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- Concern Over Musharraf’S Security (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 09, 2007)
The crash of a military helicopter escorting President Pervez Musharraf on Monday raised concerns about the security of the Pakistan leader who won a new term as Head of State in an election last week.
- Mush Has Won. Or Has He? (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 09, 2007)
Gen Pervez Musharraf has won last Saturday's presidential poll without shedding his uniform.
- Military Operations And Political Parties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
North Waziristan too has broken away from the “deal” made with it last year and gone on the warpath.
- Spending On The Military (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 09, 2007)
At a time when the political role of the military has become a hotly debated subject, comes the news that in 2006, Pakistan spent more than any other developing country on acquiring new weaponry from abroad.
- 30 More Soldiers And 65 Militants Killed In Clashes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Fifty troops and 130 pro-Taliban and Al Qaeda militants have been killed in fierce fighting in North Waziristan since Saturday, officials and local residents said.
- Discrimination In Disaster Relief (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
The Asian tsunami and Kashmir earthquake clearly demonstrated that while the hazards themselves do not discriminate between the various cleavages in society, the severity of impacts, and the speed of recovery of various individuals and groups . . . .
- Left Seeks Assurance On Strategy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
In a note submitted to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who heads the UPA-Left mechanism to address Left apprehensions about the 123 Agreement, Left parties have raised the Hyde Act issue.
- The Tragedy Of Swat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2007)
Once the hotspot of Pakistan’s tourism, Swat is fast emerging as a stronghold of the Talibanisation that has swept most of the southern districts of the NWFP and some northern districts as well.
- Pak Political Drama: So Far So Good - For Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Factually the US made efforts to bring about what has happened in Pakistan recently and they behave as if they own the place, writes M B Naqvi.
- 60 Militants Killed In Waziristan Clashes (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
At least 60 pro-Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the security forces that also claimed the lives of 20 soldiers in Pakistan’s troubled North Waziristan tribal region.
- Pervez Escort Copter Crashes, 4 Killed (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
An army helicopter escorting President Pervez Musharraf crashed in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir today, killing four people, including two commandos from his security detail, an army spokesman said.
- The General Now Lacks Credibility (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Mr Six years ago last month, the United States launched a new relationship with Pakistan - or more precisely with its president, Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Interim Government To Be Formed: Aziz (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
An interim government will be formed in Pakistan after the National Assembly completes its term on November 15 to conduct a free and impartial general election, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday while ruling out any political role . . . . .
- Failure, Raw & Hurting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
All Intelligence agencies are paranoid about secrecy. Retired spooks are actively discouraged from writing colourful memoirs and speaking to the media. In 1977, the British Government deported Philip Agee, an American writer with . . . . .
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole . . . .
- “There Should Be Afghanistanisation Of The Development Process” (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 08, 2007)
Afghanistan’s former Foreign Minister,Abdullah Abdullah, on holding talks with the Taliban, and India’s role in his country’s development.
- U.K. Regiment To Lead Afghan Offensive (Hindu, Richard Norton-Taylor, Oct 08, 2007)
The whole of one of the British army’s most elite regiments, supported by the RAF’s latest fighter bombers, is to be sent to Afghanistan in a military operation unprecedented since World War II.
- Once In Pak, Bhutto Will Face Taliban Suicide Attacks, Says Daily (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Taliban militants in Pakistan have vowed to launch suicide attacks against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto when she returns to the country after eight years of self-imposed exile.
- Infants Do Not Suit Adults (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 08, 2007)
Last night I was shaking like a lily. Shaking, i.e., not like the world’s greatest fast bowler, but like the wallflower I’ve always been under pressure.
- In Craggy Country~i (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Television tickers nearer the date of 9/11 indicated Osama bin Laden’s possible change of address, to Chitral, in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- Trade Across Borders (Tribune, Ranjit Singh Ghuman, Oct 08, 2007)
The beginning of land route trade between India and Pakistan is a historic event. The first Indian truck, loaded with fresh tomatoes, crossed the Radcliff Line (Wagha Border) on October 1, 2007.
