Thursday, February 09, 2012
- 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
- 77% of Pakistanis marry within family: Gallup poll
The Nation in print for Saturday, September 20, 2008
Front Page
Writ of Parliament established
ISLAMABAD - The writ of Parliament is about to be established when the democratically elected President Asif Ali Zardari will come up with his policy statement during his maiden address to the joint sitting of both the Houses here on Saturday (today). The parliamentary procedure will be ...
5-day working week proposed
ISLAMABAD - The ministry of environment has proposed the federal government to observe two holidays a week, as the move would ...
Pakistan to buy nuclear power plants
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was briefed here on Friday on the projects relating to nuclear energy and ...
Economic Stabilisation Package introduced
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to bail out dwindling economy, the government Friday unveiled multi-pronged stabilization package to lessen ...
International
Spain take early lead over US in semi
MADRID (AFP) - World number one Rafael Nadal outclassed US rookie Sam Querrey in four sets Friday in the opening encounter of the ...
Obama regains lead as US economy turns gloomy
WASHINGTON - US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama regained his lead in the latest national over his Republican rival ...
Israeli bombing in Gaza a possible war crime: UN probe
UNITED NATIONS - Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel laureate, has said there was a "possibility" Israel had ...
US airstrike kills eight family members in Iraq
TIKRIT (AFP) - Eight family members, including three women, were killed in a US airstrike near executed Iraqi president Saddam ...
Over 500 Indian troops have HIV
MORE than 500 soldiers belonging to an elite paramilitary force in India are infected with HIV, the chief of the force has said, ...
N Korea preparing to restart nuclear reactor
PANMUNJOM (AFP) - North Korea, accusing Washington of breaking a nuclear disarmament deal, said Friday it is working to restart ...
Russia accuses Nato of provoking Georgia war
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday accused Nato of sparking the conflict in Georgia last month and said ...
Interpol pushes Afghanistan to record terrorist prisoners
KABUL (AFP) - Around half the 2,000 prisoners who escaped worldwide in the past three years broke out of jails in Afghanistan, ...
India, France close to nuclear cooperation pact
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India and France are close to an signing a nuclear energy pact similar to a deal New Delhi has already struck ...
350 Pupils locked up by headmistress
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A headmistress of an Indian primary school locked 350 pupils in a classroom for 10 hours without food or water ...
2nd top Muslim cop suspended
LONDON (AFP) - The second most senior Muslim policeman in Britain has been suspended, officials said Friday, days after the ...
Business
SPI-based inflation declines by 0.37 per cent
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on September 18, for the lowest income group up to ...
Turnover declines to lowest level in history
LAHORE - Another dismal day on the floor of Karachi bourse was seen with the ready turnover declining to its lowest level of 4.3 ...
US crisis may trigger outflow of capital
KARACHI - The current worst-ever financial crisis in the United States could force the foreign investors in Pakistan to pull out ...
Refineries sales down 10pc
KARACHI - Volumetric sales of refineries in second month of FY09 witnessed a decrease of 10 percent Year-on-Year, mainly due to ...
FDI up by 64.33 per cent during July-August 2008
KARACHI - The foreign direct investment has increased to 269 million dollars or 64.33 percent during July-August 2008, The Nation ...
Global stock markets surge on US bank rescue plan
NEW YORK (AFP) - Global markets surged Friday as President George W. Bush said he was ready to "risk" hundreds of billions of ...
Economic turnaround - key concepts
The feedback to my previous two articles has been rather interesting with most friends telling me that fancy terms of ...
Morgan Stanley in talks to sell stake to China
BEIJING (AFP) - Troubled US investment bank Morgan Stanley is in talks to sell a stake of up to 49 percent to China's sovereign ...
Bush says 'unprecedented action' being taken to deal with financial crisis
WASHINGTON: - U.S. President George W. Bush said Friday his administration is taking "unprecedented action" to deal ...
Politics
Sovereignty to be upheld at all costs
ISLAMABAD - The top civilian and military leadership of the country on Friday once again reiterated that no compromise would be ...
6 students dead as madrassa in Quetta bombed
QUETTA - Six students were killed and eight others critically wounded in a blast at a madrassa in Balayli here on Friday evening. ...
Govt has no plan to check inflation: IMF
ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to ensure implementation of sound economic policies for the ...
Support for suicide attacks, Osama down
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The number of Muslims around the world who say suicide attacks are acceptable has fallen sharply in the past ...
4 more judges inducted in SC
ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Friday approved the induction of four more judges in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. ...
Two Muslims killed in Delhi fake encounter
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian police shot dead two Muslims in a fake encounter in a Muslim area of the Indian capital Friday, ...
Attempts to dislodge Punjab govt to fail: Nawaz
LAHORE - PML-N Quaid Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has strongly demanded making public all agreements, which were inked with the US ...
Notorious 'Pathar Group' member held
LAHORE - An active member of 'Pathar Group', a symbol of terror for both the local citizens and the Police Department, has been ...
Nisar elected Chairman PAC
ISLAMABAD - Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has been elected unopposed as the Chairman of the ...
Govt finalises import of 100MW from Iran
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would import 100MW electricity from Iran for which the transmission line would be installed from Iran to ...
Islamabad needs to fulfil promises: India
AHEAD of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Zardari, India on Friday said Islamabad needs to ...
