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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 12768:
- Cross-Dressing Pakistani Hails Media Freedom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Every Saturday night Pakistani actor Ali Saleem puts on a bright saree and chunky jewellery and transforms himself into glamorous widow Begum Nawazish Ali, who teases guests with flirty questions on a television chat show.
- Art 370 Root Cause Of All Problems: Joshi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Terming the Special Constitutional position a root cause of present crisis in Jammu and Kashmir State, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union HRD Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today said that this was the reason that his . . .
- Price Rise In Petroleum Products Products (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Kanitkar, Jun 16, 2006)
After striking discordant notes over the contentious fuel price hike issue in public for several days, the ruling Congress party and the Manmohan Singh government have now started moving in tandem to tackle the issue, especially its political fallout.
- Uniform: A Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
Ruling pml President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the Supreme Court may interpret the constitution on issues like President’s uniform, his re-election by the present Assemblies and holding of next elections.
- Waiting For Change (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
As expected, as the media hype around the earthquake victims settled down, the post-quake relief and the reconstruction work went on the back-burner.
- Pm Rules Out Rupee Devaluation (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no compromise on national defence and ruled out rupee devaluation as the government came out strongly to defend the new federal budget against bitter opposition . . .
- Sc Seeks Veracity Of Cabinet Role In Psm Pre-Bidding (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A Supreme Court judge on Thursday wondered whether or not the pre-bidding approval of the cabinet committee on the sale of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was against the privatisation laws.
- Pakistan, India To Slug It Out For Top Un Slot? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 16, 2006)
The current UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, is scheduled to step down at the close of this year when his second five-year term ends.
- Tarbela Calling: Eight Days Of Water Left! (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jun 16, 2006)
Pakistan is staring at another setback with massive cut in water supplies. Only eight days supply of water is left in the Tarbela dam, The News learnt on Thursday.
- Kashgar Bus Service (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
The introduction of a bus service between Gilgit in the Northern Areas and Kashgar in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region could help reverse the sharp decline in international tourism in the country.
- Punjab Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 16, 2006)
Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak presented a Rs274 billion surplus and ostensibly tax-free budget (meaning that there are no new taxes) for 2006-07 in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday.
- India And Free Trade In Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 16, 2006)
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive?
- Fifth Column In North-East (Pioneer, Syed Zarir Hussain, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent blasts in Assam expose the thriving links between ULFA and Pakistan's ISI, with covert support from Bangladesh Government
- Musharraf Hails China's Saarc Status (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 16, 2006)
"Its role will provide more security"
Pakistan seeking full membership status in the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation
Pakistan's geo-strategic location highlighted
China invited to transport oil from West Asia through Pakistan
- Don't Talk To Ulfa (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 16, 2006)
By carrying out a series of terror bombings across Assam, targeting both innocent people, including school children, and symbols of the state, for instance oil . . .
- India As A Rising Global Player (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 16, 2006)
Interest in India was evident at the recent Asia Security Conference in Singapore.
- Advani Condemns Demolition Of Krishna Temple At Lahore (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to pave the way for a commercial building at Lahore, the capital of west Punjab province of Pakistan.
- Why Washington Is Wary Of This Asian Summit (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday for the summit of a regional security grouping, a visit that could indicate whether the forum will evolve into an anti-US bloc.
- Pak Temple Demolition Irks Advani (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
An officially cleared demolition of a Hindu temple, Krishna Mandir, in Lahore, reportedly at the behest of The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) in Pakistan has stirred a hornet’s nest here with the leader of the Opposition, Mr LK Advani, . . .
- China Visit A Crucial Test For Deora (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 15, 2006)
SCO participation comes at a critical time
India looks forward to close ties with SCO to promote economic ties
India, China planning joint bids for Kazakh oilfields
- Secularists On A Sabbatical (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
Why doesn't Government speak out against the ongoing minority bashing in Pakistan and Bangladesh, asks Anuradha Dutt.
- Why Don't We Protest? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 15, 2006)
If there is anyone who is to be squarely blamed for the demolition of temples in India and its neighbourhood, it is Hindu leaders, says Prafull Goradia.
- Reasons To Be In China (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, Jun 15, 2006)
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has a place for everyone who is accepted in the region, from Japan to India
- Musharraf Wants Ipi Gas Line Extended To China (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Says Sino-Pak agreement on free trade will be finalised this year
- Advani Flays Temple Demolition In Lahore (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior BJP leader L K Advani today condemned the demolition of Krishna Mandir to make the way for a commercial building at Lahore.
- Iran Nuclear Jousting Overshadows Asian Meeting (Reuters, Chris Buckley, Jun 15, 2006)
A Central Asian summit on regional cooperation opened in China on Thursday, but the presence of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his nuclear ambitions threatened to overshadow the meeting.
