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Articles 8921 through 9020 of 13380:
- Remain Vigilant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 20, 2005)
The quake has not stopped militant attacks
- A Bold Proposal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has just offered to open the Line of Control in Kashmir to let people from across the LoC help their stricken brethren in Azad Kashmir. India has welcomed the offer.
- Challenge Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 20, 2005)
The search and rescue phase in the worst earthquake disaster that ravaged Azad Kashmir and the NWFP is almost over 12 days after the disaster struck the doomed area.
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- India To Examine Pak's Request To Open Loc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
India will examine Pakistan's offer to open the Line of Control to allow people from Jammu and Kashmir to go to quake-ravaged Pakistan occupied Kashmir for relief efforts only after ensuring that security concern of the country was not compromised.
- Hail Musharraf (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 20, 2005)
No one can doubt the sincerity and forthrightness of General Pervez Musharraf regarding his desire to see the peace process between India and Pakistan succeed so as to alleviate the sufferings of the people of Kashmir.
- Serious Implications Of Loc Opening (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has offered to open the Line of Control to allow people on the other side join aid efforts in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir.
- Musharraf Inspires Confidence In Sufferers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has explained the infrastructure developed for the rescue, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- India, Pakistan Restore Phone Links, To Open Border (Reuters, Faisal Aziz, Oct 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan gave hope to quake-hit Kashmiris on Wednesday by agreeing to open the border dividing the region for the first time in decades as aftershocks shook northern Pakistan.
- Managing Security Through Fixed Tenures? (Hindu, N.N. Vohra, Oct 20, 2005)
All security-related posts must be manned by those chosen from a dedicated pool of officers selected and trained for the specific purpose.
- Phone Link With Pok Established (Hindu, Luv Puri , Oct 20, 2005)
Kashmiris call up kin across LoC
- India Sees No Security Risk In Opening Loc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
The Indian government on Wednesday dismissed fears that the opening of the Line of Control (LoC) for earthquake relief work would open channels for Pakistan-based militants to cross over into Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view the killing . . .
- No Question Of Opening Up Entire Loc: Army (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
"Certain routes can be opened but we will have to look at security concerns"
Government to wait for "actual details" of proposals
Security situation under control, not let-up in vigil
No shortage of tents, medicines, woollen material
- Journey Of Jihad (Indian Express, Ananya Vajpeyi, Oct 20, 2005)
Who fights a so-called holy war in the midst of a natural disaster? What place does ideological warfare — presumably the impetus for Tuesday’s assassination of a J&K minister — have in a moment of humanitarian crisis? . . .
- Insecure Again (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
A climate of uncertainty seems to have trapped Jammu and Kashmir once again.
- J&k’S Ugly Reminder (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Nothing can keep terrorists at bay
- Movement Across Loc Only For Kashmiris, Says Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 20, 2005)
Modalities have to be worked out with India; proposal receives wide acceptance
Kasuri claims announcement is in conformity with foreign policy
United Jihad Council welcomes initiative
PoK's ruling and Opposition endorse proposal
- India's No To Direct Cellular Calls From Across Loc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
India has said no to Pakistan's plans to permit direct cellular calls from across the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir, saying these would have to be routed through existing systems.
- India Hails Musharraf's Offer Of Opening Loc For Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
India welcomed reported offer by President Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan was willing to open the Line of Control (LoC) for "any amount" of Kashmiris to join in quake relief work but said implemention of the proposal practically will have to be worked out
- Several Moderate Intensity Aftershocks Rattle J-K (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A series of strong aftershocks jolted Jammu and Kashmir and parts administered by Pakistan today,
- Black Farce, Bleak Prospects (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 19, 2005)
The absence of a clear disaster-management plan has reduced earthquake victims to beggars.
- Murder & Militancy In A Shaken State (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 19, 2005)
In carrying out attacks that resulted in the death of a State Minister and several others even as the Government of Jammu and Kashmir was trying to cope with the fallout of the October 8 earthquake, the terrorist groups have once again demonstrated ...
