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 Saturday, October 24, 2009
Front Page
Eight die as bomber targets Kamra Airbase
ISLAMABAD (Reuters/AFP) A Taliban suicide bomber killed eight people outside a key Pakistan Air Force facility on Friday, with officials quick to deny suggestions the target was linked to the countrys nuclear programme. The bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body at a checkpoint outside ...
14 hurt in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR A powerful car bomb blast here Friday in the parking area of Swan Restaurant left 14 persons injured. Police sources ...
Bus hits landmine: 18 dead
MOHMAND AGENCY At least 18 persons died and several others got injured when a minibus of a marriage party hit a landmine here at ...
International
Iran snubs uranium enrichment deal deadline
VIENNA (AFP) - Iran snubbed a UN-brokered deal Friday aimed at easing fears about its nuclear programme, refusing to respond to a ...
Trade, Thaksin issues erupt at Asean summit
HUA HIN, Thailand (Reuters/AFP) - A Southeast Asian summit got off to a troubled start on Friday as hosts Thailand faced off ...
Afghan vote fraud cannot be eliminated: UN envoy
BRATISLAVA (AFP/Reuters) - Organisers of Afghanistans presidential run-off will be able to reduce but not eliminate the kind of ...
'Onus on US to keep mily ties stable'
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Friday the onus was on the United States to keep defence ties between the nations stable, state media ...
Mullen presses Japan over base row
TOKYO (AFP) - The USs top military officer on Friday stepped up pressure on Japan to settle a military base dispute while ...
Nato backs new Afghan strategy but no new troop offers
BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Nato nations acknowledged Friday that their operation in Afghanistan is not working and agreed that they need ...
US drones aiding Pakistan military offensive
WASHINGTON-In a significant shift, the US military is assisting the Pakistani Army in its offensive on militants in South ...
Kashmiris' self-determination is struggle, not terror: Dr Fai
NEW YORK - A prominent Kashmiri leader has rejected Indian allegation of terrorism in Kashmir, and called for the resolution of ...
UN prepares for new flood of IDPs
UNITED NATIONS-UN aid agencies and their partners in north-western Pakistan are preparing emergency relief, including food, water ...
Power still wielded by Pak army: report
WASHINGTON - Top US Senator John Kerry's recent visit to Pakistan, which was aimed at allaying opposition politicians' concerns ...
Business
Britain confounds recession recovery hopes
LONDON (AFP) - Britain failed to exit its deep recession in the third quarter, official data showed on Friday, confounding ...
Pound slumps against dollar, euro after shock data
LONDON (AFP) - The pound slumped against the dollar and euro on Friday after shock data showed that Britain was still shackled by ...
PSO declares cash dividend of Rs3/share; net earnings Rs1.9b
KARACHI - The Pakistan State Oil (PSO) on Friday declared a cash dividend of Rs 3 per share to its shareholders for the 1st ...
Oil retreats but stays above $80
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell Friday on profit-taking at the end of week in which New York crude reached 82 dollars for the ...
MCB profit rises to Rs11.8b
KARACHI - The Board of Directors of MCB Bank Limited met on Friday under the chairmanship of Mian Mohammad Mansha and reviewed ...
NIB earns Rs1.6 billion
KARACHI - NIB Bank has earned a consolidated profit after tax of Rs 1.6 billion during the nine months ending September 30, ...
Stock market sees dull activity on last day
KARACHI - Limited activity restricted local bourse from any big changes on the last trading day of the week as KSE 100-index shed ...
'Waseela-e-Haq' Mariam Qazi
Waseela-e-Haq programme aims at socio-economic empowerment of women and to enable families an opportunity for ...
Substandard pesticide supply concerns NA body
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Textile Industry expressed concern over the supply of ...
1.75 lac complainants visit CSC for SIM data correction
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Around 1,75,000 complainants have so far visited the Customer Service Centers (CSC) of concerned mobile ...
Politics
Info sharing stressed to uproot terrorism
ISLAMABAD A high-level meeting on evolving strategy to tackle terrorism stressed the need for more coordination and intelligence ...
American conspiracy against Pak Army?
ISLAMABAD The intriguing removal of scores of security check posts from the Afghanistan side of Pak-Afghan border has been taken ...
Large majority rejects KLA
ISLAMABAD Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Friday organised a countrywide public referendum on the issue of Kerry-Lugar Act on Friday, ...
Pak, Iran to enhance border security
ISLAMABAD A delegation led by Iranian Interior Minister, Mustafa Mohammad Najjar, Friday called on Interior Minister Rehman ...
Fierce engagement in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD Security forces have killed 13 more terrorists including six Uzbeks in the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nejat in South ...
Bank owned by Tarin's son given special concession
ISLAMABAD Silk Bank, widely considered to be the ownership of Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin as his son heads it, was allowed to ...
19 terrorists killed in Mohmand, Khyber
PESHAWAR At least 19 terrorists were killed and 14 others got injured, while 41 more were apprehended in the ongoing operation ...
Military vehicles in public areas add to security risks
ISLAMABAD - At a time when our key security buildings and officials are being targeted, the unrestricted and frequent movement of ...
Women taken from Pindi to captivity in Sindh
ISLAMABAD - A kidnapping case Friday took a strange turn when Regional Police Officer, Rawalpindi, Aslam Tarin informed the ...
NBP's Masood forced to resign for opposing RPPs
ISLAMABAD - While their plausibility is still under debate, the rental power projects have already started plaguing Pakistans ...
Pak, Afghan and Indian envoys vow to defeat terror
UNITED NATIONS - Amid escalating acts of terrorism in the region, UN envoys of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan presented a united ...
