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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 12768:
- Kashmir Toughest Challenge In Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan and India began their third round of composite dialogue here on Tuesday reasonably pleased with the gains from their outings so far, but watchful of what Islamabad believes to be the toughest challenge ahead — unravelling the Gordian knot . . .
- Iran’S Growing N-Crisis (Dawn, Najmuddin A, Shaikh, Jan 18, 2006)
Earlier this month the Iranians, in the presence of IAEA inspectors, broke the seals on some of the equipment in the Natanz facility to recommence what they said was research activity on the nuclear fuel cycle.
- Spirit Of Sacrifice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
A friend, who is a devout Muslim otherwise, has made a bizarre comment on the ritual of sacrifice performed on the Eid-ul-Azha. He says, “I think the poor goats, sheep and other animals give their lives on Eid day for nothing.
- Early Learning In Mother Tongue (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
On October 22, the federal education minister, Lt Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf, made a presentation on the “Education scenario in Pakistan” to the president and prime minister.
- 100 Days After The Quake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
One hopes that after visiting the quake-hit areas and seeing firsthand the extensive damage and human misery prevalent there, former US president and UN Special Envoy for Pakistan Earthquake Relief, Mr George Bush, will press the international . . .
- No Nukes, But No War Either (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 18, 2006)
In the short term, the worst-case scenario in the context of nuclear brinkmanship between Iran and the West could unfold thus. The war of words between the two sides escalates.
- Bush Sr. Hopes Air Strike Will Not Hit Ties (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 18, 2006)
Ex-U.S. President in Pakistan to review quake relief operations
- India For Freeze On Setting Up Of Defence Posts Along Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Seeking to further consolidate the Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), India today proposed a freeze on setting up of new defence posts and defence works along the Line of Control (LoC) and announced its intention to extend the Munnabao-Khokrapar rail li
- Baloch Rebels Getting Outside Aid: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 18, 2006)
Says they are engaged in terror activities
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday reiterated his allegation that people of a country from "outside" were aiding and abetting subversive elements in Balochistan province and declared . . .
- United States Of Jammu & Kashmir And Self Rule (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jan 18, 2006)
Readers may recall that around third week of November 2004 an article titled "United States of Jammu & Kashmir; A resolution" written by me was published in these columns. The idea of a unified federal J&K was mooted for the first time in this paper.
- Terror Reaches South (Daily Excelsior, Tukoji R Pandit, Jan 18, 2006)
The dastardly attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore on December 28, 2005 which took the life of a mathematician from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has drawn attention to the fact that after north and western India, . . .
- No Cumbersome Security Vetting (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Ahead of the launch of the much-awaited bus service between Amritsar and Lahore, the Centre today gave a relief to the passengers by doing away with the formal cumbersome security vetting system.
- Two Let Men, 5 Others Convicted (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Two Pakistani Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were among seven men convicted by a Delhi Court today in connection with bomb blasts which rocked various north Indian cities in 1997 killing 17 persons and injuring nearly 300 others.
- Pakistan Defers Safta Ratification (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 18, 2006)
Pakistan Cabinet today deferred ratification of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement reportedly on the advise of the Commerce Ministry which reccomended to the government not to endorse it until visible progress was made on the Kashmir issue.
- Musharraf’S Demilitarisation Balloon (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Jan 18, 2006)
Disappointed at the lack of progress in resolving the Kashmir issue through the Indo-Pak composite dialogue, Gen Pervez Musharraf is reported to have said, “Let me give another bombshell, I propose, one way of moving forward.... Take three towns, . . .
- India, Pak Offer New Military Cbms (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 18, 2006)
Pak says Balochistan refrain can wreck peace process
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan today confronted his Indian counterpart Shyam Saran on New Delhi’s reaction on developments in Balochistan and categorically . . .
- Neutral Expert Likely To Call Indo-Pak Meeting In March (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jan 18, 2006)
Neutral expert Prof Raymond Lafitte appointed by the World Bank is likely to convene a meeting of Pakistan and India by mid-March that will help determine whether or not the Indus Waters Treaty has been violated due to the construction by India . . .
