The Nation (Karachi, Pakistan) back issues from February 2009:
Sindh for revival of 1991 Water Accord.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By RAMZAN CHANDIO KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): Sindh government has approached President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani demanding the restoration of 1991 Water Accord, sources told The Nation on Sunday. Currently, the provinces are sharing water as per formula ...
CS forces Home Secy, others to abdicate powers.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By MUBASHIR HASSAN LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): Punjab Government has denied access to close relatives of eight patwaris detained at Bahawalpur jail in violation of not only the jail manual, but also of the human rights, reportedly on the verbal orders of Punjab Chief Secretary Javed ...
Iftikhar should back Ramday's stance: Shujaat.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, former Prime Minister and President Pakistan Muslim League-Q has said that if deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry opts to endorse the stance taken by Justice Khalil Ramday, the judicial crisis in ...
Six robbers gunned down in 'fake encounter'.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): City police gunned down another six alleged robbers during a staged encounter here in Satu Katla area in the wee hours of Sunday, police sources claimed. The sources revealed that the police had arrested these dacoits a couple of weeks ...
10-hour loadshedding irks Lahorites.
Feb 01, 2009 ... February 1 (THE NATION): OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - In continuation of the past Sundays forced loadshedding by the Regional Control Centre Islamabad hit the large part of the City this Sunday also, hence, the majority of the areas lost electricity for five to 10 hours incessantly ....
Mayo Hospital to be expanded.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By YASIR HABIB KHAN LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): The provincial government is likely to expand the limits of the Mayo Hospital, the oldest and largest hospital of the country, which is serving the humanity since 1871. According to the sources in Revenue department, a comprehensive ...
Punjab bureaucracy favours foreign firms.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): While the countrys import bill and the resulting trade deficit is continuously mounting, some vested interests in the top bureaucracy of Punjab have decided to award Rs3.2 billion contract to the multinational companies for ...
Everyone a minister.
Feb 01, 2009 ... BY M.A. NIAZI February 1 (THE NATION): THERE has been apparently little enough happening in this City. The Young Doctors have not had their problems solved. Indeed, the head of the Young Doctors Association has not had his problems solved, which would necessitate being put on the road to a ...
National cohesion must to get rid of dangers: CM.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): A delegation from Balochistan led by Provincial Minister for Excise and Taxation Rustam Jamal called on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif here the other day. During the meeting, development projects of Punjab as well as matters of ...
Govt urged to produce missing persons, reinstate judiciary.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By ISRAR AHMED RAWALPINDI, February 1 (THE NATION): Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) while demanding immediate release of Nuclear Scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, has asked PPP-led government to restore superior judiciary including deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar ...
Overhead bridges turn into business spots.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By SYED DANISH HUSSAIN RAWALPINDI, February 1 (THE NATION): Most of the city overhead bridges, which provide convenience to the pedestrians to cross the jam-packed roads and railway tracks, turned into business spots due to the sheer negligence of the authorities concerned causing ...
Photo exhibition on Israeli brutalities held.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER RAWALPINDI, February 1 (THE NATION): To express solidarity with Palestinians, the students of Quaid-e-Azam and Fatima Jinnah Women Universities on Sunday jointly organised an exhibition of pictures depicting Israeli brutality in Gaza Strip here at Nawaz Sahrif Park ...
PIA, KRL Quaid Trophy match begins at Mirpur.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By ALTAF RAO February 1 (THE NATION): MIRPUR (AJK)- The top national cricket event Quaid-e-Azam Cricket trophy tournament begins at the world-class Mirpur Cricket stadium here Sunday after KRL and PIA jumped into the field to play the opening match of the four-day tournament being held ...
Punjab- Sindh exciting quarter-final today.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): Holders Sindh will take on Punjab in the quarter-finals of National U13 Festival of Football 2009 on Monday at 12.30 PM. Sindh won both matches in Group-B beating Dir and Northern Areas by identical scoreline of 3-0 at Lahore's ...
Iran will not compromise on N-issue, says envoy.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By NISAR MEHDI KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): Syed Rasool Moosavi, Director General of the Iranian foreign ministry Political and International Studies Centre, Tehran, said that United States did not have the courage to attack Irans nuclear facilities. Talking to newsmen at Iranian ...
