Friday, February 10, 2012
- 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
- 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
The Nation in print for Friday, September 05, 2008
Front Page
Protest over US assault grows
ISLAMABAD- The Senate and the National Assembly in separate unanimous resolutions Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday's attack on a village in Angoor Adda by the US-led coalition forces. The two Houses in their separate sittings described these attacks as unacceptable and demanded of the ...
Zardari says his election to presidency will seal democracy's victory over dictatorship
WASHINGTON - PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari says his election as President would seal the victory of democracy over ...
Dr Aafia's arraignment postponed over her refusal to go through strip-search
NEW YORK - The arraignment of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist, has been postponed till Sept 22 because of her ...
FATA MPS change stance after US raid
ISLAMABAD - Members of Parliament (MPs) from Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) here on Thursday, while strongly ...
International
Nadal to face Murray in semi-final after Fish feast
NEW YORK (AFP) - World number one Rafael Nadal advanced to his first US Open semi-final by battling back to defeat 35th-ranked ...
Amir Khan ready to mount strong defence
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Amir Khan hopes his 19th professional fight and first with new trainer Jorge Rubio will offer a strong ...
Venus, Serena to risk suspensions for Indian Wells boycott
NEW YORK (AFP) - Venus and Serena Williams will face WTA Tour suspensions for their continued boycott of the Indian Wells ...
Arthur threatens to axe S Africa's senior citizens
CARDIFF (AFP) - South Africa coach Mickey Arthur hinted that some of the senior members of his team may have played their last ...
Pietersen warns England over complacency
CARDIFF (AFP) - Kevin Pietersen warned his England team that he won't tolerate them sliding into a comfort zone after wrapping up ...
Palin takes battle to Democrats
ST PAUL, Minnesota, (AFP) - Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin lashed out at Barack Obama Wednesday and styled herself ...
Obama does not know how world works: McCain
ST PAUL, Minnesota, (AFP) - Republican White House nominee John McCain on Wednesday attacked Barack Obama's achievements as ...
Palin failed to focus on economy: Biden
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic vice-presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Thursday said his Republican vice-presidential rival, Sarah ...
Assad sends proposals to Israel for direct peace talks
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday a list of proposals has been sent to Israel via Turkish ...
No N-trade if India conducts tests, says Bush's secret letter
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - India's main Hindu nationalist Opposition Thursday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh quit, accusing ...
Thai PM refuses to call elections
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Thursday refused to resign or call snap elections, and lashed the ...
Turkish President's visit to Armenia criticised
ANKARA (AFP) - President Abdullah Gul on Saturday becomes Turkey's first head of the state to visit Armenia, but his bid to ease ...
46 killed in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (AFP) - The government forces and Tamil separatists were locked in heavy combat in northern Sri Lanka with at least 41 ...
Cheney doubts Russia's reliability after Georgia war
TBILISI (AFP) - US Vice-President Dick Cheney accused Russia Thursday of an "illegitimate" invasion to redraw the map of Georgia ...
US troops could be out of Baghdad by July: Petraeus
LONDON (AFP) - American combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July 2009, the outgoing top US general in Iraq said in an ...
Business
Is dollar on way to breach Rs80 barrier?
KARACHI - Building up speculative sentiments and volatility in the local capital market by the manipulators, the dollar-rupee ...
Market desperately waiting for positive news
LAHORE - The stock market poor performance continued and fluctuated near the dividing fence, as the investors, keeping their ...
State Bank set to launch first GoP Ijara Sukuk
KARACHI - Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Shamshad Akhtar said on Thursday that in order to support the efforts to diversify ...
Industrial, services sectors show dismal performance in July-Aug
LAHORE - Almost all industrial and services sectors have shown a dismal performance in first two months (July and August) of the ...
Banks profit down by 18pc
KARACHI - All major banks listed with Karachi Stock Exchange showed lacklustre performance during the second quarter of CY08, as ...
Farmers against scraping MEP condition on rice
ISLAMABAD - While some quarters were struggling to get eliminated the minimum export price condition on rice that was set by the ...
Exporters demand removal
KARACHI - The barriers in the shape of Minimum Export Price of rice set by the government has compelled the exporters to search ...
UN chief urges greater push to meet anti-poverty goals
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday renewed his plea for greater efforts by the world community to meet ...
PIA appoints CDC as Shares Registrar
KARACHI - Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) has appointed Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited as its ...
Hike in caustic soda products prices to harm textile sector
FAISALABAD - Expressing grave concern over the sharp increase in the locally manufactured caustic soda flakes, Chairman All ...
Politics
PHC deposed CJ reappointment blow to lawyers
LAHORE/PESHAWAR - Reappointment of sacked Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Tariq Pervez, a staunch supporter of deposed Chief ...
Police clash with lawyers in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - A number of protesting lawyers, including President Multan High Court Bar Association, sustained injuries on Thursday ...
Cases against Sharifs put off
RAWALPINDI - A special judge Thursday adjourned till October 7 the hearing of the application of National Accountability Bureau ...
US confirms attack
AMERICAN forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior US military official said, in the first known US ground ...
