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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Modi Must Be Punished (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 05, 2007)
Some serious-minded secularists feel that the sting operation showing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s foot soldiers boasting about conducting the Gujarat pogrom with state support should not have been publicised.
- It Is Martial Law, Says Benazir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The former Premier, Benazir Bhutto, on Sunday termed the “undemocratic” measure imposed on Pakistan not “emergency but martial law.”
- 500 Held In Pak Crackdown (Tribune, Rezaul H. Laskar, Nov 05, 2007)
In a major crackdown, Pakistani security agencies today rounded up opposition leaders, lawyers and human rights activists and put under house arrest sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar M. Chaudhry amid speculation that President Pervez Musharraf may . . . .
- Benazir May Head Interim Govt (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Nov 05, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto currently holding intense negotiations with Pervez Musharraf to lead a caretaker government of national consensus, according to reliable sources.
- Us May Review Aid To Pakistan: Rice (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Police wielding assault rifles rounded up hundreds of opposition leaders and rights activists on Sunday after Pakistan’s military ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, suspended the constitution, ousted the chief justice and deployed troops . . . . . .
- Combating Forced Confessions In Japan (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 05, 2007)
The system of long detention before trial for questioning is known in Japanese as daiyo kangoku substitute prison.
- Let Governors Assess Reality (Deccan Herald, K N Bhat, Nov 05, 2007)
Two such broad discernible principles of law are declared: loss of majority support to a government has to be tested only on the floor of the House and dissolution of the Legislative Assembly is to be resorted to only after the Presidential . . . . . .
- End Of All Pretensions (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Shedding all pretensions of working to facilitate Pakistan’s transition to democracy, General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday declared a state of emergency in that beleaguered country.
- No Democracy Without Transparency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 05, 2007)
Hearing a set of guidelines by amicus curiae Khalid Anwar for dealing with demonstrations and protests, the Chief Justice observed that the deployment of police in plain clothes was illegal.
- Edits (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
It would be premature to speculate at this juncture whether Pakistan is destined for another phase of martial law in the event of Parvez Musharraf’s re-election as President being blackballed ~ if club jargon is quite the word ~ by the Supreme Court.
- A Question Of Survival (Statesman, Raju Santhanam, Nov 05, 2007)
Survival is clearly General Pervez Musharraf’s reason for the emergency in Pakistan. By next week, the Supreme Court was to declare him ineligible to contest the elections. Within hours of the Emergency, a pliable Chief Justice is in place.
- Pakistanis At The Crossroads (Dawn, Touqir Hussain, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan may have been at the crossroads for much of its history but now Pakistanis themselves stand at the crossroads.
- New Pak Cj Over-Rules Chaudhry (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan’s new Chief Justice Mr Abdul Hameed Dogar has over-ruled his predecessor Mr Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s order annulling Emergency and cancelled all cases that were being heard by the Supreme Court, including legal challenge . . . . . .
- All Eyes On Asia’S Sick Man (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 05, 2007)
So, Pakistan is in for turmoil brought on by the declaration of Emergency and promulgation of the Provisional Constitutional Order by President Pervez Musharraf on November 3.
- Clueless Congress (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 05, 2007)
No soon do elections come around that the political parties start looking for the voters they had discarded for the previous five years.
- Elections May Be Delayed, Says Aziz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
* PM says Constitution allows one-year extension in assemblies’ tenure
* No deadline for lifting emergency
* Presidential elections issue is sub judice
* 500 ‘preventive arrests’ made
- Wages Of Confrontation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The Chief of the Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf, has declared, according to Sheikh Rashid, the railways minister, a state of “Emergency Plus” because his order carries with it a Provisional Constitutional order (PCO) associated . . . . . .
- Beyond Emergency Rule (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 05, 2007)
SATURDAY’S declaration of emergency rule has put an abrupt end to the government’s policy of ‘enlightened moderation’, as borne out by detention of dozens of civil society members within 24 hours of the proclamation.
- Why Not A Deal With The Militants? (Dawn, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, Nov 05, 2007)
IF at the end of six years of open war against the so-called militants and loss of thousands of lives of citizens and soldiers, Gen Musharraf can make no better showing than yet another bomb blast close to his residence on Oct 30 and . . . . .
