Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
The Nation in print for Sunday, September 20, 2009
Front Page
Two Eids again
UNOfficial Ruet-e-Hilal Committee comprising religious scholars of Peshawar, on receiving 45 evidences collected from different areas of the provincial metropolis about the sighting of the Shawwal moon, on Saturday announced to celebrate Eidul Fitr on Sunday (today). A meeting of the committee was ...
PM stands tough on Kashmir issue
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani, stressing the need for resolution of the Kashmir dispute, urged India to sit ...
Police raid US security contractor
ISLAMABAD - US embassys link to a local security company was exposed in a police raid Saturday. City police in collaboration with ...
International
Road to Mideast peace talks blocked: Abbas
CAIRO (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday that the failure by US envoy George Mitchell to secure a deal ...
Protests rock Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of exiled former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra braved floods and torrential ...
Afghanistan run-off vote could be delayed to 2010
KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - A run-off presidential election, if needed in Afghanistan, must take place before the third week of October ...
Afghan admits Al-Qaeda ties
NEW YORK - An Afghan bus driver at the centre of an inquiry into an alleged terrorist plot to attack New York has admitted he has ...
Ex-CIA chiefs call for end to torture probe
WASHINGTON - Seven former CIA directors have urged US President Barack Obama to drop an investigation into alleged abuse of ...
US President wishes Eid greetings to Muslims
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama is extending his greetings to Muslims on the eve of Eidul Fitr, which marks the end of the ...
Role of government not racism driving critics: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama does not think racism is the overriding issue in the fierce debate on health care, ...
184 dead in Indonesia during Eid exodus
JAKARTA (AFP) - Almost 200 people died on Indonesias roads this week as almost 30 million people headed home to celebrate Eid ...
Japan mulls new Afghan role
TOKYO (AFP) - The Japanese government is considering a new role in Afghanistan, after dropping a naval refuelling mission in The ...
UN for Lanka inquiry into rights abuse charges
COLOMBO (AFP) - A top UN official issued a strong call for truth-seeking into alleged excesses by security forces during the ...
Hungry men raring to go
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Champions Trophy is set to hail the comeback kings as Mohammas Asif, Shane Bond, Rahul Dravid and Ashish ...
Pakistan eyeing revenge against India: Younis
JOHANNESBURG Six years have passed since their humiliating loss to India in a World Cup match but Pakistan captain Younis Khan ...
ODI format under microscope
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The one-day ICC Champions Trophy starts Tuesday in South Africa with the future of the 50-over format under ...
Twenty20 vision threatens to blind Champions Trophy
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Thrilling contests will be the order of the day at the Champions Trophy, especially following a raging debate ...
Tauseeqs hat-trick helps Faisalabad clinch title
KARACHI - Muhammad Tauseeq with a brilliant hat trick steered Faisalabad Bulls to confident 3-2 win over favourites Lahore Lions ...
Magath misery as Wolfsburg defeat Schalke
BERLIN (AFP) - German champions Wolfsburg ended a run of three straight league defeats on Friday with a 2-1 win at Schalke, the ...
Business
Exporters for fixing support price of rice instead of paddy
KARACHI - The rice exporters have said that the government should fix the support price of rice instead of paddy to resolve its ...
CSOA warns of strike against SNGPL plan
KARACHI - The CNG Station Owners Association (CSOA) has threatened to go on a country-wide strike, if the government implement ...
Pepco, HPE ink 747MW power project
LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) and Harbin Power Engineering (HPE), China signed a significant project titled ...
Rs75.91b notes issued
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has issued fresh currency notes worth Rs 75.91 billion to the general public between 3rd ...
Weekly inflation up again
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on 17 September, for the lowest income group up to Rs. ...
IMF to sell 403 tonnes gold to boost lending to poor
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said its executive board has endorsed the sale of 403 tonnes of gold, worth an ...
UN presses G20 leaders to help most vulnerable
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has written to the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialized nations to ...
Gold at record peak; more surge likely
LAHORE - Gold prices zoomed and hit another record peak in the countrys history to Rs31,050 per tola on Thursday (Rs 27,020 per ...
ZTBL, Japan cos ink MoUs for soil improvement, yield enhancement
LAHORE - The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) has inked agreements with Japanese companies for soil improvement and yield ...
Stock market surpasses years high, closed above 9,400
LAHORE - The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) 100-index ended the business week breaching psychological barriers of 9400, at years ...
Politics
Another Balochistan report ready
ISLAMABAD - The Parliaments committee on Balochistan has proposed to the Prime Minister to announce general amnesty to all the ...
Pakistan holds six Germans
BERLIN (AFP) - Pakistan has jailed six Germans, including a four-year-old girl, on suspicion of trying to join an extremist ...
Militants shoot dead 5 passengers
RAWALPINDI (PPI) - Five passengers were killed near village Jerona in Malakand after terrorists opened indiscriminate firing on a ...
Bittani, 500 supporters surrender
SECURITY forces on Saturday arrested a pro-government militia leader amid allegations that false information provided by him lead ...
Bush voices concern over security situation in Pakistan
NEW YORK - Ex-President Pervez Musharraf met his "good friend" George W. Bush, the former U.S. leader, on September 17 in Dallas, ...
Pakistan not backing US goals on Taliban: envoy
US Ambassador in Pakistan Anne W Patterson has said that the US wanted General Musharraf to have a dignified retirement and have ...
