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Articles 5421 through 5520 of 12768:
- Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Tribune, Air Marshal R.S. Bedi (retd), Dec 24, 2005)
Left's proclivity for opposing the UPA government on devious issues came to the fore when it decided yet again to hold demonstrations against the government decision to conduct a joint exercise between the US and the Indian Air Force.
- Us Opposition To The Gas Pipeline (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Dec 24, 2005)
Despite considerable progress at the recent New Delhi meeting between the petroleum secretaries of Pakistan and India, the Iranian gas project continues to be plagued by uncertainty. The reason for scepticism is that Washington continues . . .
- Pemra’S Absurd Ban (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 24, 2005)
Cable operators in the country again seem to be suffering because of PEMRA’s strange policies.
- Relying On Remittances (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 24, 2005)
A recent World Bank report has once again placed India at the top of a list of countries that receive remittances from their citizens working abroad. Indian workers sent back home as much as $22 billion last year.
- Indian Envoy Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 23, 2005)
A senior Indian envoy said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- Two Bus Routes And A Few Questions (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 23, 2005)
To make the new bus services meaningful and truly people-oriented, India and Pakistan should liberalise the visa regime.
- Pak To Take Final Decision On F-16 Jets Next Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Pakistan will make a final decision on the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the US next year, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Tuesday.
- Navy To Boost Maritime Ties With Dhaka (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 23, 2005)
Naval Headquarters is preparing a detailed report for the Foreign Ministry on Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash’s visit to Dhaka earlier this week. In it the core recommendation will be to formalise military maritime channels in the Bay of Bengal . . .
- Yechury Leaves For Pak Today (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Dec 23, 2005)
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury will be in Pakistan tomorrow for the birth centenary of Communist leader Sajjad Zaheer. Yechury—on his first visit to the neighbouring country—said he would meet leaders of Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League and . . .
- Croatian General To Take Unmogip Command On 29th (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Croatian General Dragutin Repinc is to head United Nations military observers in Kashmir from December 29, officials said on Wednesday.
- Kasuri Pins Hope On Third Round: Pakistan-India Dialogue (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri on Thursday expressed the hope that the third round of Pakistan-India dialogue, starting from January 2006 in New Delhi, would take the process of normalisation forward and bring about a breakthrough . . .
- Pakistan To Build Big Dams (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 23, 2005)
Musharraf promises to safeguard the interests of all concerned
- Sir Creek Isn’T All That Easy (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 23, 2005)
Among the set of problems that India and Pakistan are seemingly grappling with for many years now to find a negotiated settlement is the Sir Creek dispute. Often, this dispute is referred to as the easiest one to sort out.
- There Is A Mixed Message From Mecca (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 23, 2005)
Sudheendra Kulkarni analyses the refreshing as well as the disturbingly routine news from the OIC summit, the Muslim countries’ ‘mini-UN’
- India’S Turn To Be Flexible: Kasuri (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign minister says no US official asked about AQ Khan
Optimistic about third round of composite dialogue starting next month
- Kbd: The Way Out (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 23, 2005)
President Musharraf has regretted the resistance against construction of the Kalabagh Dam in Sindh and attributed it to committing suicide. He, however, said that he will not let Sindh commit suicide.
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- Al Qaeda Is More Than Just Osama Bin Laden... (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, who flew into Islamabad unannounced last Wednesday to visit the quake-hit areas, said that US intelligence had not picked any signal from Osama Bin Laden in nearly a year and it was possible that he was no ...
- Chauvinism And Justice (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 23, 2005)
The Calcutta crowd was in an incensed mood. Sourav Ganguly, the erstwhile captain, had been removed from India’s ODI eleven on the ground of consistent lack of form.
- Saudi-India Ties Looking Up (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 23, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday he would visit Saudi Arabia in January and Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest on the Indian Republic Day Parade on January 26.
- No Mfn Status For India Until Kashmir Solution: Kasuri (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday said Pakistan would not grant ‘Most-Favoured Nation’ status to India till the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue To Resume On January 17 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan will start the third round of composite dialogue process on January 17 with foreign secretary-level talks on peace and security as well as the Kashmir issue, media reports today said.
- Pak, Us Alarmed At Indo-Russian Aircraft Production (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Both Pakistan and USA are alarmed by reports of India and Russia jointly developing a state-of-the-art fighter for which talks are at the final stages.
- Punjab Fog Disrupts Rail, Air Traffic (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Thick fog blanketed plains of Punjab, including Lahore, on Thursday, increasing the intensity of cold and disrupting rail and air traffic.
- Literati Too Need Patronage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a reception in Islamabad on Tuesday to felicitate the Pakistan cricket team on its triumph over touring England team in Test and ODI series. He also announced cash awards of Rs 1 lac for each player in appreciation .. .
- India Not To Compromise On N-Facilities (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Wednesday indicated he had come with “certain ideas” on the separation of India’s civil and military facilities, a prerequisite for civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States.
