Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Front Page
Rejoin coalition to solve crises
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and PPP's presidential candidate Asif Ali Zardari have vowed to strengthen democracy and national institutions, and bring a positive change in the lives of the masses. They expressed these views at a luncheon meeting with a large group of ...
Six militants killed before Bajaur truce
PESHAWAR - At least six alleged militants were killed when security forces hit their vehicle before the halt of the operation in ...
PPP to name own CM after quitting Punjab coalition
LAHORE - After PML-N's separation from the coalition and appointing its presidential candidate, Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddqui, against ...
'Q' FORWARD BLOC SHARPLY DIVIDED
LAHORE - Amid reports that PML-Q forward block in Punjab Assembly is sharply divided over the issue of presidential election, its ...
International
Hurricane Gustav hits US coast
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Ferocious rain and wind gusts unleashed by Hurricane Gustav pushed water cascading over protective ...
Italy 'deeply concerned' over India violence
ROME (AFP) - Italy's government told India's ambassador to Rome Monday it is "deeply concerned" about ongoing anti-Christian ...
Georgians stage mass protest against Russia
TBILISI (AFP) - Waving giant European Union flags and angrily denouncing Russia's leaders, huge crowds of Georgians filled the ...
Japan PM Fukuda resigns
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced his sudden resignation Monday, saying the country needed a fresh ...
Fasting not fighting as Muslims mark Ramazan
CAIRO (AFP) - Muslims around the world this week begin the fasting and feasting month of Ramazan amid hopes of violence easing in ...
India struggles to cope with flood
MADHEPURA, India (AFP) - India battled Monday to reach at least half a million people stranded by floods without food or drinking ...
Obama, McCain virtually tied in race for White House: Poll
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (APP) - With the Republican National Convention about start in St. Paul, Minnesota, a poll released ahead of ...
Bush no-show at Republican convention could boost McCain: party leaders
NEW YORK - The cancellation of President George W. Bush's attendance at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul, ...
US Republicans change convention programme due to hurricane Gustav
NEW YORK - US Republicans have decided to change the programme of their convention, which opens Monday afternoon, due to ...
EU postpones talks with Russia
BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU leaders decided Monday to postpone the next round of strategic partnership talks with Russia, which had been ...
Federer breezes while Djokovic fights through
NEW YORK (AFP) - Four-time defending champion Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the US Open on Sunday while ...
Aussies banking on young guns
DARWIN (Australia) (AFP) - Australian coach Tim Nielsen has admitted he is preparing to tour India without star all-rounder ...
Pietersen, Flintoff rested in September
LONDON (AFP) - England captain Kevin Pietersen and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff are among seven players who have been made ...
Greeks tried to outsmart IOC with 'rare' drug: dope expert
ATHENS (AFP) - Over a dozen Greek athletes who failed doping tests prior to and during last month's Beijing Olympics thought a ...
Impressive Jankovic eyes Slam title and return to the top
NEW YORK (AFP) - Second-ranked Jelena Jankovic moved closer to her first Grand Slam title and reclaiming the world number one ...
Thaksin set to sell City to Abu Dhabi group
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is on the verge of selling Manchester City to a United Arab ...
Business
Urea supply reaches critical stage in Sindh
KARACHI - Supply of Urea in Sindh has reached at a critical stage and if the commodity is not made available in the open market ...
Demand to go up further as people buy dollars for Umrah
KARACHI - The demand of dollar is likely to increase further in the open market during the first phase of Ramazan as the people ...
Pak, US to finalise wheat import pact
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and the United Sates would finalise an agreement for the import of 50,000 tonnes of wheat on deferred ...
CSA calls for District Consumer Courts formation
LAHORE - The speakers at a workshop organised by the Civil Society Alliance (CSA) on Monday called for formation of District ...
New hike in power price to push industry further to the wall
LAHORE - Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has lambasted the government decision to make another 31pc ...
WB refuses to issue Rs 5b loan to NWFP
ISLAMABAD (Online) - World Bank has refused issuing loan of Rs 5 billion to NWFP province due to worsening law and order ...
Flour paucity likely in Sindh in Ramazan
KARACHI - The provincial food department of Sindh has started releasing wheat quota to 69 flour mills and 135 Atta Chakies of the ...
Small farmers' uplift must to boost agri sector: Gondal
LAHORE (APP) - Federal Minister for Food Agriculture and Livestock Nazar Muhammad Gondal has said that uplift of small farmers is ...
Waves new fridge to maintain cooling during loadshedding
LAHORE - Waves, the first national producers of refrigerators and deep freezers in the country, Monday formally launched its new ...
Market gives lackluster performance on 3rd day
LAHORE - The equity market continued to give a disappointingly lackluster performance on third straight day following the ...
Politics
Waqar new Finance Secy
ISLAMABAD- The government has reappointed the senior most bureaucrat, Dr Waqar Masood, as Secretary, Finance Division in place of ...
Ramazan starts today
THE Ramazan moon has been sighted and the Muslims across the country will observe their first fast today (Tuesday). The ...
Taking fresh oath a legal course: Naek
LAHORE- Federal Law Minister Farooq H Naek has said that the PPP govt was committed to restore the 1973 Constitution in its ...
