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- Conspiring Ngos (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 13, 2007)
BANGLADESH’S shrimp exports seem to be running into a deep conspiracy. It appears that some NGOs have launched a smear campaign against the sector by raising slogans against what they call labour rights violations in the industry.
- New Delhi Grapples With ‘Killer’ Buses (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The Indian capital’s private “killer” buses are facing public fury after a spate of deadly accidents, but the drivers say the real problem is corrupt policing and impatient passengers.
- 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.
- 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...
- Welcome Directive (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Supreme Court, in a welcome judgement, has pulled up a lower court judge for the casual and mechanical issuance of a non-bailable warrant and has thereby upheld the principle of liberty.
- Does Corporate Social Responsibility Need Incentives? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2007)
If CSR has to always result in added shareholder value, then the activity ceases to be social in conception or results and becomes another economic activity of the company! Such an expectation is also not consistent with the spirit of the t. . . .
- 'Delhi Rule Will Not Affect Common Man' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
What is the expectation of the people from the new dispensation? Will there be a hurdle between the bureaucrats and the common man?
- Benazir Rejects Musharraf Suggestion To Delay Return (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion that she should put off her planned October 18 return to Pakistan as “uncalled for” and asserted she would return as scheduled.
- Waiting For Benazir Bhutto (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 12, 2007)
An application form for aspirants to the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan is the latest joke doing the rounds on the Internet.
- Brazil Senate Chief Steps Down On Graft Scandal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Brazil's Senate chief, Renan Calheiros, said on Thursday he was stepping down temporarily, while anti-corruption probes intensified against him.
- Sensex 20,000 And The Camels, Humps (Times of India, JUG SURAIYA, Oct 12, 2007)
As the Sensex soars towards the 19,000 mark (Why stop at 19,000? Why not 20,000? Why not 25,000?), a lot of us who have nothing to do with the stock market are soaring on a surge of euphoria along with it.
- Clean Up The Judiciary (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 12, 2007)
In 1993, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court laid down a new system for making appointments of judges to the high courts and Supreme Court.
- Liberals At War In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2007)
THE political scene in India is hotting up. The general election is still one-and-a-half years away.
- Path To Partion: (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
IN the entire corpus of American writings on India, this book stands out in all its uniqueness.
- Bangladesh Anti-Graft Body To Refer 'Trivial' Cases To Ministries (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Bangladesh's powerful Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to refer "trivial" graft complaints against government officials to concerned ministries as it was already "overburdened" with around 60,000 pending cases.
- Bjp Demands President’S Rule In Himachal Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded immediate imposition of President’s Rule in Himachal Pradesh to ensure free and fair elections.
- Gen Asks Bhutto To Delay Her Return,party Says Will Arrive On Oct 18 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto’s 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.
- The Stage Is Now Set (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Oct 11, 2007)
Unless the Supreme Court of Pakistan rules otherwise, General Musharraf has been “elected” to a five-year term as Pakistan’s president.
- No Cause For Despair (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Oct 11, 2007)
GENERAL Musharraf has succeeded in his desire to stay on in power. His election for a record third term has gone off well, and he has every reason to savour this moment of unprecedented triumph.
- Indian Bureaucracy Reluctant To Shed Old Ways (Dawn, Surojit Gupta, Oct 11, 2007)
When Ashok Kheny decided in 1995, after 15 years in the United States, to return to India and take up a $700 million project to build a road and new townships, he dreamed of creating something unique.
- Indian Democracy:disturbing Trends (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Several disparate events over the past couple of weeks must cause disquiet over what appears to be a gravely disturbing trend. The nation needs to get its priorities right.
- Mandela And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 11, 2007)
Two hundred years later, Mandela would forgive white South Africa. The quest for development is now the measure of the leadership needed from Africans.
- Bangladesh Poll Likely Before October 2008 (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 11, 2007)
The 9th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh are excepted to be held before October next year, ahead of the set roadmap.
- Importance Of Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy," a voice boomed in the departure lounge of Goa airport, "can now move ahead on its own. It will continue to grow irrespective of what politicians do.
- Cbi Raids Major General (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In what could be perhaps the first instance of corruption related crackdown on a serving Major General, the CBI on Wednesday filed a disproportionate assets case against Anand Kapoor and raided 12 of his premises in five States.
- Sri Lanka Bans Private Arms Deals (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Oct 11, 2007)
The Sri Lankan government has gazetted a regulation banning Sri Lankans from entering into any arms deals whether in the country or abroad, Basil Rajapaksa, President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Advisor, told parliament on Tuesday.
- No Oath Till Sc Gives Clean Chit: Musharraf (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 11, 2007)
President General Pervez Musharraf has said he would not take oath of the office of President until the Supreme Court gives its verdict on his eligibility.
- 50 More Taliban Men Killed In Waziristan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 10, 2007)
Fighting continued to rage in North Waziristan on Tuesday with fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force bombing targets near Mir Ali on the third day of clashes between the military and pro-Taliban militants.
