Friday, February 10, 2012
- PM will appear before SC on Feb 13, confirms Ahsan
- 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
The Nation in print for Friday, October 09, 2009
Front Page
US mly aircraft fly from Benazir Int'l Airport
Islamabad - The planes in the picture have been spotted frequently flying out of Benazir International Airport, Islamabad (BIAI). These are star lifters, heavy lift aircraft of the US army and air force. The question is why are they flying in and out of Islamabad on a regular basis? What are they ...
Loyalists hit out in all directions
Islamabad - President Asif Ali Zardari and his troubleshooting aides failed to fix responsibility for the Kerry-Lugar Bill fiasco ...
Faisal ups the ante on KLB in NA debate
ISLAMABAD - PML(Q) has cast Hussain Haqqanis shadow over the Kerry-Lugar bill by quoting from his book Pakistan: Between Mosque ...
International
Security Council to raise Gaza report next week
UNITED NATIONS (AFP/Reuters) - A contentious UN report blasting the Israeli military offensive in Gaza will be raised next week ...
Pope urges 'fair, lasting solution'
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday called for a fair and lasting solution to the Middle East conflict which ...
Al-Azhar varsity to ban veil in classes
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypts Al-Azhar University, the most prestigious centre of religious learning in the Sunni Muslim world, will ban ...
UN Kabul envoy rejects cover-up
UNITED NATIONS - Rejecting as unacceptable media accusations of concealing fraud in Afghanistans presidential election process, ...
Hamas bans women on motorcycles
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip say safety concerns and social traditions, not Islamic religious values, are the ...
Lawmakers agree to let Gitmo inmates be held in US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Congressional leaders agreed for the first time Wednesday that Guantanamo detainees could be sent to US soil ...
B'desh asks UN to settle sea boundary with India
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh said Thursday it has asked a UN tribunal to resolve a decades-old row with neighbours Myanmar and India ...
Beatings the norm for Bangladeshi children: UN
DHAKA (AFP) - Nine out of 10 children in Bangladesh are physically beaten in school and seven out of 10 report similar ...
Indian Ocean countries to stage tsunami exercise
PARIS (AFP) - Eighteen states around the Indian Ocean rim will next week stage the first region-wide test of a tsunami warning ...
Saudi Arabia, Syria urge Lebanon unity govt
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Thursday buried the hatchet over Lebanon ...
Poorer nations' climate efforts stymied: UN
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Poorer countries are helping shape a broader pact to fight climate change but their efforts are being stymied ...
Nadal edges Blake to reach quarters
BEIJING (AFP) World number two Rafael Nadal fended off a tough challenge from hard-hitting American James Blake to advance to ...
US will seek World Cup clincher at Honduras
WASHINGTON (AFP) United States will try to secure a return to the World Cup finals with a victory Saturday at Honduras, where ...
De Rossi hits out at impatient presidents
FLORENCE (Italy) (AFP) AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi on Wednesday hit out at Italian football presidents for being ...
Business
Banks deposits up, advances down
KAEACHI - The deposit base of the scheduled banks grew by 9.5 per cent to Rs4.2 trillion during the first nine months ...
Pakistan, Morocco ratify agreement to avoid double taxation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan and Morocco ratified the agreement for the 'Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal ...
7 BESOS trusts established
ISLAMABAD (APP) - In order to implement the Benazir Employees Stock Option Scheme (BESOS) in State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to ...
KSE loses 95 points as limited foreign interest ends bull-run
KARACHI - Selling activity interrupted the upward march of the Karachi Stock Exchange as institutional profit-taking and limited ...
US budget deficit to hit $1.4 trillion in 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US budget deficit is expected to hit a record 1.4 trillion dollars in 2009, some 950 billion dollars ...
US mulls import penalties on Chinese steel pipes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States launched a probe Wednesday to consider slapping almost 100 percent tariffs on imported steel ...
Improvement in customer services Fescos top priority
FAISALABAD - Qualitative as well as quantitative improvement in customer services will be his top priority, said Tanveer Safdar ...