Implementation of new power tariff delayed.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By SADIA SAEED KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): New tariff revised by the NEPRA would not be implemented till the standing committee of National Assembly (NA) gives approval for its enforcement. The committee is scheduled to meet on February 6, sources told The Nation on Sunday. The NA ...
JI shows solidarity with Kashmiris, Palestinians.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Naib Professor Ghafoor Ahmed has said that without resolving the Kashmir dispute, the dream of peace in South Asia will not possible. He said that the freedom movement in Kashmir was in progress despite the ...
Schooling still a distant dream for 7m Sindhi children: Sharmila.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By INTIKHAB ALI & SAADIA QAMAR KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): A slim, energetic and fragile but committed young lady in Sindh government is all-out to resolve those thorny issues in which her male counterparts may think many times before indulging. But adviser to Chief Minister Sindh, ...
Police urged to adopt scientific methods for investigation.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): The Provincial IG Police, Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak has called upon the investigation officers to give up the obsolete system and adopt modern investigation standards. He said that if they have sincerity of purpose the offences ...
Elections of SA standing committees' heads in limbo.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By RAMZAN CHANDIO KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): The elections of the Chairmens of majority of the Standing Committees of the Sindh Assembly (SA) are in limbo due to lack of the interest of the members of the relevant committees, The Nation learnt on Sunday. About 30 Standing Committees ...
Security forces regain control of Charbagh.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By ESSA KHANKHEL SWAT, February 1 (THE NATION): At least 60 people, including 16 militants and one soldier, were killed and 25 others injured in the fresh clashes between security forces and militants in different areas of the Swat Valley on Sunday. According to an ISPR spokesman, as many ...
IMF review mission shifts venue.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By JAVED MAHMOOD KARACHI, February 1 (THE NATION): The International Monetary Fund mission is not coming to Pakistan due to security reasons and the fund would conduct the review of the economic performance of the country in Dubai. The IMF and the government teams are scheduled to meet in ...
Govt wants solution without collateral damage, says Gilani.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Abrar Saeed February 1 (THE NATION): ISLAMABAD-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that military operation was not the only option to deal with Swat unrest and government was busy looking into other options to bring normalcy to the region. Addressing a press conference here at ...
Nawaz's security manager shot dead.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HARIPUR, February 1 (THE NATION): Personal security manager of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and Finance Secretary of the partys NWFP chapter, Sher Azam Khan, was assassinated in his native town Khalabat, District Haripur, on Sunday. According to sources in the PML-N, ...
Kh Hoti resigns over poor law, order in NWFP.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Our staff reporter February 1 (THE NATION): PESHAWAR Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Nawab-zada Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti Sunday announced to quit the cabinet in protest against the Awami National Party (ANP) leadership neglecting him in decision-making process. Addressing a ...
Sugar price may touch Rs50 per kg.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Ashraf Javed LAHORE, February 1 (THE NATION): The harsh and indifferent attitude of the sugar mills owners towards farmers has climaxed into a sugar crisis in the country, as Pakistan is all set to import 200,000 metric tons of sugar to overcome the shortfall, it was learnt reliably ....
EDITORIAL: 16 hurt in Dera Murad Jamali blast.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... By Bari Baloch QUETTA, February 1 (THE NATION): At least 16 people sustained injuries when a powerful bomb went off in Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday evening while gas pipelines were also blown up in Dera Bugti and Kishmore areas. According to reports reaching here, unknown people had fitted ...
EDITORIAL: Swat flare-up.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... February 1 (THE NATION): THE killing of 20 more people in Swat, with the unconfirmed reports putting the fatalities to 40 that also include women and children, has forced the local population to move out of their houses in search for safety. As the operation entered its fifth day, the ...
EDITORIAL: IMF recipe.(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2009 ... By QUITE obviously, it is under the IMF pressure that the State Bank has maintained the high discount rate of 15 percent, which has not, in any case, produced the expected outcome. Rather, it has dismayed the business community that was hoping for a sizeable reduction. Industrialists, in ...
ARTICLE: Dam building in Davos.
Feb 01, 2009 ... February 1 (THE NATION): ON the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Prime Minister Yousaf Reza Gilani met ADB President Haruhiko Kurodo, from whom he made a number of requests. However, the most important for him was that for financing of the $8 billion Bhasha-Diamer Dam ...
