Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Friday, September 11, 2009
Front Page
Zardari's NO to AfPak strategy
LONDON - President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday insisted that Pakistan and Afghanistan were distinctly different countries and could not be lumped together for any reason. The US policy of linking Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort to end a Taliban insurgency and bring stability to the region is ...
One killed as police clash with railway workers
RAWALPINDI (APP) - One protester was killed and several injured in clashes with police in Islamabad on Thursday. Several ...
Presidency's parallel bureaucracy
ISLAMABAD - A burgeoning bureaucracy has been established within the Presidency comprising President Zardaris Public, Personal, ...
International
Afghanistan vote commission orders 1st ballots invalidated
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistans vote monitoring body on Thursday ordered for the first time that ballots be scrapped from 83 polling ...
Poll dispute tops Hillary's agenda
WASHINGTON - Afghanistan has moved to the top of US Secretary of State Hillary Clintons agenda since evidence of widespread fraud ...
Republican lawmaker calls Obama a liar, apologises
WASHINGTON - Republican Congressman Joe Wilson apologised the other day for calling President Barack Obama a liar during the ...
Israelis divided over settlement freeze
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israelis are divided over whether to accede to US demands to freeze settlement activity, according to a poll ...
Nato probe finds German officer at fault
BERLIN (AFP) - The German officer who ordered the deadly bombing of fuel trucks in Afghanistan violated procedures, a preliminary ...
22 dead in Iraq suicide truck bomb attack
Wardak (AFP) - A suicide truck bomber triggered a massive blast in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq as residents slept early on ...
Support for Osama, suicide bombing declining among Muslims: survey
NEW YORK - Support for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and suicide bombing has declined considerably among Muslim people, ...
5 girls killed in Delhi school stampede
New Delhi (AFP) - Five girls were killed and at least 30 other students injured on Thursday in a stampede at a secondary school ...
20 die in Nepal bus accident
Kathmandu (AFP) - At least 20 people were killed and 11 missing after a bus skidded off a mountain highway and plunged into a ...
Venezuela recognises rebel Georgian regions
MOSCOW (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delighted his Russian hosts on Thursday by announcing that Caracas was ...
EU pledges billions for post-Kyoto climate deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters/AFP) - Europe could pay poor countries up to 15 billion euros ($22 billion) a year by 2020 to persuade them to ...
White stuff sees Australia to victory
SOUTHAMPTON (AFP) - Cameron White's maiden one-day international century was the cornerstone of Australia's six-wicket win ...
Federer to take on Djokovic in semis
NEW YORK (AFP) - Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals on Saturday, their third consecutive clash at ...
Teens Wozniacki, Wickmayer reach semis
NEW YORK (AFP) - Teen upstarts Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium fought through the tension to reach ...
Great Dane thrilled at her grandest Slam
NEW YORK (AFP) - Forgive Caroline Wozniacki that she hasn't had time for romance lately. She has been too busy playing the ...
Business
Number of poor in US climbs to 39.8m
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly 40 million Americans lived below the bread line last year as the recession dragged down incomes ...
KCCI for more diplomatic efforts
KARACHI (APP) - Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industrys leadership have requested diplomats from various countries working here ...
Punjab to access foreign markets thru Metro's channels
LAHORE- Punjab government is eager to explore opportunities to tap into Metros global distribution channels to provide produce ...
Major city markets back PIAF alliance
LAHORE- As many as 50 city markets, trade groups and industrial areas, have so far announced their support for PIAF-Founders ...
Vast land available for corporate farming
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan intends to start corporate farming to utilize its million of hectares barren land to ensure food ...
Borrowings from SBP decline by Rs100b
KARACHI - Governments net borrowings from the central bank to finance its budget deficit has significantly decreased by Rs100 ...
Study of additional four coal blocks with Rs520m approved
KARACHI - The government has approved the study for development of additional four blocks at Thar Coalfield with estimated cost ...
Monthly inflation up by 10.93 per cent in July-Aug
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The inflation rates based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 10.93 per cent in July-August, 2009 as ...
