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 Friday, October 31, 2008
Front Page
NA committee summons ex-PM
ISLAMABAD - National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue has summoned former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and former State Minister for Finance Omar Ayub Khan and former Finance Advisor to Prime Minister, Salman Shah and Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar ...
Zardari offers 'Q' lucrative portfolios
ISLAMABAD - A large number of Senators and MNAs former ruling party PML-Q on Thursday dined with President Asif Ali Zardari and ...
Taliban release 62 lashkar men
MINGORA - In the light of successful negotiations, Taliban militants set free 62 abducted persons in Matta region of Swat ...
Serial blasts rock Assam; 61 killed
GUWAHATI (Agencies) - At least 61 people were killed and 470 injured Thursday in over a dozen blasts that ripped through towns ...
International
Next US president to continue efforts to capture Osama wherever he is: Expert
WASHINGTON - The next US administration will adhere to the policy of taking out al-Qaeda leader Osama bin laden in anywhere ...
Palin hints she'll be in politics, eyes 2012
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin hinted in an interview with ABC News to be broadcast ...
Obama slams McCain as recession fears laid bare
SARASOTA, Florida (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama pounced on news the United States is officially staring at recession to accuse ...
Ban Ki-moon warns poor nations most vulnerable
NEW DELHI (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that poor nations could be hurt most by the global financial ...
Window closing 'rapidly' on Iraq security pact talks
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States warned Thursday that the window on difficult negotiations for a US-Iraq security pact is ...
General Assembly President calls for int'l response to financial crisis
UNITED NATIONS - The General Assembly president Thursday called for reforming the global financial system to help restore the ...
Syrians stage mass protest over US raid
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Thousands of people marched in the streets of Damascus on Thursday to protest at a deadly American raid on a ...
Afghan famine greater risk than Taliban: UK think-tank
LONDON (AFP) - A looming famine in Afghanistan poses a greater threat to international efforts to rebuild the country than the ...
US presidential race tightens as candidates focus on key states
WASHINGTON - The U.S. presidential race appears to be tightening again as Nov. 4 Election Day nears. Latest national polls ...
Gambhir, Laxman pile on agony for Australia
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Gautam Gambhir and Venkatsai Laxman hammered double-centuries to put India in complete control on the second ...
Business
Stocks jump as investors cheer interest rate cuts
LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets bounded upwards on Thursday, with Asian indices soaring by about 10 percent, as a US interest ...
Diamer-Bhasha Dam construction to start next year: Wapda chief
LAHORE - In addition to initiating construction work on the 4,500 MW Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project next year, another half dozen mega ...
Benchmark index remains dull, drab and dry
LAHORE - Thursday was the fourth consecutive day for Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) when trading remained dull, drab and dry. For ...
PM Gilani invites Turkish businessmen to Pakistan
ISTANBUL (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani assuring full support and cooperation to the Turkish business community, ...
Bids open for rental power projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government is committed to ending the power crisis prevailing in the country and to further build up the ...
Up to 20pc energy being wasted in country
LAHORE - Pakistan could not bear the wastage of energy in the prevailing circumstances and industrial sector has to come up with ...
SSGC profit up 242pc to Rs991m
KARACHI - Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) has posted profit after tax of Rs 991 million as compared to Rs 290 million of ...
R&D direly needed to promote economic sector
LAHORE (PPI) - The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology, Dr Mohammad Ishfaq, has said that Pakistan's economic ...
Pak, France to cooperate in dairy, food processing sectors
LAHORE (APP) - There is a wide scope of joint ventures between France and Pakistan in dairy and food processing sectors. Mrs. ...
Meezan Bank establishes 125 branches across Pakistan
KARACHI - Meezan Bank Ltd, the first and largest Islamic Bank in Pakistan has achieved yet another milestone by successfully ...
Politics
Bomber hits Afghan ministry, kills five
KABUL (AFP) - A Taliban suicide attacker blew himself up inside the information and culture ministry building in the Afghan ...
'Q' parliamentary leader in NA may be changed
LAHORE-The Chaudhrys in order to appease the members of forward bloc are considering changing Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat as the ...
17th Amend to go after consensus, Senate told
ISLAMABAD - Leader of the House in Senate, Senator Raza Rabbani Thursday assured the Upper House of formation of a special ...
Tasleema's family assured foolproof security
FAHEEM RAZA & SHAFI BALOCH KARACHI - An inquiry team, led by PPP MNA Syeda Nafisa Shah, ...
Army action not solution to terrorism: PM
ISTANBUL (Agencies) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday told the international community that Pakistan has taken a ...
30pc cut in POL prices proposed
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has sent a summary to the Ministry of Petroleum proposing a 20 to 30 per cent cut in ...
'Q' dissidents for party elections
ISLAMABAD - Defiant leaders of PML-Q here on Thursday in their meeting with Chaudhry brothers asked the latter to conduct party ...
Public ignorance about building codes
LAHORE-Widespread violation of engineering codes set for earthquake-prone areas while designing a building is the main reason ...
Earthquakes can't be avoided
LAHORE - We cannot avoid earthquake because Pakistan lies on active seismic fault line both in the North and South but the only ...
Generals' meeting reviews security environment
ISLAMABAD - Top brass of Pakistan Army, which met Thursday with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, ...
Rana Aftab new Punjab PPP chief
LAHORE-Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan, a seasoned politician from Faisalabad, has taken over as PPP's 13th Punjab President following a ...
