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 Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Front Page
I can't intervene in sugar crisis: Asif
ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has stressed for a collective Parliamentary decision to address the Balochistan issues, saying constitutional cure for Balochistans problems would be more effective. The Parliament should collectively take a decision rather than a presidential pardon ...
Another drone hit kills 10
MIRANSHAH (AFP/Reuters) - A US missile strike from a drone aircraft Tuesday killed at least 10 militants in a tribal area of ...
Army backs govt on cantonment
Rawalpindi (Online) - Director General Inter Services Public Relations Maj Gen Atthar Abbas has said that the decision not to set ...
International
Malinga, Samaraweera star in Sri Lankan win
COLOMBO (AFP) - Lasith Malinga grabbed three wickets off five deliveries to bowl Sri Lanka to a crushing 97-run win over New ...
Oudin, Wozniacki in final eight
NEW YORK (AFP) - Powerhouse teen phenomenons Melanie Oudin and Caroline Wozniacki rallied Monday to complete an ouster of ...
US-German rift widens
WASHINGTON - With the rift between United States and Germany over the conduct of the war in Afghanistan widening, both countries ...
4 GIs, 10 Iraqi police killed in bomb attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Ten Iraqi policemen and four American soldiers were killed in a spate of roadside bomb attacks across the country ...
UN, US for probe into complaints
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations and the United States have increased their pressure on the Afghan government to allow a ...
Israel accused of trafficking Palestinians organs
NABLUS, West Bank, (AFP) - A Palestinian minister on Tuesday accused Israel of trafficking the organs of Palestinians, after a ...
China pit blast kills 35; 44 missing
BEIJING (Reuters/AFP) - A gas explosion at a coal mine in central Henan province on Tuesday killed 35 people and 44 were missing, ...
Russia lambastes reports ship had missiles for Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow on Tuesday denied reports a cargo ship that went missing in the Atlantic for almost a month had been ...
Karzai passes key 50 per cent mark in Afghan election
KABUL (AFP) - President Hamid Karzai moved into a clear lead in controversial Afghan elections, taking 54.1 per cent of the vote, ...
Globalisation threatens indigenous foods: UN
ROME (AFP) - The rich diversity of food in indigenous communities across the world is threatened by the spread of Western eating ...
Civilians die in airstrike: Nato
KABUL (Reuters) - The Nato-led force in Afghanistan believes civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike in northern ...
UAE denies $40b nuclear contract award imminent
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates denied on Tuesday that it was days away from awarding the largest ever energy contract ...
Business
Ministry not responsible for sugar crisis: Fahim
ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim here Tuesday said that his ministry was not responsible for the ...
Recovery might come a quarter early, says IMF
ROME (AFP) - A recovery of the world economy might occur three months earlier than had been expected, at the beginning of next ...
Commodity transportation banned
PESHAWAR (APP) - The DCO Peshawar under section 144 CrPC has ordered and prohibited the transportation and movement of sugar out ...
KSE loses another 114 points
KARACHI (Reuters) - The stocks closed more than 1 per cent lower on Tuesday as domestic institutions sold banking and energy ...
Pakistan seeks Malaysia's cooperation
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Livestock and Dairy Development Department of Punjab has invited senior management of Malaysias Halal ...
Palpa urges PIA management to stay loose
LAHORE - The Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) has demanded withdrawal of show cause notices issued under most ...
SECP okays contracts with NCEL
ISLAMABAD - Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), inline with its object to promote and foster the futures ...
Gold price jumps above 1,000 dollars
LONDON (AFP) - The price of gold rose above 1,000 dollars an ounce here on Tuesday, reaching the highest level for 18 months, as ...
US one of most economically unstable nations
GENEVA (AFP) - The United States fared badly in a new assessment of world economies, with the financial crisis accentuating its ...
Govt urged to encourage manufacturing
LAHORE - Trade leaders on Tuesday urged the government to encourage the manufacturing sector including export-oriented industry ...
Politics
Now India's turn to expand its embassy
LAHORE - After giving 58 acres of land to the US Embassy, the Indian Embassy in Islamabad has also been allotted 10-acre land for ...
