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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 12768:
- Pakistan, India Set To Establish Banking Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2005)
India and Pakistan have agreed to allow their banks to open branches on each other’s soil after a gap of forty years, Pakistan’s central bank announced on Monday.
- The State Withdraws — At What Cost? (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2005)
The game plan appears to be to let private players seek profit in the space vacated by the state, especially in the social sectors.
- Investigators Believe Militants Behind Delhi Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
A lack of concrete evidence has not sidetracked Indian investigators from a firm belief that well-organised Kashmiri militants planted bombs that killed 62 people a week ago in New Delhi.
- ``Allowing People Across The Line Of Control Will Take Days'' (Hindu, Luv Puri , Nov 07, 2005)
Applications will have to be cleared by both India and Pakistan
- Gilgit Bleeds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 07, 2005)
Our continuous interest in Gilgit, which is part of the undivided Jammu and Kashmir as it had existed in 1947, keeps bringing us face to face with grim developments taking place in the territory under Pakistan's occupation.
- Welcome Rethink On F-16s (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has told the BBC that his government has decided to postpone the purchase of F-16 fighter planes — worth a couple of billion dollars
- First Loc Point Opens Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
The army has made all preparations for opening five points along the LoC for sending relief to earthquake affected people in PoK but it would take another week to facilitate the......
- Reconsideration Of F-16s Deal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
President Musharraf has said that Pakistan has deferred the purchase of F-16s warplanes from the United States. He was talking to newsmen in Muzaffarabad during his visit to quake devastated areas on Eid day.
- Intolerance Of Dissent (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Nov 07, 2005)
UNITY, uniformity, conformity, consensus — all of them sound so very virtuous. Their desirability is apparent in times of a crisis such as war when the nation’s very survival is at stake.
- The Avian Flu Threat (Dawn, Eric S. Margolis, Nov 07, 2005)
It seems inappropriate to write about anything but the earthquake that devastated Pakistan, but since this writer is deep in northern China, he leaves this tragic subject to colleagues closer to home.
- Bridges Over The Bombs (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2005)
IT is hard to get inside the minds of people who are prepared to plant bombs in order to destroy innocent lives on buses, markets or in restaurants, especially when the precise identity of the perpetrators remains unknown, as it does with the . . .
- A Wing-Wing Strategy (Indian Express, Jasjit Singh, Nov 07, 2005)
The decision of the Left parties to publicly demonstrate and try to disrupt the India-USA air exercises being held in West Bengal raises many doubts,
- Sleepy Elephant, Hungry Dragon (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 07, 2005)
When the leaders of the subcontinent gather in two weeks at the long delayed South Asian summit in Dhaka, the venue might be more important than the easily forgettable final declaration they would put together.
- What Terrorists Thrive On (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Nov 07, 2005)
Nations would do well to deny terrorists what Margaret Thatcher called ‘the oxygen of publicity’
- Bright Face Of Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
The nation commemorated Eid-ul-Fitr in a sombre atmosphere in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division leaving in its trail unprecedented death and destruction.
- A Pretty Good Deal (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2005)
China’s reported opposition to the July 16 Indo-US nuclear agreement on the grounds that it is a sell-out to India is the best rejoinder that can be made to those domestic critics who claim it will harm the country.
- India’S Delaying Tactics (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 07, 2005)
Despite agreement on five points for relief across the Line of Control, India has conveyed to Pakistan its readiness to open only one point on Saturday in utter disregard for the urgency of the matter. It has opted to stagger the opening of the five point
- India-Pakistan Loc Agreement: India Opens Only One Point Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2005)
Only goods, no people to cross today
Civilian exchange could take 10 days
Pakistan says it is ready to open all points
Crossings only on foot, open to all Indians
- A Severe Aftershock Measuring 6 On The Richter Scale Jolted Earthquake . . . (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Nov 07, 2005)
India has delayed opening if the Line of control in Kashmir for relief efforts after the Pakistan occupied Kashmir is hit with a massive aftershock of 6.0 Richter.
- Dhaka’S Coming Of Age (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 07, 2005)
Dhaka seven years ago looked like an adolescent unsure of itself: it was a disorderly, chaos-ridden, confused and unconfident child that its parents seemed to have all but abandoned it.