ECB anchors rate at record low of 1pc
VENICE (AFP) - European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers meeting in Venice kept the ECBs key interest rate anchored at an all-time ...
World Egg Day today
SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR LAHORE - World Egg Day is being observed today (Friday) with the slogan Khaeen Do Anday Rozana, Rahein ...
Turkish PM to visit Pakistan to boost economic relations
LAHORE - The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with a high-powered delegation of CEOs of Turkish Companies is ...
Politics
FO comes out fighting
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan hopes the Obama Administration, keeping in view Pakistans reservations about clauses included in the Kerry ...
Asif told no chance of conditionalities removal
ISLAMABAD - US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson Thursday called on President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss the situation emerging after ...
US says KLB no threat to Zardari govt
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration believes that there is no threat to Pakistans civilian government following the public ...
Rs1 billion loss to national exchequer
LAHORE - Inordinate delay in execution of Punjab Assembly extension project, that started in August 2005, has caused loss of over ...
Shoe hurled at American journalist
KARACHI - A Karachi University (KU) student on Thursday threw a shoe at a visiting American journalist, Clifford May, who was to ...
Victimised by elected representative?
ISLAMABAD - Despite getting media coverage and suo moto notice by the apex court, the families of farmers hailing from Jhang are ...
Presidency asks Army to raise issue thru proper forum
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar has said that Pakistan Army might have crossed the line by publicly ...
Indian embassy in Kabul blasted; 17 die
KABUL (AFP) - A massive suicide car bomb struck outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 17 people and injuring ...
Pak stance on Kashmir unchanged, says Gilani
MUZAFFARABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said Pakistans principled stance on Kashmir issue remains ...
US to focus on Qaeda
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is weighing a shift in war strategy to focus more on Al-Qaeda in Pakistan and less on the ...
US media highlights Pakistanis' anger over Kerry-Lugar Bill
WASHINGTON - The American print and electronic media have highlighted the Pakistani Armys publicly expressed anger at the ...
One in four is Muslim, says study
A report from an American think-tank has estimated 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world - with 60 per cent in Asia. According ...
Qureshi asks US to have bit more faith in ISI
WASHINGTON (Reuters/AFP) - As President Barack Obama discusses the US strategy towards Pakistan with his top advisers Wednesday, ...
Lashkar in Tank on the cards
TANK - In order to launch an armed action against militants, tribesmen here Thursday decided to form a Lashkar. Sources said that ...
Investigation goes to Lanka
MAQSOOD TIRMIZI ISLAMABAD - Pakistani investigation team, probing into the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, has been ...
2 rockets fired on Peshawars University Town area
PESHAWAR - Unidentified persons fired two projectiles in the congested area of the University Town Thursday morning resulting in ...
15 bullet-riddled bodies found in Swat
PESHAWAR (AFP) - The bullet-riddled bodies of 15 suspected Taliban were found Thursday in Swat, officials said, while 24 ...
Ex-commissioner Malakand freed
PESHAWAR - Security agencies Thursday released former commissioner Malakand division Syed Muhammad Javed who was arrested a few ...
17 Indian cops die in Maoist attack
NEW DELHI (AFP/ Reuters) - Maoist rebels killed 17 Indian policemen on Thursday in the western state of Maharashtra, the latest ...
'Bunker buster' bomb to be ready soon: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday a giant bunker buster bomb will be ready within months, adding a powerful ...
Entertainment
Weisz isn't worried about getting older
RACHEL Weisz insists she isnt worried about getting older - because age is just a number The British actress, 39, says she has no ...
Stone wants mature man
SHARON Stone hates dating men who are younger than 40. The 'Basic Instinct star claims she prefers more experienced lovers, but ...
Asia's top film fest set for glitzy opening
BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) - Asias biggest film festival was beginning Thursday with a red-carpet parade of stars and the screening ...
Huge audience watched op to separate twins
MORE than 100,000 watched online as surgeons carried out a five hour operation to separate conjoined twin girls. Orphaned sisters ...