Remittances rise 31.78pc to record $780.53 million
KARACHI - Pakistani workers remitted a record amount of $780.53 million in August 2009 as against $592.30 million in the same ...
Reserves slip to $14.24b
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistans foreign exchange reserves fell to $14.24 billion in the week ended on Sept. 5 compared with $14.31b ...
Politics
Gwadar at mercy of PSA, squabbling ministers
ISLAMABAD - There are signs on the ground that Pakistans plans to develop its first deep-sea Gwadar port as a major ...
Supreme Court issues arrest warrants, criticises NAB
ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued arrest orders of Haris Steel Mills CEO Sheikh Munir in the Rs 9 billion Bank of ...
Nabbed for issuing Pakistani passport to Indian national
ISLAMABAD- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it had issued arrest warrants of ...
MI6 spook chief confers with Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Sir John Scarlet, Director General of MI6, the British Intelligence Agency, called on President Asif Ali Zardari here ...
Quaid death anniversary today
LAHORE - The 61st death anniversary of the founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah will be observed today (Friday) ...
Two freight trains collide at Kotri
KARACHI-Several bogies of an oil supplying train overturned at Kotri Railway Station when it collided with another between ...
Suicides on the rise; hit 8,000 mark
KARACHI - Suicides are steadily rising in Pakistan, with an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 suicides per year, according to a study at ...
US eyes mily hardware in Iraq for Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has proposed transferring US military equipment from Iraq to Pakistani security forces to ...
DG ISI attends Indian HC's iftar-dinner
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Satyabrata Pal hosted an Iftar dinner here at a local hotel on ...
Musharraf asks US for drones to Pakistan
NEW YORK - Stating that Talibanisation was not acceptable to the Pakistani people, former president Pervez Musharraf has urged ...
$20m needed to get Pak children back to school in NWFP, says UN
UNITED NATIONS-A shortfall of about $20 million in educational funding is hampering efforts to get Pakistani children back to ...
Aid appeal fetches only 3 per cent,says UN
ISLAMABAD - The problem of under funding still persists in certain areas as only three percent of the required funds has been ...
Three women gunned down in Peshawar
PESHAWAR - At least three women were killed while another sustained serious injuries when armed persons opened fire at them ...
2 soldiers die in Jandola Fort attack
WANA (APP) - Unidentified militants on Thursday fired three missiles on Jandola Scouts Fort that left two security personnel ...
An Umra plus visit Nawaz leaves for S Arabia
ISLAMABAD - Chairman of Organizing Committee of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Nawaz Sharif who left along with his family for ...
Hariri steps down
BEIRUT (AFP) - Saad Hariri announced on Thursday that he was stepping down as Lebanons prime minister-designate after the ...
CBI to probe IHK women murder
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Authorities in Kashmir Thursday handed over a double rape and murder case that has sparked mass protests here to ...
Fitrana fixed at Rs80
ISLAMABAD (APP) - This year, the amount of Sadqa-e-Fitr to be paid to the needy before Eid-ul-Fitr has been fixed at Rs 80 per ...
Six foreign terrorists shot dead
SWAT - Security forces continued search and destroy operation resulted in killing of 6 foreigner militants along with arrest of ...
Partial strike in Balochistan
QUETTA - A partial shutterdown and wheel-jam strike was observed in provincial capital and other parts of Balochistan on Thursday ...
Chaman border reopens
QUETTA - Pakistans border with Afghanistan at Chaman was reopened after 48 hours. The border was closed by Afghan border forces ...
Entertainment
Man travels through 37 countries on just 1
A MAN has cycled over 29,000 miles (45,000 km) through 37 countries after setting out from his home in Japan eight years ago with ...
Demi Moore 'snubs' Sarah Brown on Twitter
DEMI Moore, the actress, has appeared to snub Sarah Brown, the Prime Ministers wife, on Twitter. Both women are known for their ...
Beckinsale's daughter criticises her style
KATE Beckinsale says she cant do anything radically different with her style - because her 10-year-old daughter, Lily, would ...
