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 Monday, September 08, 2008
Front Page
US missions receive mysterious powder
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI " The US Embassy in the capital and its Consulate in Karachi have received two separate envelopes containing unknown white powder on night between Thursday-Friday. Confirming the reports, US Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said that tests were being conducted on the substance. ...
PML-N dubs Taseer a political orphan
LAHORE - The PML-N has expressed its strong dismay over the language used by Punjab Governor Salman Taseer in a ceremony at the ...
MQM, 'Q' bloc to get 10 ministries
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - The PPP-led coalition has decided to expand the federal cabinet after winning the presidential election and ...
Military unlikely to pressurise new President
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - President-elect Asif Ali Zardari is unlikely to have the country's powerful military breathing down his neck as ...
International
Israel yet to pay for 2006 damages in Lebanon: UN
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told the UN General Assembly that Israel has yet to assume its responsibility ...
Federer set for final as Murray, Nadal wait
NEW YORK (AFP) - Roger Federer moved within one victory of his fifth consecutive US Open title Saturday, firing 20 aces to ...
Djokovic closes an Open to forget
NEW YORK (AFP) - Forgive Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic if this US Open is one Grand Slam event he would like to ...
Hantuchova looks to bounce back
NUSA DUA (Indonesia) (AFP) - Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova will try to bounce back from a first-round loss at the US Open when ...
Khan pledges to bounce back from lightning KO
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Amir Khan is confident he can recover from his first professional defeat and still become world lightweight ...
Australia fit and ready for India
DARWIN (Australia) (AFP) - Australia's cricket stars said they were fit and raring to face India after their leisurely one-day ...
France slump as England and Italy struggle
PARIS (AFP) - France, the 1998 world champions, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a ...
Obama, McCain duel as race heads into home stretch
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama and John McCain feuded and laid claim to being the authentic candidate of change and reform on ...
Arab activists accuse Israel of Gaza genocide
DUBAI (AFP) - A group of Arab international lawyers and human rights activists accused Israel on Sunday of committing "genocide" ...
Rice discusses terrorism with Moroccan leaders
RABAT (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks in Morocco Sunday on issues including terrorism as part of a tour ...
Gul upbeat after Armenia visit
ANKARA 2008 (AFP) - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul returned from Armenia with hopes of normalising troubled ties as Turkish ...
Police recommend graft charges against Olmert
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Police on Sunday recommended indicting beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with corruption charges ...
Bush successor likely to inherit Osama Bin Laden hunt
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush has not quite five months to make good on his seven-year-old vow to get Osama bin ...
Israel postpones talks on settler compensation
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Sunday postponed talks on a plan to compensate West Bank settlers who agree to relocate as part of a ...
China FM to meet Indian PM, hold talks on border row
NEW DELHI (AFP) - China's Foreign Minister arrived in India on Sunday for talks with top officials on a long-standing border row ...
600,000 stranded in BD floods
DHAKA (AFP) - At least 600,000 people have been stranded and some 14,000 are sheltering in relief centres after floods across ...
Politics
Deposed HC judges to be elevated to SC
LAHORE - Deposed judge of the Lahore High Court Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has denied the news that he has consented to take ...
It all depends on politicians' behaviour: a serving Gen
LONDON (Agencies) - A Pakistan Army's General has said that the behaviour of politicians would determine the eventuality of the ...
Zardari to take oath tomorrow
ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Asif Ali Zardari will be sworn in as president of Pakistan on Tuesday, succeeding Pervez Musharraf who ...
PM vows to restore 1973 Constitution
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday vowed to restore the 1973 Constitution to its original form ...
President-elect calls off public holiday in Sindh
KARACHI - Following the directives of President-elect Asif Ali Zardari, the Sindh government has cancelled its decision of ...
PAF to get 100 jets from China, US
PAKISTAN will acquire over 100 fighter jets from China and the US as well as airborne warning and air-to-air refuelling aircraft ...
America urged to urgently provide aid to Pakistan
NEW YORK - A British writer has strongly urged the United States to provide, on an urgent basis, economic aid to the financially ...
Pak embassy pressing for custody of 5 Pakistanis at Gitmo: spokesman
WASHINGTON - The United States administration has confirmed that five Pakistanis were among the detainees at the notorious ...
Indian crackdown could fuel revolt, says Mirwaiz
SRINAGAR (AFP) - Top APHC leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has warned India's heavy-handed crackdown on protests in Kashmir could ...
NWFP MPAs violate sanctity of secret vote
ISLAMABAD (NNI) - A private TV channel on Sunday showed a video in which NWFP Chief Minister and other members of the provincial ...
