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 Monday, October 05, 2009
Front Page
Can he or can't he contest?
ISLAMABAD - Saudi Authorities have advised the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to refrain from any parliamentary elections till 2010 as part of a deal, which the PML(N) has denounced, terming it a continuation of disinformation campaign against their leaders. According to well-placed sources, the ...
Intel agencies, Interior Ministry at cross purposes on Inter-Risk case?
ISLAMABAD - Rana Mohammed Akram, Kohsar Police Station House Officer (SHO) has been transferred to the Lines on Sunday as a ...
8 US troops killed in deadly Taliban raid
KABUL (AFP/Reuters) - US forces suffered one of their bloodiest days in eight years of war in Afghanistan with eight soldiers ...
International
Pak Army has support in Swat: US writer
WASHINGTON - A prominent American journalist and novelist, who has just returned from a visit to Swat valley, says that the ...
IMF takes on bigger role, seeks more cash
ISTANBUL (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund took on an even bigger global role Sunday as its 186 member nations endorsed a ...
Self-proclaimed N-power India fails to save babies
NEW DELHI (AFP) - More than 400,000 Indian babies die every year from preventable causes within 24 hours of their birth, despite ...
US lawmakers mull swift action over Iran's 'N-data'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers vowed Sunday to take up swift and severe sanctions against Iran, as reports emerged the UN ...
Tehran has 'data to make atom bomb'
NEW YORK - A confidential analysis by staff of the UN nuclear watchdog agency has concluded that Iran has acquired sufficient ...
WB calls for urgent deal on climate change
WASHINGTON - The critical issue of climate change must be urgently addressed as it threatens economic growth of all countries, ...
North Korea's Kim woos China's Wen
BEIJING (Reuters/AFP) - North Koreas leader Kim Jong-il made a rare appearance to greet visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, ...
Palestinians slam Abbas over UN Gaza report delay
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Critics accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday of letting down his people by ...
Western materialism corrupts Africa: Pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict opened a synod of Roman Catholic bishops on Africa by denouncing the Wests materialism and ...
Swine flu threat for poor countries: UN
ISTANBUL (AFP) - Poor countries face explosive outbreaks of the global swine flu pandemic and need speedy financial assistance to ...
Kiwis exploit senior Pak players' failure
JOHANNESBURG New Zealand ousted Pakistan and stormed into the Champions Trophy final with a five-wicket victory here on Saturday ...
Ponting's three-word recipe for Trophy success
CENTURION (South Africa) (AFP) Skipper Ricky Ponting needed only three words to explain why Australia crushed England by nine ...
Shoaib turns to Flintoff's surgeon
MUMBAI Controversys favourite child, Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar has sought the services of England all-rounder Andrew ...
Tendulkar is amazing: Ponting
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) Australia captain Ricky Ponting has lavishly praised record-breaking Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar for ...
Serena, Safina win in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) - Dinara Safina and Serena Williams, the world number one and two, advanced Sunday to the second round of the China ...
Rio Olympic win latest step in Brazil transformation
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazils chance to host the 2016 Olympics follows a long, impassioned, and at times frustrating campaign by ...
Man United held as Pompey win at last
LONDON (AFP) Manchester United wasted a chance to cement their position at the top of the Premier League after being held to a ...
Miller double lifts Rangers
GLASGOW (AFP) A Kenny Miller double sealed a 2-1 win for Rangers over Celtic in the first Old Firm match of the season at Ibrox ...
Politics
Five killed in Lyari firefight
KARACHI - Five people including two policemen were killed while many others wounded in a police encounter with some criminal ...
Thorny issues await govt, Opp in NA today
ISLAMABAD - Coalition partners, more than the opposition parties, are all set to grill the ruling PPP over a host of burning ...
Sugar cartel, farmers clash
ISLAMABAD - The sugar millers and farmers are likely to lock horns over the procurement price of sugarcane. The industry is not ...
Another coalition partner threatens to quit
PESHAWAR - Chairman Kashmir Committee and JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday categorically said that his party would ...
US-made arms seized
PESHAWAR (Online) - The law enforcement agencies Sunday arrested an accomplice of militant commander Zia-ur-Rehman and recovered ...
Defeat unthinkable, says UK army chief
LONDON (AFP) - The new head of the British army warned of the terrifying prospect of defeat for international forces in ...
UN sets date for Iran nuclear inspection
TEHRAN (AFP) - Experts will inspect Irans new uranium enrichment plant on October 25, UN atomic watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei ...
Shahbaz opposes aid under Kerry-Lugar Bill
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday termed Kerry -Lugar Bill as negation of countrys sovereignty, saying any ...
Pak has equipment, forces for assault: US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan has mobilised enough forces and equipment to launch a long awaited ground offensive against ...
Israel shuts Al-Aqsa area after clashes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police barred access to Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islams third holiest site, on Sunday and fired teargas ...
Security forces kill 3, arrest 20 in Swat
SWAT - Three persons were killed and 20 others were arrested during the ongoing military operation in the restive areas of Swat ...