Rehman Malik again challenges India
ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Pakistan has handed over fifth dossier to Indian authorities seeking ...
Britain asked to stop passing terror buck
LONDON (AFP/APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday that Britain should not pass the buck by blaming Islamabad ...
Zardari due in NY today to attend UNGA session
UNITED NATIONS - President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in New York on Sunday to lead the Pakistan delegation to the 64th session of ...
Ministry to support Indian movies import
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Culture has planned to provide license for import of Indian movies and get a few percentage ...
Mild quake felt in NAs
PESHAWAR - A mild earthquake of 5.1 magnitude was felt in Swat, Malakand, Peshawar and several other areas of NWFP on Saturday, ...
2 policemen killed in IHK
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Freedom fighters have shot dead two policemen in Kashmir, police said Saturday. A group of heavily armed freedom ...
Entertainment
Angelina Jolie 'wasting away'
ANGELINA Jolies unravelling relationship with Brad Pitt is taking its toll on the actress health - shes wasting away, sources ...
Martha scolds Jessica Simpson
DOG lover Martha Stewart has criticized singer Jessica Simpson for being careless about her pet pooch Daisy, which was recently ...
Town where you can live 26 years longer
IT is a tale of two towns that speaks volumes about the state of Britains health. In the affluent Moreton Hall area of Bury St ...
Gardener digs up five-fingered carrot
A GARDENER got his own unique five-a-day in one go after digging up a hand-shaped carrot complete with five fingers. The bizarre ...
MJ's brothers film new reality TV show
MICHAEL Jacksons brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon have been filming a new reality TV show. Tito revealed the first ...
Sun bombards earth with high-speed wind stream
CHALLENGING conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the ...
Islamabad
Mehndi designers have a field day
ISLAMABAD - Mehndi artists in the city are earning thousands in a single day by applying beautiful mehndi designs on the hands of ...
Security on Chand Raat, Eid Day a concern
RAWALPINDI - City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Rao Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Saturday, held a high-level meeting on security ...
Nepotism raises its ugly head at PIMS
ISLAMABAD - Academic Council Faculty of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences staged a protest against the nomination of Dr ...
CDA plans quality hostels, university towns in Capital
ISLAMABAD - Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Imtiaz Inayat Elahi, Saturday, said that CDA had planned different ...
Low attendance observed at govt, private offices
ISLAMABAD - With the advent of the announced Eidul Fitr holidays and owing to the large-scale exodus of citizens from the twin ...
Dry weather on Eid Day
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Meteorological Department Saturday forecast dry weather in most parts of the country including Islamabad and ...
Karachi
Govt to include 4 more districts
KARACHI - In an initiative to extending the Union Council Based Poverty Reduction Programme to other four districts, the Sindh ...
People leaving City decry high fares
KARACHI - In the name of 'Eidy, the inter city transporters are literally skinning the passengers by charging hundred percent ...
Tribunal summons Town Nazim, SHO Kharadar
KARACHI (PPI) - District and Sessions Judge, South, Karachi, Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui Saturday issued notice to Nazim Saddar Town & ...
Shopkeepers fleecing garments buyers
KARACHI - Consumer rights of the citizens have been violated as the profiteers have earned billions of rupees just in one month ...
80 artists take part in calligraphy expo
KARACHI - Attractive pieces of Quranic calligraphy are on display at Markaz-e-Ilm-o-Saqafat, in Federal-B Area, Block 7, these ...
The sound of trumpets and the baying of jackals
Last week, the print and electronic media were inundated with the sound of trumpets and the baying of jackals, causing a ear ...
Zone III and Zone IV register wins in PCB Inter District under 19 cricket
KARACHI - Zone-III defeated Zone-VII by an innings and 102 run in two-day PCB Inter-District Regional under-19 cricket match here ...
Lahore
Out-of-cash ATMs multiply masses woes
LAHORE - Most of the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) installed in the banks in various parts of the Punjab Capital went out of ...
Transporters 'rob' passengers
LAHORE - The rush reached its peak on all means of transportation on Saturday as the people continued leaving Lahore for their ...
CM wants CPLC activation on Karachi pattern
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said foolproof security arrangements should be made in the province on the ...
200 inmates released from jail on Eidul Fitr
LAHORE - On the instruction of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif some 200 prisoners confined on the charges of minor crimes ...
Arrangements for Eid security reviewed
LAHORE - A special meeting presided over by Inspector General Police Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar was held at Central Police Office ...
Skilled workforce can bring revolution in industry: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that promotion of vocational education is of vital importance for ...
Cheques distributed among Zarco affectees
LAHORE - Director FIA Lahore Azam Joyia distributed cheques of worth Rs 303 millions among the affectees of ZARCO Exchange ...
Asif's participation in NZ series depends on UAE permission
LAHORE Ijaz Butt, Chairman Pakistan cricket Board, has made it clear that Mohammad Asif will play New Zealand series in Dubai ...
Pakistan, SA win warm up matches ahead of Trophy
LAHORE The Pakistan cricket team has defeated Sri Lanka by 108 runs in a warm up match ahead of Champions Trophy on Friday ...
Ignoring Razzaq a 'big mistake: Mohammad Akram
lahore - Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Akram has criticised the selectors for ignoring all-rounder Abdul Razzaq for the ...
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