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Articles 2021 through 2120 of 12768:
- D-8 Moot (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 14, 2006)
THE D-8 Council of Ministers has finalised two documents, one dealing with a preferential trade agreement and the second with agreement on administrative assistance in customs matters.
- ‘Chance To Settle Siachen Dispute’: Singh’S Visit To Islamabad (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s forthcoming visit to Islamabad would be a good opportunity for India and Pakistan to resolve the Siachin dispute, said a former Indian foreign secretary.
- Sir Creek: India Confident Of Progress (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2006)
India is confident that meaningful agreements on Sir Creek and the Siachen could be reached with Pakistan, according to Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Shivshankar Menon.
- New Pakistan Envoy To U.S. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 13, 2006)
Durrani for India-Pakistan rapprochement
- Pdp In Search Of Identity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 13, 2006)
A story is much in circulation these days. This refers to late National Conference leader Mirza Afzal Beg's penchant for waving green flag or handkerchief at public meetings during his days with the Plebiscite Front.
- Pakistan Is Not A Failed State Yet (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, May 13, 2006)
It must be very baffling for the common man in Pakistan to be told one day that his country is doing a marvellous job in fighting the global terrorism, and next day he is told that his country is a cradle of terrorism.
- Why Won’T India Move On Kashmir? (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, May 13, 2006)
There were three main reasons for Musharraf’s strong position
- Why Osama Lives On (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, May 13, 2006)
How mad can madness become? Read Messages to the World to know of Islamic religious fervour.
- Pakistan, India Discuss Siachen On 23rd (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Pakistan and India will hold talks on Siachen in New Delhi on May 23 and 24.
- Terrorists Strike Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 13, 2006)
Terrorists have struck in Balochistan again, this time targeting the Anti-Terrorist Force in Quetta, killing six policemen and wounding 13 others seriously.
- Musharraf Underlines Need To Import Gas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Friday stressed the need for importing natural gas from regional countries to meet growing energy requirement in the industrial and agriculture sectors.
- Siachen, Sir Creek Talks From 23rd Full Story (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Defence secretaries of Pakistan and India would lead their respective teams for the talks on Siachen on May 23-24 in New Delhi.
Defence Secretary Lt. Gen. (Retd) Tariq Wasim Ghazi will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Shri Shekhar Dutt on Siachin.
- Ensure Gas Supply To All Dists By 2007 (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has directed the government to speed up provision of gas to the people living in every nook and corner of the country by involving the private sector, as well.
- Fundamentally Sound (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 13, 2006)
India can be justifiably proud of having got 173 of the 191 votes to become a member of the new 47-member United Nations . . .
- The Nato Trap (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
THAT Nato has decided to establish a military liaison office in Pakistan in order to improve coordination with regard to the never ending war on terror can only be seen as yet another way of the West telling Pakistan . . .
- A Time For Growing Up (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 13, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for re-election from Rae Bareilli brought back for me memories of why, ever since I became a political journalist, I have opposed dynastic democracy.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- Karachi's Worsening Power Situation (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 13, 2006)
Karachi's worsening power outages have resulted in what has now become a yearly ritual. With the onset of summer, the power situation has deteriorated to the point where people come out on the roads to protest and vent their anger.
- The Intelligence Failures (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 13, 2006)
THE British government’s account of the London bombings does not compete with the size and scale of America’s national commission on 9/11. Yet for all the familiarity of the events the two documents describe, they pack the same sickening punch.
- Pak, Indonesia To Boost Defence, Economic Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Friday agreed to enhance ties between their countries in multifaceted areas covering defence, security, political, diplomatic and economic fields.
- President Puts His Weight Behind Hec (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
A top-level meeting chaired by President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday took a number of decisions of far-reaching import to improve the state of higher education in Pakistan.
- Home Again (Telegraph, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
Heart-rending, heart-warming fiction, or hard history? Telinipara, around which this moving family chronicle unfolds, is of course no imaginary spot.
- Terror On The Mountains (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
On the politics and practice of massacres in the Jammu region in the wake of the killings in Doda and Udhampur districts.
- Saarc To Declare War On Terrorism (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Home Minister's conference on Friday adopted a set of nine decisions to fight out militancy and drug trafficking in the region by reactivating concerned institutions and sharing information and . . .
- Interview: (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 12, 2006)
To what factors do you attribute your record victory from Bhaderwah?
It was a triumph for the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, and its policies.
- Caroe's Lessons (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, May 12, 2006)
The book dips into archival material to trace the strategic thinking of Sir Olaf Caroe, a distinguished Foreign Secretary of the Raj.
- Government Must Listen To Donors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
THE speech of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz before the annual meeting of Pakistan Development Forum was not only an expression of satisfaction over performance of the country’s economy but also showed optimism for the future. Telling an array of . . .