- It Is Martial Law: Shahbaz Sharif (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 05, 2007)
The “massive crackdown” that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has unleashed is bound to unite “democratic forces” inside and outside Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif, the brother of the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has said.
- 4,000 Held In Pak Crackdown (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Nov 05, 2007)
Uncert-ainty prevailed in Pakistan on Sunday as the government used force to silence opponents of the "severe" emergency rule imposed on Saturday even-ing that in all but name amounts to full-fledged martial law.
- Jd(s) For Unconditional Support To Bjp (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
A large number of politicians, lawyers and rights activists have been arrested in overnight raids in different parts of Pakistan following the imposition of an emergency.
- The Darkest Hour (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Gen Pervez Musharraf has brazenly put the clock far back in Pakistan by imposing what he calls “a state of emergency”.
- Andhra Reopens 31-Yr-Old Naxalite Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The Andhra Pradesh police has re-opened a 31-year-old case that symbolised a defining moment in the blood-soaked Naxalite history. A senior Maoist leader was arrested and produced before a local court yesterday.
- It’S Time To Save Nation: Pervez (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said late on Saturday night that it was time for action to save Pakistan from extremists, terrorists and anti-Pakistan elements.
- India, In Print (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
In many ways Indian journalism is at crossroads. Media houses are facing ever-increasing competition. Market forces and globalisation have brought about changes, which were unthinkable even 10 years ago.
- Us "Deeply Disturbed" By Musharraf's Emergency Rule (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The United States says it's "deeply disturbed" by its key ally Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule in apparent defiance of Washington and asked him to hold elections by January 15 as promised.
- Imran Escape Buzz, Hint Of Poll Delay (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Police wielding assault rifles rounded up hundreds of Opposition leaders, lawyers and rights activists in Pakistan today but Imran Khan was said to have escaped from his home hours after being put under house arrest.
- 'Us Mulls Closing Guantanamo Centre' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The US government is considering closing a war-on-terror detention centre at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and granting it detainees substantially greater rights, a media report said.
- Good To Be Free (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
An independent judiciary is an institution that politicians like the least. It can show them for what they truly are.
- Anger & Apathy At ‘Donkey’ Decision (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistanis met General Pervez Musharraf’s decision to seize emergency powers with a mixture of anger and apathy.
- Crackdown On Opp Leaders, Activists (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Police wielding assault rifles rounded up Opposition leaders and rights activists on Sunday after Pakistan's military ruler suspended the Constitution, ousted the top judge and deployed troops to fight what he called rising Islamic extremism.
- Reforming The Police (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 05, 2007)
The Punjab government’s decision to implement police reforms in the state is welcome.
- Musharraf Maelstrom And India (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 05, 2007)
India had reasons to mince its words on General Pervez Musharraf’s second coup that suspended Pakistan’s constitution, emasculated the higher judiciary that was beginning to show signs of independence, and pulled the plug on the vibrant . . . . . .
- Sc Stamp On States’ Prisoner Powers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The Supreme Court has upheld states’ powers to classify prisoners according to the gravity of their crimes and take a call on whether they could be released before time.
- Emergency Rule (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The last remaining shreds of democracy in Pakistan have been destroyed with the imposition of Emergency rule on the country.
- Defiance May Make Him Ineffective, Force Military To Rethink Its Options (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 05, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf may not call it so but his proclamation to suspend Pakistan’s constitution in his capacity as Chief of Army Staff on Saturday amounted to a declaration of martial law. Pakistanis are used to their army taking over . .. . . . .
- Judicial Activism And Extremism Prompted To Declare Emergency: Musharaff (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said increasing judicial activism and a spurt in terrorism and extremism had paralysed and demoralised the government prompting him to take the "difficult" decision to save the nation from a "dangerous" juncture.
- Purge In Pak, Hundreds Held (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
A day after President Pervez Musharraf declared an emergency in Pakistan, hundreds of political and rights activists were arrested across the country on Sunday even as 75 Pakistani judges refused allegiance to the military leader.
- Emergency Will Encourage Extremists, Says Bhutto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has slammed as ‘undemocratic’ President Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan, saying the move would only encourage Islamic extremists.
