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 Sunday, September 21, 2008
Front Page
Islamabad in flames
ISLAMABAD - A huge explosion rocked the capital on Saturday evening at around 8 pm when an explosive-laden vehicle rammed into a five-star hotel building killing at least 60, including foreigners, and leaving 260 injured with mounted panic and fear gripping the whole city. In what is termed as ...
The deadly ones
July 17, 2007 - Suicide bomber kills 16 people outside a court in Islamabad. July 19 - ...
2 bomb attacks target troops in Waziristan
PESHAWAR - At least six persons were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber struck his explosive-packed car with a ...
No PCO judge in country, says Naek
ISLAMABAD - As many as four more judges of the Supreme Court were sworn in here on Saturday in a ceremony where Chief Justice ...
Heads should roll
Islamabad - How about a thought experiment? Suppose you were the nation's interior and civilian intelligence czar. Suppose you ...
International
Afghan Taliban to stop attacks on UN peace day
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban said the militia would cease attacks on UN Peace Day on ...
Three int'l soldiers, two Afghans killed in blasts
KABUL (AFP) - Three international soldiers and two Afghan civilians were killed Saturday when bombs struck patrols in separate ...
Bangladesh polls on Dec 18
DHAKA (AFP) - The head of Bangladesh's military-backed administration on Saturday said national elections would be held on ...
Russia rejects new measures against Iran
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia said Saturday it had rejected US proposals for new UN Security Council measures against Iran over its ...
Iran, Israel on collision course: Khamenei
IRAN'S highest authority lashed out against Israel on Friday with some of his harshest comments in recent memory about the Jewish ...
Resurgent Afghan Taliban reinvents itself
WASHINGTON - A resurgent Taliban, whose popularity is fuelled by dissatisfaction with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US-led ...
Radical Hindu leader held for anti-Christian attacks
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A radical Hindu leader has been arrested in southern India over a spate of attacks targeting Christian ...
Olmert to resign today
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will resign on Sunday (today) in the wake of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's ...
IAEA shows photos alleging Iran worked on Shahab-3 missile
VIENNA (AFP) - The UN nuclear watchdog has shown its members documents and photographs suggesting that Iran secretly tried to ...
US take Ryder Cup by storm as Europe wilts
LOUISVILLE (AFP) - Paul Azinger's tactics of playing all 12 of his men on the opening day of the Ryder Cup paid handsome ...
Kuznetsova to face Safina in Pan Pacific Open final
TOKYO (AFP) - Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova set up an all-Russian final with crushing wins at the Pan Pacific Open tennis ...
Spain, Argentina on course for Davis Cup final clash
PARIS (AFP) - Spain and Argentina capitalised on their home claycourt advantage to move closer to a Davis Cup final showdown ...
Business
Dollar crosses Rs78 barrier for first time
KARACHI- The dollar-rupee exchange rate edged up to over 78 in the domestic forex market on Saturday as Pak rupee fell to Rs 1.40 ...
US Congress scrambles to weigh historic financial sector bailout
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Congressional leaders rushed to tackle Saturday an unprecedented 700-billion-dollar plan to rescue the ...
Sindh intends to set sugarcane support price at Rs82 per 40kg
KARACHI - The Sindh government on Saturday held a consultative meeting with the representatives of growers to set minimum support ...
Rice prices on declining trend
LAHORE - The price of rice has witnessed a sharp decline of Rs20 to Rs30 per kilogram in the open market as the commodity was ...
Private sector to add 3,480MW by 2010
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The private sector will add a total of 3480 megawatt electricity in the national grid to overcome prevailing ...
Price freeze mechanism hits record low volume
LAHORE - The local bourses in the country continued their lackluster performance amidst the lack of any positive news on economic ...
US court okays sale of Lehman Brothers units to Barclays
NEW YORK (AFP) - A US bankruptcy court Saturday approved the sale of key assets of fallen US investment bank Lehman Brothers to ...
Germany bans short-selling in financial stocks
BERLIN (AFP) - Germany on Saturday halted short-selling in financial shares, when investors borrow company stock to sell it, ...
Inflation mars Eid delights
LAHORE - As Eid-ul-Fitr is fast approaching, the shops other than clothes, bangles and artificial jewellery of major markets in ...
Oil, gold prices bounce on safe haven status
LONDON (AFP) - Oil and gold prices bounced higher this week as investors sought a safe haven while other commodities fell on ...
Politics
Tarin being tipped as PM advisor on finance
LAHORE - President of Saudi-Pak Commercial Bank Shaukat Tarin is being tipped in the bureaucratic circles as a new Advisor to ...
US wants Pak to launch offensive in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD - The United States wants Pakistan to launch military offensives in South and North Waziristan as well in addition to ...
Peace with neighbours needed for growth: India
PEACE with Pakistan, China and other neighbours was required for India to have a sustained economic growth, Indian External ...
16 militants dead in Bajaur
KHAR (AFP) - Soldiers killed at least 16 Al-Qaeda linked militants in fierce gunbattles in Bajaur, officials said Saturday. ...
