|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| December 11, 2006 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 19, 1427 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
|
|
|
|
SBP chief warns speculators of punitive steps: Exchange rate manipulation ruled out
KARACHI, Dec 10: Piqued by reports of an international donor agency’s recommendations on exchange rate readjustments, the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Dr Shamshad Akhtar, announced on Sunday that...
|
|
Balochistan wants 20pc share in PPL
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Balochistan has started negotiations with the federal government to acquire 20 per cent shareholding in the Pakistan Petroleum Limited and 25 per cent shares in all other concession...
|
|
|
||
Bangladesh troops take to streets
DHAKA, Dec 10: Bangladesh’s armed forces fanned out across the country early on Sunday and took up positions at strategic points in the capital and the district headquarters to help the civil administration maintain law and order....
|
|
Pilgrims take over Haj plane
QUETTA, Dec 10: More than 300 intending pilgrims staged a sit-in inside a plane for several hours here on Sunday when the Jeddah-bound aircraft could not take off due to technical problems....
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Aziz arrives in Yemen on 3-day visit
SANAA, Dec 10: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived here on Sunday on his first visit as prime minister to the Yemen Republic....
|
|
Afghan proposals on jirgas this week
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan hopes to receive the Afghan proposal on peace jirgas through diplomatic channels this week after which the modalities would be discussed between the two sides through political channels....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) |
Strike call against new law
KARACHI, Dec 10: A religio-political organisation has given a strike call for Dec 15 to protest against the Protection of Women Act, terming the law anti-Islam and a licence to promote obscenity and ‘sinful society’....
|
|
US security plan’s impact questioned
NEW YORK, Dec 10: Several American officials have questioned the workability of a programme which seeks to establish a nuclear fuel scanner system from next year at three ports – Karachi,...
|
|
|
||
|
India did not get all it wanted
WASHINGTON, Dec 10: India did not get all it wanted from the nuclear deal as the outgoing US Congress has retained some of the conditions New Delhi had described as “deal-killers.”...
|
|
US-India deal humiliating: BJP
NEW DELHI, Dec 10: A bill that will allow the United States to sell nuclear technology to India compromises India’s independence, its main opposition party said on Sunday, adding that the ‘humiliating’ law should be rejected....
|
|
|
||
|
GCC states plan joint N-project
RIYADH, Dec 10: In a direct reaction to the on-going nuclearisation of the region, the Arab Gulf states on Sunday announced considering joint nuclear projects for peaceful purposes....
|
|
Talabani rejects US report on Iraq
BAGHDAD, Dec 10: President Jalal Talabani, a long-time US ally, made a stinging attack on the controversial Iraq Study Group report on Sunday, calling it “dangerous” and insulting to Iraqi sovereignty....
|
|
||
Yunus unveils vision for ending poverty
OSLO, Dec 10: Micro-credit pioneer Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, founder of Grameen Bank, unveiled a bold vision for ending global poverty as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday....
|
|
Police inquiry may end Diana murder theories
LONDON, Dec 10: A long-awaited British police report dealing with Princess Diana’s death which is due this week could finally lay to rest conspiracy theories that she was murdered....
|
|
|
||
|
PTV staff remanded in police custody
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Senior civil judge Sunday remanded an employee of Pakistan Television (PTV) in police custody for four days for questioning in a murder case....
|
|
Military exercises with China start today
RAWALPINDI, Dec 10: A contingent of the People’s Liberation Army of China arrived here on Sunday to participate in joint military exercises with the Pakistan Army....
|
 Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window) |
||
|
Landmine blast kills man
QUETTA, Dec 10: A man was killed and his mother suffered injuries in a landmine explosion near Punjabi Dob village in Jaffarabad on Sunday....
|
|
Recovery of ‘missing people’ assured
ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Family members of the people who went missing from different parts of the country on Sunday met President of Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Syed and demanded recovery of their loved-ones....
|
Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Abbas Nasir
The DAWN Group of Newspapers
Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 569-3995
webmaster@dawn.com
Contributions
For Marketing: mktg@dawn.com
Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version.
