Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, October 04, 2009
Front Page
Major reshuffle in Army
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army in a late Saturday night move made four important postings of three-star Generals including newly-promoted Lieutenant Gen Alam Khattak. Well-placed defence sources told TheNation that Lieutenant General Naeem Khalid Lodhi has been appointed as Corps Commander Bahawalpur, ...
Fighting Taliban or Sardars private army?
ISLAMABAD - Sensing the grave threat of Talibanisation, the elders in the tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan have started forming ...
Why is US embassy protecting Inter-Risk?
ISLAMABAD - The ongoing investigations with the owner of notorious Inter-Risk Security Company, Captain (Retired) Ali Zaidi would ...
International
Thousands may still be trapped in debris
PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters/AFP) - Rescue teams in the Indonesian city of Padang combed rubble through the night in a desperate ...
172 die in India floods
BANGALORE (AFP) - The death toll from the worst flash floods and heavy rains seen in southern India in decades rose to at least ...
EU relief as Ireland backs Lisbon treaty
DUBLIN (AFP) - Ireland voted resoundingly in favour of the EUs Lisbon Treaty in a re-run referendum, overturning a previous No ...
UK ministers in Afghanistan to boost troop morale
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, (Reuters/AFP) - Britains defence and interior ministers visited Afghanistan on Saturday to boost the ...
Obama's accusation a great mistake: Nejad
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The head of the UN nuclear agency arrived in Iran on Saturday for talks on a timetable for inspectors to visit ...
Mubarak urges Israel to start final status talks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has urged Israel to open talks with the Palestinians on the full range of ...
Palestinian economy minister resigns
RAMALLAH (AFP) - Palestinian Economy Minister Bassem Khuri resigned on Saturday, an official close to him said, becoming the ...
Bashir runs for president despite warrant
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudans ruling party nominated President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for re-election on Saturday despite an ...
Crackdown in Iraq snares 150 insurgents
MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - Security forces arrested more than 150 people, including Al-Qaeda leaders and Arab fighters, in a massive ...
34 killed in north Yemen clashes
SANAA (AFP) - At least 28 rebels, four Yemeni soldiers and two tribesmen were killed in the latest fighting in northern Yemen on ...
Australia crush England to reach final
CENTURION - Defending champions Australia thrashed England by 9 wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 ...
Butler, Vettori restrict Pakistan to 233 for nine
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Paceman Ian Butler and spinner Daniel Vettori shared seven wickets as New Zealand restricted Pakistan to ...
Ponting's 3-word recipe for Champions Trophy success
CENTURION (South Africa) (AFP) - Skipper Ricky Ponting needed only three words to explain why Australia crushed England by nine ...
Bangladesh selectors monitoring 'A teams performance
MUMBAI - Former Bangladesh test cricketer Akram Khan is in India to watch his countrys national A team players performance. A ...
Sharapova beats Jankovic to win Pan Pacific Open
TOKYO (AFP) - Crowd favourite Maria Sharapova captured her first title since her injury lay-off by beating Jelena Jankovic to win ...
Pompey refinancing on track despite Al Fahim operation
PORTSMOUTH (England) (AFP) - Portsmouth owner Sulaiman Al Fahims attempt to revive the financially stricken Premier League club ...
Business
G7 finance chiefs warn on currency volatility
ISTANBUL (AFP) - G7 finance chiefs on Saturday warned against currency volatility, stressing the importance of a strong dollar ...
Minister directs cos to maximise power generation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has directed all Power Generation Companies (GENCOs) to assure ...
India-Pakistan CCI calls for non-tariff barriers removal
KARACHI (APP) - India Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President S M Muneer has urged that Pakistani exporters should be ...
SITE Association of Industry calls for representation in TDAP
KARACHI (APP) - Industry will not operate to its capacity and exports and revenue targets of the country will not be achieved ...
Bears manage to beat bulls
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange shed 209 points to close at 9455.15 points last week compared with 9,664 points of the ...
Wapda plans small, medium dams
LAHORE (APP) - WAPDA Chairman Shakil Durrani Saturday said that in addition to executing mega projects, Wapda has also planned to ...
100 employees of ZTBL promoted
LAHORE (PPI) - As many as 100 employees including Senior Assistants and Lab Technicians and Typists of Zarai Taraqiati Bank ...
Inflation goes down slightly in 7 days
ISLAMABAD - With a dip in petroleum prices, inflation based on Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) showed a cut of 0.57 percent in ...
Metals prices track recovery hopes; Iran tensions boost oil
LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices rebounded above 1,000 dollars this week and base metals futures mostly fell as economic recovery hopes ...
Asim Buksh wants to bring renewable energy
Asim Buksh is a man who likes his cars. For work he drives a 2009 Land Rover; for play, a 2009 convertible Jaguar XKR. As ...
Politics
Arrest warrants of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf issued
RAWALPINDI - A local court, Saturday, issued non-bailable arrest warrants of Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz ...
Militant who flogged girl in Swat held
DERA ISMAIL KHAN - The militant who had publicly flogged a girl in Swat has been arrested, sources disclosed to ...
Govt reneges on commitment
ISLAMABAD- The government Saturday has backed out from its commitment to end load shedding by December 2009 as Water and Power ...
Supreme Court likely to intervene
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court is likely to take suo moto notice of the controversial initiative of rental power plants (RPPs) by ...
Faisal continues battle against Ashraf
ISLAMABAD: PML-Q Parliamentary leader Faisal Saleh Hayat has said that the concerned national authorities have taken notice of ...
SJC for Justice Soomro's dismissal
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Saturday after deliberations and unnanimous opinion forwarded its report ...
New Zealand in final
JOHANNESGURG (Agencies) - New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy in ...
