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Articles 6821 through 6920 of 12768:
- Ill-Planning For Foreign Aid (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 27, 2005)
Outcome of the Geneva moot notwithstanding, it appears that Pakistan is not fully prepared to present its case for foreign aid for quake affected areas in right perspective.
- Quake Devastation: Then And Now (Dawn, Qazi Faez Isa, Oct 27, 2005)
Earthquakes can’t be stopped, but buildings can be built to withstand them. Nearly all the deaths of the October 8 earthquake were caused by tumbling buildings.
- Lapses In Crisis Management (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Oct 27, 2005)
The overall response of our nation to the catastrophic tragedy of October 8 was both admirable and heartening.
- To Be Or Not (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 27, 2005)
Power is to be exercised; sharing power stops the exercise. Ms Sonia Gandhi,
- Changing Trends (Hindu, SURESH NAMBATH, Oct 27, 2005)
Will Globalisation end illegal migration? As the world becomes truly global, and more equal, the opportunities might no longer outweigh the risks for workers using unsafe routes to migrate to developed countries.
- Great People (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 27, 2005)
History is witness to the fact that Kashmiris have offered resistance sometimes subtly and at times violently. Be it Mughals, Pathans, Sikhs or Dogras, the Kashmiris have always resisted and detested occupation of their homeland.
- The Kashmir Dilemma Bears Hope (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Oct 27, 2005)
Irrespective of the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after November 2 — Mufti Mohammed Sayed or Ghulam Nabi Azad
- Micro Credit Scheme For Quake-Hit People' (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 27, 2005)
The Khushhali Bank is launching a rehabilitation programme with initial capital of Rs 3 billion to help the people in the quake-hit areas to start new businesses. Mr Ghalib Nishtar, President of the Bank briefed Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz about . . .
- U.N. Raises Quake Aid Appeal (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 27, 2005)
Relief assistance pledges so far amount to only $90 million
- Gilgit's Wounds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 27, 2005)
The picturesque region of Gilgit under Pakistan's direct occupation is once again in trouble.
- A Tribute To Saviours Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Lt Col Puneet Sehgal, Oct 27, 2005)
The state of Jammu and Kashmir had not decided on its political status when partition of the Indian sub continent took place.
- India Not Delaying Relief Camps, Says Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said that there has been no delay on India’s part in establishing relief camps along the Line of Control (LoC) to help the quake victims in the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- How America Dislodged Britain From Pakistan (Hindu, Anita Inder Singh, Oct 27, 2005)
Archival material shows that by early 1951, the Americans were for an understanding with Pakistan. The British could not rebuff the Americans, but they thought Middle East defence should hinge on Egypt, not Pakistan.
- Age Of Tabloid Television (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 26, 2005)
How do people feel about the electronic media’s approach to the traumatic events that have shaken the country since October 8 when a massive earthquake struck northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir?
- Shujaat For Grand National Unity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 26, 2005)
President of Pakistan Muslim League Ch Shujaat Hussain appears to be making conscientious efforts to forge national unity in the wake of devastating earthquake that struck parts of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.
- Earthquake As ‘Wrath Of God’? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A section of the national media has aired the apocalyptic view that the October 8 earthquake was a curse from God punishing the misdeeds of the state of Pakistan.
- Controversial Nato Presence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 26, 2005)
Dissenting voice was raised in the National Assembly on Monday about the NATO forces involvement in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the quake affected areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- Human Concern Comes First (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 26, 2005)
How catastrophic has the earthquake been? A total of 53,000 dead, 75,000 injured was the estimate on October 22.
- Survivors On Verge Of Death (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 26, 2005)
UN's Humanitarian Office has said that the international community has three weeks to deliver enough aid to quake victims in mountainous areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division before snowfall sets in. In its regular situation report on the earthquake,
- Pak Army Fails To Fight Natural Calamities (Daily Excelsior, Dr Golam Yazdani, Oct 26, 2005)
There is mounting anger and frustration in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir over the complete failure of the Pakistan establishment to react to the calamitous earthquake of October 8 that caused extensive damage. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed more than....
