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 Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Front Page
'N' hits back at Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Tuesday demanded of President Asif Ali Zardari to take the Parliament and people of Pakistan into confidence over his stunning revelations that former president Pervez Musharraf was given safe exit as result of a deal international deal. Even more astounding ...
Blackwater's covert recruitment drive
ISLAMABAD - Blackwater has gone underground on its website and when one goes to www.BlackwaterUSA.com one is guided to another ...
Iran suspicious of US embassy expansion
ISLAMABAD - Following the footsteps of China, Iran has also expressed reservations over the increasingly expanding US presence in ...
International
Record opposition to unpopular Afghan war: poll
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The top US military officer warned on Tuesday that more US troops will probably have to go to Afghanistan to ...
Afghanistan not Vietnam: Obama
WASHINGTON - Feeling the heat over his policy in Afghanistan in the face of the rising American deaths, US President Barack Obama ...
Israel committed war crimes in Gaza, says UN
UNITED NATIONS - In a sharply-worded report, a UN fact-finding mission said that Israel violated international humanitarian law ...
UNGA adopts first resolution on 'responsibility to protect'
UNITED NATIONS - The General Assembly Monday adopted by consensus its first resolution on the concept of responsibility to ...
NY homes raided in terror probe
NEW YORK - Federal and city counter-terrorism agents raided homes in New York City on Monday after a man under surveillance for ...
Ahmadinejad brushes off petrol sanctions threat
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday brushed off US threats of possible sanctions on Irans ...
Around 250,000 child soldiers worldwide: UN
GENEVA (AFP) - Around a quarter of a million children are fighting with armed groups across the world, the UNs representative for ...
New US envoy to deepen, broaden ties with Muslims
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Farah Pandith, sworn in Tuesday as US Secretary of State Hillary Clintons envoy to Muslim communities, said ...
Outgoing UN General Assembly chief slams big powers role
UITED NATIONS - Outgoing UN General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockman said Monday he had been restrained by influential ...
India to buy US weapons worth $3.5 billion: envoy
WASHINGTON - On top of its huge military build up with Russian help and burgeoning domestic capacity, India is buying weapons ...
Del Potro stuns Federer in final
NEW YORK (AFP) - Juan Martin del Potro dethroned five-time defending champion Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 ...
Serena apologises for outburst
NEW YORK (AFP) - Serena Williams apologized Monday for the abusive and threatening tirade she launched at a line judge in a ...
Business
WB urges G20 to step up aid to poor countries
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank Wednesday urged the Group of 20 nations to step up aid to the poorest countries, saying they ...
Foreign investment down 36pc in 2 months
KARACHI - Foreign investment in Pakistan has dropped by 36 per cent during the first two months of current fiscal year 2009-10 ...
Ministries differ on exports targets: ICCI
ISLAMABAD - The lack of coordination among various organs of the government is well obvious from the fact that the ministries of ...
Profit-taking derails stock market
KARACHI - Offshore investors preferred profit-taking after a strong rally last week as the local bourse lost 46 points to close ...
TCP tenders to import 25,000 tons white sugar
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Trading Corporation of Pakistan issued a tender on Tuesday to import 25,000 tonnes of white sugar from ...
Airlines face worse losses in slump than after 9/11: IATA
GENEVA (AFP) - World airlines face losses of 27.8 billion dollars for 2008 and 2009 as the global economic downturn takes a ...
CDWP to take up Rs85.386b projects tomorrow
KARACHI - The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) will take up 30 uplift schemes involving over Rs85.386 billion ...
PC invites EoI for hiring financial advisor for PPOD
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Privatisation Commission has invited Expression of Interest (EOIs) from reputable firms/consortium of firms ...
China warns US tyre tariffs will harm trade ties
BEIJING (AFP) - China warned on Tuesday that US moves to restrict imports of some Chinese-made goods would damage the mutually ...
'$2b investment likely through rental power projects'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Managing Director Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) Tahir Basharat Cheema on Tuesday said that an ...
Palpa pleads Defence Committee to hold fact-finding session
KARACHI (PR) - Current row between Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) and PIA management is not over the increase in ...
Politics
Nawaz dismayed over 'deal'
LAHORE - While showing dismay over the confirmation that President Asif Ali Zardai had assured safe passage to former President ...
Logjam on constitutional reforms
ISLAMABAD - As the Constitutional Reforms Committee of the Parliament was progressing ahead, instead of converging at some common ...
35pc duty on wheat export withdrawn
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet allowed the import of 400,000 tons of urea through ...
By-polls on Nov 7: CEC
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Tuesday announced to hold the by-elections on all vacant seats ...
Jets strafe Bajaur; 13 militants dead
PESHAWAR (APP/Reuters) - Security forces on Tuesday killed 16 more militants in different operations in Fata and Swat Valley. ...
US Military chief says more troops needed for Afghan War
WASHINGTON The top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, told Congress on Tuesday that success in Afghanistan would probably ...
New Delhi vexed over 'cross-border infiltration
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India is failing to curb a growing Maoist insurgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday, while also ...
Mirwaiz seeks to woo hardliners
SRINAGAR2009 (AFP) - The moderate leader of Kashmirs largest political separatist group pledged Tuesday to seek reconciliation ...
Pakistan, WB sign $350m agreements
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The World Bank (WB) and Pakistan here on Tuesday signed three agreements amounting to $.350 million in ...
Blasphemy accused found dead in Sialkot Jail
SIALKOT - Fanish Maseeh alias Robert (19), the main accused in the Holy Quran blasphemy case, was found dead mysteriously in ...
Bush shoe-thrower goes into hiding
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former US president George W ...
Pak causing Afghan insecurity: study
LONDON (AFP) - Pakistan remains the biggest source of instability for Afghanistan, a London-based think-tank said Tuesday. The ...
