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 Thursday, October 30, 2008
Front Page
Death and destruction in Balochistan
QUETTA-A devastating earthquake of 6.5 magnitude hit Balochistan's North-west areas including provincial capital Quetta before dawn on Wednesday, killing 216 and injuring more than 400 people The quake destroyed mud and timber houses sending survivors screaming into the streets in panic. At ...
Zardari to write letter to Indian PM
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that he would write a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohn Singh ...
US Ambassador summoned
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday summoned US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson, to Foreign Office to lodge a 'strong' ...
Taliban agree to lay down arms
Local Taliban in Bajaur tribal region have consented to give up arms, reported a private TV channel on Wednesday, quoting its ...
International
UN General Assembly asks US to lift Cuba embargo
UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that the United States repeal its ...
Thousands flee refugee camp as rebels advance on Goma
GENEVA (AFP) - Forty-five thousand people have fled a refugee camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in chaotic scenes ...
Syria could take further steps over US airstrike
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria said on Wednesday it is awaiting an explanation from Washington and Baghdad about the deadly US helicopter ...
Failure of pact threatens Iraq's progress: US military
BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US military warned on Wednesday that the failure to sign the much debated military deal between Washington ...
UN alarmed at DR Congo-Rwanda border violence
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon is alarmed at reports of exchanges of heavy weapons fire across the border between ...
McCain renews attacks on Obama links to radical
MIAMI, Florida (AFP) - Republican John McCain renewed his attacks on Barack Obama's ties to a 1960s radical here Wednesday as he ...
US to hold states backing terror accountable
WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States would hold 'fully accountable' any country or ...
Obama tries to close deal, McCain vows to fight on
WASHINGTON - With six days left before election day, U.S. presidential front runner Barack Obama is making maximum efforts to ...
Ban 'saddened' by quake losses as UN agencies join rescue, relief efforts
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep sadness and offered his condolences to the families of the ...
White House says US reviewing its policy in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Amid reports that US, in a policy reversal, is considering talks with some elements of the Taliban, the Bush ...
IMF won't fire chief for sexual affair
WASHINGTON " The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that it would stand by its managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, ...
BD blushes spared as second Test drawn
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh fought hard to stave off an embarrassing defeat against some quality New Zealand bowling as the second ...
Gambhir puts India on top
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir struck a career-best unbeaten 149 to propel India to 296-3 on an ill-tempered ...
ICC could look again at result of Oval Test
SYDNEY (AFP) - ICC president David Morgan said Wednesday the result of the controversial 2006 Oval Test between England and ...
Waqar says Australian dominance dwindling
MELBOURNE (Agencies) - Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis on Wednesday said Australia will face a difficult period in their ...
Saqlain set for Surrey farewell
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq is on the verge of being released by English county Surrey because of the ...
Business
Global stock markets rally on rate cut hopes
LONDON (AFP) - European and Asia stocks made further ground Wednesday as investors counted on a round of global interest rate ...
No Sindh industrial estate has 50pc export oriented production
KARACHI - Out of overall production of industrial estates/zones located in interior Sindh, fifty per cent output is not export ...
Islamic finance could play a key role amidst global fears
LONDON (APP) - Key investors and industry figures at their meeting at the second Islamic Finance and Trade Conference considered ...
PTCL takes broadband to over 100 cities across country
ISLAMABAD (APP) - PTCL aspires to provide broadband access to all internet users in Pakistan. "Being the largest IP service ...
UAE group interested in housing scheme
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A delegation of Talon Group of UAE on Wednesday called on Federal Minister for Housing & Works Rehmatullah ...
KSE remains lacklustre for 3rd consecutive day
LAHORE - Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) trading for the third consecutive day remained dull, lifeless and flat. For the entire ...
Oil prices surge
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices leapt more than three dollars on Wednesday as traders took their direction from an impressive ...
Sweden offers training facilities for marble and granite quarrying
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A trade delegation from Sweden has expressed keen interest in importing the high quality black granite from ...
Expo Pakistan to help create new business opportunities
KARACHI - Expo Pakistan opened up for the general public on its third day on Wenesday, where, people from different walks of life ...
Use of PVC doors, windows to initiate 'Green Revolution'
THE materials and components we use to create our new buildings and refurbish existing ones are coming under the spotlight more ...
Politics
Status quo adds to govt's credibility deficit
ISLAMABAD- Facing acute power shortages and possibly a terrible financial crunch, the ruling Pakistan People's Party also seems ...
30,000 were killed in 1935 quake
QUETTA - Earthquake, once again, left Balochistan grief-sticken. The Wednesday's is the fourth destructive earthquake in ...
World saddened over loss of lives
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US Government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide an initial ...
Desperate search for survivors
WAM (AFP) - Wailing villagers on Wednesday dug through rubble with their bare hands in a desperate search for loved ones missing ...
Pakistan not to seek international help
Authorities said Wednesday that the country does not intend to seek international help following the deadly earthquake, a private ...
Reconciliation with Omar ruled out
The United States supports Afghan government efforts to reconcile with insurgents but not with Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban ...
US 'very concerned' about Pakistan
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Wednesday it was ready to discuss Pakistan's "very serious problem" with extremism ...
