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Articles 2621 through 2720 of 12768:
- Energy Cooperation Prospects (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Apr 14, 2006)
The dispute between the Ukraine and Russia on the pricing of gas supplied by Russia to the Ukraine was settled early this year after causing some anxiety in Europe about the reliability of Russia as a supplier.
- War Clouds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 14, 2006)
India needs to keep a watch on the situation in Lanka
- Maintaining Strategic Ambiguity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2006)
While nuclear experts appear to agree that Iran has achieved an important technological breakthrough by enriching uranium to the 3.5 per cent level, strategic thinkers have not reached a consensus on the significance of this development.
- 'Musharraf Govt Scared To Hold Elections' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 14, 2006)
A leader of exiled former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's party said President Pervez Musharraf's military regime is not holding elections, fearing an adverse verdict, and is removing opposition leaders through politically motivated charges.
- Pakistan Unlikely To Back New Kashmir Insurgency: Study (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 13, 2006)
If the political process between India and Pakistan now underway fails, the revival of the Pakistan-supported armed insurgency in Kashmir is not an option that President General Pervez Musharraf would favour, according to a new study.
- Islamabad Annoyed Over Ajk Lawmakers’ Visit Abroad (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Apr 13, 2006)
The federal government has taken strong exception to a recent visit by AJK lawmakers and officials to several foreign countries, Dawn learnt on good authority here on Wednesday.
- Diarrhea Of Words: Enough Of It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 13, 2006)
Glasnost on either side of the Line of Control has now started yielding what appears to be no more than mere diarrhea of words.
- Why The Delay? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 13, 2006)
One wonders when the government is going to take action against those behind the sugar crisis.
- Dialogue In The North (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 13, 2006)
Leading jui(f) figure Maulana Abdul Rehman was right in asserting that it was 'high time' the government and the Waziristan tribesmen resolved the ongoing crisis 'through peaceful and political means'.
- Belated Explanation By Paf (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
The controversy over decision of the Pakistan Air Force about growing beards by the serving personnel keeps on re-surfacing with regular interval but the PR department of the force has not thought it appropriate to clarify the situation.
- Pakistan’S New Campaign Against India (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Apr 13, 2006)
Having got used to excessive pampering at the hands of the US it is perhaps not at all surprising that a sense of disappointment and even frustration seems to have struck Pakistan, following the ‘successful’ India visit of President George Walker Bush.
- While Dealing With America... (Pioneer, C UDAY BHASKAR, Apr 13, 2006)
India must hardsell its ethical conduct post-Pokhran to make US Congress recognise a friend, says C Uday Bhaskar
- The Way To Salvage Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Given political will, it's still possible to redeem the Himalayan nation from the mess it is in, says NN Jha
- Price Hike Is On (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 13, 2006)
Inflation continues unabated and the government seems to laugh off the growing agitation of the consumers and the stakeholders against the hoarders, though it knows that the situation is getting out of control as more commodities of daily use are . . .
- Sectarian Violence (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistan needs to root out all kinds of terrorists
- A New Era Of Pak-Yemen Ties (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistan and Yemen have agreed to enhance bilateral economic ties and reaffirmed their commitment to jointly fight the menace of terrorism.
- Karzai For Cooperation With India And Pakistan (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 13, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called for a trilateral axis of cooperation between Afghanistan, India and Pakistan to facilitate economic prosperity and progress in the region.
- Attack On Activists (Indian Express, MANINI CHATTERJEE & J P YADAV, Apr 13, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of the Organiser not only offers unqualified support to the decision to raise the height of the Narmada Dam, but also launches a no-holds-barred attack on Medha Patkar, Arundhati Roy, the CPI(M) and other . . .
- Yasin Malik To Launch `Freedom Journey' (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 13, 2006)
The pro-freedom separatist outfit, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, will launch a "Safar-e-Azadi" (Freedom Journey) this coming June in Jammu and Kashmir with the aim of engaging people in the "decision-making process with regard to resolution . . .
- Karzai’S Idea (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2006)
Region must go in for tripolar cooperation
- Kalam Assures Help To Sarabjit's Family (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The sister and daughter of Sarabjit Singh, incarcerated in Pakistan on spying charges, met President A P J Abdul Kalam seeking his intervention to save Singh from the gallows.
- Pak To Serve As Fountain-Head Of Islamic Renaissance (Pakistan Observer, Zubair Qureshi, Apr 12, 2006)
Musharraf urges Muslim leaders to uplift socio-economic conditions of people
- N-Deal Hurdles (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 12, 2006)
That the Indo-US nuclear deal could run into trouble was expected.
- 40 Dead In Pak Blast During Prayer Service (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A powerful bomb exploded during an Islamic prayer service in a park in this southern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, the Interior Minister said. Dozens more were wounded.
- How Serious Is Baluch Trouble? (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
Baluchistan is on the boil which has external dimensions linked to Iran and US
- Footsoldier Of Faith (Indian Express, Riju Dave Mehta, Apr 12, 2006)
Ideological battles are waged from unlikely turfs.
