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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 12768:
- Model Village Opened Near Loc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Dedication of village, culmination of massive reconstruction drive by Army
- Bangaladesh In Crisis (Frontline, HAROON HABIB, Jun 23, 2006)
General elections in Bangladesh are just round the corner, but how fair and free they will be remains to be seen.
- End Of Al Zarqawi (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Jun 23, 2006)
The killing of Al Zarqawi might affect Al Qaeda operations in Iraq for some time, but it is unlikely to dent the war against occupation.
- Life On The Border (Frontline, ROMESH BHATTACHARJI, Jun 23, 2006)
Punjab's border villages abound in historical monuments which cry out forconservation. -
- The Case For Better Income Distribution (Business Standard, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan, Jun 23, 2006)
Why more egalitarian countries win wars.
- Strike Fast And Hard (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Jun 23, 2006)
Exercise Sanghe Shakti, held over one week in Punjab in May 2006, was designed to test the Indian Army’s new concept for offensive operations in the plains.
- New Route (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 23, 2006)
Each time the barrier lifts, next door seems to move even closer. This sense of nearness surged up afresh when the Poonch-Rawalkot bus rolled across the line of control to carry people over the border, bringing Kashmiris in Pakistan and India one . . .
- India, Pakistan And The Shanghai (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jun 23, 2006)
The SCO embodies many of the principles that India invoked in writing resounding declarations with Moscow. But now that the SCO is poised to go far beyond the pieties of anti-terrorism and anti-separatism and demarcate a part of the globe that . . .
- Pakistan In Crisis (Times of India, Benazir Bhutto, Jun 23, 2006)
Pakistan is witnessing a worrying economic and social divide. There is a growing disparity between the rich and the poor and between the powerful and the powerless.
- Attack On Press Freedom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2006)
On a number of occasions President Musharraf has boasted about the press in Pakistan enjoying more freedom today than any time in the past.
- Pakistanis Hold Negative View Of Westerners (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Support for Osama bin Laden has declined but remains relatively high in Pakistan, where many people regard Westerners as intolerant, cheap and dishonest, according to the results of a global poll released on Thursday.
- India's Missiles Defence Capability (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
All technical snags and geostrategic fallouts of test firing of India's ambitious indigenously developed intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), the Agni III, have been identified, and it would be put in orbit in August-September.
- Indo-Pak Devotees Meet At 300 Yr Old Shrine (Daily Excelsior, Gopal Sharma, Jun 23, 2006)
Boundaries drawn between India and Pakistan and three full scale wars fought between the two countries failed to shatter belief of the people on both the sides towards 300-year- old shrine of Hindu deity, Baba Dalip Singh Manhas as thousands . . .
- Narayanan Does Tough Talking On Security (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 23, 2006)
Concerned at the continued increase of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre has asked police, paramilitary forces and the Army to get their act together and make concerted efforts to counter militant groups in the State.
- Pangs Of Rebirth (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 23, 2006)
It is easier said than to rebuild a region ravaged by a natural calamity. This is evident from the example of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Incoherent Policy (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
IN October 1839, William B. O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Surgeon and Professor of Chemistry at the Medical College in Calcutta (now Kolkata), presented an extraordinary paper, titled "On The Preparations of the Indian Hemp or Gunjah . . .
- Citizens Versus Extreme Poverty (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 22, 2006)
If voluntary organisations were to make a massive effort to take up the millennium development goals, the world’s citizens can make deep inroads in the fight against disease, hunger and poverty.
- Slow And Steady (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 22, 2006)
The launch of a second bus service between Poonch and Rawalkot by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday is a good indication that the India-Pakistan peace process is on track.
