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 Thursday, September 11, 2008
Front Page
US enlists Pakistan in Afghan strategy
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US is "running out of time" to win the war in Afghanistan, and sending in more troops will not guarantee victory, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned Congress, saying that he had ordered the military to draw up a new strategy that encompasses insurgent safe ...
Big Bang theory put to test
GENEVA (Agencies) - Particle physicists fired up the world's biggest atom-smasher on Wednesday in a mission to answer some of the ...
Taseer offers 'Q' to join coalition
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer met PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Leader of the Opposition in National ...
Zardari stresses need for economic diplomacy
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said that no external force would be allowed to take action on our soil, as ...
Petrol price to be cut by Rs5 per litre from 15th
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The federal Cabinet has decided to reduce petrol price by Rs 5 per litre from September 15. The last ...
International
Pakistani journalist appointed M.D. of VOA Urdu TV
WASHINGTON - Pakistani journalist and anchorman of Voice of America's programme "Khabron Se Aage," Kokab Farshori, has been ...
Court verdict adds fuel to Thai political turmoil
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's ruling party Wednesday said it was considering candidates for the premiership, backing off a vow to ...
Russia threatens to target US sites in Europe
MOSCOW (AFP) - A top Russian General threatened Wednesday to target planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech ...
American Secy goes all out to win congressional approval
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is leading the drive to win passage in Congress of a landmark US-India ...
Sri Lanka steps up attacks on Tigers
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka stepped up its aerial bombing campaign against Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday after the guerrillas ...
Powerful quake shakes Iran; 5 dead
TEHRAN (AFP) - A powerful earthquake jolted southern Iran on Wednesday, killing four people on an island in strategic Gulf waters ...
Black Muslim leader dies
NEW YORK - W Deen Mohammed, one of the most prominent Black Muslim leaders in the United States and the son of the late Nation of ...
Iran protests to UN over Israel's abduction threat
UNITED NATIONS - Iran has demanded a "resolute and clear response" from the U.N. to some dangerous threats against it ...
High-profile terrorism victim urges dialogue with terrorists at a UN event
UNITED NATIONS: Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage for over six years by left-wing ...
Japan PM race kicks off
TOKYO (AFP) - A crowded race to be Japan's next prime minister kicked off Wednesday, with candidates vowing to support the US-led ...
Hantuchova opens title bid in Bali
NUSA DUA (Indonesia) (AFP) - Top seed Daniela Hantuchova launched her quest for a first career WTA title at the Bali Open on ...
Shoaib strikes on Surrey debut
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar took a wicket for Surrey on his debut for the county but southern rivals ...
Athlete kicked out for doping blames hair loss treatment
BEIJING (AFP) - The Paralympics suffered its second doping scandal in as many days Wednesday, with a German wheelchair ...
Jayawardene wants single Twenty20 international event
LONDON (AFP) - Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said there should only be one major Twenty20 cricket event a year so as ...
Business
Country trade deficit surges to $3.352b in 2 months
KARACHI- Trade deficit of the country widened by 47.67 percent, to 3.522 billion dollars during July-August 2008 from 2.385 ...
KESC new buyer not to accept Rs63b liabilities
KARACHI- The new buyer of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is not willing to own over Rs63 billion worth liabilities of the ...
Power tariff raise to bring industrial wheel to a halt
LAHORE - The hike in power tariff will have an escalating effect of 15 to 20 per cent on textile sector's cost of product, ...
Kapco earns 60 per cent profit
KARACHI - KAPCO recorded Profit After Tax of Rs7,966 million in FY08, showing an improvement of 60 per cent over last years ...
Hydrocarbon production up by 1.2 pc
KARACHI - Pakistan's hydrocarbon production has shown a meagre increase of 1.2 per cent on Year-on-Year basis in first month of ...
Pakistan ranked 77th; India 122nd
PAKISTAN ranked 77th and India slipped two notches to 122nd rank, below neighbours including Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan in ...
POL sales grow 1.6 per cent
KARACHI - Petroleum product sales have slightly increased by 1.6 per cent on Year-on-Year basis from 1.62 million tons in 1MFY09 ...
Deal inked to provide purchase of Internet hours
LAHORE - Supernet Limited, MCB and MNET signed the first-ever tripartite agreement to provide online purchase of Internet hours ...
NBP, OGDC shares buyingback supports market
LAHORE - The election of new President though failed to boost the market up, yet buying back of their shares first by the NBP and ...
Customs, DHL sign MoU
LAHORE - DHL Pakistan has announced the launch of In-House Export Customs Processing of all Air Express shipments at DHL's ...
Politics
36 militants, six troops dead in Swat, Bajaur clashes
MINGORA - At least 11 Taliban militants were killed and several others injured when security forces targeted their hideouts with ...
His exit may save Punjab coalition
LAHORE - Following split of coalition at the Centre, efforts are under way to save the coalition in Punjab, and one of the ...
'N' won't give unconditional support to govt
LAHORE-PML-N nominated Opposition leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the govt has accepted the ...
Lifetime ban on Fazl's entry into Britain
LONDON (Online) - The British government has imposed lifetime ban on Maulana Fazlur Rahman's entry into UK. Buckingham Palace ...
Food inflation at all-time high
LAHORE-Breaking all time high records, food inflation has swelled to 35 per cent in the country as the govt has notified 31 per ...
NWFP MPA shot dead
HARIPUR - Former provincial minister and member of NWFP Assembly from Haripur, Akhtar Nawaz Khan, was gunned down by unknown ...