- Saarc Falters On Aid Package For Poor Nations (Business Standard, Monica Gupta, Nov 07, 2005)
With less than two months to go before the South Asia Free Trade Agreement becomes operational from January 1, 2006, member countries have so far failed to reach an agreement on the mechanism to compensate the poorer countries in the region . . .
- No Indian-Style Nuclear Deal For Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Nov 07, 2005)
The United States has no intention of offering Pakistan the kind of nuclear cooperation deal it signed with India in July this year, according to Nicholas Burns, under secretary of state.
- Maharaja' From Jammu, 'Pm' From Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Nov 06, 2005)
Having raised the banner of revolt against the then Maharaja Hari Singh and later after partition having served as ''President'' and ''Prime Minister'' of ''Azad Kashmir'' in Pakistan,
- How Safe Are We? (Statesman, Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy, Nov 06, 2005)
The twin man-made disasters in Delhi and Andhra Pradesh are a sad commentary on the state of our national safety and security regimes.
- Aspects Of Earthquake (Daily Excelsior, Dr Nater Singh Raina, Nov 06, 2005)
An earthquake is a motion of the ground surface ranging from a faint tremor to a wild motion capable of shaking buildings apart and causing gaping fissures to open up in the ground.
- `There Is Something Sacred About Art' (Hindu, RAKHSHANDA JALIL, Nov 06, 2005)
Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet, on what it means to be a woman, a poet and a socially conscious person
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 06, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- No Trivial Gains, These (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 06, 2005)
The country’s strategic future is under debate, as it was in 1998 before the nuclear tests.
- Drawing But Not Colouring (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Nov 06, 2005)
The book tends to be overly positive about Pakistan and ignores the subtexts of turmoil which are also part of the story.
- Countering Terrorism : A Chinese Variant (Daily Excelsior, Dr. K. Srikant, Nov 06, 2005)
Recent Chinese statements on terrorism are unprecedented and reflect a growing awareness of the phenomenon.
- Loc Crossover Points Ready: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 06, 2005)
The same procedure as followed for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service
- Bomb Being Made For "Terrorist Activity" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 06, 2005)
At least eight persons were reported killed when a bomb they were making exploded in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
- Time To Make Borders Irrelevant (Tribune, Lt-Col Bachittar Singh (retd), Nov 06, 2005)
After six decades of conflict and confrontation, rapprochement in Indo-Pak relationship is under way.
- Moral Vertigo? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 05, 2005)
Acts of terrorism are designed to produce moral and emotional vertigo.
- Altering The Rules Of The Game (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Nov 05, 2005)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is certainly going to face a tough time.
- No Trivial Gains, These (Indian Express, Raja Menon, Nov 05, 2005)
The country’s strategic future is under debate, as it was in 1998 before the nuclear tests.
- Nationalist Vision Vs Personal Corruption (Indian Express, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 05, 2005)
The former head of foreign operations of the KGB, Vasili Mitrokhin, has disclosed in the papers published recently that Indira Gandhi was supplied with suitcases full of bank notes by the KGB.
- House Arrest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 05, 2005)
It is time we change rules about allotting government (read public) bungalows and flats for MPs, eminent artists, dancers, men of letters and journalists in Delhi.
- Musharraf Distinction Between J&k And Delhi Blasts (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Nov 05, 2005)
We condem "this" act of terrorism "in New Delhi". You are actually not hair-splitting when you emphasise "this" "in New Delhi" of the preceding sentence. As a matter of fact hair-splitting becomes necessary in the instant case.
- Fundamental Challenge In Bangladesh (Tribune, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 05, 2005)
THE Jamaat, the Islami Oikya Jote and other fundamentalist Islamist organisations in Bangladesh are using their participation in the government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to push their Islamist agenda and capture power.
- After The Blasts, Some Good Sense (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Nov 05, 2005)
What with three serial blasts in Delhi, so many lives lost, the omens were bad.
- Terror: Pm To Talk Tough To Pak (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2005)
Manmohan Singh will ask Pakistan to dismantle terrorist infrastructure totally, and urge Bangladesh to crack down on militants.
