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- Keeping A Check On Profiteers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2005)
While the response to Saturday’s earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP has been nothing short of phenomenal,
- Quake: Worsening Factors (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 13, 2005)
Perhaps the most heartening and positive feeling that one has experienced in the last few days is the massive and spontaneous response of ordinary Pakistanis to the earthquake that devastated the northern half of the country.
- ‘That’S Just Pakistan’ (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
A UN situation report on the deluge that Saturday’s earthquake has left in its trail has focused the destruction of about 1000 hospitals, basic health units and other health care infrastructure in the devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- Army Comes To Rescue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that two divisions of Pakistan Army, one each in Azad Kashmir and Mansehra, have been deployed to accelerate the pace of rescue and relief activities in the quake hit areas.
- Volunteers Coordinate (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
As they say every cloud has a silver lining the massive earthquake that struck Kashmir last week has bound the people in strong bonds of love and fellow feeling.
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 13, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented. As such, they do not give any opportunity for shifting people to safer areas.
- Budhal Massacre (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 13, 2005)
The massacre of ten persons in Budhal area of Rajouri district on Sunday night once again underlines the existence of the evil stalking the Jammu hills.
- On A Radical Scale (Hindu, PRASHANTH G.N., Oct 13, 2005)
Music needn't be confined to the ivory tower, removed from the larger reality of the day, says musician Shubha Mudgal, who has jumped many barricades of tradition, in a chat with PRASHANTH G.N.
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Pakistan Will Not Forget (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Oct 13, 2005)
The Scale of the disaster has traumatised the entire country — or perhaps not quite.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- Indian Soldiers Cross Loc To Help Pak Troops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
As a goodwill gesture, the Indian Army on Wednesday crossed the Line of Control (LoC) to help Pakistani soldiers in removing the rubble of a bunker in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Kashmiris Must See That We Care (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 13, 2005)
There needs to be a civil society response to match that of the government for the earthquake affected in Kashmir.
- Cruelty And Calamity (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
A calamity brings out the best and the worst in the man. The recent earthquake too has put on display two facets of human nature. On the one hand, total strangers are helping the quake victims.
- Pm Announces Rs 500 Cr More Aid, Toll Rises To 1300 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Describing the weekend earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir as a national calamity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced an additional Rs 500 crore relief.
- Political Faultlines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2005)
The challenge of rescue and relief operations is too big. This is no time for politics
- A Force For The Good (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2005)
Two stark pictures separate themselves from the many etched into the terrible devastation. The first is not made up of any one specific event.
- Coping With Earthquakes (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Oct 12, 2005)
Of all natural disasters, earthquakes are the most difficult to manage because they can be neither predicted nor prevented.
- Restore Tele Links (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The governments of India and Pakistan won widespread acclaim by announcing several confidence building measures (CBMs) during the past two years
- When Disaster Struck (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 12, 2005)
WHAT lessons did Saturday’s earthquake in the north of the country carry for us? In the initial shocking days there was not much to learn and much more to mourn.
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was commissioned i
- Legends On Fire (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The news that the Pahalgam Club on the bank of the picturesque Liddar has been gutted in a mysterious fire is extremely disappointing.
- Pm Assures All Help To Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said humanitarian considerations would be given precedence over political considerations when dealing with the earthquake.
- Done A Lot, Want To Do A Lot More (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The tourism sector in the state is once again abuzz with the activities of revival as the inflow of domestic and foreign tourists to the state has witnessed a surge over the years.
- Muzaffarabad In Ruins (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
Heavy rain and hail forced the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistani Kashmir Tuesday and survivors scuffled over the badly needed food — the first international aid to make it overland to this devastated city.
- Lifelines, Borderlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2005)
The trauma of the communities hit by the October 8 earthquake is immeasurable and unending. This tragedy that has hit Pakistan and India - nations united by geography and divided by history - reminds us of a common humanity and common sense of grief and l
- New Horizons (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The relaxation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) has given time to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir, as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known, to think of developing tourism in a big way.
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Turkey-Eu Deadlock-Ii (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
It has been mentioned that, Turkey needs to make huge efforts to meet the stringent requirements for EU membership, including absorbing the 80,000-page EU rulebook into its domestic law.