- In The Hush After The Bombing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 17, 2006)
The US must face up to it: in Pakistan the quarry escaped and innocents died, again
- Nepal Blues (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jan 17, 2006)
All too soon it is back to square one in the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The Maoist rebels have announced the end of the (extended) ceasefire unilaterally announced by them four months ago, leading to fears of eruption of violence that has already . . .
- Indo-Pak Fs Level Talks Begin Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
The third round of Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue begins here tomorrow with the Foreign Secretary-level talks here during which the two countries will discuss "new ideas" on taking the peace process forward.
- Let Saboteur Sings On Terror Designs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Police have arrested another key activist of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Almatti in Bagalkot district and seized explosives and incriminating documents from him....
- Pakistan Foreign Secretary In Delhi For Next Round Of Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Will discuss key issues of peace and security, including CBMs, and Jammu and Kashmir
- Police: Lashkar Targeted Vital Installations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Kaiga nuclear power plant on hit-list
No evidence yet to link Abdul Rehman, Ibrahim with IISc attack
Lakshar's role confirmed in the attack
- Pak To Table Musharraf’S Proposals (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan is expected to formally put on the table President Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir-centric proposals during the Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan beginning here tomorrow.
- Indo-Pak Talks From Today (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2006)
Pakistan will put forward some “proposals” and “ideas” on the Kashmir issue as also on peace and security during the foreign secretary level talks with India in New Delhi beginning tomorrow as part of the Composite Dialogue process.
- Demise Of A Caring Brother (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 17, 2006)
Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah died and was later laid to rest on Sunday marking the end of his quarter of a century of rule over the oil rich Kuwait State. Crown Prince Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah has succeeded him.
- General Will "Hit Balochis Hard" (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Jan 17, 2006)
"I will hit them so hard they won't know what hit them", thundered the General in Islamabad.
- Who Is 'Containing' Whom? (OutLook, Seema Sirohi, Jan 17, 2006)
All this neo-con talk of containing China by promoting India has only served to alert the dragon. Perhaps the most unfortunate formulation for India might have been the American offer to help it to become "a world power."
- Curriculum Change Controversy (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Jan 17, 2006)
Curriculam revision seems to have become a very controversial issue in the country with not a month going by without some political or religious party objecting to a reported change in some textbooks or syllabus.
- The Balochistan Crisis (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jan 17, 2006)
The long simmering ethnic passion that resurfaced in Balochistan in 2004 and has recently resumed with greater intensity is a source of great anxiety to the people of Pakistan. The security forces are currently engaged in quelling the insurgency-like ...
- Balochistan War (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 17, 2006)
As the iron curtain around Pakistan is falling apart one comes face to face with a blood-stained war in the neighbouring country. It is being fought in its Balochistan (with another popular spelling of Baluchistan) province.
- Iraq’S Uncertain Future (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 17, 2006)
There are several reasons why what happened in Iraq over the last three years should matter for Pakistan. The reason — or reasons — why the administration of President George W. Bush decided to invade Iraq is a matter of concern for countries . . .
- Team Leaves For Delhi Today (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jan 16, 2006)
A Pakistani delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan is leaving for New Delhi on Monday for talks with India. The two-day talks that begin on Tuesday will discuss the key issue of Jammu and Kashmir and other aspects of peace and security.
- Seeking Trade, Not Aid (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
The success of the forthcoming official visit of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to the US will be measured more in terms of its achievements on the economic front than on anything else.
- A Strange Demand (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 16, 2006)
LESS than a month after the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy asked “western democratic forces” to restrain the federal government on the Balochistan issue, Sardar Akhtar Mengal has called for “international mediation” to resolve the crisis.
- Self- Rule For Jammu And Kashmir....? (Daily Excelsior, J N Raina, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's proposal of 'self-governance' and 'demilitarization', to resolve the Kashmir issue, is ill-conceived, unintelligible and intended at balkanization of not only India, but Pakistan as well.
