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Articles 8421 through 8520 of 13380:
- Feature - Stay Or Go; Pakistani Quake Villagers' Wintry Dilemma (Reuters, Simon Cameron, Nov 11, 2005)
Will they stay in the mountains or will they go down to Muzaffarabad, where water and sanitation problems are causing misery for many earthquake survivors?
- India To Host South Asia Disaster Management Centre (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
South Asian nations agreed on Thursday to set up a disaster management centre in India to help the region better handle calamities like tsunamis, earthquakes and floods that have ravaged it in the past year.
- Opening Of Loc Will Have Positive Impact On Relief: Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
The Indo-Pak decision to open five points along the LoC could play a key role in helping overcome the "logistical nightmare" being faced by relief agencies for distribution of aid in quake-hit areas of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, a top UN relief official h
- World Bank To The Rescue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2005)
The World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of Rs 10 billion spread over three years to the education sector in Sindh. In view of its negative experience in the 1990s in Pakistan, the Bank has added the condition that the government must ensure . . .
- Opening Of Third Crossing At Loc Put Off (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
India has postponed opening of the third crossing point at the Line of Control till Saturday
- Kashmir Needs Help, Not Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 11, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time in Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards before they were shot dead.
- The Unfortunate Incident In New Delhi (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 11, 2005)
On November 8, Roshan Ali, the 19-year-old son of a Pakistan High Commission official in New Delhi, was abducted and harassed by unknown people . . .
- Pakistan Hails Indian Assistance (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Pakistan has praised India for helping the quake victims and expressed satisfaction over the agreement to open five crossing points at the Line of Control (LoC) for Kashmiris.
- A Revised Building Code (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 11, 2005)
The decision to revise the building code was long overdue. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asked the ministry of housing and works to draft a revised code within a month.
- Opening Of Third Point On Loc Delayed (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Nov 11, 2005)
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Thursday announced to defer opening of the Tithwal-Nauseri crossing point on LoC – the third in the series of five—till Saturday on the grounds of “non-completion of a foot-bridge on the Neelum river”.
- Pak Rakes Up Kashmir Issue At Un (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 11, 2005)
Notwithstanding the ongoing Indo-Pak talks to resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, Pakistan has once again spoken about the right of self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir under UN supervision.
- India, Pak Jointly “Can Restore” Stability In Nepal (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Nov 11, 2005)
With the subcontinent witnessing improvement in Indo-Pak bilateral relations on one hand and worsening situation in Nepal and Bangladesh on the other, former Foreign Secretary, Mr Jagat S. Mehta today suggested that India and Pakistan should join hands to
- Saarc At 20: Will The Future Be Different? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 11, 2005)
It is time for the grouping to move ahead with real economic integration.
- Al-Qaeda's Battle For Hearts And Minds (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Nov 10, 2005)
No one can claim that al-Qaeda is not watching the twists and turns of the debates related to global terrorism that are currently being waged in the United States and the Muslim world.
- A Revised Building Code (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
The decision to revise the building code was long overdue. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz asked the ministry of housing and works to draft a revised code within a month.
- Terrorists Wear A Human Mask In Pok (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Nov 10, 2005)
One cannot say for sure how many survivors of the October 8 temblor in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) will survive the impending onslaught of the freezing winter to get, if at all, rehabilitated in the near future.
- Kashmir Needs Help, Not Politics (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 10, 2005)
I was in Parliament House when the terrorists struck last time in Delhi, some four years ago. Not familiar with the building, they could not find the entrance. Still they killed three security guards before they were shot dead.
- They Can Have F-16s (Hindustan Times, PN Khera, Nov 10, 2005)
At the end of October, a meeting convened in Geneva to discuss earthquake relief for Pakistan succeeded in getting only 12 per cent of the target of $ 580 million
- Loc Crumbles At Another Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Nov 10, 2005)
Notwithstanding the political and geographical boundaries, authorities from across the Line of Control (LoC) today exchanged relief material for the quake affected victims at Kaman post in Uri.
- Continuing Menace (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 10, 2005)
The figures given by Maj-Gen V.K. Singh, Chief of Staff of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, about the continuing infiltration of militants from across the Line of Control even after the October 8 earthquake tell their own tale.
