Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
- Warrant issued for ex-Maldives president
- Nato supplies continue through Pak airspace: Munter
- Contempt appeal: SC asks Aitzaz to complete arguments on Friday
- Khar says drone attacks multiply militants
- Tax collection registers increase of 26%: Hafeez Shaikh
The Nation in print for Saturday, September 19, 2009
Front Page
Bomber kills 32 in pre-Eid carnage
PESHAWAR At least 32 people were killed and 56 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a hotel in Ustarzai area in district Kohat on Friday. In a latter development, three more persons were killed when some unknown assailants opened indiscriminate fire on the ...
NFC forms another body to review GDS formula
ISLAMABAD - National Finance Commission in its meeting here on Friday appointed yet another committee to review the formula for ...
Zardari wants India in FoDP
LONDON - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan wants to continue the dialogue with India for the sake of peace but at ...
International
Millions being pushed into poverty: UN report
UNITED NATIONS - The global economic crisis is pushing millions of the worlds most vulnerable people into poverty, hunger and ...
Ban slams suicide attack near Kohat
UNITED NATIONS-Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Fridays 'reprehensible suicide car bomb attack, reportedly claiming ...
Holocaust is a lie: Nejad
TEHRAN/GAZA CITY (Reuters/AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has raised the stakes against Israel by describing the ...
Afghanistan makes plans for run-off
KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan has begun contingency plans for a potential run-off to its deeply controversial presidential election ...
US envoy leaves Israel empty-handed
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Middle East envoy George Mitchell left Israel on Friday after apparently having failed to secure a key deal ...
UN urges Israel to allow nuclear inspections
VIENNA (Reuters/AFP) - The UN nuclear assembly on Friday voiced concern about Israels nuclear capabilities and voted to urge the ...
Nato reaches out to Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters/AFP) - Nato proposed a new era of cooperation with Russia on Friday, calling for joint work with Moscow and ...
Russia drops Kaliningrad missile threat
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Friday dropped a threat to place missiles on the borders of the European Union, a military source said, ...
Market bomb kills seven in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bomb planted in a busy market in the Iraqi town of Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, killed at least seven ...
Disclosure of mily assessmenton on Afghanistan urged
WASHINGTON - US Republican lawmakers have urged the Democratic government to make public the militarys latest assessment on ...
India in touch with Israel
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian officials said on Friday they were in contact with Israel after a television report said Jerusalem ...
Fans will miss top power-hitters
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Bowlers could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Champions Trophy which starts in South ...
'Fab' five batsmen to watch out for at CT
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan may not be a batting superstar in Sri Lanka's team like Sanath Jayasuriya or Kumar ...
The exciting quintet of bowlers
NEW DELHI (AFP) - If there is a fast bowler who is quickly developing into a match-winner by learning and improving with each ...
England suffer ton of Paine against Australia
NOTTINGHAM (England) (AFP) - Tim Paine scored his maiden international century as Australia inflicted fresh one-day misery upon ...
Wozniak advances at Quebec tennis
QUEBEC CITY (Canada) (AFP) - Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak and Czech Lucie Safarova were straight-set winners in the second-round ...
Korea's Kim, Shin share Samsung Championship lead
LA JOLLA (California) (AFP) - Shin Ji-yai, who is fresh off a win last week in Arkansas, fired a six-under par 66 Thursday to ...
Shocks, novelty and a goal for Platini
PARIS (AFP) - The group stage of the inaugural Europa League got under way on Thursday, with pre-tournament favourites Roma, ...
Business
Kapco profit declines 29pc to Rs5.67 billion
KARACHI - Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO) posted a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs5.67 billion with earning per share of Rs6.44 in ...
Confidence of businessmen to be restored in Punjab
LAHORE - Punjab Excise & Taxation, Transport and Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman has said that due to the best trade ...
Shipping activity at PQ
KARACHI (APP) - Brisk shipping was observed for 3rd consecutive at the Port where four ships scheduled to load, offload ...
Need to boost Pakistans corporate sector
You can want to do the right thing, and you can even want to do it for the right reasons, but if you dont apply the right ...
