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 17, 2009
Front Page
Millers, dealers shoot themselves in the foot
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a NAB report, made two years ago during an earlier sugar crisis, besides directing the State Bank to furnish details of loans provided to the mill owners and the mode of repayment. The NAB report had also exposed the questionable dealings of the ...
Did Pak envoy deliberately leak official classified communication?
ISLAMABAD - Pakistans ambassador to Washington Hussain Haqqani made a classified communication on July 28 with Pakistans Foreign ...
Gilani unwilling to use Article 6 against one man
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said that Article 6 could not be invoked against a single person as the ...
International
UN tribunal decision frets Bosnian Muslims
SARAJEVO (Reuters/AFP) - About 200 Bosnian Muslim relatives of victims of the 1992-95 war protested on Wednesday against the UN ...
4.5m children could die without climate aid
LONDON (AFP/Reuters) - At least 4.5 million children could die if wealthy nations fail to provide more funds to help impoverished ...
Iran a nuclear power, says Ahmadinejad aide
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran will not tolerate threats from world powers when they discuss Tehrans package of proposals on October ...
Afghan denies any link with al-Qaeda
NEW YORK - An Afghan national living in Denver, Colorado, who caught the attention of the FBI that led to a series of raids in ...
Wilsons outburst was racist: Carter
NEW YORK - Former US president Jimmy Carter said in an interview Tuesday that Republican Congressman Joe Wilsons you lie outburst ...
Talks must answer N-concerns: Hillary
WASHINGTON - Irans nuclear programme will be the top US topic when the two countries face each other at the negotiating table, ...
US envoy, Israeli PM fail to agree on settlement compromise
JERUSALEM (AFP/Reuters) - US Middle East envoy George Mitchell failed to wrest a compromise on settlements from Israels prime ...
Marines kill shoe-thrower over grenade fears
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - An Iraqi man who witnesses said shouted abuse before throwing a shoe at a US army vehicle was shot dead on ...
German Muslims feel neglected in polls drive
DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Many of Germanys 4 million Muslims feel forgotten and ill-inclined to vote in this months election, ...
Saudi Arabia dismisses Haj flu fears
DUBAI (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has dismissed fears of swine flu striking the hundreds of thousands of Muslims expected normally to ...
Ponting keeps Aussies on whitewash course
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting's superb century paved the way for the world champions to beat England by four ...
Pakistan, England: The odd couple in Champions Trophy
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Although the ICC Champions Trophy is just five tournaments old, it has delivered six different winners with ...
Windies can tweak squad if row settled: ICC
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - West Indies will be given up until the latest possible moment to make changes to its Champions Trophy squad ...
Strauss wants talks on Flintoff decision
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss said he wanted to have face-to-face talks with Andrew Flintoff following the ...
Flintoff's future open to question
NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - Australia captain Ricky Ponting sympathised with Andrew Flintoff's decision to go freelance but said the ...
Business
Red chillies processing plant to be set up in Sindh
KARACHI - The federal government has planned to establish Red Chillies Processing Plant in Sindh, official sources told The ...
Tarin admits GDP drop
Multan - Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin admitted on Wednesday that the GDP had dropped, saying it happened due to certain reasons ...
IMF head says worst of recession over
WARSAW (AFP) - The worst of the global recession is over and the risk of a double-dip recession has faded, the head of the ...
KSE rebounds on renewed foreign interest; gains 107 points
KARACHI - Foreign investors appetite for the energy shares put the market back on track on Wednesday, though local institutions ...
SBP to ensure fresh notes to public
KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan is making all out efforts to provide fresh currency notes to public in view of the ensuing Eidul ...
FBR directed early resolution of cotton waste factory case
ISLAMABAD - Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), Dr Muhammad Shoaib Suddle Wednesday directed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to decide ...
Diamir Bhasha Dam to pump Rs60b into economy
LAHORE- Chairman Wapda Shakil Ahmed Durrani has said that the completion of Diamir Bhasha dam would pump Rs 60 billion into the ...
SBP revises FX interbank deal, trade confirmations, settlements
KARACHI - SBP has re-engineered its process relating to treasury operations internally for FX interbank deal/trade confirmations ...
World short on pledges to lift people out of poverty: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Governments are falling well short of the financial commitments made to help developing countries climb out of ...
Politics
Now the Convention Centre hotel project
Islamabad - Capital Development Authority (CDA) is on the verge of shelving a multibillion rupees private hotel project following ...
Friend or foe?
Islamabad - The US, far from the public perception and official claims of supplying Pakistan with substantive military hardware, ...
'N' moves Assembly
Islamabad - With the ruling party PPP backtracking from President Asif Ali Zardaris statement about Musharrafs safe exit deal, ...
Friends of Democratic Zardari
ISLAMABAD - Having hardly any precedent in history, President Asif Ali Zardaris personal staff includes over a dozen of his close ...
Army nets top Taliban commander
SWAT - Security forces, Wednesday, captured another wanted commander of Taliban Sher Mohammad Qasab in injured condition form ...
8 militants killed in DI Khan
PESHAWAR - At least eight militants were killed and five arrested in an operation launched by the security forces in Dera Ismail ...
8-year-old girl raped in Karachi
KARACHI - An innocent girl was raped after kidnapping her from outside the school and later abandoned at a railway track near her ...