- Defining Demilitarization (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 16, 2006)
In an effort to comprehend ‘demilitarization and self-governance’ that has during the last two years, become Pakistan’s substitute for the Kashmiri right of self-determination, my last article (Dawn, January 9) was largely devoted to the process . . .
- Neither Enlightened, Nor Moderate (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jan 16, 2006)
One doesn’t hear the phrase ‘enlightened moderation’ as much as one did a couple of years ago except, of course, in a negative sense.
- Nuclear Energy: A National Imperative (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan has reportedly decided to seek civil nuclear cooperation from the United States for installation of three to four nuclear power plants, each with 1000 MW capacity to meet its impending energy crisis in the coming years.
- Pm Wishes Musharraf Well, But Says “I Cannot Change Borders” (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always been effusive and warm whenever I have discussed with him India-Pakistan relations. I have found him this time a bit distressed and disappointed. He is not as optimistic as before because he says he does not . . .
- Tap Gas Line: Islamabad, Kabul To Discuss Pipeline Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2006)
Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold minister-level talks in Islamabad today (Monday) on the multibillion dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) gas pipeline project.
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 16, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Kerry Signals Change Needed For Pakistan Nuclear Deal (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Jan 16, 2006)
U.S. Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry said on Saturday that Pakistan ought eventually to have the same access as rival India to civilian nuclear technology, but indicated changes were needed first.
- Pakistan Protests U.S. Missile Attack (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
In a rare display of anger Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the U.S. Ambassador to the country, Ryan C. Crocker and lodged a "strong protest" against the reported missile attack by American spy planes in a village in the . . .
- Pakistan Should Move Towards Democracy, Says John Kerry (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 16, 2006)
To have a United States-India like civilian nuclear cooperation deal
Pakistan and U.S. should explore common ground for cooperation
Supports deal between India and U.S.
- Crisis Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 16, 2006)
Once again Kashmir is facing the wrath of Nature. Snow has completely disrupted all the public utility services. The National Highway as usual got blocked this year too.
- Us Diplomat To Visit South Asia (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
A senior US diplomat travels to South Asia next week for talks aimed at firming a civilian nuclear deal with India, setting Pakistan on the road to democracy, and halting rising violence in Sri Lanka.
- If Jinnah Were To Return (Daily Times, Ahmad Faruqui, Jan 15, 2006)
Jinnah might conclude that Pakistan had failed not because the leaders who followed him were weak, but because there were weaknesses in the original design.
- Kerry For Equality Between India, Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry advocated that the US accord equal treatment to Pakistan and India in providing nuclear technology for civilian use, if Pakistan fulfils certain requirements.
- China’S Word Of Advice To India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
China has urged India to resolve its disputes with Pakistan for the sake of peace and stability in South Asia. Commenting on the talks between the visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawet, . . .
- Un Resolutions On Kashmir Not Viable: Militant Groups (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 15, 2006)
Ahead of commencement of third round of Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan, a conglomerate of Pakistan-based militant groups has reportedly decided to give up its demand for implementation of UN resolutions for settling the Kashmir issue, ....
- Bloodshed In Baluchistan, Revolt Against Dam (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jan 15, 2006)
The tribal and feudal mindset that approves of honour killings also pervades political profession in Pakistan.
- Violation Of Pak Sovereignty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 15, 2006)
A US air strike inside Pakistan territory early Friday morning left at least 18 people martyred. According to reports carried by the American media, US predator drones fired about ten missiles at village Damadola in Bajaur Agency at the instance . . .
- Tackling The Cold Wave (Tribune, Dr J.S. Sharma, Jan 15, 2006)
In north India, when the minimum temperature drops three to four degree centigrade below the long term (normal) average, cold wave conditions set in. Excessive drop in the temperature, frost and snowfall has significant effects on crops, vegetables, ....
- Kerry Backs Pak Quest For Civil N-Tech (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 15, 2006)
Former US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry has said his country and Pakistan could explore common grounds for cooperation in civil nuclear technology on the pattern of US-India agreement.
- Pinning General To Specifics (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 14, 2006)
As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan begin third round of dialogue next week, a political paradox confronts the peace process.