- 70 Killed In Pak Violence (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Seventy people, including 50 pro-Taliban militants and 20 soldiers, died in clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday and Sunday, the officials said.
- 50 Militants, 20 Soldiers Killed In Pak (Tribune, Rezaul H. Laksar, Oct 08, 2007)
Backed by helicopter gunships, Pakistani security forces today attacked militant hide-outs in the country’s restive tribal region near Afghan border, killing at least 20 ultras and losing two of their soldiers.
- Dangers Ahead: Musharraf's Re-Election And After (Deccan Herald, Rajinder Puri, Oct 06, 2007)
Barring a miracle, Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as president of Pakistan through a vote by an assembly, largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- The Burmese Junta: India's Responsibility (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Humanitarian aid should pour into crisis-ridden Myanmar to relieve the suffering population.
- Al Qaeda’S Challenge And National Politics (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 06, 2007)
Baitullah Mehsud, who pretends to run a Taliban government in South Waziristan but is actually a warlord serving Al Qaeda, has executed three soldiers of the Pakistan army and has vowed to kill more of the 250 he took hostage in September in . . .
- Benazir’S Faustian Bargain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 06, 2007)
Under tremendous pressure to coopt Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party in his political game-plan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has conceded to a major demand of Benazir by offering a National Reconciliation Ordinance which will provide indemnity . . . .
- Iaf Seeks Green Light For Red Flag (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Oct 06, 2007)
Prakash Karat and comrades have raised the Red Flag over India’s military relations with the US, but ironically it is another Red Flag that will signal the intimacy that has been bred by war games with American war-fighting principles.
- Staying The Course In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Oct 06, 2007)
The latest U.S. initiative on Afghanistan serves to legitimise NATO’s maritime activities in the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea.
- Suicide Attack On Foreign Troops In Kabul (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital on Saturday, a witness said, but police said there was no news of any casualties.
- Left Remains Adamant At N-Deal Panel Meet (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 06, 2007)
The deadlock on the nuclear deal between the warring Left and the UPA continued even after the third round of deliberations on Friday.
- Pakistan's Lost It (Pioneer, Wilson John, Oct 06, 2007)
Pervez Musharraf is set to achieve the fruition of a design he had launched in 2001 to finish off Pakistan's democratic institutions.
- Deal That Would Strangulate Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 06, 2007)
The much-expected 'deal' between Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto has been an on-now, off-again process.
- Pakistan: America’S Choice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
America faces a stark choice in Pakistan this fall: do we support democracy and the rule of law or do we support a failing military dictator? President Bush seems to have made his call and chosen to back the dictator, Pervez Musharraf.
- Farce Continues (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 06, 2007)
The theatre of the absurd over the Left's threat to withdraw support to the UPA Government if it goes ahead with the 'operationalisation' of the India-US civil nuclear cooperation deal continues, without any sign of an early dénouement.
- History's Lessons Not Learned (Pioneer, Premen Addy , Oct 06, 2007)
Michael Wood's six-part documentary, recently telecast by BBC to mark the 60th anniversary of India's independence, is a triumph of television. Camera and narrative, themes and events, have been woven into a seamless robe of the story-teller's art.
- Going Back To The Nwfp (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
THE journey from Lahore to Peshawar in April 2007 was, as ever, replete with childhood memories. As the fields grew greener on approaching Attock, and the Indus and the Kabul rivers met, the heart lifted in anticipation of the inimitable . . .
- Did Oil Fuel Iraq War? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 05, 2007)
Allegations that the US Bush administration was driven to invade Iraq by a lust for the country’s oil have been part of the anti-war movement’s narrative since even before the war’s first shots were fired.
- The Poisoning Of Punjab (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 05, 2007)
IT is now being realised the world over that there is a definite relationship between the economy, the environment and biodiversity.
- Autumn Leaves In Washington (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 05, 2007)
With India moving into election mode, the focus is naturally on coalition compulsions and deflecting attention from the messy handling of the Ram Sethu issue.