- The Security Bug (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 05, 2005)
Since the war against civil terrorism of all types must continue with the utmost resolve at the command of the nation's security agencies, strenuous and continual efforts must be made to make it a hard battle for the perpetrators of violence.
- Nation In Grief (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 05, 2005)
Brighton, with its memories of Margaret Thatcher’s hotel exploding about her ears during a party conference, is a reminder that when the shock has worn off a little and the pain dulled, it is necessary to formulate a responsible public response . . .
- India Unravelling (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 05, 2005)
All Is Well While There Is Money To Be Made
- Al-Qaeda's Battle For Hearts And Minds (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Nov 04, 2005)
No one can claim that al-Qaeda is not watching the twists and turns of the debates related to global terrorism that are currently being waged in the United States and the Muslim world.
- Cia's 'Black Sites' Breed More Evil (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Nov 04, 2005)
The US has exclusive facilities across the world to interrogate militants ... al-Tamara detention center, eight kilometers out of Rabat in Morocco, houses dozens of people arrested in Pakistan, while others are kept in Egypt, Thailand, Saudi Arabia . . .
- Reconstruction And Reconciliation (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Nov 04, 2005)
As we move into relief and rehabilitation stages of the Oct 8 quake there are fears of another tragedy.
- Pakistanis In Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2005)
Pakistan may be an important ally of Washington in its war on terror, but surely officials in Islamabad should be demonstrating some concern for the welfare of Pakistani prisoners currently detained at America’s notorious prison camp for suspected . . . .
- Boosting Export Of Horticultural Product (Daily Excelsior, Som Dutt, Nov 04, 2005)
Horticulture sector, consisting a number of low -volume, high-value commercial crops, is of pivotal importance for increasing our export manifold. Playing a significant role in the Indian economy, horticulture sector fetches huge amount of foreign . . .
- Rising Death Toll (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 04, 2005)
The death toll in the October 8 earthquake that struck Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division has officially been put at 73,276 now.
- Mukhtaran Tells Her Story (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 04, 2005)
AS feared, Mukhtaran Mai, the much-talked-about rape victim, is, nowadays, telling her story at different platforms and to different quarters in the United States. Her meetings with American officials and tales being narrated during interaction with . . .
- `Give Not A Windy Night A Rainy Morrow, To Linger Out A Purposed Overthrow' (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 04, 2005)
JULY 26 saw Mumbai receiving 94 cm or rain in 18 hours. In recent days, Kolkata was rained out; Chennai received a record 42 cm of rains in 40 hours; and rains have damaged 700 km of roads in Bangalore.
- Permission To Mns A Positive Gesture (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 04, 2005)
The Governent of Pakistan has decided to issue passport to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take his ailing son Hassan Nawaz to London for medical checkup.
- India Wary Of Kargil Repeat (Daily Times, Mukherjee, Nov 04, 2005)
Troop positions on the Siachen Glacier must be demarcated before demilitarising the world’s highest battlefield to avoid a repeat of the 1999 Kargil border conflict with Pakistan, said Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Two Anniversaries (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 04, 2005)
By a remarkable coincidence the death anniversary of Indira Gandhi and the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel fall on the last day of October.
- 'India, Pak Hug Will Bring More Aid To Pok' (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2005)
Former US President Bill Clinton believes earthquake victims in Pakistan will get more money if people around the world see Pakistanis and Indians working together.
- Forgotten Children Of The French Republic" (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Nov 04, 2005)
The bubbling cauldron of discontent in Paris' run-down, high-rise suburban slums, home to the dispossessed, has finally overflowed.
- Raising More Funds For Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 03, 2005)
DONORS at the UN-sponsored international conference in Geneva held last week have pledged far less funds for providing relief and shelter to the October 8 earthquake victims than what Pakistan had expected.
- Live And Let Die (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2005)
The aftermath of the bomb blasts in the heart of India’s capital has followed a contradictory if disturbing pattern.
- Language Controversy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 03, 2005)
IT IS a pity that the language controversy in Sindh, which was believed to have been laid to rest 33 years ago with the adoption of the Official Language Bill of 1972 by the Sindh Assembly, has reared its head once again.