- Hunger Is The Terror No 1 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 26, 2005)
Right now we are being haunted by the horrific images of the earthquake on either side of the Line of Control and in Pakistan where thousands of lives have been wiped out in a matter of few seconds.
- Kashmiris Held For Trying To Cross Loc (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
At least 12 people were injured and 24 were arrested in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, when a Kashmiri leader tried to cross the Line of Control (LoC) with 3,000 supporters to join the relief efforts in quake-hit Azad Kashmir.
- Gurdwara Provides Shelter To Quake-Hit (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 26, 2005)
200 Sikhs, Hindus become refugees overnight; they do not want to return to their native town
Quake victims had to undertake an arduous journey to reach Panja Sahib
Since they are a miniscule minority they can't settle anywhere
- Crossborder Relief Still A Chimera (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Pranab Mukherjee says the relief centres are already operational. But external affairs ministry says they will work only after talks with Pak.
- Disclosures From The Mitrokhin Files (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Oct 26, 2005)
The failure of Indian counter-intelligence against KGB and CIA points to pervasive corruption of the system
- India’S Atomic Dilemma (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 26, 2005)
As for the Indian vote in the IAEA against Iran, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh must have been overruled
- Natwar Singh In Moscow (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 26, 2005)
External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh has expressed confidence that his four-day visit to Russia will strengthen strategic partnership between India and Russia.
- China Pledges Military Aid To Nepal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chinese aid revives memories of the 80s when Rajiv Gandhi imposed a blockade on Nepal angered over the supply of anti-aircraft guns from China.
- Onion Prices To Come Down Mid-November’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Blaming heavy rains for damaging onion crops which lead to its spiralling prices in Maharashtra, Marketing Minister Harshwardhan Patil on Tuesday expressed hopes that rates will drop by mid-November with the arrival of new yield and imports.
- China Gives Large Military Aid To Nepal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
In a move that will raise eyebrows in New Delhi and even Washington, China has pledged military assistance of $989,000 to Nepal eight months after the kingdom's principal military aid givers continued to keep their assistance on hold.
- India, Pakistan To Ratify Coast Guard Hotline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A hotline between India's Coast Guard and Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency will be established as soon as both sides ratify a pact for creating the link, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan Rallies Aid, More Needed, Fast (Reuters, Amir Ashraf, Oct 26, 2005)
Pakistan and international relief agencies scrambled to deliver vital aid to remote parts of the quake-stricken country on Tuesday as a top official complained the world was not doing enough to help.
- India Ready To Aid Pakistan Quake Victims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
India is ready to help Pakistani victims of the October 8 earthquake through three camps set up along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday.
- The Kashmir Dilemma Bears Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2005)
Irrespective of the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after November 2 — Mufti Mohammed Sayed or Ghulam Nabi Azad — the decision-making process has been fascinating.
- Us Foreign Policy (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 26, 2005)
American presidents are jinxed by the term two trauma. One should understand why. President John Kennedy’s 1960 election was a watershed.
- Army Can’T Lower Guard (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2005)
ON October 8, seismic fault-lines made a mockery of the ceasefire line that was drawn 56 years ago between the Indian and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This map delineation,
- Please Come Clean (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 26, 2005)
“It’s not easy to do business in India”, screamed the headline in a leading Indian daily in mid-September, 2005, following the World Bank report, which ranked India 116 out of 155 nations in corruption.
- Iran: India Wants Pakistani Role Also Under Iaea Scanner (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Calling for a global consensus on nuclear non-proliferation, India said IAEA should probe the role of nuclear suppliers in proliferation.
- License Must For Bird Flu Medicine (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Taking note of the threat from bird flu, which is already at “the country’s border”, the government on Monday said it was considering compulsory licensing for medicine to fight the disease so that there was no shortage of the drug in the event . . .
