - The gap between rich and poor has grown in most developed countries over the past 20 years, leading to an increase ...
Hundreds face terror trial in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Arabia said it plans to put in the dock almost 1,000 defendants in the first trials of Al-Qaeda suspects ...
White House rivals trade blows on economy
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The candidates for the US presidency have attacked each other's plans for the struggling American economy ...
Nato not ready to de-freeze ties with Russia: spokesman
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The Nato military alliance has no intention of de-freezing relations with Russia, despite a meeting between US ...
McCain distancing himself from Bush as presidential race intensifies
WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain, who is falling behind his Democratic rival Barack Obama in the presidential race, has ...
17 killed in India blast
GUWAHATI (Agencies) - At least 17 people have been killed and 20 injured in a bombing in the northeast Indian city of Imphal, ...
Firebrand Indian politician held over riots
MUMBAI (Agencies) - In a pre-dawn arrest, firebrand Indian politician Raj Thackeray was picked up by police and faced a litany of ...
Hamas lauds Egypt plan for Palestinian unity
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas gave its tentative support Tuesday to an Egyptian plan to reconcile the Islamist movement and the rival ...
India thrash Aussies by record margin
MOHALI (AFP) - A sizzling performance by Zaheer Khan in the second Test here on Tuesday helped India to a crushing 320-run win ...
Zaheer fined for Hayden clash
MOHALI (AFP) - India's Zaheer Khan was Tuesday fined 80 percent of his match fees following a heated on-field clash with ...
Inspired Vettori dashes B'desh hopes
CHITTAGONG (AFP) - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori dashed Bangladesh's hopes of a first major Test win on Tuesday with a ...
Business
KASB Bank, KASB Capital and Atlas Bank announce merger
KARACHI (APP) - In a major development in the financial sector, the sponsors of KASB Group and Atlas Group have agreed to merge ...
Pak banking system unhurt by financial market turmoil
KARACHI - The banking system of Pakistan has escaped the major ravaging effects of recent financial market turmoil emerging from ...
Private sector credit disbursement up Rs76b
KARACHI - The private sector credit disbursement from the scheduled banks has increased by Rs 76 billion from July to October, ...
Cellular subscribers slightly up
KARACHI-The cellular subscriptions witnessed a nominal growth of 0.7 per cent on month on month basis in September-08. The ...
Thin activity as stock market gains 2.15 points
LAHORE - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) today recorded a thin activity as KSE-100 index gained 2.15 points to close at 9,186.90 ...
Inactivated SIMs from next year
KARACHI - Future mobile phone subscribers would get new inactivated mobile phone SIMs from January next, which would only be ...
FCA sets wheat target of 25 million tonnes for '08-09
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA), on Tuesday reviewed food security in the country and set wheat ...
EU team to inspect 200 modified boats: Minister
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Ali Bhurgari said that the inspection team of European Union EU would be invited for ...
Stock markets get boost from new US stimulus plan
LONDON (AFP) - World markets showed encouraging signs of recovery on Tuesday on hopes of another US economic stimulus package and ...
UNGA president sets up task force on global financial system
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly president has announced he is setting up a high-level task force to review the global ...
Politics
Sarah Palin slams Obama on Pakistan
WASHINGTON - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stepped up attacks on Barack Obama, the Democratic frontrunner, ...
Govt sets 25m tons wheat target
ISLAMABAD - The government has set the target of 25 million tons of wheat production for the next crop and also hopes that it ...
Bomb kills three troops in Swat
PESHAWAR - At least three personnel of security forces were killed and two others got injured when their convoy was hit by a ...
Talks held in Dubai
DUBAI (Agencies) - Pakistani economic managers, faced with a looming economic meltdown, brought their case Tuesday to the ...
Taliban justice corruption-free: US General
LONDON (AFP) - The failure of NATO member countries to send the troops they promised to Afghanistan shows a 'wavering' political ...
S Arabia sponsoring Kabul-Taliban talks
RIYADH (AFP) - Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that the kingdom has been sponsoring ...
IHC again moved against rising power tariffs
ISLAMABAD - The skyrocketing increase in power tariffs has been again challenged in Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Tuesday. ...
Nuclear incident to make 9/11 'insignificant'
SYDNEY (AFP) - The world is on the brink of an avalanche in the spread of devastating weaponry, a new global non-proliferation ...
Former cop puts 3 sons up for sale
HYDERABAD (PPI) - A poverty-stricken ex-policeman put his three sons for sale in front of Hyderabad Press Club on Tuesday. Ghulam ...
Thai ex-PM Thaksin jailed for corruption
BANGKOK (AFP) - A Thai court on Tuesday found ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of conflict of interest and sentenced him ...
