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 Friday, September 19, 2008
Front Page
Zardari could face threat from Army: IISS report
LONDON (AFP) - President Ali Asif Zardari must make fighting militancy in the border regions with Afghanistan his top priority, a leading think-tank said Thursday. But he faces a tough job to gain the trust of the Army, which could ultimately threaten his government, said the International ...
MQM demand for 'key' ministries rejected
KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari and the top PPP leadership have rejected the MQM demand to assign it the portfolios of home ...
Rs116b for Diamer-Basha Dam land acquisition
ISLAMABAD- The government Thursday approved 51 development schemes with a total cost of Rs 262.4 billion including land ...
Locking-up courts triggers clashes
MULTAN - The attempt to lock up the courts sparked a brawl between two groups of lawyers on Thursday as they pounced on each ...
Deposed SHC CJ takes oath as SC judge today
ISLAMABAD - Former Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed is all set to take oath as a judge of the Supreme ...
International
Bangladesh 'rebel' stunned by 10-year ban
DHAKA (AFP) - Former Bangladesh captain Habibur Bashar was stunned by the 10-year ban imposed on him and 12 others for joining ...
Cricket South Africa president Arendse resigns
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse resigned on Wednesday, citing differences with chief executive ...
Aussies announce track head coach to lose post
PARIS (AFP) - Former track cycling powerhouses Australia are on the lookout for a new head coach after announcing that ...
Nadal, Federer on national service
PARIS (AFP) - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer swap their gripping personal rivalry for Davis Cup duty this weekend with the two ...
Petroleum consumption slips 3pc in August
KARACHI - Economic weaknesses, rising circular debt and higher oil prices have made negative impact on oil consumption of the ...
Russia row shows Nato needs reality check: IISS
LONDON (AFP) - Nato would be making a major strategic error trying to expand in the face of Russian anger, a respected ...
Hillary pulls out of Iran demonstration due to Palin
NEW YORK - U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, canceled her appearance at a demonstration against the president of Iran ...
Nejad ready to debate US presidential hopefuls
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday he was ready to debate the men running for US President ...
Palestinians paying price for West's Holocaust guilt
GENEVA (AFP) - Palestinians are paying the price of the West's guilt over the Holocaust through its failure to pressure Israel to ...
Qaeda group warns of more attacks in Yemen
SANAA (AFP) - Yemeni authorities have rounded up 25 suspects over a deadly attack on the US embassy in Sanaa, a security source ...
Bill Gates king of US rich list again
NEW YORK (AFP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, displacing investor Warren ...
Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama topped two key national polls Thursday, which showed the financial crisis reverberating ...
Hackers infiltrate Palin's e-mail
Hackers have broken in to the e-mail of the US Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The ...
Livni to follow policy of hostility: Hamas
GAZA CITY (AFP) - The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said on Thursday that if Tzipi Livni became Israeli Prime Minister it ...
Police shoot 19 prisoners dead
TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) - Police shot dead 19 prisoners in the second riot in three days at a Mexican prison in Tijuana near the US ...
Business
Reserves fall below $9 billion
KARACHI - The foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan have declined below 9 billion dollars, sending shock waves among the analysts ...
Investors not responding to positive developments
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange benchmark 100-index lackluster performance continued and market lost another 14 points during ...
Meeting on flour crisis in Sindh tomorrow
KARACHI - As half month of holy Ramazan has passed, the Food Department of Sindh government has summoned a crucial meeting of all ...
Rs116.7b PC-I approved for land acquisition, resettlement
LAHORE - The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved Wapda's PC-I amounting to Rs 116.7 billion of Diamer-Basha Dam ...
Govt urged to cut down expenditure
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded of the government to come up with an economic plan as fast ...
PPL approves 10pc bonus shares
KARACHI - The 57th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) approved 10% bonus shares in addition to the ...
World central banks stake billions to staunch global crisis
FRANKFURT (AFP) - World central banks took unprecedented action Thursday to flood desperately tight money markets with dollars as ...
USAID provides $8.4 million grant in food aid to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The United States through United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations World Food ...
Microwave oven cooking techniques
LAHORE - Taking the legacy of reliability forward, this year Dawlance, the largest home appliance Company in Pakistan, has ...
Politics
Two bombers dead in Dir hostage drama
UPPER DIR - Two militants blew themselves up with explosives when they were besieged by the local people in village Maskarai in ...
No warning of missile attack: FM
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said it was not warned about a U.S. missile strike in South Waziristan on Wednesday that killed ...
'US clearly told no compromise on sovereignty'
ISLAMABAD " Reiterating that Pakistan would not allow any foreign operation against targets inside Pakistani territory, Prime ...
Pakistan to float $800m bond before December
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan, which needs US $ 3 to 4 billion to support oil import bill, will float a bond of US $ 800 million before ...
Pak-US summit in NY on 23rd
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush will meet President Asif Ali Zardari in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN ...
2 'Q' forward bloc MPAs to face disqualification reference
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Q is all set to move disqualification references, against 2 or 3 members of the party's ...
7 US troops dead in Iraq copter crash
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Seven American soldiers were killed on Thursday when their transport helicopter crashed in southern Iraq, the ...
Asif Zardari to address joint session tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari will address joint session of Parliament on Saturday (tomorrow) at 3:00pm at ...
