Friday, February 10, 2012
- Commission to record Ijaz's statement via video link
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
- 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
The Nation in print for Thursday, September 25, 2008
Front Page
Cabinet slams intel failure
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani expressing dissatisfaction over the overall law and order situation in the country has reaffirmed the government's resolve to fight terrorism. Chairing the cabinet meeting here at Prime Minister Secretariat Wednesday, Gilani stressed the need ...
Suicide bomber targets troops in Quetta
QUETTA - A girl student was killed and 22 others including 13 Frontier Corps personnel sustained serious injuries when a suicide ...
Violation of territorial integrity unacceptable
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani once again made it loud and clear that the government wouldn't tolerate ...
Power-sharing in Punjab hits snags
LAHORE - Hardly two days after making rapprochement with the PPP and giving assurance of implementing the power-sharing formula ...
International
Military solution not an answer to terrorism: Ahmedinejad
UNITED NATIONS " Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has called for a political and negotiated settlement to deal with ...
Bradman bat fetches record price
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Donald Bradman's first Test cricket bat sold at auction here late Wednesday for a record 145,000 dollars ...
Kenya launches enquiry into poor display
NAIROBI - Worried over national team's below-par performance against the visiting Pakistan Cricket Academy team, Cricket Kenya ...
Ashraful denies being ICL recruiter
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh cricket captain Mohammad Ashraful denied Wednesday that he was behind the mass exodus of top cricketers ...
Jankovic wins as Zheng restores home pride
BEIJING (AFP) - World number two Jelena Jankovic continued her bid for the top women's ranking with an opening win in the China ...
Finland to toughen gun laws after school shooting
KAUHAJOKI, Finland, (AFP) - Finland vowed Wednesday to toughen gun laws after a school massacre left 11 people dead, while police ...
Peacekeepers use tanks in clashes with Somali fighters
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Six bodies were recovered in the Somali capital on Wednesday taking the death toll to 13 in Tuesday night ...
Hamas casts doubt on unity talks
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya cast doubt Wednesday on Egyptian-brokered Palestinian unity talks, saying the ...
Giving Iran seat on UNSC absurd: Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday that giving Iran a seat on the UN Security Council would ...
20 die in Iraq ambush
BAQUBA (AFP) - Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 policemen and eight anti-Qaeda fighters in Diyala province north of Baghdad on ...
Palin steps onto world stage with diplomatic meetings
NEW YORK (AFP) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin began a diplomatic marathon in New York Tuesday in an effort ...
US panel backs India nuclear deal
THE Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate has voted in favour of the India-US civil nuclear deal, BBC reported on ...
British minister quits
LONDON (AFP) - Embattled British Premier Gordon Brown won praise Wednesday for a key speech to his Labour Party, but the positive ...
6 get death for Dalit murders
MUMBAI (AFP) - An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced to death six people who were found guilty of murdering members of a ...
Business
Urea off-take up 14pc and DAP down 71pc
KARACHI - Urea and DAP off-take in first 8-months (January-Aug) of 2008 was recorded at 3,604k tons, reflecting increase of 14 ...
Exporters, growers differ on rice output
KARACHI - The exporters of rice and the growers are giving different estimates of the production of rice in this fiscal. The ...
Remittances set to hit $7b mark
KARACHI - The inflow of remittances in 2008-09 is set to surpass the mark of 7 billion dollars for the first time. In FY08 the ...
Rice export up 147 per cent
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The rice exports from the country during July-August of current financial year was increased by 147.34 percent ...
Market remains in grip of bears for eighth day
KARACHI- Karachi Stock Exchange for eighth day in a row remained bearish and shed another eight points due to economic ...
Oil rebounds ahead of US inventory data
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices climbed almost two dollars on Wednesday, continuing a roller-coaster ride, as the market awaited data ...
Paramount signs deal with Industrial Defender
LAHORE - Paramount, the leading regional provider of products and services for securing the Information Assets of Enterprises, ...
Plea to extend Income Tax Return date
KARACHI - President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Shamim Ahmed Shamsi has urged Chairman, Federal Board of ...
PAA formed under TOO
LAHORE - The constitutional petition filed by major advertising agencies of Pakistan through their counsel Barrister Ali Zafar ...
Outlook for cement sector remains negative
LAHORE - DG Khan Cement Company (DGKC) gross margins has squeezed significantly by 16.3 per cent YoY during FY08 as the company ...
Politics
Green signal for talks with Taliban likely
ISLAMABAD - Shaken by the horrendous terrorist attack on Marriott Hotel, the government is likely to give a green signal to ...
Karzai sees ray of hope in Asif
NEW YORK (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said recent leadership change in Pakistan has offered for the 'first time' a hope ...
Taliban publicly execute four 'criminals'
PESHAWAR (Agencies) - Taliban militants on Wednesday publicly executed four tribesmen accused of a series of murders in a ...
Parties agree to facilitate two-party system
ISLAMABAD - Major political parties, the PPP and the PML-N, have recommitted to facilitate evolution of two-party system to ...
Saving schemes rates increased
ISLAMABAD " The government on Wednesday increased an average interest rate of 1.6 per cent on national saving schemes to ...