UN deputy in Afghanistan leaves after election row
KABUL (AFP) - The senior American diplomat in the UN mission to Afghanistan has left the country after an argument with his ...
Three Rangers men injured in explosion
KARACHI - Three Rangers personnel sustained injuries in a cracker attack here in the limits of Nazimabad police station on ...
12 Additional LHC judges take oath
LAHORE - Newly appointed 12 additional judges of Lahore High Court took oath of their offices on Tuesday. Chief Justice Khawaja ...
Inquiry into stampede that killed 20 begins
KARACHI - On the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari and with the approval of Chief Minister, the Sindh government has ...
Afghan clashes, airstrike kill 27 Taliban
KANDAHAR (AFP) - Afghan and foreign forces killed 27 Taliban militants in gunfights and an airstrike in a rebel stronghold of ...
FC man shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA - A security personnel was shot dead in the provincial capital at Sariab area within the Shalkot Police Station area on ...
Entertainment
Patrick Swayze dies of cancer at 57
PATRICK Swayze, whose good looks and sympathetic performances in films such as Dirty Dancing and Ghost made him a romantic idol ...
Mischa Barton 'has a new boyfriend'
MISCHA Barton has found herself a man The actress - who was recently released from hospital after being placed under involuntary ...
Johansson wants to clear comic clutter
HOLLYWOOD actress Scarlett Johanssons home is cluttered with comic books and she is now planning a superhero clear-out. The ...
launches online news reader 'Fast Flip'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Internet giant Google unveiled its Fast Flip online news reader on Monday, featuring stories from major media ...
Legal action against Hilton contemplated
PARIS Hilton may face a legal action in Germany for allegedly abandoning a string of events she was slated to attend last week. ...
Ice cream targets your brain, study suggests
BLAME your brain for sabotaging your efforts to get back on track after splurging on an extra scoop of ice cream or that second ...
Islamabad
Govt accords priority to education: Gilani
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the present government is according high priority to education ...
Employees protest before VC office
ISLAMABAD - The employees of Quaid-i-Azam University held a protest demonstration in front of office of the vice-chancellor ...
Draft presented to cabinet for concurrence
ISLAMABAD - To control the alarming Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Pakistan, which has become one of the most serious ...
Eid shopping gets momentum
ISLAMABAD - With less than a week left for Eid, shopping has been getting momentum with each passing day in the twin cities amid ...
PILPA chief targets experts for 'faulty education policy'
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- President Islamabad Lecturers and Professors Association Professor Qasim Khan Masood has said that education ...
Agreements inked to accommodate 67,282 pilgrims
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Ministry of Religious Affairs has so far signed a number of agreements for providing reasonable accommodation ...
Minister promises revival of sports
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sport Pir Aftab Shah Jillani vowed to resurrect the country's sports which he said were at their ...
Karachi
High Court moved against KESC
KARACHI - Syed Iqbal Kazmi has moved an application against KESC saying it is responsible for the death of 18 women and children ...
Family planning edu at schools, varsities
KARACHI - Sindh Population Welfare Secretary Siddique Memon on Tuesday informed the Public Account Committee of Sindh Assembly ...
No evidence produced against accused, court told
KARACHI - Supreme Court Karachi Registry on Tuesday adjourned the hearing over the bail plea moved by the accused involved in ...
SHC releases 8 Pakistanis repatriated from S Lanka
KARACHI (PPI) - Sindh High Court Tuesday ordered release of eight Pakistani from Jail in Karachi prisoners repatriated from Sri ...
'Shukr' (Gratitude)
'It is He who has given you sense of hearing, sight and understanding but little SHUKR you render [23:78] Every morning at the ...
Pillion-riding ban lifted for 5 days
KARACHI - Home Minister Sindh Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has lifted the ban on pillion riding for five days. He cautioned for the possible ...
Alam pleads to be judged by performance not by age
'KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan cricket team coach Intikhab Alam on Tuesday brushed aside "negative" criticism from those demanding his ...
Faisalabad Bulls storm into semis
KARACHI - Trailing by three goals, Faisalabad Bulls fought back against the odds to beat Karachi Dolphins in penalty shootout to ...
Lahore
Hospitals at high alert against dengue fever
Lahore - Amid reports that dengue virus may hit the City, like in previous years, Punjab Health Department has directed its blood ...
Illegal occupation of state lands on the rise
LAHORE - The illegal occupation on state lands is on phenomenal rise, as officials of the Revenue department have been filing ...
Allotment of land to Blackwater irks LHCBA
LAHORE - Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has expressed deep concerns over the alleged allotment of land to the ...
PM's predictions reflect govt 'efficiency': Mushahid
LAHORE - Secretary General PML-Q Mushahid Hussain has said that Pakistan can be made a modern Islamic, democratic welfare state ...
PPP leased out country for few dollars: Munawar
LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan has said that President Zardaris confirmation of a safe exit deal for ...
Danish Schools to bring revolution in education: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that Danish Schools will prove to be a milestone in the development of ...
PCB hopes India match will help resume ties
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board feels that the Champions Trophy encounter between Pakistan and India would bring the warring ...
Afridi, Gul shortlisted for ICC awards
LAHORE - Shahid Afridi and Umer Gul are the only two Pakistan players among the short-listed players announced by the game's ...
PFF penalises PAF for fielding ineligible player
LAHORE - Pakistan Air Force (PAF), national champions in 1986, have been docked three points for fielding an ineligible player in ...
PVCA includes Sayid Paper Stags and Bucks Club teams
LAHORE - The Pakistan Veteran Cricket Association (PVCA)'s Chief Executive Officer Nawab Ashiq Hussain Qureshi have approved two ...
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