Friday, February 10, 2012
- SC dismisses PM's intra-court appeal against contempt charge
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- 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
The Nation in print for Sunday, September 28, 2008
Front Page
Obama, McCain spar over Pakistan
WASHINGTON-US Presidential candidates " John McCain and and Barack Obama " clashed over militants presence in Pakistan, with the Democratic nominee vowing to launch military strikes on al Qaeda and Taliban targets inside Pakistan and his Republican rival countering that he would not go public on ...
NWFP Minister, brother's houses blown up
SWAT - The houses of NWFP Minister and his brother were blown up by unknown militants in Matta area on Saturday, killing three of ...
Bomber held with explosive laden vehicle
KHYBER AGENCY - The volunteers of a religious group from Bara, while foiling a bid of a suicide attack here, have held a ...
International
Security Council mulls new draft against Iran
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Saturday weighed a revised draft resolution containing no new sanctions on Iran ...
G6, US agree primacy of individual liberty
BONN (AFP) - Interior ministers from the G6 European countries along with US representatives said Saturday they had made progress ...
Obama passes presidential threshold in first debate
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain landed a knockout blow in their first presidential debate late Friday, ...
Floods kill 25 in Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - The death toll from floods in northern Vietnam triggered by Typhoon Hagupit has risen to at least 25 while four ...
Somali pirates demand $35m for freighter: official
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali pirates have demanded a 35-million-dollar ransom for the release of a Ukrainian freighter carrying a ...
Mideast Quartet is pro-Israel: Hamas
GAZA (AFP) - The Hamas movement on Saturday denounced statements made in New York by the Middle East Quartet, claiming the ...
Taliban can't launch winter campaign: US general
KABUL (Agencies) - A top US general said he expects militant violence in Afghanistan to rise some 30 per cent this winter ...
Zimbabwe's designated PM for new govt
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader and designated Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Saturday it was urgent the ...
Sri Lankan fighters bomb rebels' camps
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan fighter jets on Saturday bombed a rebel base the government said was used to train suicide bombers, ...
Nine dead in Indonesia ferry fire
JAKARTA (AFP) - Nine people were killed and over 60 evacuated from a ferry that caught fire at sea in Indonesia's remote Maluku ...
India tightens security for Australia
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Security measures for the Australian team on tour in India will be increased in the wake of the latest bomb ...
Garcia seizes lead at US PGA Tour Championship
ATLANTA (Georgia) (AFP) - Spain's Sergio Garcia, trying to bounce back from a disappointing Ryder Cup performance, seized the ...
Chappell denies spy agent role
JAIPUR (AFP) - Former India coach Greg Chappell on Saturday laughed off speculation that he was passing on secret information ...
Pakistan succesfully defend a low score of 190 to beat Kanya
NAIROBI - Pakistan Cricket Academy's most impressive medium pacer Anwer Ali ripped through Kenya with a four wicket haul to give ...
Academy cricketrers punished severely for night out
NAIROBI - The team management of the touring Pakistan Cricket Academy team came heavily on pacer Anwer Ali and batsman ...
India's board unveils new office-bearers
MUMBAI (AFP) - Shashank Manohar was on Saturday named as new president of the Indian cricket board while former Test opener ...
Vaughan to miss England's tour to India
LONDON (AFP) - Michael Vaughan will be left out of England's Test squad to tour India, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ...
Katich shines with bat in India tour match
JAIPUR (AFP) - Simon Katich top-scored with 73 as the Australians were all out for 218 in a two-day practice match against a ...
Sri Lanka squad for Canada T20 title
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka named a 15-member squad Saturday for the inaugural four-nation Twenty20 tournament to be played in ...
Jankovic, Roddick moves into China Open finals
BEIJING (AFP) - Andy Roddick was forced to dig deep to beat his unfancied opponent in his China Open semi-final Saturday as ...
Euro championships to expand to 24 teams in 2016
BORDEAUX (AFP) - The European football championships in 2016 will be expanded from 16 teams to 24, UEFA announced here on ...
US operates anti-missile radar in Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) - The United States has recently deployed an anti-missile radar in Israel that is mainly to warn of incoming ...
Business
$540m ejected from market in only 3 months
KARACHI - Foreign investors have ejected $540 million from the Pakistani stock market in only three months from July to September ...
EU bans Chinese milk products for children
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union banned Saturday all imports on Chinese milk-related products for children such as biscuits ...
Pak on track to implement anti-poverty goals
UNITED NATIONS (APP) - Pakistan has told a gathering of world leaders and top figures from the private sector, foundations and ...
Most depressing performance on Karachi bourse floor
LAHORE - The outgoing week saw the most depressing performance on the floor of the Karachi bourse in the entire history of ...
New currency notes black marketing on the rise
LAHORE - Pakistan Chemical and Dyes Merchants Association President Khawaja Khawar Rashid has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to ...
Iran, Pakistan set gas price plan
OIL Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari says Iran has proposed a formula to determine the price at which natural gas will be sold to ...
Ambassador Ivo Zdarek's death to affect Pak-Czech economic ties
"Do not hate and detest each other because it will lead to calamities and bad luck." ~ Hazrat Ali (A.S.). The body of the ...
China's Sinopec buys Canadian oil company
BEIJING (AFP) - Asia's top oil refiner Sinopec has signed a deal to buy Canada's Tanganyika Oil Co. for 2.07 billion Canadian ...
KCCI seeks extension in deadline of IT Returns
KARACHI - President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has urged Ahmad Waqar, Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue ...