- On Iran, India Points To Khan Network (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
month before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets again to discuss the Iran nuclear issue, India today turned the spotlight on the A Q Khan affair, his Tehran links and the need for the international community to act on this.
- Priority To Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
The government’s decision to commit at least four per cent of the GDP to education in the next fiscal year will be highly welcomed, though with a measure of scepticism.
- Protecting The Vulnerable (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 25, 2005)
In his October 18 address to the nation — the second in a few days — President Pervez Musharraf explained why it had taken so long for the agencies of the government to reach the entire population affected by the earthquake of October 8.
- Oic’S Disasterfund (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has proposed setting up of a permanent OIC Disaster Fund for assistance to the member States in case of tragedies like October 8 earthquake in Pakistan.
- Loc-Opening Talks On 29th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
* FO says Army responded promptly to quake
* India delays opening LoC relief camps
- In The Aftermath Of The Earthquake (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 25, 2005)
Funds should be earmarked for the orphans’ benefit and a public authority created to see to it that they are provided proper shelter and food. I would even suggest that the dogmatic Islamic law on adoption be discarded and childless couples enabled . . .
- Where Were The Nazims? (Dawn, Masud Mufti, Oct 25, 2005)
These lines are not about myself but about (a) the defunct system of district administration, and (b) the initial response to the earthquake of October 8, 2005. I am merely a narrator with first hand experience of the former.
- After The Earthquake (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 25, 2005)
THE Indian subcontinent and the world grieve over the earthquake tragedy that has devastated Kashmir and a portion of Pakistan, but given the tangled nature of relations between India and Pakistan,
- Nato’S Unusual, Quick Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
Two weeks after the devastating earthquake which hit Pakistan’s northern areas, European governments and relief agencies are working around the clock to deliver urgently-needed relief supplies to the quake-hit areas.
- Burns Factor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
That the deal on civilian nuclear energy cooperation, signed on July 18 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush in Washington, is too important to be lost through second thoughts and tertiary arguments, . . .
- The Kashmir Dilemma Bears Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Irrespective of the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after November 2 — Mufti Mohammed Sayed or Ghulam Nabi Azad — the decision-making process has been fascinating.
- Relief: Team To Visit Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Talks to facilitate cooperation in providing relief to the earthquake victims
Pakistan suggests five crossing points to facilitate two-way movement
India proposes relief-cum-medical centres close to the Line of Control
- Centre To Import Onions From Pakistan, China (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 25, 2005)
They will be available at an average wholesale price of Rs. 16 per kg
- Birmingham Riots: Colour Is Only Skin Deep (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 25, 2005)
The myth of black-Asian solidarity in the face of white majority has an ignoble burial in the streets of Birmingham
- Forfeit Claim (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2005)
The PDP should continue to lead the coalition in Kashmir
- India Places Onion Order With China, Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Despite rising prices across the border, the Centre on Monday placed an order for 650 tonnes of onions from Pakistan—and 2,000 tonnes from China.
- Implicate Pakistan Too (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 25, 2005)
If Iran is to be referred to the Security Council for receiving N-technology, Pakistan, as supplier, should also face a referral
- The Truth About Iran (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 25, 2005)
The crescendo of arguments from those who are supporting India’s vote at the International Atomic Eenergy Agency on the Iran issue reminds one of an old lawyer joke.
- Open Loc (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 25, 2005)
New Delhi’s reluctance to open the LoC for relief operations has shocked the people on either side of the divide. Islamabad’s proposal (in reaction to Indian offer) had come at a time when some parts of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PAK) are in dire need
- India Wants To Avoid Divisive Vote (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 25, 2005)
Iran's cooperation with IAEA welcomed
- Congress Must Take Responsibility (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2005)
Standing on the threshold of power in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress appears to have been seized by self-doubt.
- Mufti Must Remain Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
The Congress party’s coalitional arrangements with most of its allies are under severe strain.
