Friday, February 10, 2012
- SC rejects PM Gilanis appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
The Nation in print for Thursday, October 29, 2009
Front Page
Monster terror attack in Peshawar
PESHAWAR At least 100 persons were killed and over 200 others received injuries as a result of a powerful car bomb explosion here at the Meena Bazaar, one of the most congested parts of the volatile city, on Wednesday afternoon. Police sources and eyewitnesses informed that explosive-laden white ...
US drone strikes may be breach of int'l law: UN
UNITED NATIONS A UN human rights investigator has warned the United States that its use of unmanned drones to fight militants ...
Loud talk sans action
ISLAMABAD Terming her visit vital, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has vowed to establish friendly relationship with ...
International
US, UN, UK denounce Peshawar terror attack
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored Wednesdays bombing of a marketplace in Peshawar that has killed more ...
Govts fail to stop religion's misuse: UN expert
UNITED NATIONS - A UN rights expert has called for countering challenges posed by the use of religion for political purposes, ...
'Switch sides, get money'
WASHINGTON - The US military commanders in Afghanistan are to be allowed to pay Taliban fighters who renounce violence against ...
Hamas to ban elections in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Hamas said on Wednesday it will ban the organisation of elections in its Gaza Strip stronghold after president ...
Kabul attack on UN hostel denounced
KABUL (AFP) - A Taliban suicide attack on UN staff at a Kabul guesthouse on Wednesday constituted a war crime and will further ...
UN flays American embargo on Cuba
UNITED NATIONS - The UN general assembly has, by a thumping majority, condemned the US economic embargo against Cuba, adding ...
Alcohol, fat among world's big killers: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling just five health factors could prevent millions of premature deaths and increase global life ...
Iran to respond to nuclear deal today
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran will on Thursday (today) deliver to the UN atomic watchdog its much-awaited response to a ...
Dhoni, Gambhir lead India run spree
NAGPUR (India) (AFP) Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir pulverised injury-hit Australia as India piled up a record ...
'Reborn' Ahsan all set to return to int'l umpiring
DUBAI Ahsan Raza, the most affected victim of the last Lahore Test match (Pakistan versus Sri Lanka) on March 3 earlier this ...
Shepherd dead at 68
LONDON (AFP) Former Test match umpire and Gloucestershire cricketer David Shepherd has died from cancer at the age of 68, the ...
Dementieva sends Venus crashing
DOHA (AFP) Venus Williams wilted in Qatars desert heat on Tuesday as feisty Russian Elena Dementieva staged a remarkable WTA ...
Business
Sindh may face fertilizer shortage in Rabi season
KARACHI - The Sindh province likely to face shortage of the fertilizers especially Urea during upcoming Rabi season, growers told ...
Hillary urged to help access US markets
LAHORE (APP) - Business community Wednesday urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is currently visiting Pakistan to ...
Textile exports go up
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan textile exports have started showing positive signs, as average monthly export of the sector during first ...
Clintons visit, results fail to lift market
KARACHI - Despite Hillary Clintons three-day visit intended to gain support in the fight against terrorism and better than ...
Banks financial derivative business down
KARACHI - After witnessing momentous growth over a couple of years, the financial derivative business of the banks declined by 3 ...
Shahbaz takes notice of water theft
LAHORE- Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed authorities concerned to ensure supply of water to farmers at ...
NA committee questions $20m investment by NIC in Dubai
KARACHI (APP) - National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce has constituted a sub-committee to investigate investment policy ...
No govt support to fish industry despite Rs600b investment
LAHORE - Anjuman-e-Tajran Machhli Mandi (ATMM) President Ch Ilyas Gujar has said that despite the fact that the fish industry has ...
US and China open high-level trade talks
HANGZHOU (AFP) - Ministers from the United States and China opened key trade talks Wednesday, with Washington looking to make ...
PTA revises framework for MVNO services
KARACHI - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in the fulfillment of obligation under Mobile Cellular Policy 2004, has ...
Politics
A horrible sense of dj vu
The bomb blast in Peshawar with its terrible loss of life has further destroyed any remaining semblance of normality in the ...
25 more terrorists killed in SWA
ISLAMABAD Security forces have killed at least 25 more terrorists and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition in the ongoing ...
FO censors NW Group
IN the Press Conference of Hillary Clinton and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the Foreign Office denied one of the largest publishing ...
Indian-made explosives seized in Karachi
KARACHI The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Sindh police Wednesday claimed to have arrested five operatives of ...
Gunmen storm UN guesthouse in Kabul
KABUL (Agencies) Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul Wednesday, killing 12 people - including six UN staff - ...
PPP in a fix with allies
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party is caught in Catch-22, as it is not possible for the party to appease its coalition partners ...
Ramzi's wife dubs US inhumane
KARACHI - The United States, the so-called champion of human rights has scant regard for the humanity and it has wrecked havoc ...
SC returns Dogar's petitions
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday returned two petitions filed by former chief justice Abdul Hameed Dogar against ...
'Karzai's brother on CIA payroll'
NEW YORK - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been receiving regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency ...
