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 Sunday, September 27, 2009
Front Page
Terror strikes NWFP; 22 dead
PESHAWAR - The NWFP was rent asunder with lethal suicide bomber attacks in Bannu and Peshawar Saturday morning, killing 22 persons and injuring 135. While the suicide bomber struck a busy commercial centre in Peshawar, in Bannu the target was a police station. The attacks raised serious issues of ...
Pakistan crush India to make history
JOHANNESBURG (Agencies) - Pakistan defeated India by 54 runs at SuperSport Park Saturday in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009. It is ...
Electricity to be out of reach for masses
ISLAMABAD - Ministry of Water and Power has forwarded a summary to the prime minister asking to raise power tariff by six percent ...
International
US aid bill now less restrictive, says Babar
NEW YORK-Pakistans concerns over restrictions in the recently passed Kerry-Lugar aid bill have been addressed to a great extent ...
Hillary expects improvement in Pakistan-India ties
NEW YORK - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has welcomed forthcoming meeting between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers ...
India to buy $100 billion weapons, defence equipment
NEW YORK - India is steering away from its traditional Russian defence equipment suppliers and the United States is eyeing a ...
Afghan accused of having planned Sept 11 attack
NEW YORK - US law enforcement agents flew terrorism suspect Najibullah Zazi, an Afghan national, back to New York the other day, ...
60 killed as typhoon batters Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) - Nearly 60 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon ...
Iran voices defiance
TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it will put its newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant under the supervision of ...
Military action against Iran would only 'buy time: Gates
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Saturday it must prove that its nuclear programme has peaceful ...
Koreans meet to say goodbye
SEOUL (Reuters) - Ninety-seven South Koreans crossed a heavily armed border on Saturday to meet family members in the communist ...
Palestinians vow revenge on Israel
GAZA CITY/NEW YORK (AFP) - Several Palestinians were wounded in Gaza on Saturday when gunfire and clashes erupted during a ...
Thousands march against G20 in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, (AFP) - Thousands of people peacefully demonstrated during the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, but police ...
Johnson, Ponting secure Australian victory
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Half-centuries from Ricky Ponting and Mitchell Johnson helped Australia to secure a 50-run win over ...
Morgan, Collingwood guide England to victory
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Eoin Morgan steered England to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka with a solid ...
England confident ahead of SAfrica clash
CENTURION (AFP) - Skipper Andrew Strauss has said England will not be short of confidence in their Champions Trophy match ...
Last-chance saloon for New Zealand
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - New Zealand enter the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy last-chance saloon Sunday when they face unpredictable Sri ...
Bangladesh A skipper feels bad about the record
MUMBAI - Not many contemporary openers can boast of sharing a world record with the legendary little master Sunil Gavaskar. But, ...
Woods seizes Tour Championship halfway lead
ATLANTA (AFP) - Tiger Woods took a one-shot lead in the Tour Championship on Friday, missing a chance to build a more ...
Tsonga takes aim at Bangkok repeat title
BANGKOK (AFP) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bids to repeat his title triumph here in the injury absence of Rafael Nadal when the Thailand ...
Business
IMF raises 2010 global growth forecast to 3pc
PITTSBURGH (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund foresees a stronger than anticipated recovery from the economic crisis, with ...
Pakistan future lies with China
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday stressed the need for enhancing bilateral relations with China with ...
Kerry-Lugar Bill helped KSE achieve year's high
LAHORE - Karachi Stock Market remained closed for three consecutive days owing to falling of Eidul Fitr on Monday while only two ...
Banks/DFIs asked to ensure compliance of BCO section 24
KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has advised all banks/DFIs to ensure meticulous compliance of Section 24 of the Banking ...
NA body for setting up SEZs across country
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The National Assemblys Standing Committee on Investment here on Saturday recommended that the Special Economic ...
Sugar price on the rise; inflation up by 10.2pc
ISLAMABAD - The prices of sugar are still rising, as it was sold at Rs 48.37 per kilogram in the week ended on Thursday last ...
Crude oil slumps on US economic woes
LONDON (AFP) - Crude oil prices dived this week on fresh concerns about the pace of US economic recovery, while gold slid back ...
KP Chemical acquires PPTA majority shares
KARACHI (APP) - KP Chemical Corporation, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate LOTTE, recently completed its acquisition ...
All set for first public-private pact
LAHORE- The Government of Pakistan, Guard Agricultural Research and Services Pvt Limited and its JV partner Biocentury ...
Politics
Firing, blast kill four in Gilgit
GILGIT (APP) - Four persons including two police personnel were shot dead in different incidents of violence following a blast in ...
Was there a security lapse?
ISLAMABAD - Poor Pakistanis had barely heaved sigh of relief before the suicide bombers struck again to wreak havoc, creating a ...
Pervez-Faisal legal bout begins
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf has served a legal notice of defamation of Rs. 1 billion on ...
Mangal Bagh's head money Rs5m
PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the growing terrorist activities in Peshawar and adjacent Khyber Agency, Federal government Saturday ...
Political situation heats up in Balochistan
QUETTA - Chief Minister Balochistan has started efforts to soothe those ministers in his Cabinet who were angry for not having ...
Pak-India ties must not be held hostage to single issue
NEW YORK - Ahead of Sundays talks between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers, a top Pakistani diplomat has said that ...
McChrystal troops request 'shelved'
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan has submitted a request for more troops, a ...
Mullen wins second term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Navy Admiral Mike Mullen won Senate confirmation on Friday for a second, two-year term as chairman of the ...