KSE adds 213 points, 30-index crosses 10,000 barrier
KARACHI - Bullish behaviour helped local equity market to gain further 213.43 points or 2.31 percent on Friday to close at ...
SBP prods banks to ensure ATMs operations on Eid
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised commercial banks to make special arrangements for avoiding breakdowns and ...
Dollar slips back after early gains
LONDON (AFP) - The out of favour dollar slipped back on Friday after sharp early gains made against the euro as investors took ...
Oil slips on profit-taking, weaker markets
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell Friday, hit by profit-taking and weaker stock markets, dealers said, although the losses were ...
DAP sale rises 737pc, Urea 42pc in Aug
KARACHI - The Urea and DAP sale continued to remain higher during the month of August, as a massive sales growth of 42 per cent ...
Over $800m remittances received in Aug: Sattar
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Dr. Farooq Sattar said that over US $ 800 million Remittances were ...
Politics
Bomb kills Hangu
PESHAWAR (APP) - A bomb explosion at a mosque in Uch Bazaar, 3 km off Hangu killed District Nazim Khan Afzal during 'Aitkaf late ...
Centre, provinces collude with millers
ISLAMABAD - The federal government and four provinces Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court praying for suspending the ...
Nationalise; no sugar at Rs40 per kg
ISLAMABAD - Sugar millers/traders are not ready to sell sugar at Rs 40 per kilogram whatever decision comes from the Supreme ...
Terrorists turn to old methods
ISLAMABAD - Malicious elements could possibly resort to other means of destruction with the arrival of Eid after there has been ...
Ex-president return not in sight
ISLAMABAD - Former President Gen (R) Pervez Musharraf has no plans to return to Pakistan until he is sure that dust related to ...
Desperate man offers kids for flour
QUETTA-A poverty-stricken father was compelled to sell his kids merely for the sake of a bag of flour. Muhammad Naheem Qazi, 35, ...
10 addl judges recommended for SHC
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has advised President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint 10 additional judges in ...
Anti-PPP protest in London
LONDON (AFP) - About 200 demonstrators protested outside the building where President Asif Zardari made a speech on Friday. Asif ...
Musharraf claims his actions as Pak ruler were legal
NEW YORK - Former President Pervez Musharraf has defended the actions he took during his dictatorial rule, contending that ...
Taseer sticks to his guns
LAHORE - Sticking to his point on repeal of blasphemy law, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said on Friday that he could not be ...
Minister promises to revise law
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Minister for minority affairs promised Thursday to work to amend blasphemy laws used to target non-Muslims and ...
US-Pak partnership indispensable: envoy
WASHINGTON (APP) - Calling US-Pakistan partnership indispensable, the Obama administrations Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke has ...
Police plan to arrest Hafiz Saeed
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Police plan to arrest founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed, who India blames for last years ...
Three Afghan terrorists held
ARIFWALA - The local people nabbed three suspected Afghan terrorists and handed them over to the police on Friday. Five ...
Lashkar formed to hunt Taliban
SWAT - An armed lashkar comprising 400 volunteers was constituted here on Friday to fight side by side with security forces ...
10 anti- aircraft missiles seized
NWFP police have seized 10 anti-aircraft missiles from a truck in Charsadda, reported BBC on Friday. District police chief ...
Pakistan, China agree to develop new satellite
ISLAMABAD(PPI)-Pakistan and China on Friday signed an agreement to develop a new satellite, PAKSAT-1R, in about three years, ...
Pakistan elected to IAEAs Board
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan on Friday was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...
Islamabad protests Indian border firing
PAKISTAN has lodged a strong protest with India over an 'unprovoked firing by the Indian Border Security Forces at a Pakistani ...
Delhi issues passport to Geelani
NEW DELHI (APP) - The Indian Government has issued passport to Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani to see his ailing son in ...
3 terrorists surrender; 7 arrested
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A total of 13 terrorists on Friday voluntarily surrendered themselves to security forces in different parts of ...