- Fear, Fury In Tangdhar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 11, 2005)
All morning, the villagers of Kandi, a small hamlet, watched trucks filled with tents and blankets head for villages further down the mountains. When a truck carrying supplies for them finally arrived after nightfall, three days of fear, hunger and cold c
- The New One-Party State (Dawn, Niall Ferguson, Oct 11, 2005)
IT IS not only the Democrats in the United States who cling fondly to the illusion that if they can only find the right candidate, they will sweep back into power. This is also the collective fantasy of the British Conservatives, who are currently choosin
- Use The Whip (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 11, 2005)
Once again we have highlighted in an analysis in our news columns the damage being done to environment in the State by brick kilns and stone crushers
- Affluents Should Emulate Shujaat (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
IN keeping with his family traditions, PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has set a noble example of sharing fellow citizens’ pain and hardships and contributing towards mitigation of their sufferings. He has donated Rs one crore towards President’s Relie
- Daunting Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake still remains a guess, given the inaccessibility of the towns and villages in the mountainous areas rocked by the convulsion.
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Spirit Of Camaraderie On Loc (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Oct 11, 2005)
Engaged in massive rescue efforts in quake-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Army offered helicopters to Pakistan for relief operations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The offer was made during the several contacts between senior commanders on both sides.
- A Tragedy And An Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
Natural disasters recognise no boundaries, present nobody to blame, and can affect people across the socio-economic divide.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Bangladesh's Proxy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
With just a few weeks left for the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Indo-Bangladesh ties touched a new low on September 29 when Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Major General Jahangir Alam Choudhury, alleged that the August 17 multiple explosions in his
- Are We Prepared? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
Was it not quite thoughtful on the part of several residents of Pacca Danga to come out of their homes and sleep on a raised platform inside the Mubarak Mandi complex on a highly tense Saturday night? Having survived the century's severest earthquake
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Tackling Adversity Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Keeping humanitarian considerations above everything else, India has offered all kinds of help to Pakistan to cope with the devastation caused by the most severe earthquake in its history.
- Reluctant Voters, Fragmented Votes (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Oct 10, 2005)
Do the results of the Assembly elections held in February hold pointers to how Bihar will vote this time?
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- A Tool In Support Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
Today’s democracies of the world have tremendously been influenced by the phenomenon - "Information Explosion".
- Prudent Response To Quake Tragedy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 10, 2005)
NATION has responded with a sense of prudence to Saturday’s earthquake that is feared to have killed thousands of people across the country.
- Disaster Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
The Valley has been left to mourn the death of more than three hundred people who died in a massive earthquake, which struck the state Saturday morning.
- J&k Quake: Ngos Go Missing, Locals Reach Out To Help (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
As Jammu and Kashmir faces death and destruction, no Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) from outside Kashmir has so far started relief operations, which have by and large been carried out by the Army and the local organisations.
- Face This Challenge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week could not have ended on a worse note for our State and its vicinity. An earthquake the like of which has never been witnessed before turned our life upside down. From Lakhanpur to Uri the buildings were shaken to their foundation. Quite a few of
- Killer Quake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2005)
This is an opportunity for the neighbours to cooperate in this hour of crisis
- Black Saturday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
IT is at best a conjecture how long it would take to measure the enormity of Saturday’s earthquake.
- Worst Hit: 300 Already Dead, Many Still Missing In Tangdhar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
In Kashmir, Tangdhar has the most horrible story to tell. Around 300 people have been killed here while hundreds remain untraced in several inaccessible villages along the Line of Control in Kupwara district.
- Srinagar: A City Of Dumps And Bumps (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
All of us contribute towards making a once beautiful city a big dumping ground of all dust, dirt and garbage. Srinagar will regain its glory the day reality dawns on us, laments Dr Bashir Ahmad
- Change In Attitude (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week Delhi had visitors from the part of Kashmir which is under Pakistan’s control.
- Pak Returns Indian Soldier, Mirwaiz Says Nature’S Fury Must Unite Both (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
Aman Setu, the white steel bridge on the Line of Control that symbolises the thaw in Indo-Pak ties, was damaged in aftershocks on Sunday afternoon. The Valley has already counted over 600 dead.