- Rehabilitation First, Then Arms Deal (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Nov 10, 2005)
The death toll of killer quake that hit Muzaffarabad area of PoK has reached, through non-government sources, about one lac. Pakistan government itself has confirmed that about seventy three thousand persons have lost their lives in this earth tremor.
- Terrorists Can't Be Freedom Fighters: Manmohan (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Nov 10, 2005)
Notwithstanding the political and geographical boundaries, authorities from across the Line of Control (LoC) today exchanged relief material for the quake affected victims at Kaman post in Uri. This is the second point on the ceasefire line between India
- South Asia Summit Again Seems Mired In Politics (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Nov 10, 2005)
Leaders of South Asia, home to nearly one-fifth of humanity, gather in Bangladesh this weekend for a twice-postponed summit to push long-standing goals to reduce poverty, boost trade and fight terrorism.
- Pakistan, India Reopen Main Kashmir Crossing (Reuters, Zeeshan Haider and Sheikh Mushtaq, Nov 10, 2005)
Pakistan and India reopened the main border crossing in divided Kashmir on Wednesday to help survivors of October's devastating earthquake, but the frontier stayed closed to vital relief trucks and people.
- This November (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 10, 2005)
November 6 has come and gone and November 25 is around the corner. These two days are written in blood in the 1947 history of our State.
- Indian Journos Cross Loc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
India and Pakistan did not allow any civilian to cross the Line of Control (LoC) at Aman Setu (Peace Bridge) on Wednesday with relief, but mediapersons, mostly cameramen, breached it to take pictures and exchange pleasantries with their brethren from PoK.
- Suspect In Delhi Blasts Case Held, Brought To City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2005)
A Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, who has claimed his involvement in Delhi's serial blasts, was brought here on Wednesday from Jammu for questioning to ascertain the veracity of his statement.
- Second Loc Post Opened Without Fanfare (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 10, 2005)
Termed "major step" by officials, a disappointment by civilians who were not allowed to cross over
Mild tremor as relief material was being exchanged
"A goodwill gesture on both sides"
A field hospital has been set up at the Kaman Post
- India To Release 26 Pakistan Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2005)
India will release 26 more Pakistani civil prisoners on November 18.
- Kashmir Dialogue Process Has To Be Broad-Based, Says Azad (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 10, 2005)
The new Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister,Ghulam Nabi Azad, is aware of the challenges facing the State. In an interview, he calls for including all sections in the dialogue to resolve the Kashmir dispute. He also speaks in favour of administrative....
- That Boardroom At Jeejeebhoy Towers (Financial Times, Sourav Majumdar, Nov 10, 2005)
For a reporter on the stock market beat in the early 90s, the big daddy of the stock exchanges was the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), then perceived as the seat of capital market activity in the country.
- World Bank To The Rescue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2005)
THE World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of Rs 10 billion spread over three years to the education sector in Sindh.
- India, Pak Exchange Relief Material At Aman Setu (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Nov 10, 2005)
Indian and Pakistani officials from both sides of the LoC today supervised the exchange of relief material for the quake-affected population. The Aman Setu (peace) bridge over the KDK nullah, which links the two sides of Kashmir, was a witness to . . .
- Politics Can Wait, Hunger Can’T - Ii (Greater Kashmir, DR. ABID HUSSAIN, Nov 10, 2005)
Politicians help them no doubt, but in doing that their security creates a big hurdle. Better is to sympathise with victims at home and let volunteers do the ground work, suggests Dr. Abid Hussain
- Indo-Pakistan Border Opening Urgent For Quake Aid - U.N. (Reuters, Robert Evans, Nov 09, 2005)
Roads crossing the Indo-Pakistan border must be opened rapidly to get vital aid to thousands of homeless survivors of the South Asian earthquake before winter sets in, the U.N. food aid agency WFP said on Tuesday.
- Let Loc Truly Melt (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 09, 2005)
When Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf spoke the other day about allowing the people of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947 to cross the Line of Control at will he was clearly trying to score a point.
- Message From Loc (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 09, 2005)
Monday was supposed to provide a life-time’s opportunity to the Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control to meet their near and dear ones, but this could not happen because of procedural problems.