SC sets deadline to settle sugar price issue
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed the sugar mills owners and the federal government to thrash out differences ...
3 including Imam held
MARDAN - As many as three persons, an administrator of a religious seminary and a prayer leader (Pesh Imam) were reportedly ...
India hopes Pak nuclear arsenal is safe
INDIA on Friday expressed the hope that Pakistan government would effectively secure its nuclear assets, amid rising concerns ...
IB Inspector shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA - Two people were killed Friday, including an official of intelligence agency, in separate incidents of violence in Quetta ...
FO asks envoys to seek prior permission
ISLAMABAD - Taking notice of meetings between foreign diplomats and government officials including heads of federal ministers and ...
Strict steps taken for SC security
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan, keeping in view the exceeding wave of terror threats in the country, has decided to ...
Entertainment
Pink's hopping horror
PINK has been having nightmares about kangaroos. The 'So What singer dreamt a pair of the hopping Australian animals destroyed ...
Lady Gaga's 'monster' fashion
LADY Gaga will dress as a monster at her upcoming concerts. The 'Paparazzi singer is about to embark on her 'Monster Ball tour ...
Hathaway, Harris join 'Rio'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris and Rodrigo Santoro are negotiating to lend their voices to Rio, the ...
Carey never on time
MARIAH Carey insists shes a changed woman since marrying hubby Nick Cannon - but she still struggles with her timekeeping Nick ...
Swinton opens Vienna film fest
VIENNA (AFP) - Scottish Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton late Thursday opened the 47th Viennale film festival, set to show ...
Phytochemicals in plant-based foods could help battle obesity, disease
THE cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people ...
Islamabad
Army, NBP reach finals
ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL ISLAMABAD Pakistan Army and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) qualified for the final of the Benazir Bhutto ...
Pakistan thrashes UAE
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan thrashed hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) in straight games 3-0 in their opening fixture of the 11th ...
Use of residential units for business on the rise
ISLAMABAD The use of residential units for business purpose in the federal capital goes unchecked while taking the benefit of ...
Source of unrest among traders, landowners
ISLAMABAD The Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance 2001 has become an unending source of unrest among the landowners and traders ...
Majority of women forced to abandon their career
ISLAMABAD Though the Ministry of Women Development raves about its policy for empowering women, hardly any steps have been taken ...
Argentineans due in Dec for groundbreaking ceremony
ISLAMABAD Ambassador of Argentine Rodolfo J Martin Saravia, Friday called on Health Minister Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani here on ...
Pindi police launch awareness drive
Rawalpindi (PPI) - Rawalpindi police have started public awareness campaign following more terror threats. The police personnel ...
8 persons awarded life imprisonment
RAWALPINDI The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC), Rawalpindi No 1, on Friday awarded life imprisonment to eight outlaws including two ...
Karachi
Sindh turns blind eye to SA 2003 resolution
KARACHI - The PPP-led Sindh government has backed out from the unanimous resolution of Sindh Assembly (SA) on NFC Award, passed ...
Masses reject 'slavery document': Jamaat
KARACHI - Leaders of various religious and political parties on Friday said that the nation had rejected the insulting ...
Petitioner asked to adopt other channel
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Friday asked the petitioner to submit an application to serve notice to the former President ...
8,000 Balochs still missing, claims BRP
KARACHI - Baloch Republican Party (BRP) on Friday claimed that 8,000 Baloch political workers were still missing across the ...
BC holds Connecting Classroom Programme
KARACHI - British Council (BC) Karachi on Friday celebrated the success of its Connecting Classrooms Programme by organising a ...
Body formed to provide free legal aid to workers
KARACHI - The lawyers bar and an NGO working on labour issue have announced to form a Free Legal Aid Cell (FLAC) to provide pro ...
Ali Khan's ton helps KRL; Misbah makes 200
Karachi - If towering medium pacer Irfan with a five wicket burst busted Karachi Whites in the first innings on the first day of ...
Lahore
NA committee to probe PCB misappropriation
LAHORE Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports Jamshed Dasti has said that the committee did not find any ...
Razzaq urges farewell to seniors
LAHORE - Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has urged the authorities to give senior players respectable send-off. Razzaq, who ...
Pakistan names new manager for New Zealand series
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board has made Abdul Raqeeb as manager of the team for the dual tours of the UAE and New Zealand ...
PCB chief to leave for India on 28th
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt will leave for India on October 28 to hold talks with his Indian counterparts ...
PCB chief to hold talks with BCCI
LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt will leave for India on October 28 to hold talks with his Indian counterparts ...
Misbah hammers double century
LAHORE - Discarded middle order batsman Misbahul Haq hammered patient double century in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match to remind ...
Razzaq urges authorities to allow farewell to seniors
LAHORE - Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has urged the authorities to give senior players respectable send-off. Razzaq, who ...
CCPO violates laws while buttressing his security
LAHORE - After GOR-I walls, the construction of wall around CCPO civil line building have set in thus turning the busiest Shaarey ...
LHC moved against Blackwater operations
LAHORE - Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has filed a petition before Lahore High Court against alleged operations of an American ...
City parking lots 'soft target' for terrorists
LAHORE - The bomb blast at the parking of a restaurant in Peshawar, has highlighted vulnerability of all the public and private ...
Closing of varsities not a solution: Taseer
LAHORE-Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer said on Friday that closing of universities was not a solution to the problem, and the ...
FM explanation on K-L Law holds no water: 'Q'
LAHORE - PML-Q President Senator Ch Shujaat Hussain has said that no change has been made in the Kerry-Lugar Law by the US ...
Cabinet expansion put on hold yet again
LAHORE - The PPP and the PML-N, the two coalition partners in Punjab, have reportedly reached an understanding not to expand ...
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