- Two More Bus Route Agreements Formalised (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 22, 2005)
Inked during the third round of the technical-level talks
Trial run for Amritsar-Nankana Sahib service on January 27 and from Nankana Sahib on January 29
Boon to thousands of Sikh pilgrims who visit the Nankana Sahib shrine round the year
- Third Peace Bus Soon To Start Running (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 22, 2005)
The India-Pakistan bus diplomacy launched almost seven months ago with the rolling out of the Delhi-Lahore ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ bus will acquire a new dimension when a third bus service, connecting Amritsar and Lahore, becomes operational on January 20.
- No Headway On Sir Creek (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan appeared to have made little progress on addressing the Sir Creek boundary dispute along the Kutchch-Sindh area as officials from the two sides haggled over the formulation of the terms of reference for the joint survey of the Sir Creek
- Hurriyat To Visit Quake-Hit In Pok (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A delegation of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave for Pakistan on Saturday to express solidarity with the quake.....
- Jj Tries To Pick Up Nepal Threads (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi’s willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ....
- Bid To Open Nepal Door (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys to Kathmandu Delhi’s willingness to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ...
- Sir Creek Talks: Pakistan Puts A Roadblock (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan relations were yet again marked by two-steps-forward-two-steps-backward syndrome today as Islamabad took hard positions on Sir Creek and Munabao-Khokhrapar rail service which are at variance with New Delhi’s stand.
- Primacy Of A Democratic Framework (Dawn, Taliban, Dec 22, 2005)
For over six years General Musharraf, first as Chief Executive and then as president, while retaining his position as COAS, has been the sole arbiter of the destiny of Pakistan.
- Unjust Oil Pricing System (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
The controversy over the oil pricing mechanism created by the opposition is embarrassing for the government.
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- To Silence Bjp, Arjun Refers To Advani’S Jinnah Remark (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
BJP benches plunged into an embarrassed silence and their leader was left red-faced when Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, in one pithy rejoinder, revisited L K Advani’s ‘‘Jinnah is secular’’ thesis in the Lok Sabha this evening.
- Road Travel Nod Delayed, Hurriyat Team To Fly To Pak (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Dec 22, 2005)
Tired of waiting for the permit to take the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to visit the earthquake-hit, Hurriyat team led by chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave Srinagar for New Delhi on December 25, from where they will fly to Islamabad.
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- Court Admits Channel Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Government's guidelines on telecasting the India-Pakistan matches challenged
Ten Sports' agreement with PCB finalised before guidelines
It cannot have a retrospective effect, says Ten Sports counsel
- Rumsfeld Doubts Osama Still Controls Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
S Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today said he doubted that Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden was now capable of supervising the global operations of the militant organisation.
- European Gulags To Fight Terror (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 22, 2005)
Many European countries are said to be fuming with anger over the disclosures that a large number of CIA flights had used their airports to ferry terrorists to ‘unknown’ destinations and the charge that certain European countries had provided ‘facilities’
- J&k Already Enjoying Self-Governance: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Amid demands for "self-rule" in his State, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today asserted that the State already enjoyed "self-governance" and that its quantum was a matter of discussion.
- Pakistan, India Agree On New Bus Links (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India agreed on two new bus links on Wednesday, the latest progress in a hesitant peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.
- Dons, Celebraties And Their Women (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Dec 21, 2005)
The other woman, in life has always been a fascination. Right from time immemorial sex has been the guiding factor in the life of kings, and commoners.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- First Sikh Enters Pak Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first person from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan Army.
- Mirwaiz Leaving For Lahore On Dec 26 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Accusing Indian government of sabotaging their visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir to express solidarity with the quake-hit people in other Kashmir, leaders of Hurriyat Conference (Mirwaiz faction) have now decided to travel on passports instead . . .
- Solve Problem, Money Packages Won’T Do: Omar To New Delhi (Greater Kashmir, ARIF HALEEM, Dec 21, 2005)
Opposition National Conference president Omar Abdullah continued his diatribe against Central Government, Hurriyat Conference and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the second day Tuesday.
- Informal Talk On Jehadis Relief Work (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 21, 2005)
The United States remains perturbed about the presence of jehadi relief workers who are working around the clock in Azad Kashmir and in the NWFP.
- Kohlu Operation Should Be Short & Swift (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Par forces have launched retaliatory operation against the miscreants who fired rockets during President Musharraf’s visit to Kohlu and targeted the helicopter wounding FC’s chief and deputy chief on board. About 23 rockets were fired on Monday
- News As Entertainment (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Dec 21, 2005)
Till recently Manohar Kahaniyan was among the most well read Hindi magazines. It had a readership of more than six million, and along with other magazines from the same stable that has now closed - Maya and Satya Katha - had a combined readership . . .
