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Articles 5921 through 6020 of 12768:
- Pakistan And India Signing Mou On Counter-Narcotics (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Don't Meddle In India-Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline - India Tells Us (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India on Thursday conveyed the United States, through a statement in the Rajya Sabha, not to meddle into the proposed gas pipeline project for India to get gas from Pakistan.
- Kasuri For Bold Decisions On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Friday that Pakistan’s foreign policy was being evolved keeping in view the greater interest of the country and insisted Pakistan would continue to follow its strong strategic defence system.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Sign Mou On Counter-Narcotics Cooperation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Friday agreed in principle to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- India, Russia To Sign Four Accords (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India will sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Moscow starting from Sunday, India’s Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Friday.
- Wto: The Steep Road To Hong Kong (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Dec 03, 2005)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations are moving at a snail’s pace with the developed countries extremely reluctant to concede much. They continue to hold rigid positions, especially on agricultural subsidies.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Pak, India Agree To Sign Mou On Counter-Narcotics Cooperation (Pakistan Link, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed in principle to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Traps Of The Past (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
Arguably, Bangladesh might never have exploded in violence if geography had not tucked the world’s third most populous Muslim nation into the folds of Bharat Mata’s sari.
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Wither Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 03, 2005)
Mum is the word, if you are seeking an answer to the question ''wither Kashmir''.
- Right To Education Bill Is Like A Voucher Scheme (Daily Excelsior, Prabhu Nath Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The right to education bill (REB) has been delayed because its financial implications, which are being worked out. But this delay should be used to discuss the bill thoroughly, because it is crucial for India’s future in more ways than one.
- India, Pak Agree On Mou To Check Drug Trafficking (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Dec 03, 2005)
Stepping up cooperation to check narcotic traffic, India and Pakistan today agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding to give proper "direction and substance" to their current efforts to curb drug trafficking through their borders.
- Help Resolve Kashmir Dispute, Musharraf Tells U.S. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 02, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to lend its support to efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, "which is at the root of tension in South Asia."
- Terrorist Violence Rising Again (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 02, 2005)
The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a Government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues.
- India-Iran Energy Link Years Away: Burns (Indian Express, CHRIS BALTIMORE, Dec 02, 2005)
Any plans by the Indian government to sign energy deals with Iran are ‘‘years away’’ and exist only in the hypothetical realm, said Nicholas Burns, the No. 3 US State Department official. He did not specifically mention ongoing talks between India . . .
- Solving Kashmir-Ii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Dec 02, 2005)
For India to implement such a proposal would be to provide an opportunity for all those domiciled in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh to express freely and privately as individuals their deepest wishes about their own identities, in a confidential manner,
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- 'Indo-Pak Trade Can Touch One Billion Dollar By 2006-07' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With a view to increasing official trade between India and Pakistan to one billion dollar by next year, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a series of trade exhibitions in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in 2006-07.
- Pakistani Doctors Enjoy Free Run In Mp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Indore has a flourishing medical fraternity — that of Pakistani doctors. A routine drive against quacks unearthed 37 such doctors.
- Dan And Now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
There is something about politics that encourages amnesia. Surely, the BJP would not like to remember how they helped a Congress government to survive a no-confidence motion in the mid-Nineties.
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Zia’S Carrot And Stick Policy (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 02, 2005)
Normally, the government, whether civil or military, is always anxious to tame the judiciary or befriend it, and for that purpose a policy of carrot and stick is followed. This formula was applied with full force after martial law was imposed . . .
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Congressmen Delegation Lauds Pakistan Role Against Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday stressed on the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Us Confident India Nuke Deal Will Be Approved (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday that a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Pushing The Boats Out (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 02, 2005)
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4
- Karvaan-E-Aman Resumes, 25 Cross Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
After nearly two months since the killer quake struck Jammu and Kashmir on October 8, the "Karvaan-e-Aman (Caravan of Peace)" from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad today resumed service from the Indian side up to the "Aman Setu (peace bridge)" on the . . .
- "Parties Trying To Get Mileage Out Of Maniappan Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Opposition accusation baseless, says Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
- No Going Back On Afghan Road Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Nowhere in the world can you buy peace by compromising and surrendering to terrorists: Pranab
BRO project will be completed at all costs
Pakistan was contacted to get in touch with the Taliban to secure Maniappan's release
- Boundary Issues With China Will Be Tackled, Manmohan Singh Tells Elders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"Special Representatives are going through various stages of negotiations"
Assurance to Rajya Sabha
No timeframe set for final settlement: Ahamed
- Musharraf Seeks Us Support On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday stressed the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- United States Inks 5-Year Afghanistan Grants (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Afghan security forces detained a Pakistani border security official on Thursday when he tried to stop illegal Afghan immigrants from entering Pakistan.
- India, China To Resolve Boundary Dispute: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The special representatives appointed by India and China to resolve border disputes are looking at all aspects of the issue, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha today.
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Death Of A Driver (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
Waters only get murkier with the National Security Adviser’s reported assertion that Pakistan had a hand in the killing of the Border Roads Organisation driver,
- Solving Kashmir-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
India, being a liberal democracy in its constitutional law, cannot do in Jammu & Kashmir what Czechoslovakia did to the “Sudeten Germans” after World War II. On June 18 1945 the new Czechoslovakia announced those Germans and Magyars within their borders..