- Violence In Afghanistan Up By 30 P.C.: U.N. Report (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Oct 05, 2007)
In the past 10 days, almost 300 people have died in air strikes, roadside ambushes, and suicide bombings.
- Vietnam To Iraq, The Same Old Story (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Oct 05, 2007)
In March 1966 when I first arrived here, to cover Indira Gandhi’s first official visit to the United States as Prime Minister, the main issue in the United States was Vietnam.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2007)
The world must give it to Pervez Musharraf that he has in his own way, however spurious, been able to shore up his image ahead of this Saturday's presidential election.
- General’S Re-Election Not The Real Issue (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 05, 2007)
Barring a miracle President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday will successfully bulldoze his way to another term as President through a vote by an assembly largely depleted by angry legislators who resigned in protest against his constitutional violations.
- Saving The Past From Obliteration (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 05, 2007)
NOTHING is safe any longer from the malevolence of those who continue to bring death and destruction in the name of God in this increasingly Islamic republic; not even a harmless rock-carved image of the Buddha dating back to the second century BC. . .
- Musharraf: Ppp May Form Next Government (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 05, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) may form the government after the national elections
- Whose Game Is It? (Dawn, Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha, Oct 05, 2007)
SEPTEMBER 29 has been marked as another dark day in Pakistan’s history. It was a day when the state’s coercion was used against innocent journalists and lawyers.
- An Ad Hoc Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 05, 2007)
THE millers’ complaint that they are not receiving enough wheat from the government’s stocks does not augur well for the price of flour in the coming weeks.
- Us Foreign Policy Worries (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 04, 2007)
With winter approaching fast, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun, before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole . . . .. .
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 04, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole, "the autumn . . . .
- A Bit Of Faith In Politics (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2007)
It has become fashionable in certain smart circles to regard atheism as a sign of superior education, of highly evolved civilisation, of enlightenment. Recent best-sellers by Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and others suggest that religious faith . . . .
- 2 Pak Soldiers Killed Near Afghan Border (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Suspected pro-Taliban militants attacked a Pakistan army checkpoint near the Afghan border early on Wednesday, killing 2 soldiers and wounding three others before fleeing, officials said.
- Terror-Hit Afghanistan Turns To Gandhi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
For the first time the Gandhian ethos of non-violence and peace were celebrated in the terror-hit Afghanistan on Bapu's 138th birth anniversary.
- Two Majors Killed In Kashmir Gunbattle (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 04, 2007)
Nine militants also killed in the biggest encounter in Kashmir in last five years
- ‘No One Country Or One Leader Defines Or Runs Europe’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 04, 2007)
It was a busy week for David Miliband, Great Britain’s youthful new foreign secretary. He addressed the Labour Party conference, acknowledging the successes and “scars” from 10 years of Labour government and saying that Britain must strengthen its . . . .
- Morality Matters (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 04, 2007)
An argument one frequently hears in defence of the Government's failure to condemn the savage violence Burma's ruling junta has unleashed on the country's completely peaceful movement for democracy, is that concern for morality must yield to . . . .
- Lhc Orders Release Of Indian Sugar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the release of tonnes of imported Indian sugar, declaring it non-injurious for human consumption.
- Untenable Leniency... (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
IN interviews with Radio Liberty on Saturday, a number of people from Pashtunkot district of the Faryab province implored the government to free them from the clutches of an unreconstructed commander named Shamal.
- Nine Militants, Two Army Majors Killed In J&k Gunbattle (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Army today killed nine militants, believed to be members of Al Badar, in one of the biggest encounters with militants in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times, in which two Majors also lost their lives.
- Valley's Youth Invoke Mahatma Gandhi For Peace (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 03, 2007)
In the run-up to Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Kashmir debated the relevance of his philosophy and work ethics and the state government approved cash reward for school and college students who produced the most eloquent speeches on. . .
- Major Killed In Jk (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Army Major and top Al-Badr militant were killed while another Major and two jawans were injured in an encounter in the Tangmarg area of Baramula district today.
