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 31, 2009
Front Page
NA committee approves NRO with amends
ISLAMABAD The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice approved the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), amid uproar and walkout by the opposition members, and sent it to the National Assembly for legislation. The committee deleted clause four and five, which ...
Clinton assailed over drone raids
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over US aerial ...
14 terrorists, 2 soldiers die in South Waziristan
ISLAMABAD Security forces killed at least 14 terrorists during last 24 hours in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), while two ...
International
'I did not visit Pakistan for happy talk': Hillary
NEW YORK - UN Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who just concluded her tour of Pakistan which billed as a fence-mending effort, ...
EU agrees on climate change deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union agreed a deal on Friday to help developing nations combat climate change and urged other ...
Indonesia president defends embattled graft agency
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed Friday to defend the countrys anti-graft agency after the ...
Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Former Serb army commander Predrag Kujundzic was convicted of crimes against humanity - including murder and ...
Iran wants new atomic fuel first: diplomats
UNITED NATIONS/TEHRAN (Reuters/AFP) - Iran has told the UN nuclear watchdog that it wants fresh nuclear fuel for a reactor in ...
Nicaraguans clamour for US envoys expulsion
MANAGUA (AFP) - Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the US embassy with rocks and home-made explosives, the other day, demanding the ...
UNGA to consider next week UN probe into Israeli bombing of Gaza
UNITED NATIONS - The General Assembly will meet on November four to consider the report of the U.N. fact-finding mission on the ...
Pakistani woman slashes hubby over violation of religious beliefs
NEW YORK - A devout Pakistani woman forced by her husband to eat pork, wear short skirts and drink alcohol slashed his neck with ...
US Senate panel okays sanctions bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to impose sanctions on companies providing Iran with gasoline and limit other business dealings ...
Modi struck by swine flu
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - A controversial Indian state minister, often tipped as a future premier, has contracted swine flu, his ...
Women no longer 'warm-up' act at World T20
LONDON (AFP) The showpiece mens matches at next years ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies will take place before, rather than ...
Wozniacki puts Serena, Venus in shade
DOHA (AFP) Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki wept and hobbled into WTA Championships folklore on Thursday, relegating Serena ...
Lee ruled out of third one-dayer against India
NEW DELHI (AFP) Australias pace spearhead Brett Lee was Friday ruled out of the third one-day international here against India, ...
Inter edge Palermo in eight-goal thriller
ROME (AFP) Inter Milan ruined Walter Zengas homecoming by beating Palermo 5-3 in an eight-goal thriller at the San Siro on ...
Monaco out to topple French champions Bordeaux
PARIS (AFP) In-form Monaco go into their game at Bordeaux on Saturday knowing that victory will allow them to finish the weekend ...
Man United in search of Rovers' revival
MANCHESTER (AFP) Sir Alex Ferguson wants a comprehensive performance from Manchester United against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday ...
Business
62 million people fall below poverty line
KARACHI - The 62 million population of country has fallen below poverty line in FY09. The State Bank of Pakistan in its annual ...
Textile industries get notices
ISLAMABAD - The gas companies, even before any decision taken by the sub-committee of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) ...
Sindh asks millers to start cane crushing tomorrow
KARACHI - The Sindh government has directed the sugar mills to start crushing from 1st November (tomorrow) so as to save growers ...
IMF chief hails US growth, but warns of jobs gap
ROCCA DI PAPA, Italy (AFP) - The US economys return to growth is good news, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday, while ...
Bears continue to rule KSE
KARACHI - The Karachi stock market Friday portrayed a dullish yet highly volatile session especially in the first half as the ...
Technology upgradation vital to competitive industry
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo on Friday stressed the need for upgrading ...
Norway urges sector-specific efforts to boost ties
LAHORE - Ambassador of Norway Robert Kvile has said that Norway and Pakistan should take measures to further increase bilateral ...
Oil prices sink on US growth data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices sank Friday, mirroring losses on global stock markets, after surging the previous day on news that the ...
If one was the government
Listen to the people talk, absorb the viewpoints of the various private television channels and read numerous articles appearing ...
