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Articles 6921 through 7020 of 12768:
- Practical Approach To Rehabilitation (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 23, 2005)
THERE are practical lessons to be drawn from the tragedy of the earthquake. The reactions of the people who must learn the lessons, however, range from fatalism to pipe dreams.
- Orderly Management (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
A FORTNIGHT after the earthquake of Oct 8 unleashed devastation in Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, the adequacy of the relief operations and the smoothness in the implementation of these efforts are still a cause for concern.
- Slow Foxtrot With India (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Oct 23, 2005)
GIVEN our roller-coaster relationship with India, most people are curious if the current ‘Slow Fox Trot detente’ will lead to a settlement on Kashmir.
- Open Up Loc At 5 Points, Urges Pak (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 23, 2005)
Pakistan today finally came up with a formal proposal for the opening up of the LoC for facilitating relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake-affected areas and suggested five crossing points at the LoC, two more than what India suggested almost simul
- A Seeker Of Justice (Tribune, Charu Singh, Oct 23, 2005)
Fiery Pakistani poetess, novelist, journalist and celebrated feminist Fahmida Riyaz was in the capital recently researching for her latest novel.
- Distressed Displaced Persons (Daily Excelsior, Daya Sagar, Oct 23, 2005)
The displaced persons from area of Jammu and Kashmir as occupied by Pakistan have been the victims of neglect and technicalities.
- Hurriyat Will Think Ten Times Before Next (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 23, 2005)
India tonight responded positively to Pakistan’s proposal of opening five crossings at the Line of Control to facilitate relief and rehabilitation work in earthquake-affected areas and said these could be reconciled with the offer made by it.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 23, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department.
- India, Pakistan Joint Statement After Natwar Singh, Khurshid Kasuri Meeting (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Oct 23, 2005)
This is the text of the Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and India.
- The Enigma Of Values (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 23, 2005)
SOME three weeks ago, a gentleman who is a member of the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan sent me the following account of an incident that had occurred in a village called Bhila Hithar (Kasur district).
- Islamabad, Delhi To Reopen Loc (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to open at least three sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) for aid to reach the victims of the October 8 earthquake in divided Jammu and Kashmir, it was officially announced.
- Nato Offer Accepted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
Pakistan on Saturday said it had accepted an offer by Nato to deploy its forces in quake-affected areas “mainly for reconstruction” of destroyed infrastructure.
- Threat Of Avian Flu (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 23, 2005)
ONE does not know how real is the threat of an outbreak of avian flu among humans in Pakistan, or elsewhere for that matter.
- Man And Machine (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 23, 2005)
Is it not strange that at a time when a machine is uniting the world the man is dividing and sub-dividing it? Which is this wonder mechanism that has outdone human beings? It does not need much elaboration.
- Tragedy & Photo Sessions (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 23, 2005)
THE nation stands united to face the unprecedented natural calamity of its history. Every individual and every segment of the society is trying its level best to be of some help to overcome the delicate situation and extend a helping hand in relief activi
- India, Pakistan Inch Towards Quake Aid Cooperation (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 23, 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.
- Opposition Misses Another Opportunity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 23, 2005)
OPPOSITION in the National Assembly protested against the holding of National Assembly session only for three days in a week. The Government, however, defended the decision saying that it’s in keeping with the constitutional provisions.
- India, U.S. Express Commitment To Implementing Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
It will be a "very good, implementable agreement" before Bush visit, hopes Saran
- Army Submits Proposals On Pakistan Offer (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Ready to implement whatever Government decides
Some sort of acceptance of present positions essential to settle Siachen issue
Separate doctrines for low intensity conflict operations being framed
- Pranab: Line Of Control Cannot Be Opened For Everybody (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
It is imperative that India and Pakistan put the past behind and move forward
- Northeast India Vulnerable To Earthquake, Says Geologist (Hindu, R. Vimal Kumar, Oct 22, 2005)
"Owing to high amount of stress exerted along `arch-shaped' Himalayan ranges"
- Quakes, Quirks And Kashmir! …… (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule.
- Quake Rocks Everything Minus Cong Culture (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Oct 22, 2005)
I am afraid I will have to return to my last week's theme of how or why all Congressmen, even those who have remained out of power for the past decade or so, continue to believe in the their divine right to rule. It has nothing to do with Sonia Gandhi's
- Pakistan’S Games (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
But ill-equipped for peacetime tragedy
- Time Running Out’ To Open Loc, Says Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Warning that "time is running out" to act on President Pervez Musharraf's proposal to open LoC for divided Kashmiri families to take part in quake relief work, Pakistan's relief commissioner said on Friday that the window may close if there are long . . .
- Loc Crossing May Help Resolve Kashmir Issue: Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
The proposal to allow people from both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) to take part in reconstruction work in the quake-hit areas of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
- Finding Advani A Worthy Successor (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Oct 22, 2005)
I was expecting radical changes in the cast of principal actors and in the revolutionary roles the BJP would play in speeding up the country’s march to prosperity. I was sorely disappointed:
- Storm In A Coffee Cup (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 22, 2005)
For how much longer will the people of West Bengal have to suffer the presence of such people who profess to call themselves politicians but whose only vocation appears to be to upstage each other in the public eye and switch colours when . . .
- Lack Of Cohesion (Greater Kashmir, BASHIR ASSAD, Oct 22, 2005)
Disjointed system of relief won’t do. Agencies will have to cooperate and coordinate to ensure that nothing unfair happens while helping the quake hit people,
- Two Weeks On, Some Quake Survivors Still Cut Off (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 22, 2005)
Pakistani soldiers and international aid workers were trying on Saturday to reach earthquake survivors in remote mountain hamlets still stranded two weeks after the quake killed more than 50,000.