- Pak’S General Chaos (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan is accustomed to periodic impositions of martial law, or emergency. But General Pervez Musharraf’s “second coup” comes at an especially fraught juncture, and its repercussions could be far more destabilising than his patrons in . . . . .
- On The Edge (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. Karl Marx's famous dictum is nowhere more applicable than in Pakistan where General Musharraf, by declaring an emergency, has pulled off a repeat of his 1999 coup.
- General Cracks Down, Hundreds Held (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Protesters shouted “shame on you!” as baton-wielding police empowered by Pakistan’s state of emergency violently broke up a rally today and rounded up hundreds of opposition activists nationwide.
- 'Mush Trampled Upon Constitution' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Shahbaz Sharif termed the imposition of Emergency in Pakistan on Saturday as the 'black day' for the country. He said, "Musharraf has trampled upon the Constitution just to remain in power.
- Mush Clamps Down (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto was indulging in hyperbole when she described the imposition of Emergency by Gen Pervez Musharraf as the "darkest day" in that country's history.
- Rahman Case, Buddha’S Truth (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Nov 05, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee never appeared so fidgety, not even after the Singur fiasco and the Nandigram killings, when he faced the media recently — twice in quick succession.
- Emergency Set To Backfire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharrafs bid to cling to power is set to backfire badly, destabilising a key US ally, spawning new militant attacks and straining relations with the army, analysts said.
- Situation In Pak Akin To What India Faced In '75: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
The BJP on Sunday said that developments in Pakistan were akin to what India faced during the Internal Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.
- Pak Cj Upstages Chaudhry (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Pakistans new Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has over-ruled his predecessor Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhrys order annulling emergency and cancelled all cases that were being heard by the Supreme Court, including legal challenge . . . . . .
- Bhutto Refuses To Rule Out Talks With Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto said on Sunday that President Pervez Musharraf’s declaration of Emergency rule would encourage extremists but refused to rule out power-sharing talks with him.
- Jurisdiction For Assessing Businesses (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 03, 2007)
Under the Act, if an order is made by an Assessing Officer other than the one entitled to exercise jurisdiction, it may account merely to irregular exercise or assumption of jurisdiction.
- Time Limit For Rectifying Orders (Business Line, T. N. Pandey, Nov 03, 2007)
Sub-section (2) of Section 254 of the Income-Tax Act, providing for rectification of orders by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), reads thus: “The Appellate Tribunal may, at any time within four years from the date of the . . . . .
- Supreme Court And President Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Justice Mr Javed Iqbal, heading the 11-member Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s candidature for the office of president, has observed in the court that threats of martial law or . . . . .
- Emerging Undemocratic Options (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 03, 2007)
The political drama now unfolding in Bangalore and some scenes enacted in New Delhi clearly belongs to the theatre of the absurd.
- Up Govt Moves Sc To Prosecute Mulayam In Land Scam Case (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday sought permission of the Supreme Court to initiate criminal prosecution against Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, party general secretary Amar Singh and others in illegal allotment of plots . . . . . .
- A Bandh For Journalists In Patna (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 03, 2007)
While Thursday’s assault on Patna scribes by the Janata Dal (United) MLA Anant Singh, his supporters and bodyguards deserves to be unequivocally condemned, the call by the RJD for a Bihar bandh on the next day could have put the media on the . . . .
- Just Like Bihar, Guv (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Nov 03, 2007)
The governor under our constitutional scheme is not an ornamental figure. He has an important role to play.
- Back To The Beginning? (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Nov 03, 2007)
Confusion about what the coming days could bring can be gauged from Benazir Bhutto’s travel schedule. The News (November 1) reported that at a “hastily-arranged press conference in Karachi on Wednesday, she said she had postponed plans to visit . . . .
- 'Don't Allow 'Unstable' Bjp-Jd(s) Govt In State' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
A team of Congress leaders from Karnataka on Friday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other ministers and demanded that the Governor's report on the Karnataka situation should be scrutinised from the point of view of providing a . . . .
- Tamil Tigers Leader Killed In Sri Lankan Air Strike (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The public face of the Tamil Tigers, one of the world's most deadly rebel militias, was killed yesterday in a Sri Lankan air raid - prompting analysts to warn of a dangerous "spiral into full-scale war" on the Indian Ocean island.
