US, French journalists killed in Syria unrest
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
AMMAN/BEIRUT - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday wh ...
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ISI accused of picking up MI ex-major
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD –The wife of Major (r) Osaid Zahidi, a former officer of Military Intelligence (MI), has accused the Inter-Services Intelligence ( ...
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Khyber PK Assembly slams US Congress resolution
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a condemnation resolution against the US Congress resolution on Balochistan ...
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Pakistan to support, not lead, Afghan peace drive
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LONDON - Pakistan will give its full support to any clear effort by the Afghan government to achieve a political settlement with the Taliban but does ...
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Solid Pak-India ties only thru talks
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said talks are necessary for permanent and solid relations between India and Pakist ...
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NAB to sort out political cases
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari Wednesday constituted a special committee to review the cases pend ...
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Brahmdagh for US, Nato intervention
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
QUETTA - Supporting the US Congress resolution on Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party (BRP) President Nawabzada Brahmdagh Bugti on Wednesday sought t ...
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AG files evidence against PM in SC
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD - Attorney General for Pakistan on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court certified copies of judicial verdicts and orders passed earl ...
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Nawaz sets conditions for attending APC
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif has set conditions for attending the All Parties Conference (APC), ...
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Life-saving or -taking drugs?
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – Unsafe and dangerous drugs, banned across the globe for causing multiple complications, are doing roaring business in Pakistan with ...
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Gaining power by shedding power
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD – Following his ‘reconciliation policy’, President Asif Ali Zardari has surrendered some more key powers to th ...
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Eight dead as protests flare in Afghanistan
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
KABUL - At least eight Afghans were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting over the b ...
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Ijaz opens BBM Pandoras box
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD - The central character of Memo scandal, Mansoor Ijaz, Wednesday recorded his explosive statement via video link from London before the judi ...
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3 references, several inquiries against Sharifs pending with NAB
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
ISLAMABAD - Some three corruption references and almost half a dozen inquiries were pending with National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Accountabili ...
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Escaped prisoner threatening many lives
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – Four hardened criminals involved in multiple cases of killings, kidnappings, and armed robberies escaped from police van on Wednesd ...
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5,000 new yellow cabs vanish
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – Despite tall claims of the Punjab government that yellow cabs will provide better transport facilities to the masses, almost none o ...
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CM vows to bring back lost money
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to bring back the money looted by the elite and recover the bank loans obtained by ...
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Punjab govt to extend Aashiyana housing scheme to 4 more cities
[The Nation] 23 Feb, 2012
LAHORE – The Punjab Government has planned to accommodate the low salaried and poor people of all 36 districts of the province in Ashiyana H ...
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