- Pakistan Kashmiri Militants Back Border Opening (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A Pakistan-based alliance of Kashmiri militants groups on Wednesday backed Islamabad's call for India to allow Kashmiris to cross the heavily militarised frontier in the divided region hit by a deadly earthquake.
- Fun Managers (Deccan Herald, AMBIKA ANANTH, Oct 19, 2005)
There’s a link between humour and creativity, which prompts CEOs today to hire ‘fun managers’
- Chinese Red Cross Donates Rs. 23. 71 Lakhs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
China on Tuesday donated Rs. 23.71 lakhs to India for relief work in the earthquake-hit Jammu and Kashmir. Its Ambassador Sun Yuxi handed over to Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, a cheque for the contribution made by the Red Cross Society ....
- Over A Million Jobs May Have Been Lost In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Labour-intensive job schemes needed: ILO
Widespread destruction of infrastructure
Areas affected are amongst the poorest in Pakistan
Need to rebuild minimum of assets to revive urban informal economy
- Pakistan Condemns Killing (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 19, 2005)
Pakistan on Tuesday condemned the killing of Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Education Ghulam Nabi Lone and said it was opposed to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
- J&k’S Ugly Reminder (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2005)
The assassination of J&K’s minister of education, Ghulam Nabi Lone, on Tuesday morning has caused widespread revulsion
- Central Team Visiting Srinagar Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Manmohan expresses shock and grief
"Al Mansooriyan's claim that it was behind the attack would be verified..."
- Pakistan Ready To Open Loc For Quake Relief (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 19, 2005)
Musharraf makes dramatic announcement
- J&k Minister Lone Shot Dead (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Oct 19, 2005)
CPI(M) leader Tarigami escapes; outrage in high-security area in Srinagar
Militants believed to be a suicide squad
Scaled the wall of nearby college and entered the high-security Tulsi Bagh area: police official
A security lapse, says Tarigami
- Will It Affect The Dialogue? (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 19, 2005)
When the natural elements strike they show no respect for man-made borders.
- Before The Donors Meet In Geneva (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
The United Nations has convened a meeting of the donor countries and agencies on October 24 next to assess the magnitude of losses in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division in the recent killer earthquake and the assistance that Pakistan needs
- Terror Aftershock: J&k Minister Killed At Home (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
AS if replying to the buzz here over the past few days that many terror camps were destroyed by the earthquake, militants chose high profile targets early on Tuesday morning as a reminder of their presence.
- Pakistan’S Image Problem (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Oct 19, 2005)
Another year has gone by in our country’s chequered history as an independent state.
- Setting Priorities Right (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2005)
With the relief operation in full swing in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, a semblance of order seems to be emerging from the medley of activities that was witnessed in the days immediately after the calamity struck.
- Baglihar: The Points At Issue (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Oct 19, 2005)
The specific points of difference relate to the design of the Project, the extent of pondage, and the placement of the spillway gates and the water intake.
- Distant Neighbours (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 19, 2005)
Sufferings efface identities. I thought something like that would happen when the earthquake struck Islamabad and both sides of Kashmir, causing more death and destruction in the areas under Pakistan’s control than in India.
- Ignoble Gesture (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 19, 2005)
Joint relief efforts cannot change the realities of Indo-Pak relations
- Manmohan Condemns Lone Killing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
The BJP too condemned the killing and asked the UPA government to review its ‘soft’ policies towards militants.
- How Safe Is The Capital (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Rebuilding the minimum of assets to revive the urban informal economy requires urgent support, an ILO report says.
- Relief Mission In Pak Operates At Brisk Pace (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
With winter fast approaching, authorities feared toll could mount following exposure and infection.
- Ajk Employees Should Return To Duty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 18, 2005)
Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has warned all employees of the State to return to their work and play their role in relief and rehabilitation activities.