- Hindu Ideals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Much of the Hinduness of BJP is derived from the concept of Hindutva of Veer Savarkar.
- Aiyar: India Fully Committed To Pipeline Project (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 14, 2006)
Firmly denying media reports that New Delhi had decided to withdraw from the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said the country was "fully committed" to the venture
- Al-Qaeda Claims To Have Killed 10 Us Soldiers In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Army Presence To Continue In J&k: Gen Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Ruling out the demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir as suggested by Pak President Pervez Musharraf, Army chief General JJ Singh today said continued presence of terrorist- infrastructure across the Line of Control necessitated troop- presence in the...
- Sri Lanka Mine Blast Kills Two Navy Sailors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Us-Afghan Troops Kill Six Militants (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Nato Relief Team To Leave Ajk By Feb 1 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jan 14, 2006)
The Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan has started redeployment from Azad Kashmir and will be completely out of Kashmir by February 1 before moving to home bases by mid-February.
- Rendition For Dawood Ibrahim? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jan 14, 2006)
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. Why then, given New Delhi's obvious desire to ingratiate itself with Washington, can't the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government take a cue from the Bush
- Not Quite Back To Square One Yet (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
PAKISTAN spokesperson Tasneem Aslam must be having a great sense of humour. Otherwise, how can she say that the forecast about the peace progress between New Delhi and Islamabad was certainly not “bleak”?
- India Promises Key Concession On Us N-Deal: Kerry (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
US Senator John Kerry has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will sign a proposed nuclear Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty thus effectively capping New Delhi’s nuclear programme as part of its bargain to get civilian nuclear aid from Washing
- ‘Singh May Visit Pakistan’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh may yet visit Pakistan to watch one of five limited-overs matches during current cricket series between the two countries, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said, according to a United News of India dispatch from..
- 'Intriguing' Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jan 14, 2006)
There was nothing 'intriguing' about the comment of the Pakistani ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on India's expression of concern over the 'spiralling violence' in Balochistan; the more 'intriguing' thing was the adverse reaction in some quarters within..
- Pm, Sajjad Lone Talks Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold talks with separatist leader and Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Ghani Lone here tomorrow, broadening the ambit of the ongoing peace process on Kashmir outside the Hurriyat Conference fold.
- Show Flexibility On Kashmir: Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 14, 2006)
Accusing India of being "stubborn," Pakistan today said it should show flexibility for resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
- Lone Won't Push Pak's Agenda In Talks With Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Saturday set to meet People's Conference chief Sajjad Ghani Lone on the Kashmir issue, with a party source saying the talks would not reflect any "pressure from Pakistan".
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- Learn From Murali (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 14, 2006)
Test cricket’s most successful off-spinner has just indicated that he could be calling it a day in 2007 despite being three years younger than Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne, who holds the world record with 659 wickets, some 75 more than what Muralitharan
- Al-Qaeda Number Two Zawahiri May Be Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Al-Qaeda terror network's number two leader Aiyman al-Zawahiri may have been killed in a US air strike in a remote village in Pakistan's restive tribal region which left 18 people dead, including women and children.
- Why Lone Alone? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2006)
The Centre’s decision to involve more Kashmiri groups in the talks process, now underway, is welcome.
- Kerry Wants Fissile Material Cut-Off Included In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
India has to join with U.S. in taking Teheran threat seriously'
Visiting American Senator John Kerry has said it is worth looking at a cap on the production of fissile material by India as part of implementing the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
- Pak To Discuss Kashmir With Saudi King (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan plans to discuss its peace initiatives on Jammu and Kashmir with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz when he visits Islamabad after a historic trip to New Delhi.
- Demilitarisation And Autonomy In J&k (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2006)
India should insist that it will consider Gen Musharraf's proposal for "self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir only if elected rulers in POK and the Northern Areas enjoy the same powers and autonomy as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Musharraf’S Panic Attack, Post-Quake Ploy (Deccan Herald, RAHUL BEDI, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent proposal that India downsize its military presence in Kashmir appears to be not so much a confidence building measure between the two nuclear powers as a strategic move to build his own defences in the region..
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