20pc raise in salaries of ZTBL employees approved
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President of Zari Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL), Muhammad Zaka Ashraf here on Saturday announced 20 percent ...
Politics
India-America nuclear-deal sets House on fire
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - It was a fiery hour in the US House of Representatives with critics making one last effort to defeat a ...
$115m US defence sales for Pakistan
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday it had approved the sale of AH-1F Cobra helicopter refurbishment and associated equipment ...
One dead, 18 wounded in Delhi bombing
NEW DELHI (AFP) - One child was killed and 18 people were wounded Saturday in a bomb attack in a crowded shopping area in the ...
PTCL 'weekend package' from October 1
LAHORE - The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has decided to introduce a new concessional rates package with the ...
Economic stability govt's top priority, says Gilani
KARACHI - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that economic stability was the top priority of the present government ...
Car bomb kills 17 in Damascus
DAMASCUS (AFP) - A car bomb exploded near a Shia shrine in southern Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding 14 ...
PML-Q for joint plan on law and order
ISLAMABAD (APP) - PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain Saturday called for immediate summoning of an All Parties Conference (APC) ...
Kurram peace accord signed
ISLAMABAD (Online) - Turi and Bangash tribes have signed a ceasefire agreement in Kurram Agency. The jirga comprising 50 ...
Manmohan seeks disputes settlement
UNITED NATIONS (APP) - India told the UN General Assembly Friday that it was committed to resolve all outstanding issues with ...
16 more militants killed in Bajaur
BAJAUR (Online) - At least 16 militants have been killed as a result of intensive shelling by gunship helicopters at militants ...
Bomb hoax: panic grips Lahore Airport
LAHORE - Panic gripped Allama Iqbal International Airport when PIA authorities received a bomb threat here on Saturday. ...
Entertainment
Titanic matchstick model completed in 15 years
DEDICATED Tim Elkins has finally finished building a scale model of the Titanic made out of 147,000 matchsticks - 15 years after ...
Screen legend Paul Newman dead at 83
NEW YORK (Agencies) - Oscar-winning screen legend and philanthropist Paul Newman has died at 83, his foundation announced ...
China completes nation's first spacewalk
BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese astronaut completed a space walk Saturday, state television said, as the Asian power became the third ...
Cherry juice hailed as superfood
DRINKING a glass of cherry juice a day offers the same health benefits as eating 23 portions of fruit and vegetables, research ...
Roar of melting glacier sounds climate change alarm
ILULISSAT (Denmark) (AFP) - Flying low over the vast expanse of Greenland's Ilulissat glacier, one of the world's biggest, the ...
Learning from mistakes only works after age 12
EIGHT-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds and adults. Eight-year-olds learn ...
Islamabad
NDNA, CDA, ICT blame each other for tragedy
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Senate Standing Committee on Interior Monday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to ...
Red zone around Parliament House
ISLAMABAD - A comprehensive security plan was Saturday discussed to fortify the whole area, including the Parliament House and ...
Need to highlight effects of climate change stressed
Islamabad- National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza Saturday said that Pakistan has rich culture and tourism potential, which ...
Public cooperation urged to control crimes
RAWALPINDI- City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal Khan has said that police needed public cooperation to get rid of crimes ...
Capital presents deserted look
ISLAMABAD -Since people have started leaving for their hometowns to celebrate the much-awaited holy festival of Eid-ul-Fitar, ...
A tailor-made Eid
In the holy month of Ramazan, one can witness people buying dates, heading to mosques in large number, vendors busy selling ...
Committee formed to curtail PCB chairman constitutional powers
ISLAMABAD - Federal Sports Ministry has constituted a 15-member committee to review the constitution of the Pakistan Cricket ...
Karachi
MQM not to accept 'kalashnikov Shariah'
KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday said that encounter in Baldia Town vindicated his ...
Quality of palm oil still unclear
KARACHI - The government has yet to specify the standard of the disputed RBD palm oil as chemical experts have once again ...
MPAs donate salaries for FATA people
KARACHI - PPP Sindh ministers have submitted their salaries in speaker National Assembly fund for the rehabilitation of victims ...
Karachi Zoo to get two elephants
KARACHI - Competent authorities in the CDGK have approved the purchasing of two Elephants in two to three months time for Karachi ...
Shahrah-e-Pakistan opens for traffic
KARACHI - City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal has said that the newly-constructed Shahrah-e-Pakistan will be another milestone in ...
Another deadly bombing
What can one say after such a horrendous suicide bombing on the eve of World Peace Day, that had left 53 dead and 266 injured, ...
Lahore
Strategy discussed to nab dangerous POs
LAHORE - Punjab Police department has issued a black book containing the complete particulars of 380 dangerous proclaimed ...
Two women killed over petty issues
LAHORE - As many as two women were murdered by their husbands over family disputes in separate incidents in the city on Saturday. ...
SC prayed to reinstate Justice Iftikhar Ch
LAHORE - Through a Constitutional petition, Supreme Court has been prayed for reinstating deposed Justice Iftikhar Muhammad ...
Nasrullah's 5th death anniversary observed
LAHORE - The fifth death anniversary of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, known as father of democracy, was observed across the country ...
Heart problems due to abnormal habits
LAHORE - Like other parts of the world, the World Heart Day 2008 will be observed in the country today (Sunday) with warnings ...
LHC rebukes SI for freeing accused
LAHORE - Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi of the Lahore High Court proceeding under suo moto authority against the alleged release of ...
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