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Articles 5521 through 5620 of 12768:
- Third Round Of Dialogue In January (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 20, 2005)
The third round of India-Pakistan composite dialogue would be kicked off in New Delhi sometime in January.
- Russia Sees Energy As Key To Unlock Asian Doors (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 19, 2005)
Vladimir Putin is clearly positioning Russia for the role of main motor and coordinator of a new global strategy for energy security.
- Kbd: Parties Appear To Be Coming On Board (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has sounded positive to the effect that all political parties agree on the urgency to build new dams and the MQM supports the Government on this issue.
- Us Playing Mediatory Role In Kashmir: Yasin Malik (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 19, 2005)
Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik has said that the United States is playing a quiet, behind-the-scenes mediatory role in bringing India and Pakistan together towards a settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
- Somnath Chatterjee For Regional Cooperation To Tackle Calamities (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
"Involve the community as a whole in disaster preparedness"
- Bus Ride Across A Partition (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 19, 2005)
In terms of symbolic value, a bus service between Amritsar and Lahore may appear less significant than some of the other cross-border travel arrangements that India and Pakistan have put in place.
- Balancing Foreign Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
In the first five months of the current financial year the import bill has outstripped export earnings by $4.55 billion, pushing up the trade deficit to a record 146 per cent over that of the same period last year.
- Dr Atta’S Wake Up Call (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
DR Atta-ur-Rehman, Chairman, Higher Education Commission has said that not a single Pakistani university ranks amongst the 1000 best universities in the world. Speaking at the convocation of Riphah International University in Islamabad on Saturday, . . .
- Cultural Diplomacy (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 19, 2005)
It was a night of pure magic as Pakistani Singer Begum Fareeda Khanum took the audience down the memory lane with her melodious renditions. She was in India on an invitation by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations headed by Dr Karan Singh and . . .
- "India Should Tackle Stigma Attached To Aids" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 19, 2005)
Ann M. Veneman, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who was in New Delhi recently, feels that if the Indian leadership is willing to discuss HIV/AIDS, it is an important step forward in addressing the issue.
- Christmas In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 19, 2005)
On Christmas eve of 1988 this writer was in Islamabad waiting to meet Ms.Benazir Bhutto who had just taken over as the first woman-Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
- Are We A Nation Of Rapists? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
A policeman and a youth have allegedly raped a maidservant in Jalilabad area of Multan division. Police has registered a case under Hudood Ordinance against ASI Abdul Hameed and youth Waqas Raza. No arrest has, however, been made so far.
- State Of Human Rights (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 19, 2005)
The Karachi chapter of the English Speaking Union of Pakistan was inaugurated over 40 years ago, presumably to further the spread of English. But for some inexplicable reason it ended up as the outdoor relief department of the foreign diplomatic corps.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- No Let-Up In Friendship With China (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 19, 2005)
One cannot but be concerned over the impression, now being voiced by an increasing number of citizens, that our all-weather friendship with China has undergone a decline.
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- There’S Good In Pakistan’S Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Dec 19, 2005)
Madrasas, as traditional bodies of learning, are relevant under the socio-economic conditions.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 19, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi, ...
- Pakistani, Indian Peace Activists Hold Simultaneous Kashmir Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Hyderabad: Peace activists at the inauguration ceremony of a peace march and a peace Mela [fair],
- Pakistani Dam Proposal Meets Fierce Opposition (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 19, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is trying to rally support for the construction of a controversial dam he says is vital for long-term prosperity but even some of his staunchest allies are vehemently opposed.
- Implementation Of Hudood Laws Faulty: Pakistan (News International, Rauf Klasra, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan has admitted to the concerned European countries that legal procedures dealing with the Hudood Ordinance promulgated by Gen Ziaul Haq in 1979 without producing them ever before parliament for discussion and formal enactment were faulty . . .
- Rising Iran-Israel Tension (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said that his country’s response to attack by Israel will be ‘swift, firm and destructive’. He told newsmen in Tehran on Friday that Iran’s policy is defensive, but if attacked, it will hit back hard.
