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 29, 2008
Front Page
Kurd wins SCBA election
LAHORE-Pro-movement, Professional Group's candidate Ali Ahmad Kurd has won the Supreme Court Bar Association election defeating his rival M.Zafar, being largely supported by PPP and anti-movement lawyers, with a big margin of 606 votes. Kurd bagged 1008 votes against 402 of his rival and won ...
Peace linked to Kashmir: Nawaz
LAHORE - All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Abdul Ghani Bhat has said that dozens of elections had been held in Kashmir but ...
Govt can ill-afford IMF tough conditions: Zardari
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that it is important for the international community to assist the ...
Agreement on talks with militants
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday agreed to make contacts with militant groups including Taliban in a bid to end ...
International
Kumble and Clark back for Delhi clash
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Fit-again Anil Kumble will be back to lead India in the crucial third Test against Australia on Wednesday with ...
Vettori's triple strike leaves Bangladesh reeling
DHAKA (AFP) - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori once again tormented Bangladesh with three wickets in one over to inject life ...
Stanford sees no clash between Tests, Twenty20
LONDON (AFP) - Allen Stanford says Test cricket can continue to survive alongside the newer Twenty20 format. And he insisted ...
IHC notice to ministries in Baglihar Dam case
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam Tuesday placed the ministries of Foreign ...
Washington under fire for deadly raid on Syria
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Tuesday slammed a deadly American helicopter raid on a Syrian border village at the weekend, an assault a ...
Elections not a good time for American Muslims
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Muslims are facing tough times fearful about growing suspicions of Islam amid false rumours that Democratic ...
Iraqi Premier to negotiate changes in US security pact
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday authorised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to negotiate changes in the security pact ...
Israel prepares for Feb 10 polls
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's political parties decided on Tuesday to hold early elections on February 10, a decision that will ...
Latest polls McCain faces uphill battle in presidential race
WASHINGTON - Latest poll results here suggested that U.S. Republican presidential nominee John McCain faces an uphill battle just ...
US Senator convicted on corruption charges
WASHINGTON - US Republican Senator Ted Stevens from Alaska was convicted Monday on corruption charges. A 12-member federal ...
Nine killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Insurgents killed at least nine people in Iraq on Tuesday, including four policemen in the northern city of ...
Russia and China sign oil pipeline deal
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and China on Tuesday signed a long-awaited deal to build an oil pipeline from Siberia to China after talks ...
Guy Ritchie refuses Madonna's offer of 20m
GUY Ritchie has turned down an offer of 20 million from Madonna and the pair is 'no closer' to reaching any agreement over their ...
Business
Pakistan power tariff for industries highest in region
KARACHI - Pakistan electricity tariff for the industrial sector is far higher than the industrial sectors of regional countries, ...
Global stocks stage rebound
LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets rebounded Tuesday as investors hunted for bargains after days of massive losses and took ...
SNGPL GM Ch Masood transferred on misconduct
LAHORE - Some top-level changes are expected in Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). According to sources in the Petroleum ...
Oil prices slip despite Opec output warning
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dipped Tuesday close to 17-month lows, erasing earlier gains despite a warning that the OPEC producers ...
Pakistan, China to jointly set up national electronics complex
BEIJING (APP) - Pakistan and China will jointly set up information and electronic complex covering civilian, information ...
Karachi stock market remains dull and flat
LAHORE - Downgrading of Pakistan's bonds rating from B2 to B3 by Moody's International and delay in implementation of bail-out ...
Malicious rumours
From the start of October, the world financial crisis has dominated international news and attention overshadowing the US ...
UBL profit grows to Rs14b
KARACHI - United Bank Limited (UBL) continued to deliver strong financial performance in a challenging external environment, with ...
6th HRM forum to be held from Nov 12-13
KARACHI - 6th International Human Resource Management (HRM) Forum will take place at a local hotel in Karachi on November 12 ...
QA starts cargo flights from Sialkot
Karachi - Qatar Airways has become first airline by commencing its weekly cargo non-stop flights between the airlines operational ...
Politics
Moody's further lowers Pak ratings
KARACHI - Moody's Investors Service, the credit rating providing company, announced Tuesday it has lowered the Pakistani ...
America mulls negotiations
WASHINGTON - The US is actively considering holding talks with elements of the Taliban in an effort to reverse a downward spiral ...
Traders threaten shutdown
LAHORE - The traders and businessmen on Tuesday threatened to handover keys of their industrial units to the government within ...
Turkey and Pakistan to fight terror
ANKARA (Agencies) - Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday vowed to further strengthen their bilateral relations in defence, energy ...
World Bank still committed to giving $1.4b
ISLAMABAD - International Monetary Fund is likely to accord approval, in principle, to Pakistan's economic stabilization package, ...
Power crisis endangers PPP rule
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's energy crisis, with power outages on top of it, accentuating beyond the government's control despite ...
Who is who in Haris steel scam?
LAHORE - The main accused involved in the Haris Steel scam have a long history of committing bank frauds. Before plundering ...
Govt asked to scrap 58-2(b), 17th amend
ISLAMABAD - The Senate on Tuesday urged the government to implement the resolution, adopted with consensus by the Parliament's ...
