Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
The Nation in print for Friday, October 24, 2008
Front Page
Cut in power tariff, interest rate soon
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari has assured traders and businessmen that the government will soon announce cut in interest rate and electricity tariff. He said Ministry of Finance has been directed to lower mark-up rate. Zardari said the current economic turmoil could have been ...
US begins training of Frontier Corps
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A small contingent of US military trainers have begun a training programme aimed at turning Pakistan's ...
Bajaur ground, air attacks kill 35
PESHAWAR/HANGU - At least 30 militants were killed and eight tribal elders gunned down on Thursday in two separate incidents in ...
Withdrawal of hunting ground annoys Saudis
ISLAMABAD - The government's ill-conceived decision to withdraw a hunting ground from Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif has not ...
US-Iraq pact seeks to enable 'pillage': Nejad
TEHRAN (AFP) - The draft US-Iraq security accord is aimed at keeping Iraq weak to help America "pillage" the country, Iranian ...
Five bodies of securitymen found
SWAT - Four dead bodies of Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel, killed in a roadside attack recently, and one policeman, ...
International
Altaf asks govt to suspend hike in power-tariff
KARACHI - MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday demanded of President Asif Ali Zaradari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and the ...
Headingley keen to stage Pakistan 'home' matches
LEEDS (AFP) - Yorkshire have said they are keen to stage Pakistan 'home' matches at their Headingley headquarters ground. The ...
Talks with Taliban within limits, reiterates Afghan FM
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan said Thursday it would negotiate with the Taliban to bring their insurgency to an end " but only if ...
Obama leads White House race in three key states
LEESBURG, Virginia (AFP) - US presidential hopeful Barack Obama played up his foreign policy credentials while John McCain ...
Japan Ops pushes Indian PM on nukes
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's main opposition party on Thursday pressed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to work to eliminate nuclear ...
23 killed in Indian fireworks explosion
NEW DELHI (AFP) - An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory in northern India killed at least 23 people, 10 of them children, ...
Donkey blast kills policeman
KANDAHAR (AFP) - A donkey loaded with explosives was remotely blown up close to a police vehicle in southern Afghanistan ...
US tribunals unlikely to produce fair trials:UN expert
UNITED NATIONS - US military tribunals slated for terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are not likely to meet ...
US banks and newspaper get letters with white powder
WASHINGTON - More US banks and the New York Times headquarters received letters with white powder on Wednesday, the Federal ...
UN hopeful of more Israeli-Palestinian talks
UNITED NATIONS - The senior UN political official has expressed his hope that talks between Israel and Palestine will both ...
White House says Asia-Europe summit "critically important"
WASHINGTON - The White House said on Wednesday that the upcoming summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) scheduled to take place ...
Sarah Palin's fashion needs cost $150,000
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Republican party has spent about 150,000 dollars in the space of a month to meet vice presidential ...
Business
Rs50b relief plan may not save investors from default
KARACHI - The members of Karachi Stock Exchange have termed the government's new measures of launching Rs20 billion market ...
Industrialists demand removal of SBP chief
KARACHI - The business tycoons and trade bodies of the country have demanded to immediately remove Dr Shamshad Akhtar as State ...
Opec meet today as oil dips to $60
KARACHI - The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), famous as an oil cartel in the world, has called an emergency ...
Call to rationalise gas demand
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Shaukat Tarin here on Thursday directed the Ministry of Petroleum to ...
Governments shield businesses as stock markets take new tumble
PARIS (AFP) - Governments rolled out fresh measures Thursday to shield businesses and banks from the financial maelstrom as ...
WB considers help to improve efficiency of energy system
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The World Bank has assured Pakistan that it would consider support for key operations to improve the efficiency ...
Millionaire Pakistanis abroad can rescue country's economy:piaf
LAHORE (PPI) - All the Pakistanis who have their accounts in foreign countries should bring their money back to rescue Pakistan's ...
Govt to reduce edible oil prices within days: Wattoo
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government will reduce prices of edible oil within next three to four days to provide relief to the ...
Politics
Musharraf set to join politics
ISLAMABAD - In a development nobody had predicted, it appears that former President Pervez Musharraf is angling to join politics ...
Minister apologises to the nation over power crisis
ISLAMABAD- The Federal Government has deferred the implementation of the current raise in power tariff and formed a parliamentary ...
Top lawyers defending accused
LAHORE - The country's leading lawyers are trying to defend and get the accused bailed out identified by NAB and internal audit ...
Pakistan will give arms to tribal lashkars: report
WASHINGTON - Pakistan plans to arm tens of thousands of anti-Taliban tribal fighters in hopes -- shared by the U.S. military -- ...
PM in China on 4-day visit
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday arrived in Beijing on a 4-day official visit to attend the Asia-Europe ...
Barack Obama wants to reach out to Pakistanis
Chicago (Online) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will reach out to the Pakistani people to build a ...
Pakistan needs to attack insurgents: US
KABUL (AFP) - Pakistan must attack insurgents in its northern areas and tackle extremists threatening its stability and ...
5 children die in bomb blast
WANA (APP) - Five children were killed and two injured when an undefused mortar shell exploded in a house at Azam Worsk here in ...
PCB not to hamper Malik's career
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board will honour the court ruling which allowed former Pakistan captain Salim Malik resume ...