- Bullish On Bangladesh (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
In spite of sporadic unrest, rampant corruption and a polarized political system that’s all but dysfunctional, Bangladesh finds itself in the midst of a sustained boom. The main drivers: surging export growth and a robust service sector
- Hate Lessons In Saudi, Pak Textbooks (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jun 22, 2006)
Even as the so-called war on terror continues with little success and the fool hardy attempts by the US to transport ‘democracy’ to reluctant shores make the Americans even less liked in the Muslim world, one of the main worries in the West remains . . .
- Coalition Failures Revive Taliban (Tribune, James Rupert, Jun 22, 2006)
The United States and its allies have been forced to launch their biggest military operation of the war here because in the 55 months since ousting the Taliban movement from power, they neglected to establish minimal security or governance in the . . .
- Indo-Pak Talks On Wullar Barrage Today (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Jun 22, 2006)
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks here tomorrow on resolving the dispute over India’s plans to construct a barrage over the Wullar lake in Jammu and Kashmir.
- ‘If I Don’T Discharge My Duties, Who Will?’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2006)
Pointing out that the Governor has been made the chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board by the state, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha says it is his job now to facilitate the yatra. The controversy was an unnecessary one, created by politicians, but it is . . .
- Central Asia - A Cockpit Of Conflict (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 22, 2006)
The three day meeting of the heads of the states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) beginning June 15 is significant as the member countries - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajiskistan and Uzbekistan - try to hammer out a . . .
- The Zarqawis Among Us (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
With accurate intelligence locating Abu Musab Al Zarqawi and some of his aides in a hut in Baquba, a US aircraft successfully targeted the most wanted terrorist in Iraq with two 225 lbs bombs.
- Another Bus Service (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2006)
The fortnightly Rawalakot-Poonch bus service launched on Tuesday is another milestone in the journey towards greater intra-Kashmir contacts.
- Will The General Retreat? (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jun 22, 2006)
With Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif making common cause in opposing Pervez Musharraf, democracy is back in reckoning in Pakistan------- Will democracy return to Pakistan?
- Musharraf’S Welcome Assurance (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has categorically rejected calls from certain Western quarters for access to the nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan and said that our own investigators are competent enough to conduct inquiries.
- Shameful Scandal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
By rapidly unravelling the crime of forcing 43 young Kashmiri women, some of them teenaged girls, into prostitution for the perverse pleasure of senior politicians, bureaucrats . . .
- Outsourced To Chennai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 22, 2006)
Does DMK dictate Sri Lanka policy? ---- If nothing else, the Ministry of External Affairs can end its speculation as to the contours of the UPA Government's Sri Lanka policy.
- Pakistan Accepted U.S. Help On N-Plants (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan accepted "non-intrusive" U.S. technical support after 9/11 for securing its nuclear facilities, officials here have said.
- Insanity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The murder by a factory worker of his three young children on the grounds that he was too poor and hence unable to feed or clothe them properly is most tragic.
- Balochistan Budget (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2006)
As expected, Balochistan has unveiled a deficit budget for the fourth year running.
- Thank God For Arab Investment! (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz inaugurated the Pak-Kuwait Investment Conference in Islamabad Tuesday and invited “all investors in the world to take full advantage of liberal economic and investment-friendly . . .
- Resentment Over Budget Procedures (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Say parliament becoming ‘rubber stamp’
- Indian Border Force Warns Bangladesh Over Firing (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
India’s border guards warned their Bangladeshi counterparts on Wednesday of strong retaliation against what they say is unprovoked cross-border firing that has killed an Indian soldier and forced villagers to flee.
- Death Of A Soldier (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 22, 2006)
Sir, ~ Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide reveals that even 60 years after independence, all is not well in the army ~ not even for women. Brigadier KK Chopra of the Northern Command is reported to have told a press conference that “she had . . .
- Lull Before The Storm (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 22, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
The distance between Lahore and most other parts of the country sometimes seems to span vast oceans of ignorance and indifference.
- Pakistan Has Lowest Enrolment Rates (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Pakistan is ranked among the lowest in the world in terms of higher education enrolment rates, standing at merely 2.9 per cent, according to statistics revealed in an official report.