ARTICLE: Providing for education.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By DR FAISAL BARI February 1 (THE NATION): In the last article we had argued for the position that all children in Pakistan should be educated. Even if parents cannot pay for their children's education, it is in the interest of the nation to get every child educated, and we can use other ...
ARTICLE: Nawaz's policy may backfire.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By NADEEM SYED February 1 (THE NATION): Mian Nawaz Sharif's call to the people to come on roads seems to be quite exciting and tempting for a person like him having greater political ambition but felt increasingly constrained in the present political dispensation for one reason or the ...
ARTICLE: Healing Gaza's wounds.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By DR JAMES ZOGBY February 1 (THE NATION): Viewing the aftermath of the assault on Gaza, and listening to some of the commentary coming from Israel, the Arab world and from Israel's supporters here in the US, can be disturbing on many levels. Most troubling is the failure of the apologists ...
ARTICLE: US to doff 'colonial' cloak.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By DR S. M. RAHMAN February 1 (THE NATION): Historical amnesia appears to be the single most determinant of USA's dwindling 'image', particularly in countries who have gone through the humiliation of being ruled by the colonial powers, be it Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal and the ...
White Lies.
Feb 01, 2009 ... By DIOGENES February 1 (THE NATION): The 25-member peace mission that went to India last week may as well be called Mission Impossible. The group was given no formal reception at arrival, only personal friends turned up to collect them. They too seemed conspicuously cool towards the ...
Rs23.5b embezzlement in Defence Ministry.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By NAVEED BUTT ISLAMABAD, February 2 (THE NATION): Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has exposed Rs 23.5 billion irregularities in Defence Ministry in the face of non-payment of PTV license fee, constructions of Troops Family Welfare Centre and Mangla Garrison, and ...
No interest rate cut until inflation down to 15pc.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Afzal Bajwa ISLAMABAD, February 2 (THE NATION): Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Cabinet would meet here on today with stock of issues including upcoming International Monetary Fund review starting February 17 in Dubai, besides reviewing petroleum pricing mechanism. According to ...
Outages continue stinging Lahorites.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Prolonged and unscheduled power outages have paralysed the whole life in City, apparently due to the immense shortfall in hydropower generation across the country. Residents from all localities of the City and its adjoining areas have ...
More miseries for people.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): The frequent low gas pressure, initiated for the last five days, along with hours-long power outages, have forced the CNG station owners to shut their filling houses, making the life miserable for motorists in the City. Due to drop in ...
Dealers threaten to close down CNG stations.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): All Pakistan CNG Association and All Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association have threatened the government to close down CNG stations and petrol pumps across the country from Jan 5 if the authorities do not withdraw the recent increase ...
Lawyers demand mid-term elections.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Lawyers protesting against the government for not restoring deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and others, on Friday demanded midterm elections under the supervision of an interim government, set up on the Bangladesh ...
CM stresses need to forge unity during Muharram.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our staff reporter LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif has said that living nations face all challenges boldly and we should also maintain such an atmosphere of peace, brotherhood and amity during Muharramul Haram, which should be unprecedented. He ...
LHC rejects mother's plea over children custody.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): The Lahore High Court Judge Justice Khawaja Farooq Saeed Friday refused to hand over the custody of four children to their mother after she could not inform the court about whom she had been staying with after leaving her husband ....
PPP, 'Q' walk out from Assembly.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By MUBASHIR HASSAN LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Despite beginning of reconciliation process between PPP and PML-N following a recent breakthrough over power-sharing formula, the Punjab Assembly on Monday saw a glimpse of future political alliance when PPP and PML-Q joined hands against ...
Sharif brothers will remain committed to judges' issue: Wajih.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Former presidential candidate Justice (r) Wajih-ud-Din has expressed the hope that Sharif brothers would not compromise on their eligibility cases in the Supreme Court and will remain committed to the judges issue. Sharif brothers ...
PML-Q pledges to move SC to protect LG system.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): District nazims along with PML (Q) top leadership decided on Monday to use all the means to protect the present local government system including the option to move the apex court. The nazims also did not rule out meeting with ...
LHC orders Speaker to forward reference against Saba.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to Speaker Punjab Assembly for February 9 on constitutional petition seeking direction to speaker to forward disqualification reference against MPA Saba Sadiq to the chief election ...
PM's son refuses cooperation with three PPP MPAs.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ASIF CHAUDHRY LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, has flatly refused to cooperate with three PPP MPAs when they approached him for the safe release of Station House Officer (SHO) Ghalib Market, Ehsan Ashraf Butt, who was ...