- Indo-Pak Ties: A Sliver Of Hope (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 24, 2005)
It is ironic that much misery and suffering — caused by the October 8 earthquake in the Kashmir region — should also offer a totally unanticipated opportunity to reduce military tension between India and Pakistan.
- India, Pakistan Inch Towards Quake Aid Cooperation (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
International efforts to help survivors of Pakistan's devastating earthquake gathered momentum on Sunday as aid officials warned time was running out for untold numbers of survivors.
- Pakistan And India Work Towards Reconciling The Loc Crossing In Kashmir (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 24, 2005)
Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna indicated late Saturday that New Delhi was willing to work with Pakistan's proposal,
- Bjp Goes For A Collective Leadership – Ready To Take Hinutva In The Forefront (India Daily, Ashoke Khanna, Oct 24, 2005)
According to media reports, The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday said it wanted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to embrace collective leadership and return to its Hindutva roots.
- Pakistani Nukes In Myanmar As Mayanmar Prepares For Nuke Test? (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Oct 24, 2005)
Where did Myanmar get its nukes?
- Pakistan's Friends, Foes Urge More Quake Aid (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
Efforts to reach stranded villagers in Pakistan's northern mountains gathered pace on Monday after the country's friends and foes both urged help for up to 3 million survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake.
- India Wants Nuclear Curbs To Be Lifted (Hindu, VLADIMIR RADYUHIN, Oct 24, 2005)
Natwar Singh to seek Russian assistance
To push for broader access to Russian energy resources
To urge Russia to buy more Indian tea and coffee
Problems in getting Russian visas by Indian businessmen to be resolved
- Onion Woes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2005)
Normally, it is the price of the shares which should be under the magnifying glass of the government, not that of fruit and vegetables. But then, the onion is not just another vegetable.
- Opening Loc For Relief Work Is A Good Move (Daily Times, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 24, 2005)
Opening LoC for relief work is a good move
- Education Gets Priority Ultimately (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that the allocation for education will be raised to 4 per cent of the GDP from the present 2.7 per cent.
- There’S A Time For Everything (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 24, 2005)
A consultant on a visit to Pakistan, who charges by the hour, once quipped that he was thinking of retiring after working in Karachi for a month, because the clients who had hired him were invariably absent, habitually late or irritatingly indecisive. And
- Iran’S Quest For N-Energy (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 24, 2005)
A new book Lawless World by Professor Philippe Sands of University College, London, claims that in a telephone conversation with Tony Blair on January 30, 2003, President Bush stated that he “wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation”
- Bush’S New Attention (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 24, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns’ two-day visit to New Delhi was mainly to prepare the groundwork for President George W. Bush’s scheduled visit to India in February next.
- A Grim Quake Scenario Is Emerging (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan Jan Vandemoortele has said there is a potent threat that tens of thousands of survivors of October 8 earthquake in Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division may perish due to the lack of tents and helicopters.
- Grasp The Moment In Kashmir (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 24, 2005)
The Indian political class and civil society have failed the Kashmiris in their hour of need. Their response to the calamity that has hit the people of Kashmir has either been slow in coming or inexplicably non-existent.
- Nato Assistance (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 24, 2005)
Pakistan has conveyed in principle its acceptance of the NATO offer of deployment of its 1000 personnel of reinforced engineering battalion for reconstruction of the destroyed infrastructure such as shelter, hospitals, roads, bridges, schools . . .
- Three Evils That Irk The World (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 24, 2005)
It is no more a secret that fake currency, hawala and narcotics are playing a dirty role on either side of the Pir Panjal.
- Shot In The Foot (Telegraph, S. L. Rao, Oct 24, 2005)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research
- The Problem Of Selectivity (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2005)
Natural disasters are always a test of our capacity to empathise with other people’s problems, and the massive earthquake that has devastated parts of northern Pakistan and India is no exception.
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