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Articles 3821 through 3920 of 12768:
- A Matter Of Gas (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Feb 22, 2006)
If political pundits of the Left camp in New Delhi are to be believed Mani Shankar Aiyar was shifted from the ministry of petroleum because he had annoyed the Americans with his vigorous championing of a gas pipeline project that is supposed . . .
- Alliance Française (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2006)
Indo-French relations are still more about gestures rather than substance, notwithstanding the nine agreements signed during President Jacques Chirac’s visit. This is a pity because France is one of the world’s leading industrial and agricultural nations.
- Getting Mushy In Beijing (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s five-day visit to China would not have been remarkable weren’t it for the fact that it comes on the eve of US President George W. Bush’s visit early next month.
- In Quest Of Strategic Partnership (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistan and China have vowed to reinforce and deepen their strategic partnership through increased cooperation in political, diplomatic and economic fields. The understanding came at a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and . . .
- Continuity Of Economic Initiatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 22, 2006)
According to a report appearing in this newspaper, for the first time in the history of the country the foreign direct investment in Pakistan is likely to surmount $ 3 billion during this current financial year, more than double as compared . . .
- India Admits Decline In Kashmir Violence, Infiltration (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 22, 2006)
India on Tuesday admitted the incidents of violence and infiltration have gone down in Jammu and Kashmri considerably. India’s junior minister for home affairs S Ragupathy told Lok Sabha here during question hour that against the press reports . . .
- Pak, Afghanistan To Discuss Bus Services (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Pakistani and Afghan officials will on Wednesday hold talks in Rawalpindi for bus services to link Peshawar with Jalalabad and Quetta to Kandahar, Online news agency reported.
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Cooperation With China (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 22, 2006)
Friendship between Pakistan and China has always been a positive factor in the South Asian region and has served to advance the cause of peace and stability.
- Turbulence Over Cartoons (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Feb 22, 2006)
Sixteen persons die in cartoon protests in Nigeria. At least nine killed in Libya in clashes over cartoons; 12 killed in Afghan protests and five in Pakistan this week.
- Us Won't Mediate On Kashmir: Expert (Hindustan Times, Meenakshi Iyer, Feb 21, 2006)
The US has consistently turned down Pakistan's call for mediation on the Kashmir issue and it will continue to do so, says an American expert on South Asian affairs.
- Indonesia's Leader Does A Balancing Act (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Feb 21, 2006)
Susilo Yudhoyono is trying to be a friend of the United States while staying an authentic leader of the world's largest Muslim-majority state.
- Government Bans Retail Sale Of Tamiflu (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The Centre has banned the sale of Tamiflu (only drug effective in treating bird flu in human beings) in retail outlets three days after avian influenza struck Navapur in Maharashtra. So far no human case has been reported in the country.
- Spread Of Fascism (Hindu, B.R.P. BHASKAR, Feb 21, 2006)
This book is a collection of essays, talks and interviews by the eminent historian, K. N. Panikkar. P. P. Shanavas, a journalist, who compiled them, describes this as a book of remembrance of the six years when India fell into darkness.
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Thanks Jacques, Hello George (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 21, 2006)
French nod for nuclear status isn’t an alternative to dealing with Americans
- Upset At Invite To All, Hurriyat Won’T Be At Roundtable (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Feb 21, 2006)
Turning down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s invitation for a roundtable on Kashmir on February 25, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat, led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, today said they would not participate in any dialogue attended by “people who do not . .
- Why The World Is Afraid Of Iran Nukes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear research programme began in 1967 with the establishment of the Tehran Nuclear Research Center, equipped with a US-supplied nuclear research reactor.
- Civilian N-Deal: Pak Seeks Parity With India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday urged the world community to treat it at par with India in civilian nuclear cooperation.
- India Quarantines Six As Bird Flu Spreads Faster (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Feb 21, 2006)
India began a door-to-door search for anyone with fever on Monday, quarantining six people in hospital as authorities scrambled to contain the country's first outbreak of bird flu.
- Challenges Before Khaleda Zia (Daily Excelsior, V M Gokuldas, Feb 21, 2006)
Begum Khaleda Zia, Bengladesh Prime Minister and the current chairperson of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), chose to pay her first visit in her view capacity to Pakistan.
- Fresh Crisis In Assam (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 21, 2006)
The army's task in the North-east is not an easy one. It has to fight the armed insurgents and, at the same time, ensure that innocent civilians are not harassed.
- Govt Bans Livestock From India, France And Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
The government has decided to ban the import of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France where cases of bird flu have been reported.