- Kashmir: On The Hot Seat Of Earthquakes (Greater Kashmir, Saadut Hussain, Oct 18, 2005)
So what can we do, if God forbid, it hits us once again, Saadut Hussain cautions
- Education Of Sufferers (Statesman, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 18, 2005)
October 8 earthquake caused massive devastation in the Valley and in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK). The quake also claimed many a precious life. People lost their kith and kin, home and hearth.
- Uae To Airlift Serious Patients (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
The UAE Ambassador Dr Ali Mohammad Al Shamshi has said that UAE will start a mega airlift operation of serious patients from earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir for treatment in various hospitals of the country. He said that the UAE Presiden
- The Economics Of Disasters (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 18, 2005)
The northern areas of Pakistan and the adjoining areas of Kashmir under Indian control were ravaged by an earthquake on the morning of October 8.
- Some Misjudgments (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Oct 18, 2005)
In one of his most radical pronouncements on the Iraq war, President Bush declared at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington on October 5 that Muslim militants were battling to “establish a radical Islamic empire extending from Spain to Indone
- When Death Took The Roll Call (Dawn, F. S. Aijazuddin, Oct 18, 2005)
Can there be anything more heartbreaking in the life of a young nation than that it should have to bury its young?
- India And Pak Must Pursue Peace (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 18, 2005)
The results of two days talks in Islamabad during October 3-4 was summed up by India's Foreign Minister Natwar Singh thus : ''On some issues there can be no hurry.
- Few Women, Children Left In Balakot (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 18, 2005)
There aren’t many women and children left alive in Balakot. The adult male residents of this small Pakistani town were out at work on the morning the deadly earthquake struck; their womenfolk and children were indoors — at home or in school.
- Terrorism On The Rise (Tribune, Jagmohan , Oct 18, 2005)
In connection with the Kashmir imbroglio, the most serious issue which deserves to be attended to on top priority is not the withdrawal of Indian troops from two districts of the valley
- More Tents Are Needed (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2005)
After the October 8 calamity that destroyed most of Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP,
- Additional Funding For Quake Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
The European Commission on Monday decided to allocate another 10 million euros for the victims of the quake a week after the killer temblor devastated parts of India and Pakistan.
- Karnataka Sends Rs. 1 Cr. Relief To Quake Victims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2005)
The Karnataka Government on Monday despatched 43 tonnes of relief material, including food items, medicine and blankets, for the victims of the earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir, by an Indian Air Force cargo aircraft.
- Pakistan Bars Indian Aid Fearing Exposure Of Militant Camps : Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (Jklf) (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Accusing Pakistan of adopting an "indifferent attitude towards hapless people of quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir [PoK]",
- Analysis - India, Pakistan Miss Chance To Turn Hurt To Hope (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Oct 17, 2005)
The mountains of Kashmir may have buckled, but India and Pakistan do not seem to have budged.
- India’S Cynical Condition (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 17, 2005)
India has agreed to allow Pakistani helicopters to fly in the one kilometre ‘no-fly zone’ along the Line of Control in Kashmir’ provided permission is taken on case-to-case basis’ an Indian spokesman said in New Delhi on Saturday.
- Whither Political Leadership Of Ajk? (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri and Zulfiqar Ghumman, Oct 17, 2005)
The entire political leadership and civil administration of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is out of the picture while thousands of people are suffering the worst ever calamity and running from pillar to post to save themselves from further disasters.
- Many More To Die If Not Taken Care Of (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri and Zulfiqar Ghumman, Oct 17, 2005)
With death, destruction and disease all around, the homeless survivors of the catastrophic earthquake in Azad Kashmir are faced with further misery as the winter sets in, with the rain already pouring and snow expected in a few weeks.
- The Lines Nations Draw (Indian Express, P. Stobdan, Oct 17, 2005)
The details of the sixth round of Sino-Indian Special Representatives-level talks (September 26-28) have not been made public.