Entertainment
Bloodhound supersonic car unveiled
THE new car - called the Bloodhound SSC - will be 42 ft long, 9 ft high and will weigh 6.4 tonnes and boasts a top speed of 1,050 ...
Facebook causing 'friendship addiction' among women
MOST users claim it offers an opportunity to keep in touch with friends. But a leading psychologist says Facebook is driving ...
Leukaemia drug can halt, reverse effects of MS
LONDON (AFP) - Researchers at the University of Cambridge said Thursday they have found that a drug originally developed to treat ...
Giant spider eats a bird
IF anyone doubted the existence of bird-eating spiders - often depicted in horror movies set in the jungles of South America - ...
Western diet increases heart attack risk globally
THE typical Western diet - fried foods, salty snacks and meat - accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the ...
106-year-old box of chocolates
KNOBBLY and discoloured, these chocolates have seen better days. But what they no doubt lack in taste, they more than make up ...
Islamabad
I-8 residents seek water filtration plant
ISLAMABAD(APP)- The residents of sector I-8/1 have demanded of Capital Development Authority to install water filtration plant on ...
FGSH faces acute shortage of nursing staff
ISLAMABAD -The Federal Government Services Hospital is severely facing shortage of nursing staff, as at present eighty nursing ...
No let-up in woes of residents, motorists
ISLAMABAD- The enhanced security measures in the Federal Capital have made the city strange for its residents, who are often ...
CDA delays opening of Arts & Crafts Village for 3rd time
ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has postponed the inauguration of Art & Craft Village for the third time till ...
All set for deposed CJ's address
RAWALPINDI -The legal fraternity Thursday finalized arrangements for the proposed address of the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar ...
Power outage crippling research, uplift activities of edu institutes
ISLAMABAD - The persistent hide and seek of electricity is paralysing the multi-millions 'Research and Development' activities of ...
Traders protest power outage, increase in electricity tariff
ISLAMABAD- The unannounced loadshedding and increased power tariff irked the traders of twin cities who Thursday announced to ...
Karachi
Lawyers to hold open court against Iftikhar's removal
KARACHI - The lawyers' representatives have announced to hold a public court on 3rd November at MA Jinnah Road in protest against ...
CM unveils relief package for dependants of Oct 18 victims
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on behalf of Sindh government has announced a relief package for the heirs of ...
Beggars to be kept away from sensitive areas
KARACHI - Sindh government has decided to launch a campaign against beggars active in the vicinity of sensitive places of the ...
'No change in KU admission policy'
KARACHI - Vice Chancellor Karachi University (KU), Prof Dr Qasim Raza Siddiqui, has rejected the demands of different student ...
MQM unwilling to join federal cabinet
KARACHI - The MQM, partner in the PPP-led ruling coalition in Sindh, is still unwilling to become part of the federal cabinet, ...
West Indies offer to play Tests with Pakistan
KARACHI (AFP) - The West Indies have thrown Pakistan a lifeline, offering to play two Tests against the cricket starved team at a ...
PAF and Sindh win team titles
KARACHI - Pakistan Air Force and Sindh won boys and girl's team titles respectively in the Hasan Musa Junior (under 15) Squash ...
Lahore
Court lifts life ban on Salim Malik
LAHORE - A civil judge Malik Muhammad Altaf Thursday lifted the life ban and fine imposed on former cricket skipper Salim Malik ...
Don't single out Lawson
LAHORE - Former Pakistan great Imran Khan came out in defense of coach Geoff Lawson, who seems to have failed to impress Pakistan ...
Lawson awaits meeting with new PCB chief
LAHORE - Geoff Lawson, the Australian coach of the Pakistan team is waiting to have a meeting with the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt. ...
Zia says plan for Pakistan hockey by next year
LAHORE - Pakistan Hockey federation president Qasim Zia said he would be coming up with a comprehensive plan by January 1, 2009 ...
Qamar Ibrahim says India series immediate target
LAHORE - Junior team coach-cum-manager Qamar Ibrahim said that he accepted the job in the national interest with a target to form ...
Hasan Sardar promises team on merit
LAHORE - The newly-appointed chief selector Pakistan hockey Hasan Sardar expressed his commitment to hockey and praised the blue ...
Haider wins wrestling gold for Pakistan
LAHORE - Haider Ali, member of Pakistan wrestling team won gold medal in 65kg weight category in the 1st Asian Beach Games at ...
Ex-MNA Mian Asif arrested
LAHORE - The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Thursday arrested a former MNA of PML-Q, Mian Asif for involvement in ...
LDA officer another dengue victim
LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Deputy Director Waqar Ahmad fell prey to the dengue fever and has been admitted in a ...
Chairman Wapda directed to reply
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Thursday issued notice and sought a report from chairman WAPDA on numerous identical petitions ...
Bhagwandas sees free judiciary revival
LAHORE - Former senior judge of the Supreme Court, Rana Bhagwandas has said independent judiciary with Chief Justice Iftikhar ...
Accused being given safe exit
LAHORE - A cartel of 17 officials of the LDA allegedly involved in 133 exemption files scam of Johar Town is being provided a ...
Case registration against doctor ordered
LAHORE - Justice Tariq Shamim of Lahore High Court has ordered registration of a case against Dr Muhammad ...
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