- Whither Financial Discipline? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Traditionally, the budget debate in Pakistan revolves around government's plans for the next year. Attacks on past performance mostly refer to major economic events during the past fiscal year, which are not directly related to the common . . .
- Tulbul Talks On June 22, 23 (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks here starting June 22 on the contentious Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan Offers Level Playing Field For Business: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Pakistan has an excellent infrastructure in IT sector and environment is conducive for investment and development in this sector.
- Land To Be Used For No Other Purpose: Ag (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
The government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to consider investment plans of new buyers of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and, if not satisfied, set up an investigation commission instead of striking down the sale.
- Musharraf Disallows Us To Question Khan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2006)
Voicing concern over the US reopening investigations into the proliferation network of disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist the A.Q. Khan, President Pervez Musharraf has said he would not permit any direct questioning of the scientist.
- Kashmir Solution Still A Long Way Off, Says Us Crisis Group (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Jun 21, 2006)
The Washington-based International Crisis Group (ICG) feels that a full and final solution to the decades-long dispute over Kashmir between India and Pakistan is a long way off, but suggests that small progress has been made with the introduction . . .
- Peace Is Elusive In Jammu & Kashmir (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan must not talk about the rights of Kashmiris till it gives those in its control in PoK basic human dignity, says Ghazanfur Butt.
- Journey Gone Wrong (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Jun 21, 2006)
When Bangladesh was liberated with generous Indian help, it was a beacon of secularism; today, it's a hotbed of hate and intolerance
- 2nd Kashmir Bus Service Is Launched Across Loc (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel and Shafqat Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Tuesday started a new trans-Kashmir bus service between Poonch, in Jammu and Kashmir, and Rawalkot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Half Realisation (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 21, 2006)
There appears to be dispassionate rethinking in Pakistan on many fronts. Not very long ago some of the neighbouring country's retired army and air force officers had made bold disclosures about myopic vision of their rulers.
- The China Poser (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 21, 2006)
The Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is all gung-ho after his six day China visit. Mr. Mukherjee signed an agreement for more joint military exercises with the PLA; and at a press conference rebutted the assertion . . .
- Trade Winds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Revisiting old ties is sometimes a good way of forging new ones.
- A World In The Thrall Of Violence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 21, 2006)
Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal... are all caught in violence that shows no signs of abating. Ironically, the more powerful a few nations become and the more power their leaders wield in geo-politics, the more unsafe they are making the world . . .
- The Death Of Al- Zarqawi (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 21, 2006)
The June 7 killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, by the US forces brings to an end one of the most wanted ‘terrorists’ story during the ongoing war on terrorism.
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- No Enthusiasm As Pok ‘Pm’ Flags Off Bus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The first service of the Poonch-Rawalakot bus was today flagged off by Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘Prime Minister’ Hayat Khan with 57 passengers on board.
- Pak-Kuwait Ties Further Deepened (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday under which the latter will set up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- Psm Deal Becomes Shadier (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court Monday observed that agreement on privatisation of Pakistan Steel Mills is silent about the inclusion of an offshore company in the final agreement that did not participate in the bidding process at all.
- Pm Forced Out Secp Chief For Refusing To Delay Stock Market Reforms (Daily Times, Zulfiqar Ghuman, Jun 21, 2006)
Hassan told prime minister that financial adviser and state finance minister were interfering with market reform, phase-out of Badla system.
- Musharraf Again Rules Out Foreign Access To Dr Khan (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jun 21, 2006)
Amid controversies and renewed demands by international community for fresh probe into A.Q Khan issue, President General Pervez Musharraf has once again dismissed such demands saying that Pakistan’s own investigators are competent and far better . . .
- Ag Questions Court Remit: Psm Privatisation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The government on Tuesday requested the Supreme Court to find a middle way between accepting and rejecting petitions challenging the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills for Rs21.68 billion.