Sports
Brazil, UAE advance to quarterfinals
SUEZ (Egypt) (Agencies) Brazil advanced to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup, scoring three first-half goals in 10 ...
Islamabad
DHQ hospital admin in hot waters
RAWALPINDI - The administration of District Headquarters Hospital, Raja Bazaar, is in hot waters these days, as a scam of illegal ...
Inquiry committee yet to yield findings
ISLAMABAD - The inquiry committee of Ministry of Youth Affairs, probing the matter of alleged nepotism in selection process of ...
Victims of Margalla Towers remembered
ISLAMABAD (Online) - A large number of people on Thursday gathered at the site of Margalla Towers to remember their family ...
'Kerry-Lugar Bill direct interference in Pak affairs'
Islamabad (PPI) - Shabab-e-Milli Pakistan (SMP) will hold Go America Go rally on Sunday against the Kerry-Lugar Bill, Blackwaters ...
2 of 5 X-Ray machines at BB Hospital out of order
RAWALPINDI - A large number of patients suffering from bone diseases are facing problems as five C-Arm X-Ray machines at ...
Please maintain worship places' dignity
ISLAMABAD - Criminal negligence, on the part of the officials concerned of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad ...
National
Schedule of National Games trials announced
PESHAWAR The NWFP Olympic Association here on Thursday formally announced schedule of trials for various games to represent the ...
Karachi
Treasury, Opposition unite in lambasting IRSA
KARACHI - The legislators from both treasury and opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Thursday complained about shortage of water ...
Lawmakers for early sugarcane crushing
KARACHI - The lawmakers of Sindh have termed a delay in start of sugarcane crushing season as main reason behind sugar crisis in ...
Rehman Dakait's widow moves SHC
KARACHI - Widow of Abdul Rehman Baloch alias Rehman Dakait who shot dead in a shootout with the Police, on Thursday filed a ...
Private hospitals will treat emergency cases
KARACHI (PPI) - Health Department Sindh is preparing a law to monitor and penalise private hospitals and clinics in the province, ...
Betelnut usage increases oral cancer risk: expert
KARACHI (PPI) - The use of sweet betelnut (Chalia) manufactured with hazardous chemicals, results growing cancers, especially ...
Weak immune system main cause behind sour throat
Karachi (PPI) - Sour throat or pharyngitis is a pharynx inflammation resulting from infection, either by a virus or bacteria. A ...
Lahore
CDG, Wasa set to re-launch drive
LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore (CDGL), Water & Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and Lahore Development Authority (LDA) have ...
MQM evaluating all pros and cons of KLB, says Altaf
LAHORE - Terming Kerry-Lugar Bill a sensitive issue, Muthida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Hussain has urged the government to ...
Application dismissed
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Thursday dismissed an application requesting to put the names ...
8 PCO judges seek premature retirement
LAHORE - Eight PCO judges of the Lahore High Court on Thursday resigned from their offices and sent it to LHC Registrars office ...
Sugar vanishes from retail markets
LAHORE - Despite tall claims by the Punjab government to ensure the sale of sugar at Rs 40 per-kg, sugar is not available in the ...
Turkey interested in cooperation with Punjab
LAHORE - Turkish Ambassador in Pakistan Mustafa Babur Hizlan called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at Chief Ministers ...
Serena ousted in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) Serena Williams was knocked out of the WTA/ATP event in a third set tiebreak. World number two Williams battled ...
Selectors plan to find new talent from Quaid Trophy
LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board is planning to find new talent after the seniors flopped in the Champions Trophy. With Shoaib ...
Butt hits back over match-fixing claims
LAHORE (AFP) Pakistans cricket chief on Thursday rubbished recent match-fixing allegations levelled against the national team, ...
Pakistan U-19 team thrash Zimbabwe
LAHORE Pakistan U-19 cricket team gave strong bowling display to beat Zimbabwe by 154 runs in the fourth ODI of the five-match ...
No Pakistan-India clash in SAFF C'ship League
LAHORE Pakistan, bronze-medallist in 1997 at Kathmandu, and four-times gold medallist India will not clash in league phase of ...
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