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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- A New Mood Of Confidence In The Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 18, 2007)
'Shahzeb "Sunny" was only 17 years old when Benazir Bhutto left Pakistan, but the pharmacy shop assistant in Layari, a vast Dharavi-like neighbourhood in this city, is in no doubt the Pakistan People's Party leader is "the best".
- Pakistan Is Facing Warlordism: Benazir (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 18, 2007)
The former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday said, “Pakistan could end up with war-lordism and ethnic cleansing. We need to learn lessons from history”.
- Thousands Await Benazir In Karachi (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 18, 2007)
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto are converging on the country’s biggest city to welcome the former Prime Minister who is set to end eight years of self-exile on Thursday.
- Bhutto To Return Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday vowed to return home on Thursday after eight years of self-imposed exile.
- Japan To Alter Support Of U.S. In Afghanistan (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Japanese cabinet approved a new antiterrorism bill Wednesday that would extend a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean but curtail Tokyo's support for U.S.-led combat operations in Afghanistan.
- Bloggers In Arms (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2007)
The monks in Burma have no idea. No idea that people all over the world — from Seoul to Vienna — are holding rallies to support their cause.
- After 8 Years, Bhutto To Return Home Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said she would return to Pakistan on Thursday to end eight years of self-exile and lead her party into national elections despite threats of Al-Qaida inspired suicide attacks.
- On Way Home, Benazir Sings 'No Deal' Tune (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Claiming that she has not struck any deal with Pakistan's military regime, former premier Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday vowed to return home on Thursday after eight years in self-imposed exile to bring democracy and human rights to the . . . . .
- Pak Cj Rejects Full Bench Request (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
An 11-member bench of Pakistan’s Supreme Court looking into petitions against Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s candidature in the October six Presidential poll on Wednesday sought constitution of a full bench for the case, a request turned down . . . . .
- After 8 Yrs, Benazir To Return Home (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Pakistanis wait in suspense on Thursday for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to return from self-imposed exile, under threat of assassination from militants linked to al-Qaeda.
- 1 Million Will Greet Bhutto In Karachi Today (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 18, 2007)
Over a million people will welcome former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto when she returns to her homeland on Thursday morning, ending eight years in exile, her party said.
- No Deal, Says Bhutto (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Claiming that she has not struck any deal with Pakistan’s military regime, former Premier Ms Benazir Bhutto today vowed to return home tomorrow after eight years in self-imposed exile to bring democracy and human rights to the “represse . . . .
- ‘Caretaker Govt In Pak By Nov. 15’ (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Pakistan will have a caretaker government in place by November 15 to supervise general election in the country in January, Pakistan’s information minister said.
- Thousands Of Supporters Await Bhutto's Return From 8-Year Exile (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Thousands of supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Pakistan's biggest city Thursday to welcome her home from eight years of exile to the center stage of the country's volatile politics.
- Who Threatens Ms Bhutto? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, has said that she is determined to return to Pakistan against all odds and isn’t afraid of the plots being made to kill her.
- I Am Pakistans Salvation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Blowing hot and cold against the military regime in Pakistan, former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto believes that she alone is capable of bringing the beleaguered country back to the centre-ground of democracy.
- ‘I Will Rid Pakistan Of Extremism, Dictatorship’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto pledged on Wednesday that she would return to Pakistan to rid it of extremism and dictatorship by bringing in democracy. Ms Bhutto is due to arrive in Karachi today at around 1:00pm.
- Law Vs People’S Will (Dawn, I.A. Rehman, Oct 18, 2007)
QUITE a few political crises in Pakistan have been caused by its rulers’ use of legal instruments to defy the demands of propriety in a society that professes to be democratic.
- Media Blitzkrieg Vs The Average Voter (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 18, 2007)
STENCH bombs are for real, and Israelis aren’t the only ones using them. hey are the hottest weapon in the hands of the brave new, empowered media in Pakistan and your TV rooms their pet targets.