- Safta Needs A Patron (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Feb 21, 2006)
I Need to revisit the subject of Safta. My last article on the subject appeared on January 24, less than a month ago.
- Hurriyat Turns Down Pm's Roundtable Invite (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
So-called moderate faction of the separatist Hurriyat Conference has finally turned down Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's invitation and decided to stay away from his roundtable conference on Jammu & Kashmir. It is now abundantly clear that none . . .
- The Round Table (Tribune, B.G. Verghese, Feb 21, 2006)
The Government should not permit any person or group to exercise a veto on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Neighbours Ban Poultry Import From India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
India’s neighbouring countries — Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka — and the Gulf countries have banned the import of poultry and poultry products from India in the wake of reports of outbreak of bird flu there.
- Kashmir Separatists May Not Attend Pm's Roundtable (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
None of the 20-odd Kashmiri separatist leaders, who had been formally or informally invited by the Centre, is likely to attend Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's roundtable conference on Jammu and Kashmir on February 25 next. Indications are . . .
- Right Answer! (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 20, 2006)
Not very long ago Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had sought the United States' support to resolve the Kashmir "dispute".
- Islam From German Perspective (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 20, 2006)
Sometimes one feels a little sorry for those European diplomats serving in Islamic countries when they suddenly discover that their country has been placed on the black list of Muslim countries because some sensation-seeking newspaper . . .
- A Touch Of Anarchy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 20, 2006)
A Week ago, I expressed in this space the apprehension that injection of violence in the protests against the blasphemous cartoons that raised their ugly head in Denmark and spread rapidly like a contagion to several other European countries . . .
- Reinforcing Ties With China (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Feb 20, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf’s current state visit to China at the invitation of the President Hu Jinato, will herald the events organized in connection with the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and ....
- Clinton Hopeful Of Better Ties Between India, Pakistan (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 20, 2006)
Former US president Bill Clinton said on Sunday that the United States expected relations between India and Pakistan to improve within the framework of an economically unified South Asia.
- Stop Communalising (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Feb 20, 2006)
As Julius Caesar was walking towards the Capitol in Rome on the fateful day of his assassination, one of the well-wishers is said to have insistently pressed him to read a petition which, he said, touched the Emperor the most. Caesar scornfully . . .
- Space Mission, Green Revolution On Bush Agenda (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 20, 2006)
A keynote speech by US President George W Bush at a function hosted by the Asia Society in Washington coming Wednesday is expected to underline some of the themes and issues he will be dealing with during his visit to India and Pakistan.
- On These Same Tracks, In 1971 (Indian Express, M.L. KHANNA, Feb 20, 2006)
As a train once again speeds between Munabao and Khokrapar, M.L. KHANNA remembers a vastly different episode from that war
- Muslims And The Indian Army (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 20, 2006)
After 60 years of Independence, we should be sufficiently confident of our collective secular beliefs and practices to examine facts.
- Iran Issue: Jd (U) To Back Sp On No-Trust Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Says it had taken an independent view even in the matter of the "cash-for-question" case
- Ipi — Firmly In Place? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 20, 2006)
To the relief of all concerned, the meeting of the oil ministers of India and Pakistan in New Delhi has confirmed that the IPI gas project is very much on. Considering the many factors that could have thrown this tripartite venture into jeopardy,
- Time For A Moratorium (Dawn, Aitzaz Ahsan, Feb 20, 2006)
The sense of outrage over the cartoons (which none had seen) was over-powering and all-pervasive as I entered the National Assembly Hall on February 13.
- Talk About Globalisation (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 20, 2006)
The world is in a turmoil all because of cartoons in a newspaper most have not heard of published in a country with fewer people than live in Chennai.
- Does Safta Have A Future? (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 20, 2006)
The signs are not at all propitious for the South Asia Free Trade Area agreement to deliver the goods. The key to successful implementation of SAFTA lies in the hands of Islamabad and, going by the hints dropped by the Musharraf regime, . . .
- Norway’S Laudable Gesture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
A delegation of representatives of Norwegian Church and Muslim community in Norway is currently on a visit to Pakistan to console the Muslims in their anguish over the publication of blasphemous sketches in some European countries.
- Code Of Ethics For Protestors (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Violence in Pakistan over the publication of blasphemous cartoons has led to the several deaths, besides widespread damage to property as well as premises and businesses of multinational companies in the past few days.
- Brutus, Et Tu! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he has handed over to Islamabad information about Taliban leaders and activists who, he claimed, are orchestrating a stubborn insurgency from Pakistan’s soil. At a Press conference in Kabul on return from . . .
