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 Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Front Page
Fatal struggle for free flour
KARACHI - As many as 18 women and a child lost lives in a stampede as they desperately sought to get free flour. The tragedy occurred during the distribution of free ration at the citys wholesale market here Monday afternoon. According to reports, a local businessman Chaudhry Iftikhar had made ...
US drone kills five suspected militants
PESHAWAR (AFP/Reuters) - At least five suspected militants were killed when a US drone hit a car near Mir Ali, headquarters of ...
Zardari spills the beans
President Asif Ali Zardari has for the first time admitted that former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf agreed to quit under an ...
International
US avoids direct comments on Musharrafs statement
WASHINGTON-The United States on Monday deflected a question about former President Pervez Musharrafs statement that he could have ...
Clijsters captures US Open title
NEW YORK (AFP) - Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the US Open for the second time on Sunday, defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark ...
Tendulkar century wins tri series title for India
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sachin Tendulkar has hit his 44th one-day century to lead India to a 46-run win over Sri Lanka in the final of ...
Iran agrees date for nuclear talks
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran agreed on Monday to hold talks with six world powers next month on its latest proposals to allay concerns ...
Six nations to meet next week
PARIS (AFP) - Foreign ministers from the world powers of the six-strong contact group on the Iranian nuclear crisis will meet ...
Resistance to Obamas health reform still high
WASHINGTON - Even though medical costs have gone astronomically high over the years, Americans remain resistant to President ...
Israeli PM rules out settlement freeze
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would not freeze all building in West Bank ...
Public trust in US media eroding: Pew study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Public trust in the US media is eroding and increasing numbers of Americans believe news coverage is ...
India, Mongolia sign civil N-agreement for uranium supply
INDIA signed a civil nuclear energy agreement with Mongolia that will help the South Asian country source uranium for its power ...
Bagram inmates can challenge detention: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to ...
Obamas Afghan strategy faces critical test
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Obamas new strategy for Afghanistan faces a tough political test this week amid increasingly ...
UAE delays $41b nuclear plants contract
DUBAI (AFP) - The UAE has delayed awarding a 41 billion dollar contract to build nuclear power plants saying that the decision ...
Business
NA body for giving 10-year tax holiday to local investors
ISLAMABAD (APP) - National Assembly Standing Committee on Investment on Monday was informed that Investment Policy was initially ...
Euro bounces back against dollar
LONDON (AFP) - The euro bounced back strongly against the dollar on Monday, supported by a more optimistic tone to European ...
Pakistan and Malaysia to form Joint Business Council
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and National Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...
ZTBL striving for agri development
LAHORE - The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) is striving hard for accelerating agriculture development in the country and a ...
PPCBL to start Rabi loans from next month
LAHORE (APP) - The Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited (PPCBL) will start releasing loans for Rabi Season 2009-10 from ...
Sugar price at USCs may go up by Rs7/kg
ISLAMABAD - The sugar prices are likely to cross Rs 45 per kilogram mark at the state-run utility stores too, as the ministry of ...
World oil prices fall further
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices sank on Monday, extending heavy pre-weekend losses as weak global stock markets and the US-China ...
Pak-China Tech Centre asked to offer online courses
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday advised that technical courses offered at the joint Pakistan-China Technology ...
SECP directs cos to file Annual Return by Oct 31
KARACHI - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has directed all listed companies, their directors and more than ten ...
Oil, gas reserves discovery keeps KSE rolling
KARACHI - The discovery of additional oil & gas reserves, recently announced by the OGDC, kept the bulls rolling on Monday as the ...
Politics
Xe Worldwide (Blackwater) spreads tentacles to Karachi
Islamabad - US private security outfit Blackwater has begun to expand its presence in Karachi port city in the backdrop of the ...
Centre, provinces lock horns
ISLAMABAD - All the four provinces asked for increase in their collective share in the divisible pool of resources from 45 per ...
PPP-PML-N drifting apart
LAHORE- The PPP and PML-N, the two coalition partners in Punjab, are drifting away from each other over differences on the trial ...
Presidents advisors fail him
ISLAMABAD - The heavy weights in the political and media advisory teams of President Asif Ali Zardari have not only failed to ...
Lashkar formed to hunt militants
SWAT - Amidst continued search and clearance operation by the security forces, 14 terrorists were killed in different localities ...
12 additional LHC judges appointed
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday appointed twelve Additional Judges for Lahore High Court. Spokesperson to ...
Another victim of search for subsidised atta
LAHORE - As crowds of white-collar people are pushed to visit sasta bazaars, especially with Eid round the corner, gun toting ...
Osama warns US on Israel policy
WASHINGTON (AFP/Reuters) - Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned President Barack Obama that he is powerless to halt the wars in ...
LHC seeks reply from Federal government
LAHORE-Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on Monday sought report and para-wise comments from Federal govt by September 29 on ...
Transatlantic jet bomb plotters jailed for life
LONDON (AFP) - Three British Muslims were sentenced Monday to life in jail for plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners with ...
IHK custodial killing triggers protests
SRINAGAR (NNI) - Massive protest demonstrations were held Monday after the killing of a 65-year-old handicapped civilian, Noor ...
14 cops injured in blast
PESHAWAR - At least 14 policemen were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in district Mansehra on Monday. According to ...
India asked to share actionable info
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Monday asked India to share with it the real time actionable information on terrorist threats, if ...