Police probe attack on PM's motorcade
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Police searched for clues Thursday as to who carried out a failed assassination attempt on Prime Minister ...
Mushahid to revoke 58(2)b, NRO if elected
QUETTA- President PML (Q) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and party's Presidential candidate Syed Mushahid Hussain Syed while welcoming ...
CJ takes notice of boy's death in police custody
Islamabad - Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has taken suo motu notice on a complaint regarding the death of ...
Pakistan at stake in Afghan campaign, warns Sarkozy
DAMASCUS (AFP) - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that pulling out of Afghanistan, where 10 French troops were ...
Pakistani among 7 die in Gulf copter crash
DUBAI (AFP) - Seven people were killed when their helicopter crashed on takeoff from an oil platform in the Gulf, an oil services ...
Top Afghan anti-narcotics judge killed
KABUL (AFP) - A top judge in Afghanistan's counternarcotics court, working to bring to justice key players in the world's biggest ...
Entertainment
Ritchie bans Madonna from driving a sports car
GUY Ritchie has banned his wife Madonna from driving a fast car. The "RocknRolla" director, who turns 40 on September 10, doesn't ...
I had 6 months of hell: Garth
JENNIE Garth may be reprising her role as the stylish Kelly Taylor on the new 90210, but earlier this year, looks were the last ...
Elephant kicks heroin habit with China island rehab
BEIJING (AFP) - An elephant has kicked his heroin habit after a three-year stint on an island rehab in southern China, an ...
Miley Cyrus' birthday extravaganza
MILEY Cyrus has splashed out on a $75,000 car for her 16th birthday. 'Hannah Montana' star - who reportedly earned $18.2 million ...
The flash diet
YOU'VE heard of the crash diet - now here comes the flash diet. A study has shown that slimmers who take ...
Britney's license trial not going away
LOS ANGELES - Whether or not it's because she's a celebrity, Britney Spears still has to face the music at some point. A judge ...
Islamabad
People demand shifting of private edu institutes
ISLAMABAD - Due to lethargic or criminal negligence on the part of authorities concerned, commercial activities in the ...
Hearing of NAB case against Nawaz put off till Oct 7
RAWALPINDI - A special judge Thursday adjourned till October 7 the hearing of the application of National Accountability Bureau ...
Students accuse clerk of malpractice, demand probe
ISLAMABAD - Owing to negligence on the part of authorities concerned, a clerk of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) College ...
Political jugglery
Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is patching and mimicking Khalil Gibran. ...
Research to revive tourism industry soon
ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Planning and Development Division is going to launch two extensive ...
SC dispossess off 20 cases despite lawyers' boycott
ISLAMABAD - Despite a call for boycotting court proceedings on every Thursday, four benches of Supreme Court of Pakistan disposed ...
National sports policy likely to be revised
ISLAMABAD - The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Sports recommended that the federal government should not ...
Jamali apologises for Beijing debacle
ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday apologised from the nation on the ...
Karachi
Treasury benches oppose 33pc job quota for women
KARACHI - Sindh Assembly on Thursday rejected a private resolution for reserving at least 33 per cent jobs for women in ...
Vote for Zardari PPP offers ministries to PML-F
KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party has offered to the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) that if the latter supports party's ...
Woman self-immolates
KARACHI - Poverty claims the life of a young woman who burnt herself to death due to the unaffordable treatment of hepatitis, ...
Lawyers boycott City Courts in support of deposed judges
KARACHI - Lawyers observed complete boycott in City Courts and Malir Court on Thursday against not-reinstatement of the deposed ...
500 fishing boats to be shifted to Korangi
KARACHI - The government and authority concerned will make another move to the operational and functional the Koragni Fish ...
CAP issues admission lists
KARACHI- The Centralised Admission Policy (CAP) on Thursday issued the admission lists for two major faculties of HSC Part-I, ...
Shoaib Akhtar heading home after visa glitch
KARACHI (AFP) - Pakistan's fast bowling ace Shoaib Akhtar was heading home Thursday after a visa glitch stymied his plans to ...
Junior players to learn from four-nation hockey
KARACHI - Pakistani junior hockey players would befit from playing in the four nation Hamburg (Germany) hockey international ...
Lahore
2,000 commercial buildings to be sealed
LAHORE - The LDA will seal more than 2,000 illegal commercial buildings including marriage halls, shopping plazas, private ...
ICC to launch women ranking
LAHORE - The ICC on Thursday announced that it will launch ODI player rankings system for women later this year. The player ...
20kg atta bags disappear
LAHORE - The Punjab government has failed to ensure sufficient supply of flour in the open market in the provincial metropolis ...
Poor show by lawyers
LAHORE - Emerging differences between lawyers fraternity and the ensuing of month of Ramazan resulted in the poorest show on The ...
Govt to introduce modern tech in various depts: CM
LAHORE- Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that government wants to introduce latest methods and technology to ...
CCTV cameras at banks, money-changers offices
LAHORE - Capital City Police Officer, Muhammad Pervez Rathore has said that installation of close circuit cameras at banks, money ...
Rape case registered against senior govt officer
LAHORE - A rape case has been registered with a local women police station against a senior Punjab government officer and his ...
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