- India And Pakistan Fight Out The Demand On Gas From Iran Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan has raised its requirement for natural gas from Iran to block for itself the gas volume in the proposed US$7-billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Turning Disaster Into Opportunity (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Dec 01, 2005)
It appears that everyone wants Pakistan to mobilize the much-needed resources for relief and rehabilitation of the millions devastated by the deadly earthquake of Oct 8.
- Two Kashmiri Guerrilla Commanders Shot Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Indian troops have shot dead two senior guerilla commanders, one of whom had been on the run for 12 years, in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday.
- Separate Civil, Nuclear Facilities, Says Burton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
"U.S. Congress can make any changes in domestic law only after this is done"
- Us Delegation Satisfied With Indo-Pak Dialogue On Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting US Congressional delegation said on Wednesday that it was satisfied that Pakistan and India were seriously addressing the Kashmir issue.
- ‘India Ruined Sikh Holy Places, Pakistan Taking Care’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Elahi promises ‘pleasant changes’ to Sikhs next year
* Wagah-Nankana dual carriageway under construction
- Aids Day On December 1: 70,000 Aids Victims In Pakistan, 2,300 Registered (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 01, 2005)
95 percent of 45 million AIDS victims from underdeveloped countries
* About half of new victims are young people
- The ‘Autonomy’ Option On Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan and India are supposed to be talking about demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir (both sides) without going public on the details. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has also added “self-rule” to demilitarisation, and reports from India say a visiting..
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- On How Balance-Sheets Weather Global Financial Storms (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 01, 2005)
The Bank for International Settlements "fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability," informs www.bis.org.
- Doing Business In India: A Report Card (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Dec 01, 2005)
In September, the International Finance Corporation published the third round of its annual rankings of countries, based on an index of ease of doing business.
- The Missing Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 01, 2005)
Once again, there are reports that the government may soon take a decision in favour of building a big dam on the Indus.
- Maniyappan: Taliban Still A Threat, Un Told (Indian Express, LALIT K. JHA, Dec 01, 2005)
India's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nirupam Sen, has told the world body that Al Qaeda and Taliban continue to pose a serious threat to Afghanistan’s security and stability.
- ‘Us Needs Proof Of India’S N-Separation’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A delegation from the United States led by Senator Dan Burton today sounded optimistic about the US Congress passing a legislation to enable implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal once New Delhi has provided ‘‘clear evidence’’ in the form . . .
- Complex Rehabilitation Task (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 01, 2005)
The government has raised the total compensation for those whose households were destroyed by the Oct 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP from 20 billion rupees to 80 billion rupees.
- Us Offers To Facilitate Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting Congressional delegation on Wednesday said the United States would support any dialogue between Pakistan and India, which includes the people of Kashmir, for resolution of their long-standing dispute.
- India's Road Map For West Asia (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India's High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Us Offers To Facilitate Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting Congressional delegation on Wednesday said the United States would support any dialogue between Pakistan and India, which includes the people of Kashmir, for resolution of their long-standing dispute.
- Sikhs From India, Pak Unite In Guru Ki Nagri (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Several thousand Sikhs from Pakistan and India, cutting across political and diplomatic barries, today gathered in this ‘Guru Ki Nagri’ to celebrate the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at Gurdwara Nankana Sahib.
- Hurriyat Increases Delegation Strength (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The moderate Hurriyat Conference today increased the strength of its delegation from 15 to 21 members for the visit to quake-ravaged Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with relief material, an amalgam spokesman said.
- Bibi's Homecoming (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
It is not the first time that self-exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has announced her decision to return home. Earlier also in 2005 she had made a similar assertion.
- Run Uma Run – Bring Bjp Back To Home (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Nov 30, 2005)
It is time to reengineer BJP. The current BJP does not know if it is Congress or the Left Front. It is time for the core conservatives in the party to bring BJP back to home.
- Kashmir Policy In Line With Un Resolutions: Fo (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf would pay official visits to Kuwait and Yemen from 3rd to 6th and attend 3rd extraordinary OIC summit at Makkah Mukarramah on 7th and 8th of next month
- Mirwaiz Asks Nato To Supervise Kashmir Demilitarisation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Envisages Kosovo-like role for the alliance
* Proposes caretaker administration in region
* Asks Pakistan, India to shun inhibitions
- Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness And Relief (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 30, 2005)
ON Monday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Disaster Management Bill. A day earlier, the Home Minister, Mr Shivraj Patil, was accompanied by the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, and the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr S. Raghupathy,
- Educational Decline (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 30, 2005)
The Federal Public Service Commission has set some kind of record this year. In the competitive examination it held in August for recruitment to BPS-17 posts,
- A Matter Of Right Response (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
I sincerely and genuinely believe that the challenge of this earthquake can be converted into an opportunity of a lifetime which was never available to India and Pakistan to improve relations....
- Should We Stay Or Leave, Nato Asks Govt (News International, Mariana Baabar, Nov 30, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) approached the Pakistan government on Tuesday to enquire whether they should get ready to leave early next year after completing 90 days or their services would be required further.
- Mirwaiz For Troop Pullout Under Nato (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has said that India and Pakistan should demilitarise the disputed region under Nato supervision.
- Quake: Harsh Weather Sets In (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 30, 2005)
Rain and snow in quake-hit areas in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division on Sunday has marked the beginning of another ordeal for the survivors as relief work has been disrupted following suspension of helicopter operations due to the inclement weather.
- Pml Plans Pak-India Peace Conference (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Nov 30, 2005)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League will host a Pakistan-India peace conference in the near future for demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir, self-governance and solving the Kashmir dispute through dialogue.
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