- A New Old Order (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 17, 2007)
Pakistan is a land of many incongruities. The military, and to a lesser extent the civil bureaucracy, wield power but lack foresight and public support. The politicians who enjoy popular backing do not always have power, which . . . . . .
- Disinformation, Says Benazir Party (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 17, 2007)
The Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday stepped up efforts to dispel doubts over the return of its leader Benazir Bhutto on October 18 after eight years of self-exile in London and Dubai.
- Pact With Benazir (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2007)
PAKISTAN President Gen Pervez Musharraf appears to be having second thoughts on operationalising the unsigned deal he had entered into with PPP leader Benazir Bhutto.
- The Uncertainty Principle Revisited (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
The political dynamics that resolved the uncertainties of two years ago have spawned more uncertainties, perhaps of a more fundamental nature
- Will Putin Change The Strategic Map? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 17, 2007)
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is in Iran and the world is tense with expectations of a change in the regional strategic map.
- Landing Problems (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 17, 2007)
BENAZIR Bhutto is not off the mark when she says that it is the PML-Q leadership and not Gen Musharraf that has ‘problems’ with her proposed return to Pakistan tomorrow.
- Looking For Professionalism (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
WHILE it may be only too natural to hit out when the chips are down, surely the target should not include team members without whose support no degree of success is possible.
- Increase In Terrorism (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
This refers to the report that in the wake of the Ludhiana blast, the intelligence agencies have warned of more bombings (Oct. 16). Our intelligence officials have concluded that the developments in Pakistan over the last six months have weakened. . .
- Eventful Days Ahead (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 17, 2007)
Eventful days and weeks lie ahead. Today the Supreme Court will resume hearings on the petitions challenging the president’s eligibility for re-election by the current national and provincial assemblies.
- ‘National Reconciliation’, Really? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
South Africans, who coined the words ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ to make peace between the enforcers of the apartheid regime and the majority black population so that, in the words of the incomparable Nelson Mandela, ‘we might . . . .
- Haqqani Testifies (Daily Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
At the political level, our military-led government has long denied political space to mainstream, pro-West political parties. The denial creates a vacuum, and anti-West, pro-Jihadi political elements fill the vacuum
- Speculation Rife Over Benazir’S Return (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 16, 2007)
Three days before the expected homecoming of Pakistan People’s Party leader and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto after an eight-long years self-imposed exile, rumours are swirling that she may not return.
- Bhutto To Face Law Of The Land: Aziz (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 16, 2007)
The PPP chairperson,Benazir Bhutto, is free to return to Pakistan, but the law of the land will apply to her like any other citizen, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said.
- Crisis Of Governance (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Oct 16, 2007)
The root cause of existing discontent in Pakistan is the present unitary form of government.
- Benazir To Face Law Of Land: Aziz (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
In an interview with CNN last night, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will have to face the law of the land when she returns on Thursday.
- Will She, Won’T She? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 16, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf’s repeated messages to Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto that she must put off her planned October 18 return until the Supreme Court decides on the election disqualification case against him reflect the. . .
- More Bombings Likely: Intelligence Agencies (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 16, 2007)
Even as the Punjab police struggle to develop leads into Sunday’s movie-theatre bombing in Ludhiana, intelligence services have warned that worse could be on the way.
- Polls’ Fairness Is Crucial (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 16, 2007)
WHILE to all appearances the fate of the country hangs in the balance, for the chief of Pakistan’s ruling party, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, it is time for banter and bluff.
- Defining President Musharraf’S ‘Turmoil’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 16, 2007)
The Supreme Court is getting ready to hear a number of petitions against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and has named a bench of judges along with known jurists as amici curiae to match the “seriousness” which the NRO has assumed in . . . .
- National Reconciliation Ordinance (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 16, 2007)
PEOPLE were rejoicing after the recent political developments.
- Land-Grabbing Bonanza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2007)
LAND-GRABBING around the metropolitan suburbs in developing countries is commonplace.