- Advani Lists ‘Failures’ Of Upa Govt (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
With the threat of mid-term polls looming large, the BJP has asked its cadre to educate the people about their party’s main campaign themes, revolving around the broad categories of national security, development and national identity.
- Blueline Killers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2007)
Blueline buses of the national capital are supposed to be a public service but often they mow them down, as one bus did on Sunday, killing seven. On Tuesday, they claimed two more lives.
- Truth As Defence (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Oct 10, 2007)
In 2006, Parliament amended the Contempt of Courts Act (CCA) to introduce Section 13(b), which states: “The courts may permit, in any proceedings for contempt of court, justification by truth as a valid defence if it is satisfied . . .. .
- The Makings Of A Historic Trial (Hindu, John Laughland, Oct 10, 2007)
Former leaders are never presumed innocent when arraigned, for their prosecutions are driven by their victorious rivals.
- Coalition Crumbles In Karnataka (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
POLITICS in Karnataka is once again on the boil with the second coalition experiment in three years coming apart.
- A Marriage On The Rocks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2007)
MAULANA Fazlur Rehman of the JUI and Qazi Hussain Ahmad of Jamaat-i-Islami are two leaders with different personalities and temperaments.
- Bjp Gets Into Poll Mode (Hindustan Times, KUMAR UTTAM, Oct 10, 2007)
As the UPA Government at the Centre appears to be on its last legs, the BJP has started preparing for mid-term polls.
- Pak Not To Arrest Benazir (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Pakistan Government has no intention to arrest Benazir Bhutto on graft charges when she returns home from her self-imposed exile later this month, a senior official told the Sindh High Court which dismissed the former Premier's request to . . . .
- Logic Of Rot (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Oct 10, 2007)
“Something is rotten in the state of West Bengal.” The statement cries out for an explanation and I shall provide it indirectly by borrowing a trick from Tom, the narrator in Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie.
- Pak Would Dispel Doomsday Predictions (Deccan Herald, Jason Burke, Oct 10, 2007)
Pakistan may look as if it's about to explode, but the country's deeply entrenched conflicts provide a sort of stability.
- Oppression In Pakistan (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 10, 2007)
THE stately building of the Supreme Court stands on the Constitution Avenue in Islamabad.
- Jd(s) Rebel Seeks Probe Into Projects (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Oct 10, 2007)
A former Janata Dal (Secular) leader, PGR Sindhia, who has fallen out with party leader and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, met Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Tuesday and sought investigations into all projects cleared by the . . .
- Curious Bread Basket (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 10, 2007)
The controversy over the issue of wheat import is unlikely to settle down soon. The ministry of agriculture defends the government’s decision on the grounds of national food security.
- Plea Bargain For Corrupt Bangla Traders (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Amid fears of an economic slump, Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government plans to introduce a “plea bargain” system for businessmen facing corruption charges that will reduce and suspend their sentence.
- Opportunism, Karnataka Style (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 09, 2007)
Haryana has had the distinction of giving the Indian political lexicon the terminology “Aya Ram Gaya Ram” to denote opportunistic floor crossings in order to acquire or retain power for personal profit.
- Us Fails To Spot Real Enemy In Iraq (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
When US sentries fatally shot three guards near an Iraqi manned checkpoint south of Baghdad, they thought they were targeting enemy fighters planting roadside bombs, according to the American commander of the region.
- Shooting The Messenger (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Oct 09, 2007)
It is indeed strange that in this age of transparency and accountability, an anachronistic law like the Official Secrets Act is used by Government to harass a distinguished soldier and fellow citizen who has done his country proud by . . . .. .
- Failure, Raw & Hurting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
All Intelligence agencies are paranoid about secrecy. Retired spooks are actively discouraged from writing colourful memoirs and speaking to the media. In 1977, the British Government deported Philip Agee, an American writer with . . . . .
- Autumn In Washington (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 08, 2007)
With the approach of winter, one of the most enthralling experiences of being in Washington DC in September is the staggering beauty of the golden-red leaves shining in the morning sun before, to quote American crooner Nat King Cole . . . .
- Lies, More Lies, & Dirty Politics (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It started as a crisis but its turned into farce. Even Feydeau, the master of the genre, could not have created better. But the sad part is this farce is the truth.
- Dirty Deal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 08, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf appears to have outfoxed his political foes at least for now. He has managed to get himself re-elected as President for another term.
- Tokenism: Politicisation Of The Ramzan Iftar (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Oct 08, 2007)
Most political parties conduct Iftar 'religiously' to impress Muslims that they are the ones who really care for them.
- Pakistan Inches Closer To Civilian Rule (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf is to swear in the nation's former top spy to succeed him as army chief, a move that would bring civilian rule a step closer after his sweeping presidential election win.
- Once In Pak, Bhutto Will Face Taliban Suicide Attacks, Says Daily (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Taliban militants in Pakistan have vowed to launch suicide attacks against former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto when she returns to the country after eight years of self-imposed exile.