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Are We Faring So Well? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Prime minister Shaukat Aziz’s statements of late should come as great morale boosters, given the rosy picture he has been painting of the national economy and the state of social sector development in Pakistan.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Facing Long, Hot Summer (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 12, 2006)
The US-India nuclear deal has run into several hurdles in Congress, as was apparent at a hearing on Thursday by the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations.
- Singh Sees Rising Militancy In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 12, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has claimed that the freedom struggle in Occupied Kashmir, considered as militancy by him, is once again on the rise.
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Valley Of Death And Despair (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee must be applauded for rejecting the call for demilitarisation of Kashmir, says Cecil Victor.
- When Right To Life Is Questioned... (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 12, 2006)
It's time for Hindus to change, if they want to survive in Jammu & Kashmir, their mindset of depending too much on state for security, says RK Ohri
- Blowing Hot And Cold (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
While reports of government emissaries meeting the exiled leaders of the two mainstream parties have off and on appeared in the press, no headway seems to have been made.
- Remembering Mahajan (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, May 11, 2006)
When he was alive, the RSS always had an ambivalent attitude towards Pramod Mahajan, and though his tragic death has invoked fulsome tributes in the Organiser, some of that ambivalence creeps through. In a front-page . . .
- A Helpless Bystander (OutLook, B. Raman , May 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka has been bleeding continuously ever since Mahinda Rajapakse took over as the President last November and immediately thereafter wriggled out of the commitment made to the Sri Lankan Tamils by his predecessors to find a solution to their . . .
- Get Cracking (Pioneer, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
In announcing an increase in troop mobilisation in Jammu & Kashmir, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has only accepted that the UPA Government's wishy-washy approach to terrorism has been a failure.
- Advani Calls For Joint Commemoration Of 1857 (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Going back to the “shared past” of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the form of “India’s first war of independence in 1857”, leader of Opposition Mr LK Advani today urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to explore the possibilities of a . . .
- Ambassador And Kitten (Indian Express, Lalit Mohan, May 11, 2006)
During his tenure as the US envoy to India, John Kenneth Galbraith had his share of diplomatic mishaps.
- Vital Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 11, 2006)
India should discharge its duties with responsibilty
- Art Of Rigging In Bangladesh (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, May 11, 2006)
The ruling alliance in Bangladesh, spearheaded by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeIB), is all set to rig the forthcoming elections to the country's National Parliament early next year.
- Who Will Be The Top Gun? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 11, 2006)
Musharaff claims to be negotiating a deal with Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto
- India To Make U.N. Rights Council A Strong Body (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The election is a recognition of the country's "diplomatic standing," says the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson
The council has 47 members
India's solidarity with G-77, NAM key to garnering votes
Council's first meeting to be held on . . .
- B Raman: Should We Believe General Malik? (Rediff on the Net, B Raman, May 11, 2006)
The perennial debate over the functioning of the intelligence agencies between the Indian Army and the agencies has once again been revived following the publication by General Ved Prakash Malik, the Chief of the Army Staff at the time of the . . .
- The Freelance Jihadis (OutLook, B. Raman , May 11, 2006)
They are not members of any identified jihadi terrorist organisation. They are not brainwashed into resorting to suicide terrorism by any organisation or madrasa or religious cleric or state-sponsor of terrorism. They are just angry. Very angry.
- Fears Of A Drought (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan faces a treat of a drought hitting hard the kharif crops, cotton and rice in particular, warns the meteorological department.
- Saarc Police Chiefs Agree To Form Saarcpol Full Story (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
Police chiefs from member states of seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAARC agreed to form a police forum named ‘SAARCPOL’ for cooperation in police matters in the region.
- Pml-N To List Govt Employees Aiding Poll Rigging (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said it will prepare lists of all those government employees, including military personnel, who, they believed, will become tools for rigging in the next general elections while performing duties.
- 'Shut Down Projects, Leave Afghanistan' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
The new Taliban spokesmen peddle their version, claim that K. Suryanarayana confessed during interrogation that he was an American spy.
- Taliban's Target (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 11, 2006)
The kidnapping and killing of the Indian telecom engineer is another warning from the Taliban against the Indian presence in Afghanistan.
- Protecting Consumer Rights (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 11, 2006)
Unfortunately, Pakistan remains a corner of the world where consumer rights have been given little or no attention over the last half-century.
- Afghanistan, Us Believe Pakistan Not Doing Enough: Experts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Afghan and US officials believe that Pakistan is not fully cooperating in the war on terror, and want Pakistan to ‘do more’ to capture Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahri and Mullah Muhammad Umar, experts and analysts said in Geo television’s Foreign . . .
- Benazir Says Musharraf Won’T Arrest Osama (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that capturing Osama bin Laden is not in President General Pervez Musharraf’s interest because that will deprive him of the justification for his rule.
- Tunisian Held In Waziristan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Security forces arrested three suspected militants, including a Tunisian believed to belong to the Al Qaeda terrorist organisation, in North Waziristan, a senior official said on Wednesday.