'Q' dissidents form body to deal with Chs
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q dissidents held a consultative meeting here Tuesday night to mull over party's internal ...
Imported sugar to avert crisis
ISLAMABAD - Economic Monitoring Committee Tuesday directed the Industries Ministry to come up with proposals to import raw sugar ...
White House says US reviewing its policy in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Amid reports that U.S., in a policy reversal, is considering talks with some elements of the Taliban, the Bush ...
UN urged to address inter-state conflicts
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan has called for UN peacekeeping operations to demonstrate, apart from managing intra-State crises, their ...
2 charged in plot to kill Obama
WASHINGTON - Two US men were charged Monday for plotting a "killing spree" against Afro-Americans that would have been capped ...
SSC exam result questions high-ups' performance
LAHORE - Some startling facts were revealed during a study conducted on the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Examination ...
Entertainment
Cave of Crystals discovered 1,000ft below a Mexican desert
UNTIL you notice the orange-suited men clambering around, it's hard to grasp the extraordinary scale of this underground crystal ...
'Barack-o'-lanterns' light up Democrats' Halloween
NEW YORK (AFP) - Democrats won't be frightened this Halloween " not with "Barack-o'-lanterns" burning. Halloween, on Friday, ...
'High School Musical 3' dances to top of box office
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Disney's "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" bested the latest horror franchise "Saw V" to take top place on ...
First fully artificial heart ready for human trials
The first entirely artificial heart should be ready for human trials 'within two and a half years', it was claimed yesterday. ...
Robotic ants building homes on Mars?
RECENT discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise ...
Islamabad
Pakistan Asian Beach Games squad back home
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan contingent arrived back to home here on Tuesday morning after participation in the 1st Asian Beach Games ...
Plazas owners in Bhara Kahu fleecing tenants
ISLAMABAD - Owners of commercial plazas here in Bara Kahu are left unchecked by the administration of the Capital Development ...
Tariq directs for construction of medical college
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Capital Development Authority Tariq Mahmood Khan has directed the authorities concerned to construct a ...
Capital facing flour shortage
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamabad is facing shortage of 11,000 flour bags per day and trying to overcome this problem by requesting the ...
No confidence move against Naib Nazim
RAWALPINDI - Majority of members of Potohar Town Council presented a no confidence move against the Naib Nazim and Convenor ...
Talha slams US attacks inside Pakistan
ISLAMABAD- Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior, Senator Muhammad Talha Mahmood has condemned the recent US attacks in ...
Karachi
Promotions awaited in information dept for 20 yrs
KARACHI - A number of provincial information department officers have been deprived of their due promotions and other fringe ...
Court seeks authorities' comments by Nov 11
KARACHI - Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notice to the authorities concerned seeking their comments by 11th of November ...
Initial report sent to President Zardari
KARACHI - On the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari, PPP MNA Syeda Nafeesa Shah on Tuesday submitted the preliminary report ...
Poor policies, badly conducted military operation behind militancy
KARACHI - Badly planned governmental policies after independence and the currently poorly conducted military operation are ...
Call for promoting Astrophysics
KARACHI - Sindh Education Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haque has urged the students to get more knowledge ...
'Robber', passer-by killed in encounter
KARACHI - A robber was killed and his accomplice injured in an exchange of fire with the police near Coast Guards Headquarter on ...
Khurram, Saleh start with wins in World Snooker
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan cueists Khurram Agha and Saleh Muhammad got off to sterling start in the IBSF World Snooker Championship ...
Federal Area settle for draw against Sindh
KARACHI - Federal Area posted huge 411 for three to settle for a draw against Sindh in the RBS Pentangular cricket opener here on ...
Danish in semis of Jr Ranking Squash
KARACHI - Danish Atlas of NWFP reached the semi-final of under-19 event defeating Waqar Rauf of Punjab in straight games in the ...
Four top squash players in CNS Squash Championship
KARACHI - As many as four foreigners are amongst over fifty squash stars who have registered to play in the PSO-sponsored Chief ...
Lahore
Women MPAs perturbed over discrimination
LAHORE-The women parliamentarians in Punjab Assembly are perturbed over inordinate delay in approval and subsequent execution of ...
Merger of parent Muslim League possible: Ch Zaheer
LAHORE - Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Ch Zaheer-ud-Din has said that merger of different sections of the Muslim ...
New programmes would revive hockey
LAHORE - President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Qasim Zia has said that with the sincere efforts of former Olympian, ...
CM welcomes PML merger under 'N' leadership
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that every effort will be made for the promotion of harmony and ...
LHC allows Nepra to issue fresh power tariff notice
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday allowed the Nepra to issue notification of fresh electricity tariff, however, ...
Uzma Anwar wins taekwondo gold in Women Youth Games
LAHORE - Fasialabad's Hafiza Uzma Anwar won gold in the taekwondo event as tge Punjab Youth U-16 Girls Sports gala entered its ...
What next for 'Q' to bounce back
It's funny (for bystanders) how one day you're calling the shots and the next you're pleading for a chance to call the ...
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