Cop shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA - A police constable was shot dead by unknown armed assailants at Liaquat Bazaar here on Saturday evening. Reportedly, ...
US sees threat from Pak-Afghan border
Washington (Online) - Pakistan is not yet equipped to combat the militant threat emanating from the remote area bordering ...
Zardari address to General Assembly on 25th
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari will address the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly on September 25 in New ...
Gen Kayani to visit China
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani would leave for his first official visit to China since ...
Obama reacts strongly against Islamabad blast
NEW YORK - US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has strongly condemned Saturday's bombing of a hotel in Islamabad, ...
Entertainment
Spears 'Womanizer' leaked
THE moment all you Britney fans have been waiting for is finally here"her new single "Womanizer" was just leaked onto the ...
A spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down
MARY Poppins sang its praises in the 1964 film and yesterday a scientist insisted she was right - a spoonful of sugar really does ...
Hudson's son is really into rap and hard rock music
KATE Hudson's four-year-old son is "really into rap music and hard rock." The "Fool's Gold" star - who is divorced from Black ...
Atom-smasher down for two months
GENEVA (AFP) - The world's largest particle collider will be down for two months, as a section will have to be repaired because ...
Cool discovery lifts global warming outlook
OTTAWA (AFP) - Ice unearthed in Canada that stayed frozen for 700,000 years, even in warmer times, should allay fears of melting ...
Electronic cigarettes leave WHO fuming
GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation on Friday angrily denounced "bogus, untested, and false" claims that it endorses ...
Islamabad
Emergency declared at Capital's hospitals
USMAN CHEEMA/SIKANDER SHAHEEN ISLAMABAD - The unprecedented havoc caused by the devastating bomb blasts at the main entrance ...
Ministry's snail-pace puts millions of lives at stake
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Health has adopted a snail-pace process in legalising syringe manufacturing, sale and use in the ...
ATC records statement of father
RAWALPINDI- Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No1 Saturday recorded the statement of the father of a 10-year-old boy who was ...
Demo held to seek human rights
ISLAMABAD- At the time when the President Asif Ali Zardari, was addressing the joint session of the Parliament, representatives ...
Short official timings delaying visa procedure for foreigners
ISLAMABAD - The official timings' schedule for the holy month of Ramazan have further multiplied the problems of foreign experts ...
Full moon can energise birds :Study
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A new study has determined that the full moon can dramatically increase the activity of a particular marine ...
National
Chief Minister NWFP to unveil Games logo on 24th
PESHAWAR (APP) - Chief Minister NWFP Amir Haider Khan Hoti will unveil the logo of the 3rd Provincial Games here at Chief ...
Karachi
Promotions in KWSB as per liking
KARACHI - The human resource department of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has prepared a promotion list of KWSB officers ...
Police on Eidi campaign
KARACHI - Police are continuously harassing the innocent citizens across the City in the holy month of Ramazan. They patrol by ...
No accused could be identified, police tell tribunal
KARACHI (PPI) - Inquiry tribunal in Sindh High Court was Saturday told not a single accused involved in violent incidents of ...
'Zardari's address historical'
KARACHI (PPI) - Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has welcomed the historic address of President of Pakistan Asif Ali ...
93pc of Karachi without vegetative cover, moot told
KARACHI - City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday asked the Chief Director of Tahir Traders-Landscape Consultants to ...
Its now or never
Now that the much heralded 'free and fair' elections are over, it is time to move on and for the government to 'walk the talk'. ...
Younis to turn down Champs League
KARACHI (Agencies) - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan will skip the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League tournament to concentrate on ...
PSF unveils Vision 2011 plan to produce world champion
KARACHI - The Pakistan Squash Federation has decided to dedicate the under construction Rawalpindi Squash Complex in the name of ...
Lahore
Traffic mismanagement mars Eid shopping
LAHORE - As the Eid shopping activities were getting momentum in the City yet no traffic plan has been given to the traffic ...
Labourer buried alive under rubble
LAHORE-A labourer was buried alive while four others trapped under the mud while digging out a basement of an under-construction ...
Chief Minister Cell asks principal to pay for UPSs
LAHORE - A salesman of a UPS company in an application to Chief Minister Punjab has accused the Principal Queen Mary College of ...
By-polls on LG vacant seats soon: Kanwar
LAHORE - By-elections to the vacant seats of the local government institutions would be held in three tiers within the next ...
Executive magistracy will be restored
LAHORE - All provinces have agreed upon restoring the executive magistracy for better governance, while they are also pressing ...
Future wars will be fought on water: Dr Javed
LAHORE - Justice (r) Dr Javed Iqbal has said that water experts have a unanimous point of view that future wars would be fought ...
Shoaib feels fit to go for another four years
LAHORE - Controversial Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar has asserted that he still has four years of international cricket left in ...
WI seniors refuse to come to Pakistan
LAHORE - The senior players in the West Indies cricket team have now expressed concerns over coming to Pakistan. Hence, even if ...
Inzy wants Ozs penalised for double standards
LAHORE - Lashing out at the ICC for being a mute spectator to Australia's "double standards" on security, former ...
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