4 hurt in Dera Bugti blast
QUETTA - Four people including a tribal elder were injured when an explosive device went off in Sui Bazaar area of Dera Bugti ...
PIA cancels all flights to and from Quetta
QUETTA (APP) - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has cancelled operation of all its Quetta-bound flights on the second ...
Entertainment
Mickey Rourke's roaring 'Wrestler' wins Venice's Golden Lion
VENICE (AFP) - Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," starring gritty survivor Mickey Rourke, won the coveted Golden Lion at the ...
Venice film festival 2008 winners
VENICE (AFP) - The Venice film festival jury led by German director Wim Wenders bestowed the following awards on Saturday: - ...
Eat less meat
LONDON (AFP) - People should cut their consumption of meat to help combat climate change, a top United Nations expert told a ...
Futuristic dream home
A futuristic cross between a space laboratory and an airport terminal, this is the dream home of one of Britain's leading ...
Lacoste presents spring collection
NEW YORK (AFP) - French fashion house Lacoste presented its 2009 spring collection aimed at the well-heeled young as Tropical ...
Silent movie star Page dies at 98
VETERAN actress Anita Page, whose career dated back to the silent movie era, has died aged 98 in Los Angeles. Page counted ...
Islamabad
Education standards downslide in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - International Literacy Day is being observed today (Monday) across the world with the theme "Literacy and Health" but ...
CDA official yet to get back stolen goods
ISLAMABAD - Despite the withdrawal of Estate Office's claim from the house of Dr Saeed Ahmed, Director Health, Capital ...
Principals opt to resign against political pressure
RAWALPINDI - Defying the political pressure regarding admissions in colleges against the merit for new academic year 2008-09, ...
Water shortage hits Capital hard
ISLAMABAD (Online)- People living in different sectors of Islamabad are facing acute water shortage for the last many days in the ...
EDB to conduct refresher courses
ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Engineering Development Board (EDB) will launch a series of refresher courses and workshops to enhance ...
No HEC scholarships for Baloch students since 2006
ISLAMABAD(Online)- Higher Education Commission (HEC) has been failed to award the scholarships for Ph D to the students of ...
National
Jansher hopes Zardari would help Pakistan sports
PESHAWAR (APP) - Squash wizard Jansher Khan Sunday facilitated Asif Ali Zardari for his thumping victory in Presidential ...
Karachi Whites take lead over Peshawar
PESHAWAR (APP) - Karachi Whites took first innings lead over Peshawar in the drawn match of the Inter-Region Under-19 Cricket ...
Karachi
Traders get inflated electricity bills
KARACHI - Majority of businessmen, especially the shopkeepers have received double amount of electricity bills in the month of ...
Financial constraints lead to closure of 35 dialysis centres
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan with 224 dialysis centres and 988 dialysis machines in 61 of its cities witnesses a constant surge in ...
Population of blind Indus dolphins rises to 821
KARACHI - Sindh Wildlife department is taking measures to save and maintain the 10 Ramsar sites in Sindh, keeping in view that ...
Preaching thru cell phones in full swing
KARACHI - The mobile phones have become the leading preacher of Islam in the metropolis especially in Ramazan, as out of more ...
Need stressed for efficient preventive healthcare network
KARACHI (APP) - A senior pediatrician of the country Prof. Abdul Ghaffar Billoo, has called for a strong and effective network of ...
Zardari will continue BB's mission: Marri
KARACHI (APP) - Sindh Minister for Information Ms. Shazia Marri has congratulated the people of Pakistan on the election of Asif ...
Shahzaib claims 10 scalps in Karachi win
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan junior international Shahzaib Khan returned with excellent match figures of 10 wickets which paved the ...
Lahore
Soft security at Railway Station
LAHORE - Though Pakistan Railways claims to have improved security at the country's major railway stations in terms of installing ...
Information Dept to be abolis
LAHORE - In a bid to follow the free-media notion, the Punjab government is in the process of abolishing the provincial ...
Sunday Bazaars flooded with flour bags
LAHORE - Sunday Bazaars this week were flooded with flour bags as the Punjab government ensured sufficient flour supply in the ...
PPP observes thanks-giving day
LAHORE - PPP on Sunday observed thanks-giving day in Punjab to celebrate thumping victory of its Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in ...
Robbers deprive Addl MS PIMH of Rs 0.913m
LAHORE - Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments and other valuables in several hits in the City on Sunday. Reportedly, a group ...
Australia women's cricket bracing for ICC World Cup
LAHORE - Members of the Australia women's cricket team have celebrated six months until its quest for the ICC Women's World Cup ...
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