- Apex Court Notice To Cbi On Dutt’S Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation on actor Sanjay Dutt’s application, seeking bail in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case in which he was sentenced to six-year imprisonment by a TADA court.
- Madras High Court Stays Privilege Proceedings Against Jayalalithaa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Madras High Court on Friday stayed the privilege proceedings initiated against the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, for her reported statements against Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin.
- Resign, Scotland Yard Chief Told (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 03, 2007)
The head of Scotland Yard, Ian Blair, was on Friday under growing pressure to resign after a damning court verdict over the killing of an innocent Brazilian youth, Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by the police at a London . . . . . . .
- Take States Into Confidence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement has generated enough heat to put a question mark on the stability of the UPA Government. It has raised an important issue: Should foreign policy be federalised, or should the power to . . . . .
- Ring For The Butler (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 03, 2007)
George Orwell describes somewhere the bustling arrival at a dak bungalow in Burma of a Burmese official of modest rank.
- Amidst Fears Of Martial Law, Sc To Fast-Track Musharraf Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Dismissing suggestions that it was under pressure, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday said it would give a verdict on petitions challenging President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election in uniform by November 6 even as a top government lawyer . . . . .
- Don't Overstep (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 03, 2007)
The sessions judge who tried the Coimbatore blasts case has come up with a novel reason for not awarding capital punishment to the accused who were charged with conspiracy and murder.
- Pak Sc To Take Up Petitions Against Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The Pakistani Supreme Court decided on Friday to resume hearings on the validity of General Pervez Musharraf's election as President.
- Other Voices - Bangladesh Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
IT was a dream. It came true.
Bangladesh freed the judiciary from the executive branch, effective from November 1, ending the long legacy of British colonial and Pakistan’s ‘semi-colonial’ rules.
- And Back To Dubai Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2007)
NOT even a fortnight after she returned from her eight-year exile, PPP leader Benazir Bhutto has returned to Dubai, ostensibly to visit her children and ailing mother.
- Hearing By Nov 6 (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Nov 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Friday fixed November 5 for hearing a plea of the Supreme Court Bar Association that sought a statement from the government that it was not contemplating imposition of martial law or emergency in the country.
- A Criminal Force? (Tribune, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Nov 03, 2007)
THE ghost of an outspoken judge is haunting the Indian establishment. A pronouncement by Justice Anand Narain Mulla of the Allahabad High Court nearly half a century ago is often quoted even today.
- “Greening India” But Losing Forests (Hindu, PRAVEEN BHARGAV, Nov 02, 2007)
Planting trees or raising plantations doesnot recover lost habitats or create pristine natural forests. It is, therefore, no antidoteto habitat fragmentation.
- Banks And Their Recovery Agents (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2007)
Recent reports of borrowers of banks and financial institutions being harassed — a few of them being driven to commit suicides — by loan recovery agents have brought into sharp focus the dark underside of the finance business that could do with . . . .
- Cornered Upa To Let Bjp Form Govt (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
With no cracks emerging in the BJP-JD(S) combine despite Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur dragging his feet over extending an invitation to the partners to form a government, UPA leadership seems to be veering around to the prospect of having to . . .
- Bangladesh Judiciary Separates From The Executive (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Nov 02, 2007)
The judiciary of Bangladesh embarked on an epoch-making journey on Thursday separating itself from the executive organ of the state fulfilling a long-cherished dream.
- Cherie Blair Questions Muslim Veil (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Cherie Blair has criticised Muslim religious dress for women where it fails to acknowledge 'the woman's right to be a person.'
- Bangladesh Separates Judiciary, Executive (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
In a landmark move, Bangladesh's military-backed interim Government on Thursday announced formal separation of judiciary from the executive, describing it as a crucial step to ensure rule of law and "completeness of democracy".
- Pak Sc Gives Jail Sentence To Officials For Manhandling Cj (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday awarded jail terms to eight police and civil officials for manhandling Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in March after he was suspended by President Pervez Musharraf.
- Sc Reserves Verdict On Validity Of 27% Quota (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The marathon hearing on the validity of 27 per cent OBC reservation in premier Central educational institutions came to a close in the Supreme Court on Thursday with a five-judge Bench reserving its verdict on the contentious law.
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