- Apology Fails To Douse Cartoon Anger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed today a full-page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad unleashing a wave of fury by muslims worldwide.
- Comrades Vow Street Protests During Bush Visit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 20, 2006)
Come what may, Communists who keep the Congress-led government alive are determined to make President George Bush's coming visit a memorable one -- through noisy anti-US street protests.
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- Take Moderates Along In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 19, 2006)
Law enforcing agencies appear to have made some progress in action against troublemakers, terrorists and saboteurs in Balochistan. A number of Ferari camps have been destroyed in several areas while authorities are expressing their resolve . . .
- Nuclear Deal Prejudicial To National Interests: Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeks full debate during Parliament session
Onerous restrictions on India'
`Attempts to make country sign NPT'
Pakistan connection alleged in Iran issue
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Thar Express Completes Journey Four Decades In The Making (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Thar Express returned with Indian passengers after a historic journey to India on Saturday, marking the reopening of a rail link between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan that was closed for four decades.
- Thar Express Completes First Run (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A military band played traditional tunes and hundreds of people cheered as a train linking India and Pakistan rolled into a small desert town in western India on Sunday, marking the restoration of a rail link cut off four decades ago.
- Aphc For Kashmir Talks Beyond Indian Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Hameed Shaheen, Feb 19, 2006)
The APHC, AJK/Pakistan chapter, in its emergency meeting at its central office here on Saturday reiterated its stand for the settlement of Kashmir dispute through negotiations but made it clear that the process of negotiations must be outside the . . .
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Importance Of Guru (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 19, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the meaning and connotation of as pious a word as Guru has undergone a change. It is interpreted to mean as if one is clever and adept at unscrupulous ways of the world.
- 3 M Target For Anti-Aids Drive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Just four years after he set up his HIV/AIDS initiative, former US president Bill Clinton is making anti-retroviral treatment available to 50 per cent of the 6.2 million people in the developing world who need the anti-AIDS drugs.
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Afghanistan’S Involvement Denied In Balochistan: Karzai Condoles Wali’S Death (Dawn, Gulzar Ahmed Khan, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has denied allegations that his country was involved in the tribal insurgency in Balochistan and vowed that Kabul would not allow its soil to be used for terrorism.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Moving Ahead With Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Paksitana's Recent Ratification of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise.
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- India Supports Iran Pipeline: Delhi To Join Turkmenistan Plan: Jadoon (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 18, 2006)
Petroleum ministers of Pakistan and India gave their unequivocal support on Friday to the proposed gas pipeline from Iran, saying neither fears about trouble in Balochistan nor the raising of international finances for the project were an issue.
- Kabul, Islamabad To Share Information On Taliban (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Feb 18, 2006)
* Abdullah says Al Qaeda has no base in Afghanistan
* ‘Our relations with India are very important’
- India-Pakistan Train Link Sparks Reunion Hopes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Second rail link between Khokarapar and Munabao opened on Saturday, decades after it was severed.
- Cartoon Issue: One More Perspective— (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Feb 18, 2006)
It seems the world is determined to drive home to students of sociology that while all other cultures might be areligious, the only religious culture that threatens the world is that of Islam
- On A Trip Of Friendship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai’s three-day visit to Pakistan was the latest in a series of exchanges at the top government level the two countries have had in the post-9/11 period.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- The Contrast In Treatment (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
An interesting contrast between Indians and their rulers and Pakistanis and their dictators is the way they treat their creative artists — painters, poets, novelists and thinkers.
- Doctor Prescribes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
Under attack on foreign policy, PM needed to show firmness. He’s done that. Must do more
- 'Security' Shaped Stand On Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday maintained that security concerns "shaped" the government's position on the Iran vote at the IAEA.
- Security Concerns Behind Stance On Iran: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Cites proliferation in extended neighbourhood
Committed to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline
Attempts on to build consensus in IAEA
- Broad Contours (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 18, 2006)
It is fashionable for the opposition to describe the President's address to Parliament as "lifeless and directionless".
- After Pokhran Thrust (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Rangachary, Feb 18, 2006)
The prime minister’s office (PMO) and the country’s nuclear establishment are shadow-boxing over the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities as part of the deal with the US.
- The General Is Here Again (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan President General Musharraf is back at his favourite game of blowing hot and cold against India these days. At the Economic Meet in Davos, he replayed the Kashmir tune and pleaded for demilitarization of Kashmir and . . .
- Cartoons: Clinton & Chirac Say Publication A Mistake (Indian Express, Faisal Aziz, Feb 18, 2006)
Anger against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad flared anew in Asia on Friday in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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