Indian court pulls up govt for detaining Pakistanis
THE Delhi High Court has pulled up the government for detaining many foreigners, particularly Pakistanis, without proper ...
Japans ex-minister found dead
TOKYO (AFP) - Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who was forced to resign over his apparently drunken behaviour ...
Greek arrested with pistol
KARACHI (Online) - A pistol was recovered from laptop of a Greece passenger going Athens from Karachi at Karachi Airport here on ...
Decline in loadshedding in 'a few days'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Sunday indicated maximum reduction in load shedding across ...
Indian pilots fight crew in mid-air brawl
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Air India said on Sunday it was investigating allegations of a mid-air brawl in which pilots and cabin crew ...
8 suspects held 47 Afghan nationals released
QUETTA - Security forces arrested eight suspects from provincial capital on Sunday, said official sources. According to sources, ...
Porter returns 0.1m riyals to owner
KARACHI (PPI) - A honest porter found Rs0.1mn Saudi Riyals from a trolley basket at Karachi Airport and returned the amount to ...
Entertainment
Simon marks 50th birthday with 1m bash
SIMON Cowell celebrated his 50th birthday last night with a host of A-list friends and family at a 1million VIP party, which was ...
Cholesterol necessary for brain development
A DERIVATIVE of cholesterol is necessary for the formation of brain cells, according to a study from the Swedish medical ...
Penelope Cruz's bizarre rope wish
IT seems Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz is still in the hangover of shooting with ropes in her upcoming film 'Nine. The ...
Lots of girls want to dress like me: Lohan
LINDSAY Lohan, whose life and career have always made headlines for all the wrong reasons, describes her role at Ungaro ...
Paris Hilton more valuable than Britney
PARIS Hilton is a better choice than Britney Spears for some advertising agents, when it comes to promoting one of their ...
Is garbage solution to tackling climate change?
CONVERTING the rubbish that fills the worlds landfills into biofuel may be the answer to both the growing energy crisis and to ...
Islamabad
Sugar sale continues at Rs50 per kg
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ACTA) could not ensure the availability of sugar at Rs40 per kg to the ...
Another swine flu patient admitted
ISLAMABAD - Syed Saadat Hussain, a suspected swine flu patient and resident of Kohat, was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of ...
Complaint cell set up to facilitate disabled
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry for Social Welfare and Special Education has set up a complaint cell to facilitate the disabled ...
Card printers' business booms with advent of wedding season
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Printers in the twin cities are struggling to cope with burgeoning demand as their business rolls through its ...
Railways workers threaten protest
RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Railways Employees (PREM) Union (CBA) Rawalpindi, announced to launch a countrywide protest against the ...
Protest staged against Blackwater
ISLAMABAD - The activists of banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir staged a protest demonstration in front of Nawa-i-Waqt House on Sunday against ...
National
Australia v New Zealand
So after 15 days of exciting cricket its left to defending champions Australia and their Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand to ...
Karachi
Younger singers enthral audience
KARACHI - Celebrating a unique tradition of colourful gala of Manganhaar music, the Folklore Society of Pakistan, with financial ...
Teachers scales to be upgraded: Sharmila
KARACHI (PPI) - Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Ms Sharmila Farooqui has said that the Sindh government will soon upgrade the ...
World Animal Day marked
KARACHI- (PR) Like other parts of the world, World Animal Day was celebrated in the metropolis with the sense of responsibility ...
200 free power units for poor families soon: Fouzia
KARACHI (PPI) - Pakistan Peoples Party Central Information Secretary Fouzia Wahab said on Sunday that free of cost technical ...
advisor for uplift of coastal areas
KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to Sindh CM on Coastal Development Authority, Ghulam Qadir Malkani has said that a comprehensive planning ...
Political influence mars varsities
KARACHI - Representatives of teachers community have said that the reward of some certificates for teachers on the occasion of ...
Mustafa Kamal opens cricket stadium
KARACHI - A grand new addition to Pakistan cricket infrastructure was made here on Sunday when the City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal ...
Lahore
Rs980m coal-fired power project okayed
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has approved Rs 980 million for the first coal-based power plant project ...
Govt's help sought to organise art festival
LAHORE - The Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop (RPTW) has appealed to federal and provincial governments of financial assistance for ...
Strategy evolved to ensure supply of sugar at Rs40/kg
LAHORE - The Punjab Food Department has clarified that in the light of the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Punjab ...
Taseer seeks US assistance in education sector
LAHORE - Political Consular of American Embassy in Pakistan Bryan D Hunt along with the Political Officer of US Consulate, Lahore ...
Fighting the War
In case anyone forgot, there was a bomb blast in Lahore. OK, there were several, and at least three targeted the police, ...
Kerry-Lugar Bill to help strengthen democracy
LAHORE - Central PPP leader Munir Ahmad Khan said on Sunday that Kerry-Lugar Bill would strengthen democracy and judiciary in ...
Islamabad, Beijing all-weather friends
LAHORE - A Chinese delegation led by former foreign minister, Li Zhaoxing met Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Chief ...
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