- Pml, Not Musharraf, Has Problems With My Return: Benazir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Former PM says return schedule to be announced on 16th
PPP official says Bhutto likely to fly to Pakistan from Dubai
- In Limbo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 16, 2007)
INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that the presumed slow-down in talks with Islamabad was due to Pakistan’s domestic problems contains a grain of truth.
- Pak Govt Steps Up Pressure On Bhutto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Pakistan ratcheted up pressure on Benazir Bhutto to delay her planned homecoming this week, as the former premier said she feared retired army officers may be plotting to kill her.
- Judges And Public Opinion (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 16, 2007)
ON Sept 28, a six-to-three majority on a Supreme Court bench dismissed petitions challenging General Musharraf’s credentials as a candidate in the presidential election on technical grounds, declaring them to be non-maintainable.
- Karachi Prepares For Bhutto Homecoming (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
The chief minister of Sindh province has ordered the removal of all Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) flags and festoons as Karachi prepares to receive former prime minister and PPP chief Benazir Bhutto.
- Pervez, Sharif May Reconcile (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 16, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will consider to settle things with his arch rival Nawaz Sharif, the former Prime Minister whom he toppled in a coup eight years ago.
- Benazir For Common Market From Kabul To Bay Of Bengal (Indian Express, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 15, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who plans to return home on Thursday despite being asked by General Musharraf to delay it by a few days, says she envisages building “common markets” in South Asia from the “mountain peaks . . . .
- In Limbo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that the presumed slow-down in talks with Islamabad was due to Pakistan’s domestic problems contains a grain of truth. Pakistan has been in limbo since it went into a state of crisis on March . . . .
- Pml, Not Musharraf, Has Problems With My Return: Benazir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto, who is returning to Pakistan from her self-imposed exile on October 18, has said that President Pervez Musharraf had no problem with her return, but the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) was “afraid” of it.
- India To Raise Ajmer Blast With Pakistan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
The Ajmer dargah blast along with some other recent terror attacks, including the one in Hyderabad, is likely to figure high on the agenda of anti-terror talks between India and Pakistan here next week.
- Polls’ Fairness Is Crucial (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 15, 2007)
While to all appearances the fate of the country hangs in the balance, for the chief of Pakistan’s ruling party, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, it is time for banter and bluff.
- Judges And Public Opinion (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 15, 2007)
On Sept 28, a six-to-three majority on a Supreme Court bench dismissed petitions challenging General Musharraf’s credentials as a candidate in the presidential election on technical grounds, declaring them to be non-maintainable.
- Defining President Musharraf’S ‘Turmoil’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 15, 2007)
The Supreme Court is getting ready to hear a number of petitions against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and has named a bench of judges along with known jurists as amici curiae to match the “seriousness” which the NRO has assumed in . . . .
- National Reconciliation Ordinance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
People were rejoicing after the recent political developments. They had high hopes that a new political era would begin with a change in the present set-up.
- Land-Grabbing Bonanza (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 15, 2007)
Land-Grabbing around the metropolitan suburbs in developing countries is commonplace. This happens principally in two ways.
- 'Fight Against Terror Not Affected By Re-Election' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has dismissed a report suggesting the government was so absorbed in re-election of Pervez Musharraf that it relented in its fight against terror forces along its border with Afghanistan.
- Mma On Verge Of Split (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Pakistan's Islamic alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) is on the verge of a split due to a deepening rift between leaders of its two key constituents.
- Benazir May Reclaim Frozen Accounts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who is scheduled to return to Pakistan on Thursday after nine years in exile, and her husband may reclaim hundreds of millions of pounds frozen in Swiss bank accounts.
- Emergency Fears Surface In Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Fresh fears of an Emergency being imposed in Pakistan have resurfaced following repeated warnings delivered by President Pervez Musharraf to Benazir Bhutto to defer her much publicised, forthcoming visit to the country, scheduled for October 18.
- 'It's Possible For Us To Have Military History Written Without Carrying Sensitive Material' (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 15, 2007)
Let me tell you the story of two young officers commissioned in the army of two neighbouring countries in 1964. They both should have retired.