PHC releases three Russians
PESHAWAR- Peshawar High Court Thursday ordered the handing over of three Russian Muslims, former military officers, to World ...
Ex-PCB chief escapes attack in Karachi
Karachi - Former PIA managing director and ex-chairman PCB Arif Ali Khan Abbasi miraculously remained unhurt in a failed ...
8 die in factory dryer blast
GUJRANWALA - Eight labourers lost their lives and 30 others sustained injuries when the roof of a paper mill caved in after one ...
8 more abducted securitymen freed in Swat
MINGORA - The Taliban militants, headed by Maulana Fazalullah, have released eight of the 13 kidnapped security forces personnel, ...
India engaged in illicit nuclear trade: report
WASHINGTON - An influential American newspaper Thursday published a report that questioned the adequacy and implementation of ...
Entertainment
Rare upside-down rainbow spotted in UK
A dazzling arc of psychedelic colour reminiscent of the Cheshire Cat's grin in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. But this ...
Eurovision Song Contest heads to Asia
GENEVA (AFP) - It has delighted and appalled viewers from Belfast to Belgrade for over 50 years but one continent is no longer ...
US stamp remembers actress Davis
Hollywood star Bette Davis is featured on a new US postage stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of her birth. The ...
Significant increase in alien plants in Europe observed
The number of alien plant species has more than tripled over the last 25 years. This is the finding of a study by European ...
Motown songwriter Whitfield dies
Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield, whose credits include hits I Heard It Through The Grapevine and War, has died in ...
Pet dog fitted with 10,000 bionic leg
A beloved pet bulldog has been fitted with a 10,000 bionic leg, which will help advance prosthetic techniques used to help ...
Islamabad
USAID provides $8.4m grant in food aid to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The United States through United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations World ...
Legal fraternity blames Zardari for backtracking
RAWALPINDI - Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will address the lawyers' convention at Lahore High Court Bar ...
Security measures irk visitors
ISLAMABAD - Security arrangements made by the administration of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) on the arrival ...
BDS Students unable to meet required quota
ISLAMABAD - A large number of dentistry students are facing problems regarding the treatment of patients to meet their prescribed ...
CJ takes suo moto action on complaint of mother
ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has taken suo moto action on complaint filed by a mother whose ...
Karachi
Napa violates Cultural Heritage Act 1994
KARACHI - Napa, which occupies the Hindu Gymkhana premises, has now illegally constructing a theatre building within the premises ...
Power generation up as gas supply to KESC increases
KARACHI - The Sui Southern Gas Company has increased gas supply to KESC to 300 MMCF with a view to increase the power generation ...
Zakat seekers will be penniless on Eid
KARACHI - With Eidul Fitr only 12 days away, the poor and destitute receiving monthly Guzara Allowance and Eid Package under ...
Emergency at hospitals
KARACHI- On the eve of martyrdom day of Hazrat Ali (AS), Provincial Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has directed all the ...
Only five Eid trains
KARACHI - The passengers for upcountry would suffer as Pakistan Railways (PR) has failed to fulfill their needs to allocate the ...
Lawyers boycott courts
KARACHI - Justice Musheer Alam, the deposed judge of Sindh High Court, has expressed his grave concern over the re-appointment of ...
PBSA chief vows to lift snooker to new heights
KARACHI - The newly-elected president of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association Alamgir Shaikh here on Thursday vowed to ...
Lahore
Save 'Q' from state terrorism: Pervaiz
LAHORE - The PML-Q Punjab President and former Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said that the Punjab Government has resorted ...
Recent rains can increase number of dengue cases
LAHORE - The recent monsoon rains can increase the number of dengue cases but people should not be worried as the dengue fever is ...
Bar cancels AG membership, bans Naek's entry
LAHORE - The Lahore Bar Association in its pre-rally general house meeting cancelled membership of Attorney General Latif Khan ...
Patients fear threat to life
LAHORE - Non-availability of life saving drug 'NeoMercazole' has put the lives of hundreds of patients at risk. The said drug is ...
Agencies harassing MPAs: Forward bloc
LAHORE - Four PML-Q forward bloc MPAs including Dr Tariq Javed, Mukhtar Ahmad Bharat, Ch Arshad and Shaukat Bhatti in a joint ...
World can't ignore judges issue, says Aitzaz
LAHORE - President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said the world community is taking note of ...
Pakistan-West Indies Test series likely in November
LAHORE - Cricket-starved Pakistan might play a Test series against the West Indies in November this year at some neutral venue, ...
Ramazan Rose Bowl Golf at Royal Palm
LAHORE - In a rather devoted atmosphere, golfers at Royal Palm will tee off and compete in the second segment of the Ramzan Rose ...
Saleh, Khurramn in UAE snooker pre-quarters
LAHORE - Pakistan's two top cueists Saleh Muhammad and Khurram Agha have qualified for the pre-quarter finals of the Armed Forces ...
Ian Robinson retires to take up ICC role
LAHORE - Ian Robinson, one of the ICC's international panel umpires, has announced his retirement, said an ICC press release. He ...
PCB approves extension in Lawson's leave
LAHORE - Pakistan cricket team coach Geoff Lawson and trainer David Iyre have got there leaves extended as there is no ...
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