Resumption to foster regional economic cooperation: Sayeed
KARACHI - President SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SAARC CCI) Tariq Sayeed has appreciated recent statement of Indian ...
Politics
NRO marriage of PPP-MQM to last
Islamabad Unlike the bitter experiences of the past, the existing astute PPP-MQM alliance would have far reaching implications ...
Alleged spy escapes from PIMS
ISLAMABAD Dr Imran Munir, an alleged spy, admitted to PIMS for treatment under police custody has fled away from the ...
2 schools blown up in Hangu
HANGU Militants have blown up buildings in the suburbs of Hangu district through planted explosives in three acts of ...
Malik contradicts NWFP IGP on blast
ISLAMABAD Contradicting the statement of Inspector General of Police NWFP, Interior Minister Rehman Malik alleged that Taliban ...
MFA to bypass procedures to facilitate visas
ISLAMABAD Despite serious concerns raised by The National Assemblys Sub-Committee on Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
MNA boycotts Hillary
Ms. Memon declined an invitation by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to meet her as part of her engagements with politicians ...
Pak-Iran border destabilised
QUETTA Iranian border is considered to be one of the securest borders from where Pakistan did not ever expect any threat as ...
Bomb hoax creates panic at QAU
ISLAMABAD Panic gripped the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) Friday after an anonymous text message received by the professor and a ...
WB terms Pak FY2010 uncertain
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistans macroeconomic medium term outlook is uncertain and remains fragile, the World Bank said late on ...
Six Iranian Kurds held from Sherani
ZHOB (APP) - Security forces have arrested six Iranian Kurds, who were traveling to Lahore via D I Khan without legal documents, ...
Imran criticises NRO, govt's US policy
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said Friday that the incumbent rulers were beneficiaries of the ...
Singh wishes Pakistan success against terror
NEW DELHI (APP) - In his reconciliatory gesture for the third day in succession, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while ...
RAW spy held in Kasur
LAHORE - Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) on Friday arrested an Indian national, believed to be a RAW agent from border area of Kasur ...
Motorists caught in worst traffic jam
ISLAMABAD - A serious negligence on part of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) was observed as the Capital motorists were caught up ...
Sugar to be made available at Rs40 per kg
ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court (SC) has finally approved an interim agreement inked between the government and sugar mills owners ...
PM approves bulletproof cars for Balochistan MPAs
ISLAMABAD - Chief Minister Balochistan Aslam Raisani has presented the resolution unanimously adopted by Balochistan Assembly to ...
DMG to grab lion's share of promotions
ISLAMABAD - District Management Group (DMG), colloquially called Baboos, are lobbying hard with the ruling PPP to get a lions ...
Eight Afghans killed in roadside blast
JALALABAD (AFP) - A roadside bomb struck a station wagon in Afghanistan on Friday, killing eight civilians, including a woman, a ...
2 militants, volunteer killed in Mohmand
MOHMAND AGENCY - Two militants were killed in clashes with volunteers of Baizai Aman Committee in Mohmand Agency on Friday. A ...
Pak to tighten security on Afghan border: FC
PESHAWAR (AFP) - The Frontier Corps said Friday it would tighten security along Pakistans border with Afghanistan by putting an ...
Clocks to be reversed tonight
LAHORE - Clock will be reversed by an hour on Saturday at 12 midnight, thus bringing the official time again five hours ahead of ...
Indian chopper crashes in IHK
SRINAGAR (AFP) - An Indian air force helicopter crashed Friday into a river in southern district of Kashmir, police said. An ...
Entertainment
Internet addresses set for change
the internet regulator has approved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses, in a move that is set to transform the online ...
Ashlee Simpson on the brink
ASHLEE Simpson-Wentz feels crushed after being fired from her role in TV show Melrose Place. The singer/actress and her costar ...
Court bans girl from solo world voyage
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AFP) - A Dutch court on Friday barred 14-year-old Laura Dekker from setting off on a round the world solo ...
Lady GaGa renamed 'Gee-yonce'
POP sensation Lady GaGa has revealed that she was called 'Gee-yonce while shooting for Beyones music video. The 'Single Lady ...