2 bank guards killed; Rs9.8m looted
MINGORA - Unknown armed persons Friday shot dead two security guards of a commercial bank here after attacking the bank vehicle ...
US Congress asked to okay India N-deal
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior US senator called Thursday for a fast track endorsement this month of a landmark nuclear agreement ...
Entertainment
Cruise at wife's Broadway debut
KATIE Holmes has made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons, with husband Tom Cruise looking on. Dustin Hoffman ...
Atom-smasher back in operation
GENEVA (AFP) - The world's largest particle collider was running again Friday after an electrical fault forced it to stop just ...
Dali exhibition opens in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (AFP) - The largest Salvador Dali exhibition outside Spain opens Saturday in Istanbul with 269 works by the Catalan ...
We have not split
AFTER weeks of rumours, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have denied reports they have split up. Just two months after the actress ...
Malaysian archaeologists find complete Neolithic skeletons
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Archaeologists have found two groups of complete Neolithic human remains in peninsular Malaysia and on ...
Scientists turn human skin cells into insulin-producing cells
RESEARCHERS at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have transformed cells from human skin into ...
Islamabad
Report to finalise Special Relief Bill sought
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs met with Dr. ...
PPAF, PDDC ink pact to ensure dairy farms' milk quality
ISLAMABAD_ Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC) have signed an agreement to ...
Tailors busy celebrating Eid their way
ISLAMABAD (APP) - No haggling can be done with tailors who are lurking these days in every nook and corner of the twin cities ...
Dr Afia's son having nightmares, is mentally unfit: Fouzia
ISLAMABAD- Muhammad Ahmed, son of detained Dr Afia Siddiqui who has recently been reunited with Afia's family, is mentally unfit ...
Inflation mars Eid shopping
ISLAMABAD - Skyrocketing prices have made it almost next to impossible for a common man to celebrate Eid as the traditional ...
Rise in kerosene oil prices adds to masses miseries
ISLAMABAD - The recent increase in the prices of Kerosene oil has further added to the miseries of the people, leaving them with ...
Karachi
Former Olympians want govt to replace Jamali
KARACHI - Squarely placing all the blame for current morass in national hockey and Pakistan's lowest ever ranking in Beijing ...
Govt owns Rs63b KESC liabilities
KARACHI - Federal government has assured that it would own outstanding dues of the KESC worth Rs 63 billion and the new ...
Security plan for Yaum-e-Ali
KARACHI - In the face of ongoing wave of terrorism in the country, organisers of the Yaum-e-Ali (AS) procession have chalked out ...
Forestation in City planned
KARACHI - The Karachi Mega City Development Project is an Asian Development assisted project which is going to be initiated in ...
Re-investigation of Palm oil issue
KARACHI - Provincial Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has said the health department was going to carry out afresh investigation ...
Women see Meena Bazaar economical
KARACHI - Meena Bazaar is always an attractive place for shoppers. Women buyers who tend to buy good stuff at cheaper rates often ...
British HC lauds City development
KARACHI - The British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Robert Brinkley, has praised the endeavours of City Nazim Karachi Syed ...
Lahore
Mani, the new man at the top in PCB?
LAHORE - The vibes coming from the power corridors suggest that former ICC president Ehsan Mani is at the moment leading the pack ...
Finally, some meaningful cricket in Pakistan
LAHORE-Finally there is some good news for Pakistan cricket in terms of playing a bilateral series on its soil - against India ...
Pakistan greats demand ICC action on 'double standards'
LAHORE - Leading lights in Pakistan cricket have called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to change its rules so ...
PCB seeks interpretation of court orders on Shoaib fine
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has moved an application in the Lahore High Court seeking interpretation of its July 4th ...
Desperate PCB awaits WI nod for November tour
LAHORE - With security fears forcing one tournament cancellation after another, an anxious Pakistan Cricket Board is keeping its ...
PCB warns Yousuf of life ban if he joins rebel ICL
LAHORE - Pakistan will not hesitate to impose a life ban on its premier batsman Mohammad Yousuf if he joined the rebel Indian ...
Younis available for domestic tournaments
LAHORE - Pakistan's senior batsman Younis Khan has delayed his departure to play for South Australia by a week after deciding to ...
Ashraf to lead Pak contingent to Asian Beach Games
ISLAMABAD - Muhammad Ashraf Khan, secretary to the Federal Ministry of Sports, would be the chef de mission of the national ...
Most of O, A level students fail to get admission
LAHORE - Merit is being trampled in the name of, you guessed it right, merit. And at the rough end of the stick are perhaps some ...
LHC summons DPOs over 'Q' workers' arrest
LAHORE - Justice M Bilal Khan of the Lahore High Court has sought para-wise comments and personal appearance of District Police ...
PPP committed to steer country out of crisis, says Latif Khosa
LAHORE - Attorney General Sardar Latif Khan Khosa Friday underlined the threat to the territorial integrity of Pakistan in the ...
Lawyers start anti-America movement
LAHORE - City lawyers has begun anti-America movement to protest US air attack on the innocent people of tribal areas. The ...
Public transport system will be modernised: CM
LAHORE-Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that improvement of public transport system is among the ...
Woman kills 'hubby' with flowerpot
LAHORE - A woman allegedly killed her 'husband' by hitting his head with a flowerpot at Al-Hamd Colony residence in Wahdat ...
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