US says Pak's cooperation helped avert another attack
WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday its close cooperation with Pakistan had helped prevent attack on United States' soil ...
No reforms recorded in Pakistan this year: WB
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has not initiated any reform to ease out regulatory burden of doing business during the last one year, says ...
7 men face UK bomb plot retrial
LONDON (AFP) - Seven men accused of being part of a cell that allegedly plotted to bring down transatlantic airliners will face a ...
CCP to come hard on cartels
ISLAMABAD - Having new government's backing, the Competition Commission of Pakistan is likely to launch a crash programme against ...
Farzana likely to replace Sherry
ISLAMABAD - In the forthcoming cabinet expansion and reshuffle, the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting will most likely be ...
US asked to repatriate Dr Aafia
ISLAMABAD - The federal government on Wednesday told Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Islamabad has formally asked Washington to ...
Entertainment
Jessica goes from doting mom to glamorous fashionista
ACTRESS Jessica Alba transformed from casual mum on the run to A-list fashionista during a visit to New York yesterday. The ...
Dogs and cats can live in perfect harmony
THINKING about adopting a perky little puppy as a friend for your fluffy cat, but worried that they'll fight " well, like cats ...
Metallica's back, noiser than ever
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Headbangers of the world, rejoice: heavy metal kings Metallica are back and they're noisier and darker than ...
Pompei-style eruption of Vesuvius can't be ruled out
PARIS (AFP) - French and Italian scientists said on Wednesday they could not rule out another cataclysmic explosion by Vesuvius, ...
Tiny 'water bears' can survive in outer space
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Miniscule eight-legged invertebrate creatures known as "water bears" can survive the vacuum and radiation of ...
Don't panic: Large Hadron Collider won't spawn voracious black holes
REMEMBER the fear that the Trinity test of the first atomic bomb in 1945 might ignite the atmosphere? The Large Hadron Collider, ...
Islamabad
Bajaur migrants' plight continues even in Capital
ISLAMABAD - The plight of the innocent Bajaur migrants, living in the twin cites is yet to be addressed. During the holy month of ...
Final National Education Policy 2008 still a far cry
ISLAMABAD -It is least expected that the National Education Policy 2008 would be finalised this year because of the prolonged ...
Summary to induct new NIP batch awaits PM's nod
ISLAMABAD - The summary for the induction of new batch of National Internship Programme (NIP) has been sent to Prime Minister, ...
CDA comes into action after lapse of 20-year
ISLAMABAD- After the twenty long years, at last, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has dared to kick off the construction work ...
22-day tour for cultural troupe
ISLAMABAD -The Ministry of Culture will take a Cultural Pakistan Troupe on a 22-day China visit from September 18th for ...
Karzai's visit beginning of Pak-Afghan ties
ISLAMABAD (APP) " Pak-Afghan ties are all poised to make a "new beginning", leaving behind misunderstandings of the past, with ...
Karachi
Railways workers seek plot allotments
KARACHI - Employees of the Pakistan Railway (PR) are still eyeing for the decision of Sindh High Court to get possessions of ...
MQM eyes five federal, two state ministries
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the coalition partner of the ruling PPP in Sindh, will soon become part of the federal ...
SHC disposes of Qaim's petition
KARACHI - The division bench of Sindh High Court on Wednesday disposed of the petition filed by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim ...
Zardari fails to impress destitute
It was an auspicious day for the PPP when its Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari took the oath as the 12th President of Pakistan on ...
CM orders recovery of oil tankers
KARACHI - Tankers carrying hundreds of litres of petroleum supplies went missing and Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has taken up ...
New culture rises on Karachi roads
Karachi (PPI) - Indian ur ban mega cities like Kolkata and Momaby and Kolkata have a large population of poor people living ...
Lahore
Pakistan quartet finally gets some cricket
LAHORE - In a year that has been marred by cancellations and postponements of two major series - first the rubber against ...
Lawson weighs his options
LAHORE - Mystery surrounds the future of Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson after he left the strife-torn country to return to ...
PCB should surrender Trophy rights, says Mani
LAHORE - Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani on Wednesday advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to ...
Punjab kabaddi elections on 16th
LAHORE - The elections of Punjab Kabaddi Association will be held on September 16. This was stated by the Secretary of ...
Sui Northern to play New Delhi
LAHORE - National Quaid-i-Azam Trophy champion Sui Northern cricket team will play New Delhi team which is the Indian domestic ...
PFF inks agreement with Jeddah's IPLG
LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation has entered into a venture with a Jeddah-bashed International Professional Link Group ...
Re-employment policy violated
LAHORE - On April 10 this year, the present government with just one stroke of pen terminated thousands of government servants ...
AGP appointment challenged in LHC
LAHORE - Appointment of Advocate General of Punjab Khawaja Muhammad Haris has been challenged in the Lahore High Court in a ...
City to have 'best' DNA lab
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that best DNA lab of South Asia will be set up in Lahore which will play a ...
Govt to give Rs10m subsidy on flour
LAHORE - The Punjab government will give Rs 10 million subsidy on flour through which it will provide cheap atta to nan bais to ...
JI slams PPP govt for increase in power tariff
LAHORE - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has criticised the PPP government for 'killing' the masses through increase in the electricity ...
'President's Press talk disappointed masses'
LAHORE - Central President Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) has said, the first press conference of Asif Ali Zardari after taking ...
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