Biden warns Afghanistan troop decision 'premature
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday it was too early to tell if more US troops should be dispatched to ...
Canadian soldier dies in blast
OTTAWA (AFP) - One Canadian soldier was killed in a roadside bomb blast that injured 11 others in southern Afghanistan, the ...
Entertainment
Jackson mother to get $1m a year
COURT papers released in Los Angeles have revealed Michael Jacksons mother will receive more than $1m a year from the singers ...
I'm still learning: Hayden Panettiere
HAYDEN Panettiere insists her lack of higher education isnt a problem when it comes to playing a university student. Haydens ...
Acne a nightmare for some teens
ZITS, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young persons worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin ...
Artist creates paintings that look like photographs
AN artist has created a stunning set of aquatic portraits, which look just like photographs. At first glance, you could be ...
Car that gets 240 miles to the gallon
A one-liter car? This moniker describes a car that uses one liter of fuel-about a quarter of a gallon-to propel a car for 100 ...
Man held over Lohan break-in
POLICE on Thursday arrested a man who they claim was involved in burglaries of the houses of two actresses: Lindsay Lohan and ...
Islamabad
Fate of project in doldrums
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A large number of federal government employees with dreams of their own houses in Islamabad will have to wait ...
Many uplift projects shelved due to funds paucity
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The cash-strapped Capital Development Authority has put off the safety audit of roads of the federal capital ...
PIMS recommends 53 nurses for promotion
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has forwarded the cases of 53 nurses of ...
Pindi railway station to have CCTV cameras
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Railways would install close circuit television (CCTV) cameras shortly at all the major railway ...
'National Poverty Survey' on cards
ISLAMABAD (APP) - 'National Poverty Survey under Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) would be initiated soon to ascertain ...
USAID delegation calls on NAVTEC chief
ISLAMABAD - A four-member USAID team called on Chairman National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) Adnan A ...
Karachi
Talent found in Jr league could serve Pakistan for years
KARACHI - Former Olympian and Pakistan captain Hanif Khan was all praise for holding the MCB sponsored Junior Super Hockey league ...
Call for unity among Ummah to face challenges
KARACHI - Al-Quds Day was observed with full fervour and enthusiasm on Friday in order to express solidarity with the oppressed ...
High examination dues halt literacy growth
KARACHI - Apart from public or private schools in Karachi, students have to pay huge money to Board of Secondary Education (BSE) ...
Two Eid special trains to leave Karachi today
KARACHI - The Eid special train on Friday left for Peshawar while the two remaining trains would depart on Saturday (today) for ...
Undeciphered scripts of Indus Valley a mystery
Karachi - (PPI) - The undeciphered script of Indus Valley people holds key to a question with sharp political overtones - were ...
City Govt legal team stops functioning
KARACHI - The legal committee of CDGK has stopped providing legal assistance to the citizens for the last many months at UC ...
Parenting in Islam
Child guidance is something parents are expected to do and not submit to. For expecting children to be good followers, parents ...
Lahore
Lahorites in last-minute shopping spree
LAHORE - Despite the fact that price-hike has overshadowed Eid spirit, the last minute shopping mania has hit main bazaars and ...
Massive departure from City
LAHORE - As Eid is approaching people have started leaving City for their native hometowns to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr along with ...
CJ takes notice of infant's abduction from hospital
LAHORE - Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Friday took Suo Moto notice of abduction of a ...
Injustice, corruption rampant in country: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that despite the lapse of 63 years, we have failed to achieve the ...
Religious parties slam governor's statement
LAHORE - Religious parties Friday held protest demonstrations against the statement made by Punjab Governor on abolishing the ...
HRCP asks govt not to depend on lashkars
LAHORE - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has warned the government against the adverse implications of depending ...
Experts warn of surprise package Pakistan
LAHORE - Top commentators of the cricket world believe that Pakistan cricket team will be a surprise package in the Champions ...
Shoaib vows to impress selectors in Quaid Trophy
LAHORE - Controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar in a bid to win his place back in the team is banking on his performance he plans to ...
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