Teri Hatcher blasts swine flu rumours
'DESPERATE Housewives star Teri Hatcher has denied rumours that shes suffering from swine flu. It was reported that the cast and ...
This Is It makes $20m in one day
THE Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It earned $20.1m at worldwide box offices in its first day, the studio that made ...
Islamabad
A moving portrayal of Baloch miseries
ISLAMABAD - Even a tentative glance at the artwork of Haleem Khan supports the belief that art is a vibrant science. The delicacy ...
Residents of C-13, C-14 face hardships in land purchase
ISLAMABAD Owing to delay in scrutiny of transference of land on the part of the Capital development Authority (CDA), residents ...
College principals asked to enhance security
RAWALPINDI - The Commissioner, Zahid Saeed has directed the heads of government colleges to enhance their security by installing ...
'Govt has sidelined from its Kashmir stance'
ISLAMABAD - The incumbent PPP-led government has failed to address the miseries of people of Kashmir as well as the country by ...
Mother and Child Week
ISLAMABAD The Mother and Child Week was launched here on Friday focusing awareness and service delivery on maternal, new born ...
Turkey's fondness for tourism
ISLAMABAD - Turkeys seriousness for tourism was evident from the choice of guests, cuisine, and outfit of the 86th Republic Day ...
Karachi
Edu institutes get threat letters
KARACHI - Nearly 5 private elite educational institutions in the megalopolis have been sent threat letters by unknown people or ...
New consensus a breakthrough: Qaim
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that it is for the first time, in the 40 years that all the ...
Or else revolution inching closer: Edhi
KARACHI - Renowned social worker and founder of Edhi Foundation, Haji Abdul Sattar Edhi on Friday feared that the country was ...
Muttahida reluctant to support NRO
KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has not taken any decision about the NRO so far which reflects the partys reluctance ...
Govt taking care of IDPs: Sharmila
KARACHI (PPI) - Advisor to Chief Minister Sindh, Sharmila Farooqui has said that disarmament, non-proliferation of weapons of ...
Sindh government tightens security in Karachi
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh government on Friday tightened security at all government, private offices, all mosques and Imam Bargahs ...
Subh-e-Nau helps develop tennis in Pakistan anisuddin khan
KARACHI Subh-e-Nau, an NGO true to its name, is bringing a new dawn in tennis in the country by promoting the sport through ...
Lahore
Toddlers grow in fear
LAHORE - The tender mind of the toddler students of nursery, kindergarten (KG) and playgroup is vulnerable to serious ...
UN body to submit report in six months
LAHORE - Advisor to President Zardari, Dr Qayyum Soomro has said that United Nations investigation team probing the assassination ...
Petitioner fined for filing fake case against DG Rescue 1122
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has imposed a fine of Rs20000 on a petitioner, Major(r) Tahir Hussain Bokhari, for filing a fake ...
Punjab, Argentina agree on public-private partnership
LAHORE - Punjab and Argentina have decided to form a joint committee for promoting public-private partnership in different ...
AJK PM meets Majid Nizami
LAHORE - Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Raja Mohammad Farooq Haider Khan called on Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid ...
Petition against Nawaz 'meddling in Pb govt affairs'
LAHORE - An application has been moved in the Lahore High Court seeking directions to stop PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif from ...
Dengue fever controlled in City: CM Task Force
LAHORE - Due to the vigorous efforts and a comprehensive public awareness campaign of Health Department, dengue fever has been ...
Revenue Department conniving with land grabbers: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the heinous trade of grabbing government land and properties of the people ...
Clean sweep is the best answer to critics: Intikhab
LAHORE Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam has pointed out that a clean sweep against New Zealand would be the right answer to critics ...
PIA, WAPDA win; KRL-ZTBL match evenly poised
LAHORE Khan Research Laboratories reached 182 for six in 84 overs against Zarai Taraqiyati Bank on the third day of the four-day ...
Malik denies reports of differences with Younus
LAHORE Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has dismissed reports that he had led a group of players to the chairman of the ...
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