- Massive Earthquake Shakes Northern India, Pakistan With 7.6 Richter - More Than 2000 Killed 10,000 Injured In India And Pakistan (India Daily, Preeti Singhani, Oct 09, 2005)
A strong earthquake shook northern India,
- Centre Offers Rs. 100-Crore Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Cabinet decides to send team to State; Army, IAF mobilised for relief operations
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Complicating The Problem (Greater Kashmir, DR HAMID, Oct 09, 2005)
Inadequate obstetric care results in pituitary disease in huge number of young women in Kashmir valley,
- Creating Political History Through Computer Graphics (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
What a ‘feat’ it is - getting Hari Singh’s signatures through computer, quips Abdul Majid Mattu
- Foreign Aid Welcome, Says Shaukat Aziz (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2005)
Rs. 1 billion announced for relief
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Dharma As Well As Education Is Essential: Seer (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Sri Veerasomeshwara Rajadeshikendra Shivacharya Swamiji of Sri Rambhapuri Peetha, Balehonnur in Chikmagalur district said that dharma and education were the two faces of the same coin.
- Quake Devastates Pak, J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Many people were buried alive in an upmarket apartment block in Islamabad.
- Pak Will Go Ahead Without India: Aziz (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asserted that Islamabad would go ahead with the gas pipeline with Iran even if New Delhi drops out of the project and that the Kashmir issue is central to bilateral ties with India.
- I Do Not Disown Responsibility: Manmohan (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Oct 09, 2005)
Decision of Union Council of Ministers was based on Bihar Governor Buta Singh's report
It was our considered judgment that the dissolution was the only practical course
Various factors were considered before deciding Governors
- Over 300 Killed In Jammu And Kashmir; Uri Town Flattened (Hindu, Luv Puri , Oct 09, 2005)
Over 300 people were killed and more than 700 injured in Jammu and Kashmir in Saturday's earthquake.
- More Than 2,000 Feared Killed As Quake Rocks Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2005)
40 aftershocks cause panic; 400 children, 200 soldiers killed
- India Denies Any Part To Pakistani Propaganda On Kasmir - India Rules Out Any Change In Status Of Kashmir (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 08, 2005)
Pakistan did it again. They have started spreading false propaganda about India Pakistan talk on kashmir.
- India Shakes To Quake Fury! (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2005)
The Indian, Pakistani and Afghan capitals were rocked by big tremors on Saturday. Sporadic incidents of damage in J&K as well as a lone death and injuries to some 50 people have started filtering in, authorities and witnesses said.
- India’S ‘Apartheid’ Under Us Gaze (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Oct 08, 2005)
An unprecedented Congressional hearing on the caste system in India gets wide publicity on the Christian news networks.
- From Myths To History (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 08, 2005)
Terrorism is a universal threat, demanding a universal response
- The True Role Of Religion (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 08, 2005)
Founders of every major religion of the world addressed themselves to the problems facing human societies of their time. They were clear in their priorities. Hebraic religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam made one God the centre-piece of their....
- Dekha Is Bemari-E-Dil Nay Aakhir Kam Tamam Kiya-I (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 08, 2005)
This tireless muscular pump which we call heart is an enigma of nature, Dr. Sajjad Reshi comments on heart and heart related diseases
- 'Practical' Theory Of Revolving Doors (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 08, 2005)
In diplomacy doors are never closed." So said External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh in Islamabad recently.
- Kashmir, Taiwan And North Korea Are Potential Hotbeds: John Reid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 07, 2005)
British Defence Secretary condemns terrorism; favours Kashmir dialogue
No attempt to "contain" China
Islamic terrorism on the rise across Asia
- No Compromise With Terror, Says Manmohan Singh (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 07, 2005)
Emphasis on a humane police force
Police mission to give a sense of purpose to be set up "Police should enjoy the respect and the trust of the common citizens" "No group or organisation can be allowed to take the law of the land in their own hands . . .
- Why We Should Universalise Iodised Salt, And How (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Oct 07, 2005)
Iodisation of salt at the salt heads is cost-effective and will reduce public health problems due to iodine deficiency.
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