Swede grilled for Qaeda ties
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan is investigating a Swedish man and a group of foreigners, including a Swedish woman and small child, ...
Two foreign troops die in Afghanistan
LONDON (AFP) - A British soldier died from a gunshot wound sustained while on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry ...
President, PM discuss situation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Zardari here in the Presidency on Monday night ...
Mirwaiz re-elected as APHC chief
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been elected as the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference for the next term of ...
Pakistani killed in Iran
DALBANDIN (PPI) - A Pakistani national was killed in firing by Iranian forces in Mir Java city of Iran. According to reliable ...
Entertainment
Madonna leads tributes to Jackson at MTV awards
MADONNA opened the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 in New York with a personal tribute to Michael Jackson, accusing herself and the ...
Lily Allen wants a break from music
BRITISH pop star Lily Allen wants to take a break from music and act in a play. She will make her stage debut in the play Reasons ...
Life existed in oceans 200m years before
PLANT-like bacteria existed in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years while the Earths air was not fit to breathe, research ...
Depression 'cuts cancer survival'
DEPRESSION can damage a cancer patients chances of survival, a review of research suggests. The University of British Columbia ...
Surfing pets take to water for charity
DURING one of the last dog days of summer nearly 4,000 spectators turned out on Sunday to watch San Diegos pets hit the beach for ...
Twisters captured by storm-chasing photographer
RUNNING towards a raging twister might seem insane to most people but for one artist, such perils are all in a days work. Storm ...
Islamabad
No let-up in nerve-racking traffic congestion
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The residents of the federal capital are facing the nerve-racking traffic congestion in residential and ...
US presence in region cause of all ills, claims JI
ISLAMABAD - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hasan, blaming US presence in the region responsible for all troubles, has ...
Pindi police hand over 23 recovered vehicles to owners
RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Rao Muhammad Iqbal has handed over 23 stolen vehicles as well as four stolen ...
Encroachments on the rise in twin cities as Eid nears
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - As the Eid-ul-Fitr is approaching fast and number of residents who visit commercial centres and markets in twin ...
Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The production work on a mega drama serial on the issue of militancy and terrorism 'Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin ...
Police seize 2,190 liquor bottles
ISLAMABAD - Police on Monday raided a house at 'Tumair and recovered 2190 bottles of wine. On a tip-off, police team headed by ...
Karachi
400 new vehicles hit City roads daily
KARACHI - The provincial capital of Sindh has witnessed a sharp surge in public as well as private vehicles number, as more than ...
Dengue-related death confirmed
KARACHI - Dengue Fever Monitoring Cell of Sindh Health Department on Monday confirmed the death of a patient on September 6, 2009 ...
Concept of forgiveness
Any claim to the possession of the attribute of forgiveness has to be matched with the possession and power of the ability to ...
Muslim govts urged to play role for Al-Quds liberation
KARACHI - All the major political and religious parties have shown their solidarity, announcing full support to the Islamic ...
Recycled school bags donated to NGO
KARACHI (APP)- Recycled school bags have been donated to the CARE Foundation by Mobilink. An announcement issued here on Monday ...
Doctors advise prevention against swine flu
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan is fortunately among the few countries with almost nil cases of Swine Flu or Influenza A (H1N1), ...
Lahore Lions end campaign in style
KARACHI - Favourites Lahore Lions ended its league campaign in the ten-team MCB Junior super hockey whipping Quetta Leopards 5-0 ...
Afridi promises exciting show in Champions Trophy
KARACHI - Pakistan's hard hitting all rounder Shahid Afridi shied away from predicting Pakistan's chances in this months ...
Snooker competition to break Pakistan's sports isolation
KARACHI - Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association will host Asian Under-21 and Asian Billiards championships in the city in ...
Lahore
Price-hike dims Eid joys
LAHORE - As the festival of Eid-ul-Fiter is round the corner; the price-hike has dimmed the shoppers joys as the shopkeepers have ...
Anti-Pakistan forces spreading propaganda of secularism: Nizami
LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said that the solution to present ...
SC moved to seek sugar price fixed at Rs32
LAHORE - A local lawyer has moved Supreme Court of Pakistan to seek sugar price fixed at Rs32 per kg throughout the country. ...
Iftar parties are get-together only
LAHORE - Holding of Iftar parties that was earlier an integral part of the lives of general public, is now affordable only for ...
Efforts afoot to improve rural health centres: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the Punjab government is spending billions of rupees for the ...
Government warned over US 'interference'
LAHORE - Secretary General Awami National Party Ehsan Wayne has said the party could withdraw its support if the federal ...
PCB confirms UAE as venue for NZ series
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has finally found a venue to hold the next month's home series away from home against New ...
Pakistan may accept England's offer for series
LAHORE - Accepting the invitation for an unscheduled but financially lucrative tour of England next year could cost Pakistan a ...
FIH president to watch Benazir Bhutto Gold Cup Hockey final
LAHORE - Leandro Negre, International Hockey Federation President, will be the state government guest on his visit to Lahore ...
Pakistan boxing team returns from Italy today
LAHORE - The Pakistan boxing team will arrive from Italy today (Tuesday) after taking part in the AIBA World Boxing Championship ...
PFF reduces national camp to 27 probables
LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation has opened the exit door for 23 players and announced 27 players in the build up for ...
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