- The Pressure Cooker (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 08, 2007)
It is sometimes strange to see the political class, that is supposed to have emerged from the grass roots and represents the masses of India, be so insensitive to the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
- Grease Palms And Govern (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh has sacked more than 10,000 policemen in September 2007 on the ground that their recruitment and selection process was not fair.
- People’S Anger (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The brewing public anger against rampant corruption in the public distribution system has erupted into widespread violence in several districts of West Bengal.
- Ruled By The Gun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Empty monasteries, severed telecommunications, and a sullen, beaten silence that seems to envelop the whole country.
- In Craggy Country~i (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Television tickers nearer the date of 9/11 indicated Osama bin Laden’s possible change of address, to Chitral, in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
- No Revival Of Ordinance If Court Annuls It: Pml (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 08, 2007)
Ruling PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said today that the National Reconciliation Ordinance would not be re-acted in any form if the courts shot it down.
- Better Policing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh highlighted the threat to internal security from naxalism, terrorism, and separatist violence on Thursday while addressing a conference of state police chiefs at Delhi.
- Poll Allowed, Uncertainty Still For Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 06, 2007)
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday allowed Saturday’s presidential election to go ahead as scheduled but kept President Pervez Musharraf in uncertainty, ruling that the results could not be announced until after the petitions . . . . ..
- Pakistan Vote In Turmoil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Pakistan's top court threw President Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid on Saturday into chaos by ruling that the winner cannot be declared before legal challenges against the vote are resolved.
- Fakhruddin Builds Image... (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
IN his address to the United Nations General Assembly, chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed repeated his pledge to hold national elections by the end of . . . .
- Mediaeval Way To Power (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
TODAY Pakistan is in the grip of a war of succession between the army and the politicians.
- Malice In Blunderland? (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Oct 06, 2007)
I was intrigued to know, via newspaper reports, that the CBI, which is prosecuting Maj Gen V.K. Singh (retd), had told the concerned court that it had not read his book. Presumably, the prosecution is for violation of the
- Spy Versus Shy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
In their spare moments our country’s spies must be feeling sorry for their counterparts in other democracies.
- Benazir’S Faustian Bargain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Oct 06, 2007)
Under tremendous pressure to coopt Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party in his political game-plan, Gen Pervez Musharraf has conceded to a major demand of Benazir by offering a National Reconciliation Ordinance which will provide indemnity . . . .
- Mayawati In Modiland (Indian Express, SHIV VISVANATHAN, Oct 06, 2007)
This essay is an exercise in speculation. Such an act is necessary because sometimes one needs to dream beyond the empirical because an empiricist view of politics is often limiting.
- Pak Poll: Sc Says Results Must Wait (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Pakistan was thrust into political uncertainty on the eve of Saturday's presidential election as the Supreme Court ruled that no winner can be declared until it decides whether President Musharraf is an eligible candidate.
- Two Women (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
There is a tide in the affairs of women in south Asia. But one doubts if all of it, taken at the flood, will lead on to fortune.
- Nandagudi Pact Sent To Panel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet on Friday was busy clearing decks for two major projects even as the State's political deadlock headed towards a flashpoint.
- Mush Signs Amnesty Deal (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 06, 2007)
General Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated the "National Reconciliation Ordinance" to formalise the deal he cut with exiled premier Benazir Bhutto, ending all corruption cases against her and other politicians and bureaucrats who held public . . . .
- Mockery Of An Election (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Oct 06, 2007)
Musharraf is about to clear the last hurdle to complete legitimacy - a 'proper' election. But in the perception of the ordinary Pakistani, he would remain as tarnished as before
- Deal That Would Strangulate Democracy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 06, 2007)
The much-expected 'deal' between Pervez Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto has been an on-now, off-again process.
- Musharraf, Bhutto Reach A Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
With a day to go for Pakistan's presidential election, General Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto have reached an understanding on a deal that will facilitate the General's re-election in uniform and give the PPP chief . . . .
- Raw Transparency (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Retired Major General VK Singh's book, India's External Intelligence: Secrets of the Research and Analysis Wing, has stirred a hornet's nest.
- Going Back To The Nwfp (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
THE journey from Lahore to Peshawar in April 2007 was, as ever, replete with childhood memories. As the fields grew greener on approaching Attock, and the Indus and the Kabul rivers met, the heart lifted in anticipation of the inimitable . . .
- Musharraf's Future In Pak Sc's Hands (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Pakistan's presidential election can proceed but the winner can only be declared after it had ruled on legal complaints that President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is ineligible to run.
- Debate Contempt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 05, 2007)
It is difficult not to agree with the widespread criticism of Delhi High Court’s order sentencing four journalists found guilty of contempt of court. Questions can certainly be raised if the mere publication of articles alleging corruption against . . .
- Internal Security Cause For Concern: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the internal security situation continued to “remain a cause of concern” and called on top police officials to pay equal attention to the concerns of ordinary citizens, in addition to combating the . . . .
- Information Is Power (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Oct 05, 2007)
I am horrified at the number of citizens, even among the highly educated, who have no clue on who to dial in an emergency.
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