147-year-old British Dachshund is the world's oldest dog
MEET Otto, the worlds oldest dog, whos reached the grand old age of 147 in dog years and is still going strong. Dachshund-cross ...
SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'
BROADBAND promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery - but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster ...
Human colony on Mars 'will make the world a better place'
TEACH children to type rather than write, accept that mankind has lost the battle to halt global warming, and establish a colony ...
Islamabad
PSB releases federations' grant money to PHF
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Sports Board released Rs 20 millions to Pakistan Hockey Federation instead of disbursing the grant among ...
Inter-provincial gang busted; goods seized
ISLAMABAD - City police arrested two members of inter-provincial gang, who were reportedly involved in number of dacoity and ...
EWA rushes to President for intervention
ISLAMABAD - The Employees Welfare Association of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has appealed to the president, who is Chancellor ...
'Quality food items being sold in Sasta Bazaars'
RAWALPINDI - Commissioner of Rawalpindi Division Zahid Saeed along with District Coordination Officer (DCO) Imdadullah Bosal on ...
Timely completion of Citizens Club urged
ISLAMABAD - Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Imtiaz Inayat Elahi on Thursday directed the officials concerned for ...
Red tapism once again raises its head
ISLAMABAD-The long overdue Islamabad Capital Territory Drugs Rules have apparently fallen prey to bureaucratic red tapism and ...
Demo against Gilgit Baltistan package
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The activists of Kashmir National Party (KNP) and Student Liberation Front (SLF) Thursday staged a protest ...
Karachi
Hanif imposes strict discipline in MCB Junior Hockey Super league
KARACHI - The MCB Junior Hockey Super League is progressing smoothly here at the Hockey Club of Pakistan without any problem or ...
Rs3.5b rural health projects underway
KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed has said that health department is attaching top priority for providing best ...
Call to ban student unions in varsities
KARACHI - The Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) has demanded that all student politics carried out by the students wings of political ...
Missing person not in custody, High Court told
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on petition seeking the whereabouts of abducted person Munir Shakir ...
People advised to take measures against Dengue
KARACHI (APP)- The number of Dengue cases may be negligible at current point of time, yet citizens in their individual capacity ...
3 Eid special trains from Karachi
KARACHI (APP)- Pakistan Railways will operate three Eid special trains from Karachi on September 18 and 19 to meet rush of ...
Council session: Opp slams adjournment without debate
KARACHI - The opposition groups in the city council including Jamaat-e-Islamis Al-Khidmat group and Pakistan Peoples Party backed ...
Lahore
PCB plans to form a pool of top players for 2011 World Cup
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is devising a plan to see just the performers stay in the team and the non-performers are ...
Real, Afshan, Shaheen stroll into next round
LAHORE - Real Lahore forced their way into next round after edging out Baba Cargo FC 2-1 in All Punjab Peace and Non Violence ...
Pakistan face Italy in WC qualifier opener
LAHORE - The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced the schedule of FIH Men's World Cup Qualifiers from October 31 ...
Pakistan play Warriors in Champions Trophy lead-up
LAHORE - The ICC has announced the schedule of warm-up matches to be played in the lead-up to the ICC Champions Trophy to be ...
Loadshedding hits City again
LAHORE - Despite the tall claims by the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco), at least six hours unscheduled loadshedding has ...
Eid shopping brings delight to young girls
LAHORE - As Eid-ul-Fiter is drawing nearer, the shopping is picking up momentum with the great hustle and bustle in the Citys ...
Dasti withdraws motion against Chief Secretary
LAHORE - Chief Secretary Punjab Javed Mahmood has said that officers working in districts are under the Services and General ...
CM sets 30th deadline for completion of airport road
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday gave September 30 deadline for the completion of Lahore ...
SC fretful over squalid condition of hotels' kitchens
LAHORE - A Supreme Court Bench taking serious exception to unhygienic and squalid conditions of kitchens in the hotels and ...
Shahbaz for maximum relief to masses in Ramazan
LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has said that poor, destitute and deserving people are fully benefiting from the ...
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