- Taliban Surviving On Continued Pak Support, (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan’s tacit support and unhindered movement of traffic through its boundaries has provided the much-needed life-support system to the Taliban regime, a Washington based scholar Marvin Weinbaum said on Tuesday.
- Ghosts Of Kargil (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 11, 2006)
India's former Chief of the Army Staff provokes renewed debate on the intelligence warnings prior to the 1999 Kargil War.
- This Day, That Year (Pioneer, C UDAY BHASKAR, May 11, 2006)
May is very hot in the plains of India and, by a combination of complex causal factors that include design and coincidence it is deeply associated with India's nuclear narrative.
- Sino-Pak Cooperation Provoking Us, India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Analyst says Balochs afraid of being displaced from Gwadar
- Mr Mukherjee’S Second Thoughts (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee must have made Tuesday a field day for those who remain sceptical about the possibility of rapprochement between his country and Pakistan.
- Aziz For Tech-Transfer To Developing Nations (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, May 11, 2006)
Sees GDP growth of 6-8% this year
IDB president says reforms should deliver
WB says cost of doing business in Pakistan too high
- Taliban At It Again (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, May 11, 2006)
MORE outrageous than the killing in cold blood of an engineer by the Taliban in Afghanistan is the reaction of officials.
- Taliban Surviving On Continued Pak Support, Says Us Expert (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan’s tacit support and unhindered movement of traffic through its boundaries has provided the much-needed life-support system to the Taliban regime, a Washington based scholar Marvin Weinbaum said on Tuesday.
- Wasting India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
What does India have in common with Ethiopia? In both countries, the percentage of children under five who are underweight is 47.
- Pakistan's Jihadi Problems (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 10, 2006)
While Pakistan claims to have lost more than 600 of the 80,000 troops it has committed to the campaign against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan and the United States remain unimpressed.
- Agriculture In Strategic Policy Making (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, May 10, 2006)
The productivity gains made in the last forty years can be the foundation for India's agriculture sector to be globally one of the best. If these gains are compounded, the country's exportable surplus in many commodities and . . .
- No Troop Cuts In Kashmir Till Militancy Halts, Says India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Pakistan rejects Mukherjee’s allegations
- Emerging Coalition Of Jihad (Pioneer, Wilson John, May 10, 2006)
With Al Qaeda far from being vanquished, and Pakistan and Bangladesh inevitably turning into jihadi outposts in the emerging pan-Islamist network in Asia, India is more than likely to be caught in the vicious tail-wind of the next wave of terrorism,
- Nettlesome Letter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
It is not surprising that the United States' Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice, has stated that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to President George Bush of the United States does not provide an "opening to engage on the nuclear. . .
- Who Needs America? (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 10, 2006)
Last fortnight an Indian engineer in Afghanistan was beheaded by the Taliban. This followed a demand that India quit Afghanistan. The Indian government firmly stated that it would not withdraw from Afghanistan.
- Indians In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, May 10, 2006)
The abduction and killing of K Suryanarayana by Taliban in Afghanistan, just a few months after a BRO jawan met the same fate at the hands of the fundamentalist militia, has posed a new challenge for India-- to ensure security of country's nationals . . .
- Killer Waves (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 10, 2006)
Long ago a boat filled to capacity with pilgrims from Akhnoor to the Jhiri fair capsized on the way in the Chinab River.
- Pakistan Charity Says U.S. Terror Label An Indian Plot (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , May 10, 2006)
The founder of one of the most feared militant groups fighting in Kashmir accused the United States on Tuesday of pandering to India and being anti-Islam by branding the charity he now runs as a terrorist organisation.
- Pak Suffers Rs 60 Billion Exchange Loss After N-Tests (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Pakistan suffered an exchange loss of over Rs 60 billion during the first three years of the post-nuclear test period May 1998 upto June 2001 due to various financial adjustments adopted to meet shortages caused by international sanctions.
- No Demilitarisation In J&k: Pranab (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee today categorically ruled out any de-militarisation in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the main demand of moderate Hurriyat Conference, saying number of the troops will not be reduced in the State.
- Us Opens Military Barn Door For India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: In a military and arms sales career spanning three decades, Michael Devers seldom had India on his radar -- until 2005.
- Leader Article: Fresh Beginning (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , May 10, 2006)
In October 2005, I was privileged to interact with some of Nepal's formidable and courageous lawyers while delivering a speech before Nepal's Bar Council in Kathmandu.
- Us Terror Label An Indian Plot: Saeed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
* No direct quarrel or confrontation with US
* Dawa not involved in terrorism
- Utility Bills Payment System (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 10, 2006)
It is comforting to learn that the Supreme Court has taken notice of the ordeal that the general public has to suffer with regard to payment of utility bills and has decided to do something about this.
- Kargil And After (Tribune, Air Commodore Jasjit Singh (retd), May 10, 2006)
History of human conflict and wars has persistently included three elements. More often than not, fighting men, unless they are incapable or lack the grit, inevitably bear the cost of (military, political and bureaucratic) planning and intelligence . . .
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