Surviving 12 turbulent months
ISLAMABAD - PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has completed his first year in Presidency enjoying powers even more than the former ...
President to celebrate Eid in New York
ISLAMABAD President Asif Ali Zardari plans to celebrate the coming Eidul Fitr in New York and attend the UN General Assembly and ...
Nawaz faces murder inquiry
THE Supreme Court is set to hear petitions seeking the prosecution of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif, for murder. According to ...
Taliban kill 4 schoolchildren
ORAKZAI AGENCY - At least four students of Otmankhel High School were killed and three others got injured when miscreants here at ...
No Blackwater in country: PM
PESHAWAR (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that Pukhtoonkhwa name for the NWFP was under ...
Sugar scarcity worsens in Punjab
LAHORE-The sugar scarcity has further deepened across Punjab, as the millers are still reluctant to restore supply of the ...
Bomber attacks Kabul base
KABUL (AFP/Reuters) - Four American and 10 Afghan soldiers were killed Tuesday in a clash in the eastern Afghan province of ...
Nato oil tankers attacked
QUETTA/PESHAWAR - Eight oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan were destroyed in an attack in outskirt ...
SC accepts sugar mill owners' petition
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The sugar crisis has intensified across the country and sugar is not available at government fixed prices. ...
SC seeks report as Indian gets Pakistani passport
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed NAB to present a detailed report on Wednesday (today) in the case related to ...
Reinstated employees to get salaries soon
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin here Tuesday assured the Senate Committee on Rules of Procedures and ...
No plan to monitor phone calls, SMS, e-mails: PTA
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Tuesday said it has neither formed any regulations nor intends to ...
Gunmen snatch Greek in Chitral
CHITRAL - Some unknown militants have abducted a Greek national Athansis Lerounis and killed a head constable here at Bomborait ...
BHC moved for Bugti murder FIR
QUETTA-After dismissal of petition from Session Court Sibi, Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of late Nawab Akbar Bugti has filed ...
Landlord throws man to dogs
MULTAN (Online) - A fisherman was thrown before dogs for not giving free of cost fish to a landlord here in suburban village of ...
New security system at Presidency, PM House
ISLAMABAD(Online) Security and alarm systems in Presidency and Prime Minister House have been updated with the latest and most ...
Two terror commanders surrender
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Three terrorists including two of their local commanders surrendered before security forces, which apprehended ...
Entertainment
135mph-racing car built out of recyclables
A RACING car built partly from vegetables and powered by chocolate is to make its track debut next month. The Worldfirst - ...
Cheryl Cole wants to buy football team
CHERYL Cole is desperate to buy her beloved soccer team - but she cant afford it The Girls Aloud beauty - who hails from ...
Lily Cole dismisses marriage rumours
BRITISH model Lily Cole has dismissed rumours that she is ready to marry her actor boyfriend Enrique Murciano. No (we are not ...
Cities less dangerous than rural regions
OUT of the city and into the countryside For many people this idea is associated with a life away from the dangers of the brawly ...
Cate Blanchett to play Lady Mountbatten
OSCAR winner Cate Blanchett will reportedly play Lady Edwina Mountbatten in upcoming Hollywood movie Indian Summer, which will ...
Jailed Tweed on suicide watch
JAILED rape suspect Jack Tweed has been on suicide watch after reportedly telling doctors, If I had a gun Id kill myself. Jade ...
Islamabad
ATC accepts bail pleas of two accused brothers
RAWALPINDI - The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1, Rawalpindi, on Tuesday accepted bail applications of two accused brothers for ...
'Human Rights Journalism Award announced
ISLAMABAD - Intermedia, a non-profit organisation working for journalists capacity building and strengthening freedom of ...
IIUI celebrates Defence Day
ISLAMABAD - The September 6, 1965 is a memorable day in the history of Pakistan, when Pakistan, its military and people stood ...
Eid shopping: Gathering for bangles, hena at slow pace
ISLAMABAD (APP) - As Eid approaching close, the shopping frenzy around federal capital increases in preparation for the cheerful ...