President does a somersault
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Spokesperson to President former Senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday contradicted reports in a section of ...
Taseer for repeal of blasphemy law
LAHORE - Agreeing that blasphemy law was being widely misused, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Thursday that it should be ...
20 nations, 5 intl bodies invited to FoDP summit in NY
NEW YORK - Invitations signed by leaders of the United States, Britain and Pakistan have been sent out to 20 heads of ...
US spends $75 billion a year on intelligence
WASHINGTON - A US top intelligence official disclosed on Tuesday that the country is spending about 75 billion dollars a year on ...
Karzai has stolen the election: Carter
WASHINGTON - Former US president Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections in countries across the globe, Tuesday called the ...
No breakthrough with India expected: FM
MULTAN - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that he did not expect any breakthrough on improving relations ...
Zardari seeks greater financial aid
LONDON-Carrying a begging bowl in his hand, President Asif Ali Zardari is set to leave for UK and the US to attend a summit next ...
Entertainment
Sandra Bullock does her own shopping
SANDRA Bullock might be one of Hollywoods biggest stars - but she still does her own shopping The actress says she loves driving ...
'Super-Earth' has rocky surface
LONDON (Reuters) - Detailed data about the smallest planet ever found outside our solar system suggest it is a rocky super-Earth ...
Risking life for art
ONE slip and it is all over for this extreme artist as he pushes the boundaries of strength and concentration with his latest ...
Women really can't keep a secret
THE average woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours, a study has revealed. Researchers found that women are overcome ...
Smiling helps girls feel better about appearance
A SMILE can be all it takes to make a woman feel good about her appearance, according to a new study. Scientists found that ...
Scientists create 3-D images you can touch
TOKYO (Reuters Life) - Imagine a light switch or a book that appears only when you need it Japanese scientists are one step ...
Islamabad
Down the barricades
ISLAMABAD - Though dozens of barricades erected on all the major roads have failed to check the deadly suicide attacks in the ...
Robberies escalating in Capital
ISLAMABAD - With the heavy deployment of police contingent at the check posts or the police pickets, the crime ratio of the ...
Three doctors of BBH suspended
RAWALPINDI - Health Secretary Anwar Ahmad Khan has suspended three senior doctors of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) including ...
Science & Technology Ministry re-starts 27 uplift projects
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has started 27 development projects again that had been put on hold ...
Gas leakage causes fire in house
RAWALPINDI - A two-storey residential building completely gutted after a blast occurred due to gas leakage while the owner of the ...
Swedish envoy meets Malik
ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Sweden Ulrika Sundberg called on Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik at the Ministry of Interior ...
Sports Minister withholds grant of athletics federation
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sports Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jillani has withheld the grant of the Athletic Federation of ...
Karachi
KESC blames customers for power shortage in City
KARACHI (PPI) - The Karachi Electric Supply Company has been facing big deficit of cash flow on the part of its non-paying ...
Police high-ups asked to submit comments
KARACHI - Sindh High Court on Wednesday joined the petitions pertaining heroin smuggling case to Saudi Arab, while adjourned the ...
CID recovers cache of arms
KARACHI - Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh police recovered a huge cache of ammunition and arrested two arms ...
Govt ad campaign meets criticism
KARACHI - People from all walks of life in the country have shown their strong reaction over the federal governments huge ...
PAC for hiring legal experts on recovery from sugar mills
KARACHI - The Public Accounts Committee of the Sindh Assembly has recommended the government to hire services of the legal ...
High Court annuls minister's order
KARACHI (PPI) - A division bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mushir Alam & Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed Wednesday set ...
Night of Power (Lailatul Qadr)
'Lailat ul-Qadr or 'Night of Power is a very important occasion in the history of Islam and in our personal lives. During ...
Younis wants break in major international events
KARACHI (Reuters) - The International Cricket Council should give serious consideration to organising a proper break before major ...
Lahore Lions in uphill battle against Sialkot
KARACHI - Favourite Lahore Lions which had superb run in the ten team multimillion rupee MCB Junior Super Hockey League will face ...
Lahore
Police given free hand to decide gangsters' fate
LAHORE The Punjab police have been given free hand to decide the fate of notorious gangsters involved in heinous crimes, as the ...
Projects handed over to private Cos
LAHORE - As officials of all cadre and staffers are no more trust worthy, the WASA has started hiring the services of private ...
Court seeks detail from Punjab Home Secretary
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has sought report and details from the Punjab home secretary about the case of mentally ill woman ...
Commissioner for foolproof security on Eid
LAHORE - Commissioner Lahore Division Khusro Pervaiz Khan has directed the officials to make proper security arrangements and ...
Asma for abolishing blasphemy laws
LAHORE - Joint Action Committee for Peoples Rights has called for ending blasphemy law for its was being wrongly used against the ...
Pakistan centre of world powers' interests: Sartaj
LAHORE - Former federal minister Sartaj Aziz has said that the only way to overcome the present day challenges is to follow the ...
'Third party audit system to be implemented'
LAHORE - A number of important decisions were taken for accelerating the pace of implementation, timely completion of development ...
Hard to pick a favourite
LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik is ready to take on the role of an opener in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy ...
PCB to try split innings one-dayers
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said it wants to trial one-day matches with two innings for each side during its ...
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