Ex-prisoner unseats Asia longest-serving ruler
MALE (AFP) - A former political prisoner swept to victory in the Maldives' first democratic presidential election, officials said ...
Secy Law, AGP lock horns over petty issues
LAHORE - Secretary Law Department and Advocate General Punjab have locked horns over petty issues, which has resulted in the ...
No sincere unity efforts by 'N', says Pervaiz
LAHORE - PML-Q Punjab President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said Musharraf cannot take part in active politics for at least 2 ...
Rift in 'Q' forward bloc
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q forward bloc in the National Assembly has further divided into various splinter groups over ...
Negligence claims youth's life
LAHORE - City police registered a case against six doctors, a staff nurse of Services Hospital and personnel of two private blood ...
Entertainment
Hernia operation performed on fish
A fish has had a bizarre life-saving operation after developing a hernia. Carla the 10-inch-long angelfish was laid out on an ...
Brain's hate circuit identified
PEOPLE who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of ...
Spears' father to stay in control
BRITNEY Spears' father is to maintain indefinite control of the pop star's personal and financial affairs. James Spears was ...
Royal seal of approval for Bond world premiere
LONDON (AFP) - Excitement mounted Wednesday ahead of the world premiere of the new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace," with ...
US prof's political crystal ball calls Obama winner
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US history professor Allan Lichtman believes he has the secret to predicting who will win the vote in any US ...
Honeymoon period officially ends after 2.6 years
Never mind the seven-year itch. Newlyweds have an even earlier milestone to fear: the two-year slouch. The average couple ...
Islamabad
Silence over Dr Aafia flayed
ISLAMABAD- Hundreds of people belonging to different walks of life Wednesday staged a protest at D Chowk near Parliament House in ...
Security vulnerability mars anti-Polio drive
ISLAMABAD- A sizeable child population living in areas of vulnerable security that stayed away from the anti-Polio campaign's ...
President for making Capital a model city
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari has issued directives to make Islamabad a green city and introduce water projects ...
COAS hailed for halting GHQ project
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf central leader, Zahid Hussain Kazmi Wednesday said that the success of Ali Ahmed Kurd in ...
Ban on appointments irks QAU workers
ISLAMABAD - Unrest amongst the faculty members and employees of Quaid-e- Azam University (QAU) is getting chronic, as the process ...
Counsel to apprise IHC of new evidence today
ISLAMABAD - Barrister Jawaid Iqbal Jafree, counsel and a close friend of Dr A Khan, will today (Thursday) appear before the Chief ...
Karachi
'KESC head being paid in dollars'
KARACHI - The CEO of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) is being paid in dollars despite serious financial crisis in the ...
MQM starts relief work for quake-hit areas
KARACHI - MQM Rabita Committee member Shoaib Bukhari on Wednesday said that his party has started relief work for the victims of ...
Lux Awards 2008 opens
KARACHI - The Lux Style Awards are finally being held in the City. With guest star appearances by the sultry movie actresses, the ...
Murtaza case: Hearing put off
KARACHI - A divisional bench of Sindh High Court comprising of Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Khawaja Naveed Ahmed ...
Digital library changed concept of studies: Atta
KARACHI - Coordinator General COMSTECH and former Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC), Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rahman has said ...
KSE to discuss crisis with Senate body today
KARACHI - Senate Standing Committee on Finance has called the board of Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and leading brokers Aqeel ...
Four foreign teams show interest in Tour de Pakistan
KARACHI - Tour de Pakistan cycle road race which will be held November 16 to 28 between Karachi and Peshawar on a 1655 kilometer ...
Danish a step away from National Ranking Jr Squash title
KARACHI - Qualifier Danish Atlas will face fourth seed Sheikh Saquib of Punjab in the final of Under-19 boys event of the second ...
Lahore
Police on mission to arrest 'terrorist' GCU students
LAHORE - On the pressure of the GCU's top management, city police have launched a massive crackdown late Wednesday at the ...
National Cadet, Jr Boxing gets underway
LAHORE - The 6th National Cadet and Junior Boxing Championship began here on October 28 evening with wins for Shehroz Kachi, ...
Dictators played havoc with country's growth, says Ghous
LAHORE - President PML-N Sindh Syed Ghous Ali Shah has reiterated that Pervez Musharraf should not let go scot-free and tried on ...
Lawson says sacking was political
LAHORE - Pakistan's former cricket coach Geoff Lawson believes his sacking had nothing to do with his performance but was ...
KEMU admin summoned over grace marks plea
LAHORE - Justice Syed Asghar Haider of the Lahore High Court Wednesday issued notice to King Edward Medical University ...
Lahore on top in Punjab U-16 Girls Sports Gala
LAHORE - Lahore was leading the third day (Wednesday) of the Punjab Under-16 Girls Sports Gala with clear wins in different ...
Testing time ahead for Kurd
LAHORE - Pro-movement lawyers' Professional Group has made history by securing a landslide victory in Supreme Court Bar Election ...
50pc population fears iodine deficiency risks: Speakers
LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar here Wednesday have revealed that more than half of the population of Pakistan fears risks of ...
Forensic Sciences Institute will help curb crimes: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that a unique and modern Punjab Institute of Forensic Sciences will ...
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