- Will Congress Survive As Fiefdom Of Gandhi Dynasty? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 12, 2006)
On the last day of his life Mahatama Gandhi wrote a will wanting the Congress to be dissolved. In his view it was a movement not a political outfit to govern the country. Alive, he would have destroyed it.
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- India, Pakistan And Afghanistan Need To Be Closer: Karzai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Karzai for transit trade, cultural exchanges
"I am prepared to do anything to realise this vision"
Pakistan showed flexibility, allowing Afghan overland exports to India
Opium part of Afghan economy
- Pak, Yemen To Promote Economic, Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan and Yemen Monday agreed to further promote, expand and consolidate their bilateral relations, specially in economic, educational, cultural and defence areas.
- A Thoughtless Directive (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 12, 2006)
Ever so often governments in Pakistan come up with some measures or policy decisions that reflect poorly on those behind it.
- An Iran-U.S. Dialogue And Arab Anxieties (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 12, 2006)
Apprehensions about the capacity of Iran — as a wealthier and more influential regional power — to stir up trouble in West Asia through a growing trans-national Shia network are growing.
- India’S Stake In Baluchistan (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
American observers critical of General Pervez Musharraf’s half-hearted efforts to put down Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the Waziristan area of north-west Pakistan, attribute the unabated tribal insurgency in Baluchistan for it.
- From Commission To Council (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Apr 12, 2006)
UN’s more intrusive human rights body
- Over 50 Killed In Karachi Blast, Several Injured (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
At least 55 people were killed, and scores injured when a powerful blast ripped through a stage erected in a park where Pakistani religious leaders and hundreds of faithful were offering evening prayers on the occasion on Prophet Mohammad's . . .
- Hasty Decision On Siachen (Pioneer, Wilson John, Apr 12, 2006)
Six days from now, the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan would complete three years.
- Unwanted Again? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 12, 2006)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) an interesting development has taken place.
- Fmt: Pakistan For Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
No response to strategic restraint regime
India-U.S. deal had "implications for strategic stability"
Pakistan committed to non-proliferation restraint regime
- India, Afghanistan Plan Intelligence Sharing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghan-istan are looking for ways to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, including sharing of intelligence, their leaders said on Monday.
- Cdr Organising Intra-Kashmir Conference (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 11, 2006)
The Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), a Delhi-based non-government organisation, is organising an intra-Kashmir conference in Jammu and Srinagar from tomorrow (Wednesday).
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 11, 2006)
Pakistain has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- Singh And Karzai Want Pakistani Transit Facility For Indian Goods (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghanistan on Monday asked Pakistan to establish transit facilities in its territory for Afghanistan-bound Indian goods.
- Deal With Iron Fist (Pioneer, RN Chawla, Apr 11, 2006)
The recent bomb blasts in Varanasi is largely understood to be an act of terrorism.
- Indira Gandhi, Not Us, Credited With Ending 1971 War (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 11, 2006)
Henry Kissinger’s claim that it was the Nixon administration that leaned on India after the fall of Dhaka not to carry the war to West Pakistan has been challenged by a new book, which asserts that the decision was entirely that of Indira Gandhi,
- Hamid Karzai Bats For Pakistan (Times of India, Hamid Karzai, Apr 11, 2006)
Hamid Karzai batted for his "brother" Pervez Musharraf on Monday, saying while Pakistan should allow India transit for its goods to travel to Afghanistan, New Delhi should also allow Islamabad the same facility for its goods to travel to East Asia.
- India, Afghanistan Pledge To Fight Terrorism (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Apr 11, 2006)
India and Afghanistan, both battling Islamic militants, are looking for ways to cooperate in the fight against terrorism including sharing of intelligence, their leaders said on Monday.
- U.S. Likely To Pass India Nuclear Deal - Senator (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The U.S. Congress was likely to pass a landmark nuclear energy deal with India, but the vote might be delayed until January after the American midterm elections, a leading senator said on Monday.
- Taliban Return To Afghanistan Not Ruled Out (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Apr 11, 2006)
A strident propaganda is going on in Pakistan implicating India and Afghanistan in the on going insurgency in Baluchistan and its Army’s failures in the two tribal agencies in Waziristan.
- Be More Proactive In Afghanisatan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath, Apr 11, 2006)
The present democratic government in Afghanistan, established under US control and led by President Hamid Karzai, is resented by Pakistan. Pakistan wants Afghanistan under its control or under its influence, as it can provide Pakistan strategic depth.
- Us Arms Industry Gung-Ho About Market In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
US companies are rushing to step up sales of fighter jets and other weapons to India even as the Bush administration struggles to convince Congress to back a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with India.
- Indo-Pak Ties: Seeking New Horizons (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 11, 2006)
Like Pakistan's proposal for `demilitarisation' of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Manmohan Singh's idea of a Treaty of Peace, Security and Friendship will have to await more propitious times. This can happen only when the present atmosphere of mutual . . .
- Confusing Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 11, 2006)
India appears to be pursuing an incoherent policy towards Nepal, now in the midst of political turmoil.