- Quake-Proof Construction (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2005)
The damage reportedly caused to a number of buildings as a result of the powerful earthquake that also shook Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar besides causing extensive damage in the Frontier and Azad Kashmir should serve as a wake-up call for the civic. . .
- Major Earthquake Could Occur In Delhi: Met Department (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Delhi is sitting on a potential killer temblor that can pull down like a pack of cards the several high-rise buildings dotting the skyline as the city comes under highly seismic Zone-4 category.
- India, Pak Miss Chance To Turn Hurt To Hope (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
The mountains of Kashmir may have buckled, but India and Pakistan do not seem to have budged.
- Rain, Snowfall Hampers Relief Operation In J&k (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
Heavy rains and snowfall in quake-ravaged areas of Kupwara and Baramulla districts in north Kashmir on Sunday forced suspension of relief sorties by Indian Air Force and army choppers adding to the woes of survivors as temperatures in the upper reaches...
- The Lines Nations Draw (Indian Express, P Stobdan, Oct 17, 2005)
The details of the sixth round of Sino-Indian Special Representatives-level talks (September 26-28) have not been made public.
- Music (Deccan Herald, Mysore V Subramanya, Oct 17, 2005)
Shubha Mudgal, whose roots are in Hindustani music, went back to her tradition to present a rich tapestry of bhakti geets, sufi songs and songs of communal harmony at a concert called “Souharda Raaga” at the Ambedkar Bhavan in Bangalore on Sunday.
- Relief Helicopter Crashes In Pok, Six On Board Killed (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 17, 2005)
Torrential rain, early snowfall disrupt relief operations
Bad weather, technical fault could have caused crash
Death toll likely to rise further: Musharraf
- Now They Have To Battle The Cold (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 17, 2005)
Survivors of the Kashmir earthquake face a brutal challenge: the Himalayan winter.
- Hit In Kathua (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 17, 2005)
Only the naïve will be surprised by the terrorist attack on Territorial Army jawans outside their camp in Kathua district on Saturday particularly its timing and manner of execution.
- Girgan Valley (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
The move to construct the Mughal road is leading to the projection of certain hitherto little known but captivating tourist spots all the way from Akhnoor to Poonch and beyond the Pir Panjal.
- Six Years Of Musharraf's Rule (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Oct 17, 2005)
The October 8 killer earthquake in parts of Pakistan and Kashmir under its control could not have come at a more inopportune time for General Pervez Musharraf than the eve of the sixth anniversary of his Military coup.
- Last Mile Problems With The Nagas (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 17, 2005)
After eight years of cease-fire, the Naga peace process has finally started making some progress.
- Future Of Relations With China (Dawn, Javid Husain, Oct 17, 2005)
'China-Pakistan relationship is coming to an end?’ was the provocative title of the paper presented by a Chinese scholar at a seminar on Pakistan-China relations, recently organized by the Area Study Centre, . . .
- Rescue Work In J&k Hit By Rough Weather (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik, Oct 17, 2005)
As road and air links to the quake-hit areas have been napped, volunteers are moving from village to village with relief supplies.
- Pak Copter Crash Kills 6, Relief Mission Called Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2005)
A Pakistani military helicopter involved in relief operation for quake victims in the worst-hit PoK has crashed, killing all six people aboard, including four officers, defence spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan said on Sunday.
- Earthquake Shows Possibilities (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 17, 2005)
Since Musharraf continues to have a grip on the state, the earthquake is unlikely to precipitate political changes
- Parties Sans Democracy (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Oct 17, 2005)
Most political parties in the country today are either family affairs or are plagued by infighting
- Tent City For 500,000 Quake Victims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 17, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that a tent city is being put into place near Muzaffarabad with the UN help to provide shelter to 500,000 people rendered homeless due to last week’s devastating earthquake.
- Women And Children In Ajk ‘Being Kidnapped’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2005)
Homeless women and orphan children are being kidnapped from the areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir devastated by the October 8 earthquake, ARY news channel reported on Saturday.
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