PML(N), 'Q' merger still in doldrums
LAHORE-The prospects of merger between PML (Q) and PML (N) seems pretty far-fetched as leaders from both sides are not ready to ...
Entertainment
Murky abyss of 3,100ft deep underground shaft explored
Hold on to your specs while peering down here. You'd have a long climb to the bottom if they fell off. This rocky chasm in ...
Mamma Mia becomes highest grossing British film
MAMMA Mia has become the biggest grossing British film of all time at the UK box office. The film has made 66,995,224 in the UK, ...
Financial turmoil hits China's super-wealthy
SHANGHAI (AFP) - The credit crunch and financial crisis have more than halved the combined wealth of China's richest people, ...
Fearsome T-Rex was one nosy dinosaur
PARIS (AFP) - Tyrannosaurus Rex could sniff out distant prey even at night, yet another reason the flesh-ripping predator reigned ...
I'm not getting divorce: Andre
Singer Peter Andre has denied that his three-year marriage to Katie Price is in trouble. The Australian flew into Los Angeles ...
Messenger completes Mercury fly-pass
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US space probe MESSENGER made its second successful fly-by of the year of the planet Mercury on Oct 6, ...
Islamabad
Hockey could be excluded from Inter-provincials Games
ISLAMABAD - National game hockey could be a surprise omission from the Inter-provincial Games 2008 as the Olympic Association of ...
PHF finalises schedule of series with India
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has finalised the schedule of Pakistan-India hockey series, which will be kicked ...
Trauma at Polyclinic, PIMS
ISLAMABAD - The Out Door Patients Department of Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH) known as Polyclinic Hospital remained ...
Steel furnaces to be shifted from Capital
ISLAMABAD- The Federal Minister for Environment Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi Thursday approved in principle, Pakistan ...
Terrorism badly affects hotel, tourism industries
ISLAMABAD - The hotel industry has witnessed a rapid decline across Pakistan, particularly in the twin cities after the ...
'Innovative journalism to promote competitiveness'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Hina Rabbani Khar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs and ...
Exercise may help strengthen knee cartilage
ISLAMABAD (Online)- Moderate exercise may help strengthen knee cartilage and improve joint symptoms and function in people with ...
Debate contest held at PMAS-AAUR
RAWALPINDI - All Pakistan inter-universities debate competition was held at the Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University ...
Karachi
Saleh suffers first defeat in World Snooker
KARACHI (APP) - After enjoying double success in the first rounds, Saleh Muhammad suffered his first defeat going down 1-4 to ...
Pakistan get England Test invite
KARACHI (AFP) - Cricket-starved Pakistan has got a rare invitation from England for a Test series and negotiations are already ...
Danish claims title in five-game thriller
KARACHI - Teenager Danish Atlas of NWFP as expected won the second DG Ranger National Ranking Junior Squash Championship crown ...
Gojra club qualifies for Asian Club Hockey
KARACHI (APP) - The Olympian Village Hockey Club Gojra qualified to represent Pakistan in Asian Club Hockey Championship when ...
KESC new power plant in 20 years
KARACHI - The KESC has finally received its first new power generation plant in two decades which is part of 50 MW rental power ...
Lawyers demand Naek's resignation after Kurd's victory
KARACHI - The Vice President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Hayat Rana, on Thursday said that the victory of Ali Ahmed ...
Three killed in different incidents
KARACHI - As many as three people, including an infant, were killed on Thursday in various incidents in various parts of the city ...
MQM voices concern
KARACHI - Member, MQM, Rabita Committee, Shoaib Bukhari on Thursday called upon the government to take notice of the alleged ...
Mirza seeks allies' support
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Home Minister, Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Mirza, has asked all the political parties especially the allies to play ...
Altaf appeals for massive relief
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Thursday appealed to the philanthropists and the people of Pakistan to ...
Lahore
PCB set to sign $9m contract with Dubai Sports City
LAHORE - The PCB will soon ink a $ 9 million three-year contract with the Dubai Sports City to play ODIs and Twenty20 matches due ...
Taubert, Rupesh in ITF Tennis title showdown
LAHORE - Taubert Patrcik(GER) and Roy Rupesh will vie for the top honor of ITF Pakistan Futures(F3) at the Bagh-e-Jinnah Tennis ...
Sindh sweep Cadet, Jr Boxing titles
LAHORE - Sindh won both the titles of the 6th Cadet and Junior Boxing Championship leaving Punjab and Navy at its heals here on ...
Doctors on road to protest arrests
LAHORE - Reacting to the arrest of two doctors by local police the Services Hospital doctors Thursday morning left the institute ...
Deceased's kin given job
LAHORE - The Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has issued appointment orders of the deceased's younger brother Nisar Awan ...
Medics shifted to Gulberg PS
LAHORE - Due to the strong agitation of the annoyed doctors, the police shifted the arrested doctors from Shadman Police Station ...
GCU students angry over raids
LAHORE - Students at Government College University on Thursday condemned police deployment in the varsity premises and raids ...
Kurd's victory infuses new spirit in lawyers
LAHORE - Ali Ahmed Kurd's victory in Supreme Court Bar Association's elections has infused new spirit in lawyers' movement as a ...
Dengue fever not fatal if treated timely: speakers
LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar has said that dengue fever is not a fatal disease if treated timely and the mortality rate among ...
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