Pakistan needs independent foreign policy: ex-Law Minister.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By SAJID ZIA LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Given the developing picture at the international level, Pakistan badly needs to formulate an independent foreign policy keeping in view its larger national interests. The current political disharmony needs to be prevented from becoming a ...
Banks credit off-take dips by 33 per cent.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ERUM ZAIDI KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The growth in private sector credit off-take by the schedule banks has declined by 33 per cent during Jul-Jan FY09. The private sector credit disbursement from the scheduled banks has declined by 84 billion rupees from July 2008 to January, ...
Inter-bank offer rate for six months tenure slightly declines.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): Karachi Inter-bank offer rate for the six months tenure has slightly declined by 58 basis points to 15.10 per cent during the month of January 2009. This fall is being attributed to liquidity improvement in the inter-bank and other ...
Pakistan must adopt latest trends in gold refining.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): Pakistani Jewellery Industry must equip itself with the latest techniques and trends being used in gold refining and assaying worldwide to make its products competitive and attractive for foreign markets. These views were expressed ...
FPCCI expresses concern over SBP monetary policy.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Sultan Ahmad Chawla has expressed his serious concern over monetary policy statement of the Governor State Bank of Pakistan. He said economists were ...
Selling pressure shoves stock market down 43.47 points.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By SYED MOHAMMAD TAHIR LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Monday was the first day of business week in Karachi Stock Exchange when bourse witnessed bearish activities where conscious and less-assured investors remained more busy in selling their holdings rather purchasing and propel the ...
Unisame asks govt not to intervene in rice trade.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the Ministry of Commerce and also Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) to the repercussions of government intervention in rice trade and ...
Wateen sponsors anti-terror moot.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE, February 2 (THE NATION): Wateen, Pakistans leading communications and technology company was one of the main sponsors at the recently held Anti- Terrorism & Disaster Management Conference and Exhibition which took place from January 21, 23 2009 at the Pearl ...
'Drone attacks hinder peace efforts'.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our staff reporter Islamabad, February 2 (THE NATION): The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistans efforts for cooperation and strengthened ties with all its neighbours, including Afghanistan and India, is a manifestation of its commitment ...
'Missing doctor Razzaq in Pindi Police custody'.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Our staff reporter ISLAMABAD, February 2 (THE NATION): Islamabad High Court on Monday disposed of a petition challenging the disappearance of a railway hospital doctor after coming to know that Rawalpindi police in connection with several suicide hits has arrested the missing doctor ....
Babar briefs PM on President's address.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Abrar Saeed ISLAMABAD, February 2 (THE NATION): Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Senator Dr. Babar Awan called on Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PMs House on Monday and briefed him about the winding up of the debate on Presidents address to the joint sitting ...
Relief package for rice growers announced.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By ZAMIR SHEIKH KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has come to the rescue of the rice growers in the province who suffered huge losses due to un-seasonal rains when he announced a relief package which included waiving off water charges, land tax and ...
KESC sets rate to buy electricity from Wapda.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By SADIA SAEED KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The KESC has fixed Rs 6 per unit rate for purchase of electricity from WAPDA after getting approval of the he Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet, sources revealed to The Nation on Monday. The KESC is selling electricity to ...
Verdict on Kalias' bail plea reserved till tomorrow.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The District and Sessions Judge South, Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui, on Monday reserved the verdict till February 4 (tomorrow) over the bail plea moved by three accused including Munaf Kalia, Hanif Kalia, and Javed Khanani allegedly involved ...
Qazi demands halt to Swat military operation.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By our staff reporter KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) chief, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has demanded the government to break off its alliance with the United States in war on terror and halt the ongoing military operation and drone attacks in FATA and other parts ...
City Council adopts two resolutions amid uproar.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The City council session held on Monday presented scene of a battleground when City council finally issued the notification to demolish some old Goths of the City. The session was presided over by City Naib Nazim Nasreen Jalil ....
7th Kara Film Festival begins tomorrow.
Feb 02, 2009 ... By OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI, February 2 (THE NATION): The 10-day Seventh Kara Film Festival will open tomorrow (February 4) at the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi in which features films, documentaries and short films would be screened. Director, Kara Film Festival Hassan Zaidi said ...