Pentagon seeks new Afghanistan supply routes
THE Pentagon is developing alternative supply lines to bring military equipment and fuel into Afghanistan after reports that ...
Indian woman arrested with fake currency
LAHORE - The Pakistan Customs authorities Wednesday held an Indian lady trying to smuggle fake Indian currency to Nepal via ...
US judge enters 'not guilty' plea on behalf of ailing Aafia
NEW YORK - A US judge Tuesday entered a "not guilty" plea on behalf of Dr Aaafia Siddiqui, who is charged with trying to kill US ...
American spy drone wreckage found
MIRANSHAH (AFP) - The Army said Wednesday that it was investigating the crash of a suspected unmanned US spy plane near the ...
100 Qazis for Malakand okayed
PESHAWAR (PPI) - The provincial government on Wednesday approved the appointment of 100 Qazis (judges) before promulgation of ...
Entertainment
Artist balances heavy rocks on top of each other
YOU probably wouldn't want to challenge Bill Dan to a game of Jenga if your life depended on it, as he claims to be a master of ...
Lynne Spears wants Britney and Federline together
BRITNEY Spears' mother wants to reunite the singer with her ex-husband Kevin Federline. Lynne Spears, who describes her former ...
'Big Bang' machine to be out of action for months
GENEVA (AFP) - The multi-billion machine designed to shed light on the "Big Bang" that scientists say created the universe will ...
Dark chocolate
MAYBE gourmands are not jumping for joy. Probably they would have preferred bigger amounts to support their passion. Though the ...
US astronomers discover inter-planetary collision
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Two planets about 300 light years from Earth slammed into each other recently, US astronomers said Tuesday, ...
A sprawling 800million resort boasting a 13,000-a-night suite
IT'S the latest word in Gulf excess - a sprawling 800million resort boasting a 13,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from ...
Islamabad
National squash camp closed till Eid
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has decided to close the national squash training camp from today ...
Pak badminton squad named for Syria event
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF) named a squad of four men and one woman for the Syria International Badminton ...
Embassy dances the night away on day of Marriott blast
ISLAMABAD - The day when people either trapped in the fire or under the debris lost their lives in the devastating suicide ...
Lack of coordination, negligence endanger lives
ISLAMABAD - Leaving outskirts of the Federal Capital unattended during the special anti-polio drive, Health Ministry is planning ...
Police, traders join hands to thwart untoward incidents
ISLAMABAD - A high level meeting chaired by the Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan Wednesday reviewed security arrangements for ...
Ticket mafia, transporters fleecing passengers
ISLAMABAD"The transporters plying on long routes have increased the fares at the very advent of the Eid-ul-Fitr, as thousands of ...
NCEHRC body to address unemployment soon
ISLAMABAD - The government is giving final touches to the plan of establishing National Commission for Employment & Human ...
Mastermind of Capital's biggest dacoity held
ISLAMABAD - Central Investigation Agency has arrested two main accused involved in robbery case committed at the house of Sardar ...
Karachi
Land mafia set up 'graveyard' at bus terminal plot
KARACHI-Land grabbers encroached the precious plot of inter-City bus terminal at Super Highway in Deh Bitti Amri and converted ...
Ex-MPA accused of land-grabbing
KARACHI - The Sindh government is flouting its own policies and an influential minister is allegedly involved in land grabbing ...
Parliamentarians to meet Dr Aafia, visit Guantanamo
KARACHI - A four-member parliamentary delegation, formed to meet Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and to visit Guantanamo Bay prison, has ...
Community Police deployed at various points
KARACHI - On the directives of City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal, a contingent of 400 community police workers has been deployed at ...
Gas pipeline to meet KESC demand
KARACHI - The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has installed a new pipeline of 24 inches for gas supply to the KESC in order to ...
Three extortionists arrested
KARACHI - The police on Wednesday arrested three persons for forcibly demanding money from a local industrialist. Accused ...
Lahore
Ministry won't take over PCB
LAHORE - The sports ministry officials Wednesday assured the Pakistan Cricket Board that they would not challenge the autonomous ...
Moin in legal row with PCB
LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has served a defamation notice of Rs 100 million to the Pakistan Cricket Board through ...
Roti will be available at Rs2 after Eid too: CM
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has directed that supply of 'roti' to the people at Rs2 should be ensured ...
GCU students protest against 'GPA system'
LAHORE - Students of Government College University (GCU) staged a protest demonstration in front of Lahore Press Club against the ...
LDA in dilemma after awarding contract to FWO
LAHORE - Despite the fact that the Lahore Development Authority is under severe financial crisis after running into budgetary ...
PPP may quit Punjab Govt if denied share
LAHORE-The PPP leader and Senior Minister in Punjab cabinet, Raja Riaz on Wednesday reiterated his party's stance that PPP may ...
Cellular Co given time to get NOC to install tower
LAHORE - As the environment protection department told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday that the NOC had not been granted ...
'N' continues to support lawyers' movement
LAHORE - PML-N fully stands behind the lawyers' movement and would continue to support the same until restoration of the November ...
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