- Pakistan, India’S Positions On Kashmir Unchanged (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan’s official position on Kashmir, as that of India, remains unchanged more than two years after the composite dialogue between the two countries got underway, according to the International Crisis Group’s (ICG) Dr Samina . . .
- India Urged To Let Oic Team Visit Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Organisation of Islamic Conference’s contact group on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday called for early resolution of the dispute and urged India to allow visit of its special representative to occupied Kashmir.
- Pakistan, Kuwait To Explore New Avenues Of Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait Tuesday while vowing to expand economic ties agreed to explore new avenues of cooperation with a focus on increasing investments and mutual trade flow.
- ‘Us Has Not Sought Access To Qadeer’ (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jun 21, 2006)
Contrary to recurring reports in the international media that the US is stepping up pressure on Pakistan to allow it direct access to Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan for questioning, sources in a key government institution maintain that to date there has . . .
- More Poverty Or Less? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 21, 2006)
Not surprisingly, the figures cited by the government for people living below the poverty line have come to be widely questioned.
- Iraq: Some Damning Statistics (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
Within a couple of days of George W. Bush’s return from his extraordinarily surreptitious foray into Baghdad’s green zone, his nation’s self-proclaimed newspaper of record, The New York Times, had a bit of bad news for the president.
- Sonia Flags Off Poonch-Rawalakot Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 21, 2006)
The ‘invisible line of sorrow’- which has kept thousands of souls away from their family members and relatives for the last 58 years, today turned into a ‘road of happiness’ for these divided families as this link is going to end their long separation.
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- A Damascus Diary (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Challenges In Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Jun 21, 2006)
Power devolution to J&K and its regions is a logical step forward within constitution
- Pak Relents Over Scribe Murder (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Jun 21, 2006)
Due to mounting pressure from journalists angered by the murder of scribe Hayatullah Khan, the Pakistan government today accepted their demands to provide justice to Khan’s family.
- Will An Indian Be The Next U.N. Chief? (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 21, 2006)
In nominating Shashi Tharoor as its candidate for the top U.N. job, India is taking a gamble. The payoff in terms of international visibility is potentially high while the cost of defeat is low, but only if the game is played properly.
- Trade Should Be Linked To Normalisation With India And Not Resolution . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in Karachi on Sunday that no progress had been made so far with the Indian government on the resolution of Siachen, let alone Kashmir and other vital issues, but he hoped . . .
- For A Stable Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The Tenth Round of talks at the official level on the Siachen issue, held at New Delhi on 23 and 24 May 2006, have predictability ended in no agreement.
- Tipton Three Treated Worse Than Animals At Guantanamo (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 20, 2006)
Three young British Muslims, Ruhal Ahmed and his two friends — Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul — were arrested by US troops in Afghanistan in 2001.
- Pakistan Steel Mills Privatisation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the agreement on privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), Karachi, is silent about the inclusion of an offshore company in the final agreement that did not participate in the bidding process at all.
- India, Pak To Write New Chapter Of Friendship Today (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 20, 2006)
Initiating one more step in the direction of further strengthening heart to heart relations on two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are all set to launch second Karvan-e-Aman bus service tomorrow.
- Kuwait To Set Up Refinery At Port Qasim: Musharraf, Sabah Hold Talks (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Kuwait on Monday signed several agreements and memoranda of understanding to enhance economic relations, including an MoU for setting up an oil refinery at Port Qasim.
- Will India Succeed In Getting Top Uno Job? (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 20, 2006)
A curious thing about the United Nations is that it has existed for 61-years without a definite identity.
- Musharraf Says Pak Wants To Be Treated At Par With India (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Although the Indo-US nuclear deal was a bilateral arrangement, Pakistan would not like anyone to ‘‘treat it differently’’ from India as it ‘‘has the same status,’’ President Pervez Musharraf has said.
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