- Pak Asks India To Share Evidence In Blasts’ Probe (Pakistan Observer, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Nov 03, 2005)
Islamabad—Pakistan has once again asked India to share evidence, if any, about Pakistan’s involvement in Delhi bomb blasts and it will take action against those found responsible.
- Complete Transparency In Relief, Reconstruction (Pakistan Observer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
Rawalpindi—President Pervez Musharraf has sought sustained support from the comity of nations, donors and relief agencies in carrying out the mammoth reconstruction and rehabilitation work in the quake hit areas
- Global Response To The Call (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Nov 03, 2005)
THE devastation caused by the October 8 earthquake has no parallel in the history of our country.
- Isolate This Virus (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 03, 2005)
Names have ceased to matter in this case. Nobody should, therefore, be surprised that an unknown organisation has made a telephone call to a news agency in Srinagar owning the latest serial blasts in the national capital.
- India Is Considering Demilitarisation: Fo (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 03, 2005)
Pakistan is optimistic that India is willing to consider Islamabad’s proposal for the demilitarisation of Kashmir, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
- Corruption Isn't A Natural Disaster (Business Line, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2005)
BANGLADESH has once again topped the list as the most corrupt country, for the fifth consecutive time, in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2005 of Transparency International (TI),
- Art Of Korea (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2005)
If South and North Korea can, why can’t India and Pakistan? The two Koreas have chosen to bridge the great ideological and political divide with the world of sports.
- Pak Seeks Evidence On Delhi Blasts (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 03, 2005)
With Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh pointing to the possible involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in Saturday’s Delhi blasts, Islamabad today asked India to share evidence in this regard and promised to take action against those involved.
- A Challenge For Azad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2005)
THE bomb blast in Srinagar in which 10 people were killed on Wednesday is a grim reminder of the challenge facing the new Chief Minister.
- Pakistan Earthquake Toll Put At 73,000 (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2005)
The toll in Pakistan's earthquake jumped to over 73,000 dead and 69,000 injured even as Islamabad on Wednesday discounted reports that a U.S. chopper was shot at in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir while carrying relief material.
- 'Demilitarisation Of Kashmir Can't Be Unilateral' (Deccan Herald, PTI, Nov 03, 2005)
India on Tuesday reacted cautiously to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion of demilitarising both sides of Kashmir, asserting that it can’t be done “unilaterally”.
- U.S. To Resume Kashmir Relief Flights Despite Attack (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Nov 03, 2005)
The U.S. military said it was resuming helicopter relief flights in Pakistan's earthquake zone on Wednesday, even though it believed a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at one of the aircraft the previous day.
- Us Working Closely With India Against Terrorism: State Dept (Press Trust of India, PTI, Nov 03, 2005)
The United States is working closely with India and other countries to fight terrorism, a global scourge which transcends borders and religions, the State Department has said
- The Lashkar-E-Taiba, In Theory And Practice (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Nov 03, 2005)
Last week's bombings in New Delhi necessitate a clear understanding of what the terrorist group wants — and what it will do to achieve its ends.
- Reality In Kashmir: The Quake Opened A Window (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 02, 2005)
One believed that only some kind of self-determination vote offered to the people of Kashmir would exorcise from their minds the ghost of plebiscite.
- Good Bye Or Good Riddance? (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Nov 02, 2005)
Why not? should be the question as we need to turn back and take a leaf from history. Kashmir deserves a relief from the agony it had been put through earlier. What they say a Good Bye can be a Good Riddance for others, Javed Iqbal Shah comments . . .
- National Volunteers’ Movement (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 02, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf has announced launching of national volunteers’ movement to build a countrywide momentum in pursuing the gigantic reconstruction and rehabilitation phases successfully.
- 'Demilitarisation Of Kashmir Can't Be Unilateral' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2005)
India on Tuesday reacted cautiously to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion of demilitarising both sides of Kashmir, asserting that it can’t be done “unilaterally”.
- India Back To Blame Game (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 02, 2005)
India has put out a report claiming that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked President Musharraf to act against terrorism directed against India during their telephonic conversation on Monday.
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