- Clearance Sale! Politicians Going Cheap (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 09, 2005)
The Mitrokhin Archives dealt with the Soviet period. The UN’s Independent Inquiry Committee Report investigating corruption in Iraq’s oil-for-food programme during President Saddam’s regime deals with recent events.
- Tough Challenges Before J And K’S New Cm (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Nov 09, 2005)
FOR the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, who took over in Srinagar on Wednesday, it is not going to be a cakewalk.
- Softening Of The Border (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Nov 09, 2005)
UNLIKE individuals, nations can seldom afford mushy sentimentalism.
- Loc Incident And ‘Official Positions’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
As India allowed the first of the five openings on the Line of Control in Kashmir, earthquake victims from the Pakistani side tried to rush across the heavily mined Line of Control (LoC) and had to be kept back by Pakistani police with teargas shells.
- Only Relief Material To Be Ferried From Second Loc Point (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Only relief material will be sent across the LoC to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir from Kamanpost-Chakoti crossing point in the Uri sector, which would be opened today as documents for people, willing to travel, have not been cleared by the Pakistani . . .
- More Relief Material Sent To Pok (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 09, 2005)
Pakistan Army out in full force to prevent attempts to cross over to the Indian side
15 trucks with Indian relief material given to PoK authorities
Unexpected meetings between families who had come to the LoC
- 150 Pok Residents To Cross Next Week (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2005)
Amid growing demand for allowing members of divided families across the LoC to meet, over 150 PoK residents are likely to enter Jammu and Kashmir via the Chakan-da-Bagh post on the LoC next week.
- Two More Loc Posts To Be Opened Soon (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 09, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday named the designated authorities from whom application forms could be obtained by people intending to cross the five points along the Line of Control (LoC).
- Convert Pledges Into Commitments (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 09, 2005)
Under-Secretary General of United Nations’ Humanitarian Assistance Programme Jan Egeland has made an urgent appeal to the UN member States to convert over one billion dollars of pledges into commitments and contribution in order to meet the ongoing . . .
- Pakistan And India: Pioneers In Global Disaster Response? (Christian Science Monitor, Mansoor Ijaz, Nov 08, 2005)
The terrorist bombs that rocked New Delhi recently must not be allowed to wreck a painstakingly crafted peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Loc Opened As India Sends Relief To Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 08, 2005)
Teargas shells fired to disperse crowds wanting to cross over the divide
- Quake Relief Point Opened (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 08, 2005)
Pulling down the wall of animosity, India and Pakistan on Monday opened the first frontier post on the LoC for quake relief in Kashmir.......
- Kashmiris From Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Run In Mass Towards India For . . . (India Daily, Niraj Lakhsman, Nov 08, 2005)
Kashmiris from Pakistan occupied Kashmir run in mass towards India for relief and food along now open Line of Control as Pakistan stops them with tear gas and warning shots
- What The Delhi Blasts Portend (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Nov 08, 2005)
India needs to re-evaluate the peace process and insist on hard evidence that Pakistan is serious about dealing with terrorist organisations based within its territorry.
- For Those Who Love The Beauty Of Nature (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 08, 2005)
It’s a charming valley which need be explored, A R Bhat writes on the topography, history and the landscape of a lovely piece of land called Gurez
- Be Alert (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 08, 2005)
Hardly a day has passed of late without one or more earthquakes not rocking the State.
- The Moment Has Arrived (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 08, 2005)
THERE are moments in a nation’s history when its leaders must look at their performance and also around themselves, take stock of the situation they and their country face, and, if need be, adopt a new course.
- A Wise Decision (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2005)
The Pakistan government has done well to delay the deal with the US for the purchase of 75 F-16s.
- Back From The Precipice (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 08, 2005)
Writing in these columns on August 18, I had expressed the fear that the fundamental lack of moral and legal legitimacy in the invasion of Iraq would vitiate subsequent efforts to build a new political order.