NFC meets in Peshawar today
PESHAWAR - The meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) will take place today (Thursday) here with Federal Finance ...
ADB suggests 2,200MW raise
ISLAMABAD - Carrying out third party audit of Pakistans energy sector, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recommended electricity ...
Journalist speaks about life threats from Blackwater
ISLAMABAD - A Peshawar-based journalist Syed Fawad Ali Shah has alleged that he has received life threats from Blackwater (BW) ...
India 'ready' for talks with Pak
WANPOH, Srinagar, (AFP) - Pakistan must destroy militant groups operating on its soil, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said ...
Entertainment
Evangeline Lilly wants eco-friendly adoptions
EVANGELINE Lilly thinks people have to stop having babies to save the planet. The actress - who is been dating her co-star ...
Paparazzi attention is part of my job: Hilary Swank
HILARY Swank hates being followed by the paparazzi - but she puts up with it because its part of her job as Hollywood star. The ...
Cyrus' mom safeguards her career
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Miley Cyrus wanted to shift from the tween roles that have defined her career, her mother and ...
Palin receives $1.25m payment for book
ANCHORAGE (Alaska)(AFP) - Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin received a 1.25 million dollar advance payment for her ...
Smoking gun: Just one cigarette has harmful effect on arteries
Even one cigarette has serious adverse effects on young adults, according to research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at ...
Lost underwater city discovered
A British holidaymaker has uncovered what is believed to be a lost, ancient temple while snorkelling in the Mediterranean. ...
Islamabad
Displaced people not yet settled
ISLAMABAD - The issue of people displaced from the greenbelt in Sector G-7/2 remains unresolved, as no state authority owns these ...
Meeting reviews security arrangements
RAWALPINDI - A meeting, held with District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdadullah Bosal in chair on Wednesday, reviewed security ...
Two ASIs dismissed, two inspectors reverted
RAWALPJINDI - The Regional Police Officer (RPO), Muhammad Aslam Tareen on Wednesday dismissed two Assistant Sub Inspectors ...
Traders appeal to CJP for action
ISLAMABAD - Voicing serious concern over non-conforming use of residential quarters in Islamabad, traders community of the city ...
80 posts of nurses vacant in FGSH
ISLAMABAD - While the country is under severe terror threat and the hospitals are on almost continued state of emergency, the ...
Stage play 'Flight 420' delights Islooites
ISLAMABAD- Kopy Kat Production presented a comedy stage play Flight 420 at the auditorium of Pakistan National Council of the ...
Tough contest between Quetta, Islamabad
ISLAMABAD Hosts Islamabad lost 7 wickets at 112 after packing Quetta on a meagre total of 163 runs in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy ...
Tanvir ready for int'l cricket
ISLAMABAD Stylish pacer, Sohail Tenvir said that he would secure his berth in the one day and test quad after showing notable ...
Karachi
Ministers stay away from offices
KARACHI - The recent wave of suicidal attacks by militants in the country have forced the Provincial Ministers to stay away from ...
Ad hoc teachers seek six-month salaries
KARACHI - Nearly 600 ad-hoc college lecturers and their families are suffering from financial crises as they have been deprived ...
Pai Forest boosting flora and fauna
KARACHI - Pai Forest, reserved for hunting ground in the past, today helping flourish flora and fauna. Pai Forest consists of ...
Home Minister reviews law and order situation
KARACHI (APP) - The Home Department has decided to monitor property rentals in all major cities of the province and has issued ...
Child protection law draft sent to MPs body
KARACHI - A draft to introduce legislation against the sufferings and dispossession of children has been sent to the ...
Break panic disorder, enjoy life
Karachi (PPI) - Panic disorder is identified by the sudden onset of several symptoms like quick heart beat, hyperventilation, ...
Lahore
Parents fear extra cost
LAHORE - Despite governments claims not to burden the students with security cost of their educational institutions, parents in ...
Body to adopt strategy for edu institutions security
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has directed to constitute a joint commission comprising representatives of the ...
Edu institutions located on way to remain closed
LAHORE - Punjab University, Government College Lahore University, National College of Arts and fourteen other educational ...
Musharraf's trial not part of Nawaz-Hillary meeting
LAHORE - The most controversial issue Musharraf trial on which PML-N leadership had to tone down its rhetoric on the dictation of ...
City fortified on Hillary's arrival
LAHORE - Due to the intended special visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the City on Thursday (today), the top ...
Blackwater persons carrying out terror attacks, says JUP
LAHORE - President Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (Nifaz-e-Sharia) Engineer Saleem Ullah Khan has urged the rulers to declare Blackwater ...
Ijaz Butt off to India to mend fences
LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt left for India on Wednesday to convince the Indian cricket board and the ...
Younus urges players to talk to him openly
LAHORE Pakistan captain Younus Khan on Wednesday asked the teammates to approach him to discuss the problems and issues they ...
I mediated: Afridi
LAHORE Pakistan vice-captain Shahid Afridi said on Wednesday that he facilitated arbitration to resolve the differences in the ...
AFC gives stamp of approval to Punjab Stadium
LAHORE The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have approved Lahores Punjab Stadium for the 10 matches of the 36th AFC Under-19 ...
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