- Let Us Fight Terrorism Together: Manmohan (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 11, 2006)
``Both India and Afghanistan have suffered a great deal due to the menace''
- Soft Talk With Karan (Hindu, Mukund Padmanabhan, Apr 11, 2006)
Collection of Thapar's weekly newspaper columns on varied subjects
- India, Afghanistan Pitch For Joint Fight On Terror (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Concerned over increased terrorist activities in Afghanistan, India and Kabul today agreed on a collective fight against the menace in which Pakistan could also join.
- Pak, China May Sign Civil N-Deal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A civil nuclear technology deal between Pakistan and China may be signed during Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's visit to Beijing in June to counter the Indo-US nuclear agreement, the Daily Times reported on Monday.
- Peshawar-Jalalabad Regular Bus Service From15th (News International, Mohammad Ali Khan, Apr 10, 2006)
All is set for starting a regular bus service between Jalalabad and Peshawar by April 15, channelising a road link between Pakistan and Afghanistan after a gap of 27 years.
- Perhaps Us Reads Indian Mind (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
India has rejected the US call to define its credible minimum nuclear deterrent saying that it is under no obligation to do so.
- "Cyprus Welcomes Nuclear Deal Between India And The U.S." (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Apr 10, 2006)
Cyprus PresidentTassos Papadopoulosbelieves it is time to rekindle Nicosia's traditionally strong bonds with New Delhi. Mr. Papadopoulos, who arrives in India on Tuesday, believes Cyprus needs to focus more on Asia. Excerpts from an exclusive . . .
- Good Borders, Good Neighbours (Deccan Herald, Srikanth Kondapalli , Apr 10, 2006)
Resolving the border issue with China will help better the India-China trade ties too
- Cooperative Common Future (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a role for both Kashmirs
- Pakistan And Siachen Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Apr 10, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan work out a demilitarisation agreement on Siachen to facilitate a prime ministerial visit to Pakistan later this year, foreign office and defence mandarins have drawn their red lines:
- New Future…Old Problems (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 10, 2006)
Standing beneath the tree next to the ruins of the mosque in the village of Kot Galla the enormity of both the devastation and the task of reconstruction is cruelly evident.
- Challenge For President Musharraf And Ard (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 10, 2006)
Just as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was in the process of disclosing further alleged scandals about the PPP leader, Benazir Bhutto, leaders of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) were thinking in Lahore about . . .
- Karzai Arrives In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in India on Sunday to boost ties with New Delhi that have blossomed after the fall of the Taliban regime, in a trip a nervous Pakistan will be closely watching.
- Living In A World Of Make-Believe (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Apr 10, 2006)
There is a waning sense of reality in national politics as each day passes.
- Indo-Us Deal: Not Without Amendments (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 10, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security
- The Glitch In The Indo-Us Deal (News International, S M H Bokhari, Apr 10, 2006)
George Bush was triumphant on signing the historic Indo-US deal first conceived in Washington in July and concluded in a hurry in New Delhi early last month.
- Democracy By Choice (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Apr 10, 2006)
The US gives little value to popular mandate and counts monarchs and dictators as its staunch supporters
- Waziristan Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 10, 2006)
Since the military operation started, the tribal areas have been thrown into a quagmire of violence and now “Talibanisation”.
- Pakistan's Economic Miracle (Jordan Times, Fahed Fanek, Apr 10, 2006)
The prime minister of Pakistan, Shaukat Aziz, is well-known in Amman. Two decades ago, was manager of Citibank in Jordan for two years, during which he built many friendships in the Jordanian business and political communities.
- Democracy Now? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 10, 2006)
"The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations."
- Take Sting Out Of Bite (Pioneer, Cecil Victor, Apr 10, 2006)
If the US has had to begin looking for remnants of Stinger surface-to-air shoulder-fired missiles it gave the Afghan mujahideen to fight the Soviet Army in the 1980s, there is trouble brewing within the "coalition against terror" and Pakistan is . . .
- The Die Is Cast Against Defiant Baloch Chieftains (News International, Tariq Butt, Apr 09, 2006)
The government is tightening the noose around the neck of three defiant Baloch chieftains to force them into renouncing aggression.
- Jirga Seeks Removal Of Soldiers From Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
A big tribal Jirga held on Friday in Mir Ali rejected the ban on carrying arms in North Waziristan and demanded that soldiers be removed from check-posts on the roads and deployed on the border with Afghanistan.
- Pakistan Keen On Activation Of Designated Loc Points (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 08, 2006)
A year after the first bus drew to Muzaffarabad from Srinagar, Pakistan hopes with the improvement in weather the five designated crossing points at the Line of Control (LoC) would become operational for more people of the divided families of Kashmir.
- The Future Of Jihad (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Apr 08, 2006)
The jihadis of today are increasingly locking horns with the US-led Western world.
- Need For Free, Fair Polls (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 08, 2006)
Us assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has met ARD leaders Amin Fahim and Raja Zafarul Haq in Islamabad on Thursday to have a feel of the political currents in Pakistan.
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