BA endorses Asif Zardari candidature
QUETTA-Balochistan Assembly (BA) approved a resolution on Monday declaring Asif Ali Zardari a suitable candidate for the office ...
'Q' lawmakers openly backing PPP candidate
ISLAMABAD - Realising that Asif Ali Zardari will win the presidential election easily, old associates of General (Retd) Pervez ...
Punjab gets Rs 8.3b less than share
ISLAMABAD- Pakistan's overall budget deficit had widened to Rs 777.2 billion or 7.4 per cent of total size of the economy during ...
'An advocate for the poor and downtrodden', NYT's tribute to Faraz
NEW YORK - A leading American newspaper Monday published a tribute for Ahmed Faraz, calling the Pakistani poet, who died in ...
Haqqani says Zardari has no current mental condition
NEW YORK - Asif Ali Zardari, the leading Pakistan presidential candidate, has no current mental condition requiring psychiatric ...
Entertainment
Jude Law to push for peace in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - British actor Jude Law called Monday for all parties in Afghanistan's conflict to observe a "Peace Day" on ...
'Duchess' a disappointing showcase for Knightley
LOS ANGELES (Agencies) - In "The Duchess," actress Keira Knightley's latest period picture, a lavish melodrama of aristocratic ...
Asian elephants can do mathematics
TOKYO (AFP) - Asian elephants can do mathematics, proving their skill at addition in an experiment with their favourite food, a ...
China to make world's fastest rail link
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China is aiming to make a high-speed rail line linking Beijing and Shanghai the world's fastest when it opens in ...
Nazi fears stopped me snorting cocaine: Mirren
LONDON (AFP) - Oscar-winner Helen Mirren admitted she loved snorting cocaine and only stopped due to the capture of Nazi war ...
Coffee may lower risk of cancer, says Japan study
TOKYO (AFP) - Women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus, a Japanese study said ...
Islamabad
Ministry cancels three federations' affiliation
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Sports Najamuddin Khan has order to cancel the affiliation of three sports federations - ...
'Late Faraz always stood against tyranny'
ISLAMABAD -Ahmed Faraz was not only the representative poet of the aspirations, struggle and perseverance of Pakistani people but ...
'Power tussle between PPP, 'N' to destablise country'
ISLAMABAD -Highlighting the internal and external challenges, Pakistan is faced with, the speakers in a seminar stressed upon the ...
'Impartiality must for reliable journalism'
ISLAMABAD (APP)- Speakers here Monday highlighted the significant elements needed while reporting the issues of national and ...
Selenium enriched milk may help prevent cancer
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1 (Online): The cow could play a role in boosting the anti-cancer properties of the natural trace element, ...
ICTA sets up sasta bazaar
ISLAMABAD (APP)-ICT administration has set up a sasta bazaar in sector G-7/2 opposite to Khyber Plaza for provision of food items ...
Four-year-old girl recovered, 3 arrested
RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan has said that police successfully freed a four-year girl Rania ...
National
Faisalabad clinch Inter dist Wrestling
FAISALABAD (APP) - Faisalabad has won Jashn-e-Azadi Inter-district Wrestling Championship played in university of agriculture ...
Karachi
SA condemns burying alive of five women
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Monday adopted a unanimous resolution demanding federal government to bring at par or drastically ...
Kidney patients asked to take plenty of water
KARACHI - Experts on Monday warned citizens to take plenty of water in Ramazan, between Iftar to Sahar (dawn), to avoid the ...
End to Kurram besiege demanded
KARACHI - Hundreds of enraged protestors on Monday warned the government that if it would not end the eight months long fighting ...
KESC starts generating 200MW power
KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has finally started its furnace power plant to generate 200MW additional ...
Fisherwomen seek their rights
KARACHI - "The fisherwomen's roles and responsibilities have doubled with the increasing socio-economic upheavals that have ...
123rd foundation day of SMI marked
KARACHI - The 123rd foundation day of Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI) was celebrated with great enthusiasm here on Monday at its ...
Lahore
Afridi lacks team ethics, says Laxman
LAHORE - Deccan Chargers captain VVS Laxman says he was "really shocked" that team-mate Shahid Afridi criticised his ...
Gymkhana attain victory over Royal Palm and Garrison
LAHORE - The inaugural meeting for the first Warid Inter Club Golf Trophy, between teams of three distinguished clubs of Lahore, ...
Two shot dead near Governor House
LAHORE - Robbers shot dead a businessman - brother-in-law of a police inspector - and his gunman and injured his friend in front ...
Lawyers fail to pass resolution
LAHORE - PPP lawyers created a pandemonium in the general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on ...
Loadshedding causes inconvenience to students
LAHORE - Frequent power shutdowns are causing a lot of inconvenience to the students. Students are compelled to take classes in ...
Incomplete work panicking commuters
LAHORE - The construction of the Ravi Road from Azadi Chowk to Niazi Chowk is suspended over more than one year due to lack of ...
Food prices surge by 50 to 80pc
LAHORE - The prices of most of the Ramazan food items including fruits, dates and chicken meat have surged by 50 to 80 per cent ...
DNA test not required to determine parentage: LHC
LAHORE - Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the Lahore High Court has held that to determine the parentage of a child DNA test is not ...
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