- Will The Generals Step Aside? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 03, 2007)
DESPITE indications of popular unease since mid-August, recent events in Myanmar (Burma) took the world by surprise.
- Us Senate Passes $648b Defence Bill (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The US Senate on Monday passed a mammoth $648 billion dollar defence policy Bill, shorn of attempts by disappointed anti-war Democrats to dictate President Bush’s Iraq strategy.
- Her Master’S Voice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 03, 2007)
MS BENAZIR Bhutto’s growing estrangement from reality is now approaching irreconcilable proportions.
- Unshaken It Stands (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Al Qaeda In The Ascendant (Dawn, Irshad Abdul Kadir, Oct 03, 2007)
POLITICAL analysts have been given, over, time to anticipating disruptive trends in the Pakistani political scenario with some measure of accuracy.
- Q&a: 'India's Position On Landmines Isn’T Tenable' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Mine Ban Convention, signed by 155 countries, argues for a complete ban on the use of a conventional weapon that has been in widespread use for decades. Sylvie Brigot, executive director of International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). . .
- Pak Warns N-Suppliers About Selective Approach (Rediff on the Net, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan on Tuesday warned the Nuclear Suppliers Group of States that any selective endorsement of a country can jeopardise the current international consensus on nuclear non-proliferation.
- Jihad Reaches Maldives (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 03, 2007)
The Maldives is slowly, but surely, turning into a sanctuary for Islamist terrorists, thanks to the easy access to arms from Pakistan and money from Saudi Arabia. Last Saturday's bombing shows the fire. . .
- Major, Al Badr Commander Killed In Tangmarg (Kashmir Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
An army major and the divisional commander of the Al Badr Mujahideen were killed in an on-going gunbattle in the Tangmarg forests on Tuesday, while two associates of the militant commander have been besieged by the troops.
- Court Orders Reopening Of Lal Masjid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to reopen a pro-Taliban mosque in the capital that was closed following a military raid against suspected Islamic militants there, an official said.
- I May Allow Us Strikes Against Osama: Bhutto (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto has said that she might allow the US military to strike inside Pakistan to eliminate Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden if she comes back to power.
- Indian Involvement In Terrorism In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 03, 2007)
AFTER keeping mum for several months, Pakistan Foreign Office has finally admitted that there are indications of Indian involvement in anti-State activities inside Pakistan’s Tribal Areas.
- Musharraf’S Rivals Move Sc Again (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf's rival candidates in the 6 October Presidential poll in Pakistan today moved the Supreme Court challenging his bid to seek a new five-year term in uniform, four days after the court dismissed a slew of opposition. . .
- India And Pakistan In Trade Boost (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
India and Pakistan have boosted trade ties with a truck carrying goods across the border for the first time since partition 60 years ago.
- Pakistan Opposition Resigns Over Musharraf Vote (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan's opposition legislators submitted their resignations on Tuesday as part of their efforts to undercut President Gen Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid while two of his opponents filed fresh legal challenges to his candidacy.
- Trade With India And Its Problems (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 03, 2007)
Pakistan and India have abandoned the pantomime of propagating hate while opening up trading facilities via the land route on the Wagah border post in Lahore.
- Japan Gets A New Pm (Pioneer, Amit Jetley, Oct 03, 2007)
Mr Yasua Fukuda, 71, elected as Japan's Prime Minister with a comfortable majority in Parliament's Lower House, has a difficult task ahead of him.
- Iran Labels Cia Terrorist Organisation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Iran’s parliament voted Saturday to designate the CIA and the US Army as “terrorist organisations”, a largely symbolic response to a US Senate resolution seeking a similar designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
- Mired In A Vortex Of Terror & Drugs (Dawn, S. Mudassir Ali Shah, Oct 01, 2007)
HOWEVER phrased, President Hamid Karzai’s tenure has been a disquieting litany of half-truths, plain untruths, failures, missed opportunities and dithering on hot-button issues such as the Taliban-led insurgency, unprecedented poppy cultivation . . . .
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