- Al-Qaeda:an Explanation Is Due (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Al-Qaeda has been forced to flee from Pakistan and it’s no more an organized group. In an intervierw with Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, he said that its network has been dismantled. ‘We have won the war against ...
- India, Pakistan Agree To Begin Work On Iran Pipeline By Mid-2007 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed to begin construction of the over 7bn-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Tripartite Talks On Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
For the first time India Pakistan and Iran will hold a trilateral meeting in February next year at Tehran on the ambitious Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- India Realizes West Bengal And Northeast Becoming A Far Larger ‘Kashmir’ – India Deploys Thousands Of New Troops In The Border (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 18, 2005)
It is a late awakening but never the less better late than never. Bangladesh is the new capital of Islamist movements.
- 2007 Start For Tri-Nation Pipeline Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed today to start constructing the $7 billion Indo-Iran gas pipeline project in 2007 ignoring the much-voiced “reservations” of the USA.
- Syed Ali Geelani Leaves For Haj (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 18, 2005)
Chairman of the hard line faction of the Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was allowed to leave India for the first time in five years to perform Haj on Saturday.
- Role Of Parliament In Relief Work (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 18, 2005)
In between the earthquake and rehabilitation efforts, we are passing through a period of trauma arising from the devastating loss of life and property, with survivors having sustained injuries and lost limbs and many deprived of their families and homes.
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- A Political Minefield (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 18, 2005)
Normally, we would not have returned to the subject so soon after having commented on the need for developing a national consensus on the Kalabagh dam in our editorial of Dec 15.
- Prepare Roadmap With Pak Carefully: Committee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A Parliamentary Committee has asked Government to prepare the roadmap for improving relations with Pakistan with the "greatest care" and not hasten the pace in an unrealistic manner in view of concerns of the international community over perpetual . . .
- Straight From Hell (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 18, 2005)
The author has not embellished her tale but related the truth in all its starkness.
- Fight Terrorism, Save Democracy: Shekhawat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Calls for a united and joint effort to root out the scourge
Globalisation should lead to equitable world order
WTO should safeguard farmers' interests
Share expertise to mitigate calamities: Somnath
- India-Us Nuclear Fizzle Out (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 18, 2005)
Since there are no indications to the contrary it is assumed that the US president, George Bush, will visit the sub-continent early next year, most probably towards the end of February. But as the time for his arrival approaches enthusiasm . . .
- Work On Indo-Pak Gas Pipeline To Begin In 2007 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to begin construction of the over 7-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Conversions In Pakistan (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 17, 2005)
It is a matter of shame for India and particularly for those Hindu elites who migrated from Sindh in West Pakistan and East Bengal in the then East Pakistan that they continue to maintain complete silence over the persecution of Hindus taking place . . .
- 'The Us Is Trying To Destroy The Un' (Times of India, V J Thomas, Dec 17, 2005)
The Peace Research Institute (PRI) in Oslo is the first institute of its kind set up for research and mediation on conflicts. PRI founder and peace activist Johan Galtung, who has worked on conflict resolution in countries ...
- This Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Why does Pakistan suffer from a sort of psychological barrier when it comes to dealing with India?
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Kalabagh Dam: Pakistan Or Punjabistan? (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
The building of the Kalabagh dam has kicked up dust. Three provinces are against it, while Punjab supports it.
- India, Pakistan Discuss Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Friday began discussing nitty-gritties of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in order to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation.
- Govt Sticks To Stand On Quota Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Government has refused to bow to Opposition and Left pressure as it announced on Friday that the Constitution Amendment Bill to ensure reservation in unaided private professional educational institutions would be introduced in Parliament in its present fo
- Clash On Afghan Border (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 17, 2005)
Pakistan and Afghan forces clashed at the border in South Waziristan on Friday forcing the closure of the Angorah port gate for road traffic.