Military readying for operation?
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Army is keeping up pressure on the Taliban as it prepares for an offensive on their South Waziristan ...
India's big Afghan presence worrying: Qureshi
NEW YORK - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, now on a public diplomacy tour of the United States, has questioned India's ...
No mechanism yet for sugar sale
LAHORE - The Punjab government, in the absence of minister and secretary Food, is unable to devise the mechanism to ensure sugar ...
I introduced 'essence of democracy': Musharraf
NEW YORK - Former President Pervez Musharraf Satuday highlighted some of the achievements during his 9-year dictatorial rule, ...
Settler shot dead in Mastung
QUETTA - Two people were killed and another injured in two separate incidents of firing that occurred in Mastung and Usta ...
Rockets target Peshawar Airport
PESHAWAR - Unknown miscreants fired three rockets at Bara Gate and Nawa Kaly area of Peshtahara in mid night of Friday and ...
UN revises assistance for Swat displaced
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The United Nations on Saturday revised the assistance for Internally Displaced Persons of Swat and Malakand as ...
Afghan soldier shoots dead two US troops
KABUL (AFP/Reuters) - Nato announced Saturday that two more US soldiers had been killed in an attack in Afghanistan, bringing to ...
Pakistani dies in Indian prison
NEW DELHI(Online) - A Pakistmani prisoner arrested in India after straying into the country has died at a hospital in Bikaner. ...
Pakistani drug smugglers get death sentence
SANAA (AFP) - A Yemeni court on Saturday sentenced two Pakistani fishermen to death and jailed two others for 25 years after ...
Blast leaves child dead
SWAT - A small child was killed while his sister got injured seriously in a bomb blast here at Mangloor area on Saturday. The ...
Entertainment
A fine line between genius and madness
THERE is no great genius without some touch of madness, they say. And now a new study has found there is indeed only a fine line ...
Polanski agrees to pay victim $500,000
FILM director Roman Polanski agreed to pay a 13-year-old girl $500,000, it has emerged. Polanski, who was detained in Switzerland ...
Lady Gaga will hit the road solo
LADY Gaga isnt letting her ill-fated tour with Kanye West keep her from her fans. A day after her joint tour with the rapper was ...
Twilight could make me mental: Kristen Stewart
KRISTEN Stewart thinks appearing in the Twilight series could have made her a psychopath. The 19-year-old actress - who plays ...
Space telescope captures galaxy giving birth to stars
A SPACE telescope has pictured the galaxy forging a new generation of stars. A British scientist involved in obtaining the ...
Obesity reduces chance of healthy survival in women
A NEW study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a ...
Islamabad
Silent sufferers
ISLAMABAD - Commonly used to terrorise and subjugate women, acid throwing is an horrendous act that impacts the physical, ...
ICTA, police hailed for serving citizens in professional manner
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The officers of Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) and Islamabad Police are performing their ...
Mushahid, Li agree to strengthen cooperation
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan-China Institute has agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chinese People's Institute ...
IDBA observes strike
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad District Bar Association, Islamabad, on Saturday observed a complete strike against unnecessary delay in ...
A poor Afghan's fate
ISLAMABAD - An Afghan citizen has been living under the open sky in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) since the ...
Turkish support for Pak uplift lauded
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Communications Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said on Saturday that centuries-old ...
Karachi
People fast turning against rulers: 'Q'
LAHORE - Central Senior leader of PML-Q, MNA Ch Pervez Elahi has said, popularity surveys may be a matter of satisfaction for the ...
CDGK gears up forestation drive
KARACHI - The city governments forest department has decided to extend the forest, which was established on 100 acres land in ...
Terror attacks feared in Karachi
KARACHI - Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Karachi by dispatching some dozen trained ...
Tension grips City as STPP worker killed
KARACHI - Tension gripped various City areas after an activist of Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP) was killed and 8 others ...
Court repeats arrest warrants of four cops
KARACHI - Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Sanaullah Ghori on Saturday repeated none bail-able warrants against four ...
KESC decides to cut power supply of defaulters
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation is going to cut the power supply of KWSBs pumping stations daily for 5 hours, ...
Rental Power Plants - where lies the truth?
Having been closely involved in the power crisis and the ongoing KESC Saga for the last ten years, I have tried to separate fact ...
Dar praised for bringing honour to Pakistan
KARACHI - Former CEO PCB Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, who introduced the idea of neutral umpires in international cricket in mid 80s, ...
Arabian Sea Club to unveil cricket stadium today
KARACHI - A new leaf in the Pakistan cricket will be added here on Sunday when countrys premier golfing facility, the Arabian Sea ...
Lahore
Jet fuel shortage may jeopardise Haj operation
LAHORE - Due to shutdown of Pakistan Refinery Limited from tomorrow (Monday) for 10 days, a situation like that of few months ...
26 principals suspended
LAHORE - The Punjab Education Department has suspended 26 principals of different govt colleges on account of poor performance of ...
Situation stable for by-polls: Taseer
LAHORE - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party candidates for the forthcoming by-elections will ...
Police being trained on modern lines: Shahbaz
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said maintenance of law and order and protection of life and property is the ...
Lahorites generating 6,000 ton garbage daily
LAHORE - Illegal and dangerous practice of burning of solid waste is continuing unchecked in the City. It poses serious health ...
Govt committed to curb bonded labour
LAHORE - Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan has reiterated Government of Punjabs commitment to eliminate bonded ...
Late goals push KPT to 2-0 triumph over NBP
LAHORE - The 62nd match of Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) 2009 saw National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) failing to resist the ...
Words of praise pour in for Aleem Dar
LAHORE - Former first class cricketer and Lahore region council member Tahir Shah has congratulated Aleem Dar for winning the ICC ...
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