- Cheney Meets Musharraf, Expresses Solidarity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Visiting US Vice-President Dick Cheney today met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and expressed grief over loss of lives in the massive October-8 earthquake and the destruction caused by it.
- Nepal Arms Deals Worry India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India is worried about reports that China and Pakistan are giving Nepal military help, The Asian Age newspaper reported citing Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- India To Get Lng From Iran By ’09 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Iran has assured India it will honour its commitment to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG), India’s oil minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Tuesday. Iran had signed a deal with India in June to export 5 million tonnes of LNG annually for 25 years . . .
- Kathmandu Arms Deals Worry Delhi’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India is worried about reports that Pakistan and China are giving Nepal military help, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted by an Indian newspaper as saying on Tuesday.
- Indian Girl Seeking Pak Nationality Allowed To Amend Petition (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday allowed an Indian girl to amend her writ petition filed for visa extension to get Pakistani nationality.
- India, Pak To Strike Deal On Sir Creek Today (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 21, 2005)
India and Pakistan today made steady progress on resolving their bilateral dispute on Sir Creek and are all set to announce tomorrow the terms of reference and modalities of conducting the first-ever joint survey of the 96-km-long long estuary . . .
- Cub Versus Tiger (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 21, 2005)
For long years, Raj Thackeray was the presumptive heir to the Shiv Sena throne. Bal Thackeray's nephew lived and breathed the Sena's street politics in a way his less demonstrative and more sophisticated son never could.
- Relief Work Best To Improve U.S. Image: Cheney (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Tours quake hit areas in PoK
United States Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived here on Tuesday on a symbolic visit to express solidarity with Pakistan in managing the crisis thrown up by the October 8 earthquake and pledged continued support from.....
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Pak, India To Discuss Iran Gas Pipeline Project Structure In Feb (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Pakistan and India will discuss the project structure of multi-billion Iran gas pipeline in the next joint working group meeting to be held here in February.
- India Concerned Over Nepal's Move To Get Arms From Pak: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India today said it was concerned over reports that Nepal was seeking to acquire arms from Pakistan and has conveyed this to Kathmandu.
- Gas From Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan have agreed to go ahead with the construction of a gas pipeline by mid-2007 for the supply of cheaper Iranian gas to meet their growing energy demand. Now that there is a will to make the pipeline a reality by 2010, . . .
- Omar Re-Elected Nc Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Hailing the Indo-Pakistan dialogue process, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah here today sought tripartite talks to resolve Kashmir by considering views of all political parties of the state.
- Omar Re-Elected Nc Chief (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Dec 20, 2005)
Restoration of greater autonomy best solution to Kashmir dispute, he says
- Hasten With Care (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 20, 2005)
All right-thinking persons will agree with the note of caution struck by Parliament's Standing Committee on External Affairs on preparing roadmap of peace with Pakistan.
- Rebuilding Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 20, 2005)
Islamabas's current approach towards the devastation caused by the recent earthquake is to provide expeditiously and efficiently relief to the affected population.
- Where Does Saarc Go From Here? (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 20, 2005)
IS there a heaven for dead prime ministers in which rivers of milk and honey flow as mellifluously as their rhetoric did while they were on earth? If so, one can imagine at least two of them — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai comparing notes . . .
- Quake Offered Further Linkages (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday the October 8 earthquake has provided an opportunity to build further linkages between the Kashmiri people on both sides [of the Line of Control] which should not be missed.
- Indian Contention Over Oic’S Kashmir Stance Rejected (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
The next round of composite dialogue between Pakistan and India is to begin tentatively next month. This was stated by the Foreign Office spokesperson, Ms. Tasnim Aslam at the weekly news briefing Monday afternoon.
- Not A Failure, After All (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
The global trade talks in Hong Kong have ended on a mixed note. They have neither succeeded in addressing the important concerns of all, especially those of the developing countries.
- Aphc Leaders’ Visit Put Off (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Dec 20, 2005)
The much-awaited visit of leaders belonging to the moderate faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference to Pakistan and Azad Kashmir has been postponed. The visit is expected to take place early next year.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal In Doldrums (Pakistan Observer, Saifullah Khan, Dec 20, 2005)
The US and India entered into an agreement on 18 July 2005 to share civilian nuclear technology. This was a major change in US policy which discouraged countries from developing nuclear weapons.
- Mqm’S Two Steps Backward (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 20, 2005)
IN a policy statement released on Sunday, MQM has declared that it would not support the Kalabagh Dam whatever the cost. It maintained that its construction was against the interests of Sindh and therefore, unacceptable.
- Caliph Of Heretic Muslim Sect Comes To India (Deccan Herald, O P Verma, Dec 20, 2005)
“Love for all, hatred for none,” is the central theme of Ahmadiyya Muslims, a sect of liberal Muslims that originated in 1908 in the obscure village of Qadian in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and is now spread over 180 countries with 200 million followers.
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