- ‘No Discussion With Pakistan On Changing Status Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
India has not held any discussions with Pakistan on changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir in any manner, the government told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) on Thursday.
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Aphc Will Present Its Formula To Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has decided to formally submit its own United States of Kashmir proposal to the Pakistani leadership in the next visit to Pakistan by its leaders.
- Ctg Jmb Chief Tells Of Qaeda Links (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has close links with international terrorist outfit al-Qaeda and launched the August 17 and other bomb attacks as part of a blue print to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
- Facing Up To Aids (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
So long as Pakistani society refuses to face up to the worsening AIDS situation in the country, little progress can be made on curbing the spread of the incurable disease that has extracted a heavy toll of lives in the world.
- Restive Balochistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 16, 2005)
Whosoever fired those rockets at Kohlu on Wednesday most certainly had a news sense.
- Pakistan Army Chopper Fired At (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 16, 2005)
A senior Pakistan military officer was reportedly slightly wounded when gunfire hit the helicopter in which he was flying over Kohlu area of Balochistan on Thursday afternoon.
- Seeing India In A New Light (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 16, 2005)
From being seen as a basket case, India is today viewed in the US as a vibrant democracy with a booming economy. American companies are looking to replicate the IT success in other areas. Yet, politically, many things remain unchanged, . . .
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Portraying Terror On Screen (Greater Kashmir, Inam ul Rehman, Dec 16, 2005)
"Sir, I have information…there are going to be blasts… three days from now.” On March 9, 1993 Gul Mohammed, an ordinary gangster turns himself in at Nav Pada police station, Bombay.
- Punjab Govt Hopeful For Pak Visa Consulate At Amritsar: Bajwa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Punjab PWD Minister Partap Singh Bajwa today said the State Government was hopeful for the opening of a Pakistan visa consulate in Amritsar soon, as Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had already approached the Centre in this regard.
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Sacrificing Ideology (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 15, 2005)
It was bewildering to see socialist leaders, who have only contempt for Hindu ceremonies, attend blood-letting rituals at Kamakhya temple, writes Anuradha Dutt
- Editor Denied Pak Visa (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 15, 2005)
Violations of an individual’s rights are the worst in the diplomatic field. Officers take upon themselves the responsibility to undo what governments want to achieve. Something like that some Pakistani officers are trying to do.
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- Uniting For Progress (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 15, 2005)
THE idea of a real Islamic Commonwealth or common Market has always appealed to Muslims all over the world. Although religion is a common bond among the 57 member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), there are several roadblocks or miss
- Pak Urges Iran To Follow Iaea Obligations, Resume Talks With Eu (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Pakistan has urged Iran to adhere to the IAEA obligations so that an amicable solution to the nuclear issue can be found through dialogue. Pakistan for its being interlinked with Iranian nuclear programme also encouraged Tehran to resume nuclear talks....
- Where Is Osama? (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Dec 15, 2005)
IT doesn’t surprise me that George Bush had a plan to bomb the Doha headquarters of the pesky Arabic news channel Al Jazeera back into the desert age. What shocks me is that he hasn’t sent Al Jazeera a thank you note after his re-election last year in Nov
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
- Pakistan, Iran For Early Gas Pipeline (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 15, 2005)
Project opposed by U.S. comes for review at ministerial meet
- The Makkah Declaration: Rhetoric And Reality (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Dec 15, 2005)
The Makkah conclave produced a declaration that is strong on sentiment and exhortation, and less so on specifics.
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- China Snubs The Us (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Dec 15, 2005)
The US President, George Bush has just concluded his third visit to China since coming to office nearly six years ago. That is as good an indication as how important it is for the US to maintain close friendly relations with China, . . .
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Hurriyat Flays Govt For Delay On Pok Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today criticised the Government for its "delaying tactics" in clearing the amalgam delegation’s visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material.
- Wto Says Accords On Agriculture, Market Access Unlikely (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A spokesman for the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kieth Rockwell, said on Wednesday agreements on agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) were not expected to be concluded at Hong Kong.
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