Court puts off Mumbai attack hearing
RAWALPINDI (AFP/Reuters) - A court on Saturday adjourned until October 3 a hearing for seven suspects accused by India of ...
Did NAB revise it or not?
ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Saturday strongly denied submission of any explanatory statement to the ...
Pakistan, Iran plan fast-track rail link
New York (PPI) - President Asif Ali Zardari says Pakistan is looking forward to work closely with Iran to promote peace and ...
BB commission leaves for Islamabad tomorrow
UNITED NATIONS - The UN commission inquiring into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto met President Asif ...
Justice Soomro absents himself from SJC meet
ISLAMABAD - Sindh High Court (SHC)Judge, Justice Afzal Soomro, did not appear before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC)s meeting ...
Islamabad must give up terror: Manmohan
Pittsburgh (PPI) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Pakistan to 'give up its attitude of using terror as an instrument ...
7 militants killed in Swat search operation
PESHAWAR - At least seven militants were killed and several houses were demolished during search operation by the security ...
America to help build law enforcement capacity
NEW YORK (APP) - The US administration wants to build civilian law enforcement capacity of Pakistan and a senior American ...
Entertainment
Unicycle unveiled
IT may look a little precarious and uncomfortable to ride, but Honda believe their new 'personal mobility device could one day be ...
Anderson is more than $1m in debt
FORMER Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is drowning in debt. The 42-year-old owes $1.1 million to various construction companies for ...
Megan was caught shoplifting once
MEGAN Fox has revealed that she does not want to enter a US supermarket as she was caught shoplifting when she was a teenager. ...
Britney granted joint custody of her kids
BRITNEY Spears has been granted joint custody of her sons, it has emerged. Since the Toxic hitmakers public meltdown in 2007, ...
British rapper fined for spitting
SYDNEY (AFP) - British rapper Lady Sovereign was fined 400 dollars in an Australian court Saturday after pleading guilty to ...
Pancreatic fat levels may help predict diabetes
RESEARCHERS have long suspected that overweight people tend to have large fat deposits in their pancreases, but theyve been ...
Islamabad
Bari Imam Road in dilapidated condition
ISLAMABAD - Bari Imam Road, leading to Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), is in dilapidated condition, while seeping water from the ...
'Swine flu patients in PIMS recovering'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Both patients of swine flu admitted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) are stable and they will ...
PIMS doctors stand their ground
SYED DANISH HUSSAIN & FOZIA AZAM ISLAMABAD - The power tussle at one of the federal capitals main hospital, Pakistan Institute ...
'Nasrullah fought his way out against dictators'
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Former Information Minister, Senator Mohammed Ali Durrani Saturday paid rich tributes to Nawabzada Nasrullah ...
SSC exam position-holders on tour
RAWALPINDI - On the special invitation of Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, a 30-member group of top position-holder boy ...
Computerised mechanism introduced in Zakat system
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Zakat and Ushr has revamped its Zakat system by introducing a new computerised mechanism to build ...
PCB reluctant to see cricket as part of National Games?
ISLAMABAD - Cricket may not be the part of this year National Games due to the irresponsibe attitude of the Pakistan Cricket ...
Karachi
Centre, Punjab against Kalabagh, claims Qaim
KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that all stakeholders, including the centre and Punjab have amicably ...
Ministry nods for Thar Airstrip project
KARACHI - The Ministry of Defence has agreed to approve the mega project of construction of Airstrip at Islamkot of Thar area in ...
Chekhov's 'The Seagull' staged at Arts Council
KARACHI - Anton Chekhovs brilliant masterpiece 'The Seagull was staged at Arts Council where marvellous characters showed how ...
Poverty - the next enemy within
Straight Talk Earlier this year, we saw long queues of displaced men, women and children, waiting in desperation for food in the ...
Opp criticises privatisation of historical public garden
KARACHI - The opposition in the City Council meeting held on Saturday raised their concern over the rumours regarding the handing ...
Inquiry Tribunal records statements of nazims
KARACHI - The inquiry tribunal headed by District and Sessions Judge (South) Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui on Saturday recorded the ...
Lahore
Entry test for medical, dental colleges today
LAHORE - At least 22,000 male and female candidates are appearing in the Entry Tests to be held on Sunday (today) against ...
Parallel admission process despite clear policy
LAHORE - The private medical colleges have again defied the orders of the chief minister Punjab by taking entry test in their ...
Airlines' unholy marriage to aggravate passengers woes
LAHORE - The PIA and Saudi airlines, operating from Pakistan, in apparent show of monopolisation, have agreed to charge uniform ...
Legal notice served on Zardari
LAHORE - Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF) has served a legal notice on President Asif Ali Zardari asking him to surrender the office ...
CM for revamping service structure of public servants
LAHORE - A delegation headed by Chairman Pay and Pension Commission Dr. Ishrat Hussain called on the Punjab Chief Minister ...
Youth kills spouse and brother over suspicision
LAHORE - A newly married youth shot dead his 30-year-old spouse and brother along with a two-year-old nephew in Nawan Kot area on ...
Foreign aid should be utilised under govt supervision: Minister
LAHORE - Federal State Minister for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday said that the foreign aid should be utilised ...
PCB announce NZ ODI series itinerary
LAHORE - Pakistan will host New Zealand in a limited overs series in its home series in UAE on November 3-13. According to the ...
Wapda go down fighting against holders Regar
LAHORE - The final of fifth AFC President's Cup will be played on Sunday (today) at Metallurg Stadium between Tajikistan's Regar ...
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