Bush won't close Gitmo: White House
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush has decided not to close the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and has never ...
Entertainment
Heart printing with living cells
TOYAMA (Japan) (AFP) - The technology is the same as that of the simple inkjet printer found in homes and offices, but Japanese ...
Britney jury in verdict deadlock
JURORS in singer Britney Spears' trial for driving without a valid Californian licence have indicated they are stuck in a ...
Max Payne tops box office
MAX Payne, the live-action iteration of the game series, pulled in $18 million this past weekend, despite near-unanimous negative ...
Glowing blue bananas under black light
RIPE bananas are of course yellow. However, under black light, the yellow bananas are bright blue, as discovered by scientists at ...
Genes shed light on moles' 'blindness'
PARIS (AFP) - Moles are famously short-sighted thanks to disruption of genes that help to grow the lenses of their eyes, ...
Chandrayaan 1 countdown begins
WITH barely 24 hours to go for India's maiden lunar mission, it is the most nerve raking period for people behind this Herculean ...
Islamabad
Explosive detectors, scanners at all entry points
ISLAMABAD (APP) - District Administration Islamabad has advised the Interior Ministry to install 'Explosive Detectors and ...
Call for legislation to secure women farmers' right to land
ISLAMABAD - Poor women farmers across Pakistan are making direct participation in the ActionAid's Hunger Free Campaign to demand ...
Ministry seeks report on cut in commission of travel agents
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Tourism has sought the Department of Tourist Services to furnish detailed report regarding July ...
Loadshedding irks business community
RAWALPINDI - Unannounced loadshedding irked the citizens besides damaging the business activities across the city. Long ...
Cops served with show cause notice
RAWALPINDI - Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani Tuesday placed Inspector Aziz Aslam Niazi SHO PS Saddar ...
'PML-N to resist Qadirpur gas field privatisation'
ISLAMABAD- Hundreds of workers of OGDCL and other Trade Unions staged sit-in in front of Parliament House here on Tuesday on the ...
Pakistan taekwondo squad named
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) named 10-man squad for the upcoming preparation international trips. The ...
Aqeel into ITF Futures Tennis doubles semis
ISLAMABAD - Bogdan Leonte of Romania, Alekseenkov Vadim of Ukraine, Vasiliev Mikhail of Russia, Rashidi Younes of Morocco, ...
Karachi
Chakki owners threaten to increase flour price
KARACHI - Recent increase in the power tariff by KESC will further hike the retail prices of chakki flour in city, said the mill ...
1 killed, 2 held in encounter
KARACHI - An alleged culprit involved in street crime was shot dead in police encounter here on Tuesday while his two accomplices ...
PPP hawks oppose Sadr's induction in federal cabinet
KARACHI - Senior PPP leaders in Sindh have strongly opposed the party's efforts to bring the PML-F on board in the federal ...
MQM activist shot dead
KARACHI - Unidentified persons shot dead an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) within the jurisdiction of Sir Syed ...
Punjab to provide flour to districts on Sindh border
Karachi (PPI) - Punjab Minister for Local Government Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa said Punjab government would supply wheat flour ...
PST comes to rescue of Pakistan snooker team in world championship
KARACHI - The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association has expressed its deep gratitude to the chairman of Pakistan Sports ...
Sindh leases plot for FIFA Goal Project
KARACHI - Sindh Government has officially allotted and leased out 10 acres of land in the Hawks Bay Scheme not far from Lyari for ...
Sports Journalist Award launched
KARACHI - Creative Brands, a professional body involved in events management, has announced launching of Pakistan's first sports ...
Lahore
Miandad included in PCB governing board
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has brought back Mushtaq Ahmed as general manager finance while former captain and legendary ...
NBP Twenty20 cricket final today
LAHORE - The final of the NBP Lahore Inter-club Twenty20 Tournament will be played today here at the LCCA ground. Model Town ...
Public fury at power cuts, overbilling
LAHORE - People protested in different parts of the City on Tuesday as they came out on the roads to express their anger over the ...
50pc 'powerful' shock
LAHORE - The new electricity bills being issued these days with inflated tariff of 50 per cent have shocked the consumers across ...
Lesco can't disconnect power supply to MTS
LAHORE - Granting an interim relief, the Lahore High Court has stopped LESCO from disconnecting electricity supply to Model Town ...
Nepra barred from implementing variable tariff
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has stopped the National Electricity Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and distribution companies ...
Mily must work under civil admin: speakers
LAHORE - The military should work under the civilian elected administration, while the former must function within the ambit of ...
Campaign against 2-stroke rickshaws from November
LAHORE - The Punjab Transport Department is all set to launch a phase-out campaign against two-stroke auto rickshaws across the ...
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