- Kse Acts To Stem Market Decline: Biggest Single-Day Fall (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The Karachi Stock Exchange Index of 100 shares collapsed by 548 points on Wednesday, which represented the biggest ever single-day decline in the history of the exchange.
- Pml-N For Provincial Autonomy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) on Wednesday said a strong centre without giving autonomous status to all the federating units does not guarantee a strong Pakistan.
- Sco — Five Years On (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 15, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, as the Shanghai Six is formally termed, is holding its fifth summit on June 15.
- Biggest Coalition Operation Against Taliban Begins (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
Coalition and Afghan forces killed 40 suspected militants Wednesday in fighting in eastern mountains, while in southern Afghanistan, more than 11,000 troops prepared for their biggest offensive since the fall of the Taliban five years ago.
- Sale At Utility Stores (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 15, 2006)
Every year the government provides about Rs100 billion in subsidies to public sector corporations which can't make enough money to run their affairs without this helping hand.
- President Calls For Strong Un System (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called for a strong UN system, resolution of existing conflicts like Palestine and Kashmir and sustained efforts against terrorism and extremism to ensure a peaceful and prosperous world.
- A Tale Of Two Polls (Dawn, S. M. Naseem, Jun 15, 2006)
The gloom that has been hanging over the nation for the past five years is showing some signs of being dispelled.
- Pakistan’S Growing Importance In Sco (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 15, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has flown into Shanghai to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. A Chinese spokesman greeted President Musharraf’s participation in the summit as a major step to make the organization more . . .
- Towards Asian Common Market (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 15, 2006)
The joke doing the rounds in South Block now is that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is ever so keen to visit Pakistan because he finds it easier to deal with General Musharraf than his Cabinet colleagues.
- India, China Do Not Consider Each Other A Threat: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
A series of CBMs has seen to the growth of that perception'
- India, China Not A Threat To One Another, Says Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
India and China are not a threat to each other and the growing relations between the two neighbours provide enough space to the two countries to progress, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday.
- Pakistan In Denial Mode (Pioneer, PN Khera, Jun 14, 2006)
A prestigious American journal has ranked Pakistan ninth among the top 10 failed states in the world in 2006.
- Blood In Kashmir (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 14, 2006)
The sudden spurt in terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir cannot be wished away as the annual spike that occurs with the onset of summer.
- Rising To Our Potential (Deccan Herald, B G Verghese, Jun 14, 2006)
In a globalised world, India can't afford to shy away from its role as a key player
- Record Allocation For Development: No New Tax In Punjab (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Punjab government will lay before the provincial assembly its revenue budget of Rs274 billion — indicating a current expenditure of Rs191 billion and carrying a surplus of Rs83 billion — for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Wednesday.
- The Lady With A Candid Camera (OutLook, SHYAM BENEGAL, Jun 14, 2006)
A scholarly coffee-tabler, meticulously tracing the intrepid odyssey of India's first lady photojournalist.
- More Is Good (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 14, 2006)
In Quetta on Sunday, Saleem Saifullah Khan provided both an answer to many of the problems the provinces in Pakistan are faced with and a reason why this seemingly right answer cannot be applied.
- Musharraf To Be Re-Elected In Uniform: Wasi (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Federal Minister for Law Wasi Zaffar said Tuesday President Gen. Pervez Musharraf can retain both offices at a time and he would be re-elected as president for next five years.
- Pml-N For Polls Under Neutral Govt (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the PML-N here on Tuesday resolved to speed up its struggle for the establishment of a neutral caretaker government in the country to conduct credible elections through an independent and effective Election . . .
- Population Welfare To Be Included In Syllabus (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Sindh government has decided to introduce population welfare as a subject in the syllabus of secondary and higher secondary education, says Sindh Population Welfare Department Secretary Mohammad Mohsin Qureshi.
- Pressure To Shut Down Guantanamo (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 14, 2006)
Relatives of two of the three Saudi detainees who died at Guantanamo Bay have said the men could not have committed suicide as the US military claims because they are strict Muslims.
- Galvanising Judicial System (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is working to improve judicial system for ensuring speedy and fair justice to the people within the minimum possible time. Addressing the office bearers of Bar Associations from all over the . . .
- 'The Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Can't Be Justified' (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Jun 14, 2006)
Iran's permanent representative to the IAEA on India's vote and their own stand-off with the United States which in turn is clouding the Indo-US nuclear agreement.
- Giving It Back (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
New Delhi has finally chosen to prick the rather thin bubble of justification that Pakistan has constructed for itself in the parts of Jammu and Kashmir that it controls.
- A Crown Full Of Feathers! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The journal of Babur provides an insight into the life of an emperor and doubles as a record of history from the hand that made it!
- Suicides At Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 14, 2006)
Far from being a “good public relations move” for the “jihadi cause”, as one US State Department official dubbed it, suicide by three prisoners at the US detention centre in Guantanamo speaks of the level of despair felt by the inmates.