Polish team calls on AGP
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Attorney General of Pakistan, Sardar Latif Khan Khosa on Tuesday assured a Polish delegation that the ...
Capital police arrest 46 terrorists, NA body informed
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Capital Police have arrested 46 terrorists during last six months from the Federal Capital who were ...
Karachi
Thar Coal accord inked
KARACHI - Sindh government and Engro Power Gen Ltd on Tuesday inked an agreement for a joint venture on 60/40 basis to exploit ...
Trauma Centre in 3 years
KARACHI - Sindh Health Minister, Dr. Saghir Ahmed on Monday evening performed the ground breaking of the provinces ...
Public problems being addressed
KARACHI - Sindh Irrigation and Power Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, has said that it is gratifying to note that peoples problems ...
KW&SB shuts 15 hydrants in City
KARACHI - The special team of Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KW&SB) during a campaign against illegal hydrants have closed down ...
100 gastro patients hospitalised in Larkana
LARKANA - As many as 100 children of gastro patients were admitted in Chandka Medical Children Hospital Unit on ...
Meeting held to review uplift projects
LARKANA - A meeting of Sindh People Development Committee (SPDC) Larkana was held under the chairmanship of Dr Shafqat Hussain ...
The importance of Taqwa
Taqwa which means 'God Fearliness is one of the most emphasised attributes which distinguishes a believer from a non believer. ...
Lahore Lions lead points table
KARACHI - Lahore Lions grabbed the top rung on the point table in the ten team in the MCB Junior Hockey Super League when they ...
Sweden to defend title at Golf World Championship
KARACHI - Sweden will defend its title at the Omega Mission Hills World Golf Cup which will be held in southern China from ...
Lahore
Federer on song on day of American rout
NEW YORK (AFP) - It was a bleak day for US tennis on Monday as for the first time in the 41-year Open era no American made it ...
Punjab Games dates changed
LAHORE - The Punjab Olympics Association has changed the dates of the Punjab Games to accommodate camp training of the ...
Sarhad Games postponed
PESHAWAR (APP) - The much-awaited Sarhad Games scheduled from October 5-9 next month under the aegis of NWFP Sports Board has ...
Zaeem to lead Pakistan U-19 team during Zimbabwe tour
LAHORE - Azeem Ghuman of Hyderabad has been named to lead the Pakistan under-19 team on the tour of Zimbabwe. The selection ...
Razzaq seeks permission to play for Kolkata
LAHORE - Seasoned all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has sought the Pakistan Cricket Board permission to play for Kolkata Knight Riders. ...
Bari wants resumption of series with India
LAHORE - A day after he was appointed as the new chief operating officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Wasim Bari made it clear ...
Govt eager to start work
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Mass Transit Project is of paramount importance and Punjab ...
BISE introduces FSc in Medical Tech
LAHORE - Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Lahore has decided to grant affiliation to different institutions for ...
Encroachments removal from Cloth Market ordered
LAHORE - The Chief Justice Lahore High Court has directed the Ravi Town administration to remove encroachments from Pakistan ...
Minor girl, boy found shot dead near Aitchison College
LAHORE -An unidentified minor girl and a boy, apparently seemed to be sister and brother, were found murdered near Aitchison ...
Millowners behind sugar crisis: LHC
LAHORE - Sugar Mill owners had designed a plan to create shortage in country as they were witnessing the increase of sugar in ...
Dictation from 'product of dictatorship' not acceptable: PPP
LAHORE - The PPPs Parliamentary Party in Punjab Assembly, which met here on Tuesday at 90-Shahra-e-Quaid-e-Azam, paid rich ...
Punjab caught in whirlpool of crises, says Pervaiz
LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi has said that Punjab has been caught in the whirlpool of crises ...
LHC reserves judgment in Zarco case
LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif and Justice Ijaz Ahmed ...
FIR should be registered against Musharraf: Aitzaz
LAHORE (Online) - Former President Supreme Court Bar Association Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has emphasised that FIR should be ...
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