- Musharraf’S Victory Is His Defeat (Asian Age, Irfan Husain, Oct 15, 2007)
That sound you can’t hear as you read this is the sound of one hand clapping. And that hand belongs to those parties who supported Musharraf’s re-election, and those benefiting financially from his presidency.
- Pakistan Pm Defends Election,sees Court Ruling Soon (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday defended his country's Oct. 6 elections and said he expected the Supreme Court to uphold President Pervez Musharraf's re-election.
- Pak To Defreeze Bhutto Cash (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Pakistan is planning to move courts in Switzerland to seek defreezing of the bank accounts of self-exiled former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, her husband Asif Ali Zardari and other members of her party.
- Facilitating Return Of Bhutto (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
AN assault on people’s intelligence, disservice to the English language and insulting serious political undertakings elsewhere in the world are among the three side effects of governance in a country where the ruling class is riddled with contradictions.
- Kashmir Ceasefire: Remembering Failure (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 13, 2007)
Former Hizb commander ponders lessons of collapsed 2000-2001 peace effort
Sees no point in harbouring resentments against the dead
“It’s never too late to talk peace. We all have no choice”
- Future Of Dates (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Oct 13, 2007)
Benazir rejects call to delay return,” reported Friday’s Dawn from London. Benazir Bhutto’s statement at a press conference, that she would stick by her schedule to land at Karachi on October 18, was in response to President Pervez Musharraf’s . . . .
- Sc Stays Implementation Of Nro Clauses (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 13, 2007)
Supreme Court stayed implementation of various clauses of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) and issued notices to the parties concerned on Friday.
- Bhutto Amnesty Too Challenged In Sc (Pioneer, Rezaul H. Laksar, Oct 13, 2007)
Keeping up pressure on Government, Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear challenges against an ordinance promulgated by President Pervez Musharraf to grant amnesty to former Premier Benazir Bhutto in graft cases and said all actions under . . .
- Benazir Plan Suffers A Setback (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 13, 2007)
Pakistan People’s Party leader Benazir Bhutto’s planned October 18 homecoming suffered a setback on Friday with the Supreme Court admitting petitions challenging a recently proclaimed ordinance withdrawing corruption cases against her among others . . . .
- Musharraf Again Asks Benazir To Delay Return (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 13, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf has once again asked the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto not to return to Pakistan next week.
- Deeds And Deals Resonate (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
IN the era of seesaw dismissals of their governments by the selfsame President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, there was a moment when Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif declared in parliament that their conduct had imperilled democracy and they would thenceforth . . . .
- Time For Us To Lie Low (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
THERE seems to be no dearth of soul-searching going on in American politics regarding US policy vis-ŕ-vis Pakistan in the war on terror.
- The Tough Battle For Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 13, 2007)
The tough battle for Waziristan
- Sc Steps In Way Of Nro (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Oct 13, 2007)
The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday declined to stay the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) 2007, but held that any benefit drawn by any public office-holder under the ordinance would be subject to the final decision of the court.
- Mush's Popularity Lowest Ever (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
Public support for Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s has plunged to its lowest since he became the president, according to the International Republican Institute (IRI) poll results.
- Bb’S Return And Musharraf’S Concern (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 12, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf has asked the PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto not to return to Pakistan on October 18 but choose some date after the Supreme Court has delivered its verdict on the merits of his being re-elected from the same . . .
- Benazir Will Not Delay Pak Return (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhuttos party on Thursday turned down the request of President Pervez Musharraf to delay her return home, insisting that she would come back to the country from her self-imposed exile on October 18 as scheduled...
- Benazir Return (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return as planned on October 18, a spokesman said, despite a call from President Pervez Musharraf for her to wait until a court rules on the legality of his re-election.
- Musharraf Low On Popularity Poll (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Public support for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's has plunged to its lowest since he became the president, according to the International Republican Institute (IRI) poll results.
- Pervez Suggests Bhutto Delay Return (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 12, 2007)
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has asked former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to delay her return from exile until the Supreme Court officially declares him the winner of the October 6 presidential election. Ms Bhutto rejected the. . . .
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