- Musharraf Calls For Peace In Region (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Tuesday to represent Pakistan at the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He was given a warm reception on his arrival at the Pudong airport.
- Fo Terms Kashmir Core Issue Between Pakistan, India (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jun 13, 2006)
The Foreign Office on Monday emphatically declared that it considered Kashmir dispute the core issue between Pakistan and India and said it had been acknowledged in the Simla and Tashkent agreements.
- Gwadar’S Rich Potential (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The government’s plan to set up an export processing zone in Gwadar with a 15-year tax holiday as an incentive for potential investors is a step in the right direction.
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Russy’S Brother Baji (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
There were two Parsis who made news, literally, in the Bombay where I spent my youth in the 1950s — Russy Karanjia and Dosabhai Karaka. Karanjia was editor of Blitz, a progressive, aggressive, raucous, sensation-loving weekly.
- Case For Provincial Autonomy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The federal minister for inter-provincial coordination struck the right note when he called for maximum autonomy to enable the provinces to run their own affairs.
- Tv Channels And The Hudood Debate (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The current debate about the abolition of Hudood laws is throwing up an interesting array of opinion.
- A Tunnel Without An End (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
The 460-plus men in Guantánamo Bay have been held for longer than four years. Only 10 have been charged with a crime. Not one has had a trial. The men are not allowed to visit or speak with family or friends.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- The Khan Investigation (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan’s claim that it has completed investigation into the underground nuclear network of A.Q. Khan, the so-called father of its nuclear bomb, came just when the US had started to mount fresh pressure on Islamabad for direct access to the . . .
- Kashmir’S Sikhs On Shaky Ground (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jun 13, 2006)
Every time there is an increased movement of troops in and around the twin villages of Triboni and Sumbalpora, situated on the line of control across the famous Shamshabari ridge, the great mountain range in North Kashmir which separates Tangdhar . . .
- Re-Energising The Gulf Bilaterals (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jun 13, 2006)
When Shaikh Sabha al-Ahamd al-Jaber al-Sabah arrives in India on Wednesday for a six-day state visit, he would be marking a new phase in Indo-Kuwaiti relationship.
- Musharraf To Press China For 2 Reactors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As the implementation of the historic Indo-US nuclear deal gathers momentum this week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is stepping up the pressure on China to announce the sale of two civilian nuclear power reactors.
- Musharraf Turns To China (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's visit to Shanghai is being seen as an attempt to look beyond the U.S. in international relations.
- Dealing With Market Manipulators (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 12, 2006)
The Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) for once seems to have acted well in time.
- Billions Wiped Out In Kse (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 12, 2006)
Karachi bourse, the largest of the three stock exchanges of the country, is again facing a turmoil these days. Between April 17 and June 8, the KSE index of 100 shares plunged by 2,428 points ie 20%, wiping out about Rs 677 billion from the paper . . .
- No Decision Yet On Giving Freedom To Oil Firms On Prices: Deora (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Jun 12, 2006)
"Increase in crude oil prices has hit developing nations"
Focus on New Exploration Licensing Policy
Three gas pipeline projects under consideration
- Pakistan Wants Strong, Stable Afghanistan, Says Mushahid (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League, Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that Pakistan having shared history, culture, common faith and economic interdependence with Afghanistan wants to further . . .
- Quake Survivors Protest Extortions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Hundreds of tenants held a protest demonstration in here on Sunday against the alleged highhandedness and interference of influential people in the distribution of compensation cheques among earthquake-affected people in the area.
- Us Congress And The N-Deal: Substance To Process (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As India and the US begin technical talks in New Delhi today on a formal bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement, the focus of the American debate on the nuclear deal has shifted from substantive issues to process-related questions.
- Make Kashmir Valley Of Fear For Outsiders (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jun 12, 2006)
Violence in Jammu and Kashmir is expected to escalate in the days to come as Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is proactively supplying funds and weapons to terrorist outfits. Their aim: Target outsiders.
- Chinese Reaction To Indo-Us Relations (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 12, 2006)
China is the nation with the longest continuity in the practice of international relations and is therefore for more sophisticated in its international diplomacy than India is. This was evident in the reaction of Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit . . .
- Growth Of Extremism (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 12, 2006)
A regrouping of the Taliban has been possible because of public resentment against American military operations.
- Terrorists' New-Found Soft Target (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jun 12, 2006)
Terrorists in Kashmir have put the softest of soft target in their cross-hairs- tourists who have traveled thousands of miles to soak in the beauty of Chinar-lined lakes and snow-capped Pir Panjal- frustrated by the waning local support and huge . . .
- Three Guantanamo Prisoners Commit Suicide (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Three inmates of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, apparently committed suicide, the US Southern Command announced.
- Sinha Insults Kashmiris (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 11, 2006)
The visiting former Indian External Affairs Minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has sprung a surprise by opposing tooth and nail inclusion of Kashmiris in the dialogue process.
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