- Death In Awful Majesty (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2005)
Aid alone can save Kashmiris in the winter after the quake
- Adding To The Frills (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Nov 08, 2005)
wonders if Bihar will gain anything from the elaborate bandobast the Election Commission has put in place this time
- Lesser-Known Saiva Siddhanta Text (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Nov 08, 2005)
The first complete translation in English of all that survives of any Saiva Siddhanta Agama
- Politicking On Human Misery (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
Let’s not fish in the troubled waters by making political use of a sheer human tragedy, comments Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
- Pak-India Trade Doubles (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 08, 2005)
TRADE between Pakistan and India has doubled during the year 2004-05 to 835 million dollars as compared to 359 million dollars in 2003-04.
- Kashmiris Protest As Loc ‘Opens’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Police fire tear gas to disperse villagers, men arrested for trying to cross LoC
* Protestors say they don’t need aid, just want to visit families on other side
* Army officer says crossing points ‘could be permanent’
- India Opens Border, Pok Shouts For Freedom, Pakistan Cops Shoot (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Pakistani police fired tear gas and shots to disperse hundreds of villagers trying to approach a border crossing with India alongside Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir after it was opened to facilitate earthquake relief efforts.
- Loc Points Only For Kashmiris’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
Pakistan said on Monday that the five crossing points at the Line of Control (LoC) were meant for Kashmiris on both sides of the LoC to meet and help each other and not for the nationals of Pakistan and India.
- Delhi Blasts: Pak Ultra Arrested In Bengal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
A Pakistani national suspected to be involved in the New Delhi blasts and other subversive activities in India was arrested by the Border Security Force (BSF) at Balurghat in North Bengal.
- Investigators Believe Militants Behind Delhi Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
A lack of concrete evidence has not sidetracked Indian investigators from a firm belief that well-organised Kashmiri militants planted bombs that killed 62 people a week ago in New Delhi.
- ``Allowing People Across The Line Of Control Will Take Days'' (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 07, 2005)
Applications will have to be cleared by both India and Pakistan
- Gilgit Bleeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Our continuous interest in Gilgit, which is part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, keeps bringing us face to face with grim developments taking place in the territory under Pakistan's occupation.
- Lip Service? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Normally one would have heartily welcomed a report that has quoted several militant outfits disowning their involvement in the serial bomb blasts in the national capital on October 29.
- First Loc Point Opens Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The army has made all preparations for opening five points along the LoC for sending relief to earthquake affected people in PoK but it would take another week to facilitate the......
- Reconsideration Of F-16s Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
President Musharraf has said that Pakistan has deferred the purchase of F-16s warplanes from the United States. He was talking to newsmen in Muzaffarabad during his visit to quake devastated areas on Eid day.
- Bridges Over The Bombs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
IT is hard to get inside the minds of people who are prepared to plant bombs in order to destroy innocent lives on buses, markets or in restaurants, especially when the precise identity of the perpetrators remains unknown, as it does with the . . .
- Un Chopper Strays On Indian Side Of Loc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
In another such incident in post-quake Jammu and Kashmir, the Army on Sunday returned a UN chopper to Pakistan after it landed at Udoosa, two km inside Kaman bridge-the symbol of Indo-Pak bonhomie.
- What Terrorists Thrive On (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2005)
Nations would do well to deny terrorists what Margaret Thatcher called ‘the oxygen of publicity’
- Bright Face Of Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
The nation commemorated Eid-ul-Fitr in a sombre atmosphere in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division leaving in its trail unprecedented death and destruction.
- India’S Delaying Tactics (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
Despite agreement on five points for relief across the Line of Control, India has conveyed to Pakistan its readiness to open only one point on Saturday in utter disregard for the urgency of the matter. It has opted to stagger the opening of the five point
- India-Pakistan Loc Agreement: India Opens Only One Point Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Only goods, no people to cross today
Civilian exchange could take 10 days
Pakistan says it is ready to open all points
Crossings only on foot, open to all Indians
- Relief Goods To Be Allowed First: Pakistan Official (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2005)
Both sides not able to exchange lists of people
- Strategy To Deal With Naxalites (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Nov 07, 2005)
The enormity of the challenge posed by various naxalite or Maoist groups in India has made the States affected by the ultras sit up.
- November 6 (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 07, 2005)
November 6 is an important date in the history of Jammu Kashmir.
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