- India Says No Formal Proposal From Pakistan On Opening Line Of Control (India Daily, Tara Harishankar, Oct 22, 2005)
India said it has not received any proposal from Pakistan on President Pervez Musharaf's offer of free movement across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, and any action can be initiated only when it receives a formal proposal.
- Us Official Says Nuclear Cooperation With India 'Unique' (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Visiting US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns on Friday [21 October] met India's foreign secretary, Shyam Saran, and discussed steps to take forward the landmark Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Cross-Border Communications (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had promised during his visit to quake hit areas of Uri that the tele-communication link from Kashmir to Pakistan and Pakistan side of Kashmir barred for the last 15 years or so would be got restored immediately . . .
- The Cost Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Oct 22, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake will be long remembered as a cataclysmic event in Pakistan’s history for a very long time to come.
- Turkey Wins Hearts Of Pakistanis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 22, 2005)
The visit to Pakistan of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has highlighted once again the closeness of relations between the two countries. It showed to the world not only the sense of caring and sharing at the leadership level but deeper . . .
- Quake Victims & Trauma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 22, 2005)
While the pace may have picked up for providing medical treatment to the earthquake survivors for their physical injuries, an equally daunting task is helping them cope with the ill-effects on their mental health.
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 22, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation. He will, of course, answer a host of questions, not least a formidable list furnished on September 26 by
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2005)
We will allow the relief goods. Yes I will allow Kashmiris. But we have to formalise the methodology. I mean, it cannot be free for all. But we would like to encourage it. — President Pervez Musharraf, a day after Pakistan offered to open the LoC . . .
- Democracy In Saarc States (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 22, 2005)
India does not seem to be conscious of the role it has to play in South Asia in the coming years.
- ‘Us Committed To Pact With India’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2005)
Top US official Nicholas R Burns said the Bush administration was awaiting passage of the historic resolution by the Congress.
- Pak Finalising Proposals To Open Loc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
After the claim by a senior Pakistani Army officer in charge of quake relief operations that India has rejected President Pervez Musharraf’s offer to open LoC for people from both sides to visit their relatives,
- Hurriyat Hopes For Border Crossings Soon (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Kashmir's main separatist alliance said on Wednesday it hoped that India and Pakistan would soon allow people in the divided region to cross the a heavily militarised frontier to help earthquake survivors.
- Alarm Bells Ring For Pakistan Quake Survivors (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 21, 2005)
Alarm mounted across the world on Friday for an estimated 2 million survivors of the Pakistan earthquake still awaiting help two weeks after their world collapsed, with a freezing winter looming.
- Editorials (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 21, 2005)
An ‘open’ LoC
Emotion or mischief?
- Earthquake Puts State, Central Governments On Test (Daily Excelsior, Fazal Mehmood, Oct 21, 2005)
A simile can be drawn between the falls of the Berlin Wall and the divided Kashmir, which has been united by the recent earthquake. The difference being that the collapse of the Berlin Wall united the East and West Germany and didn't entail loss of ...
- Beyond This Moment Of Self-Discovery (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Oct 21, 2005)
Humanity, after all, is not dead. The way ordinary citizens have volunteered their time and resources to support the country’s largest-ever relief operation in parts of the quake-stricken Frontier and Azad Kashmir leaves one with courage and confidence.
- Nature’S Fury, Man’S Villainy (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Oct 21, 2005)
IN the midst of the grave tragedy of the South Asian earthquake it is once again becoming clear that human contribution to aggravating a natural calamity can be shocking beyond words.
- India-U.S. Deal: Negotiating The Nuclear Fine Print (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 21, 2005)
India needs to play its hand carefully on sequencing, separation, and safeguards.
- Children Come First (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 21, 2005)
UNICEF’s warning that 10,000 more children could die in the earthquake affected regions of northern Pakistan should alert the relief authorities to step up efforts and focus more closely on the young survivors.
- Blocking Relief Measures (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 21, 2005)
The best CBM would be to launch joint earthquake relief efforts between India and Pakistan
- Why Wait For Others, Do It Yourself (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
Why wait for others, do it yourself
- Economic Impact Of The Disaster (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Oct 21, 2005)
In a fleeting moment of nature’s anger, lives and properties worth billions were wiped out on October 8.
- Bold Initiative Towards Indo-Us Partnership (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Oct 21, 2005)
US Undersecretary Nicholas Burns is to have discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today to discuss the implementation schedule for mutual commitments under the civil nuclear agreement.
- Quake Death Toll Rises Further (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
THE Federal Relief Commissioner, Maj Gen Farooq Ahmed has said that death toll in October 8 earthquake has risen to 47,723 with access to more devastated areas. At his Press briefing on Wednesday, he feared that the casualty figure may rise further in the
- Does India Have A World-View? (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Oct 21, 2005)
US Under Secretary of State Nick Burns is in New Delhi at an important period in the context of the July 18 Indo-US agreement on nuclear co-operation.
- General Gimmick (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 21, 2005)
An open LoC is a good idea in theory
- India, Iran To Discuss Progress On Pipeline Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 21, 2005)
A high-level delegation led by Petroleum Secretary S C Tripathi will visit Tehran next week to review the proposed multi-billion-dollar Iran-India natural gas pipeline.
- If India Had Abstained... (Indian Express, Subrahmanyam, Oct 20, 2005)
It is amazing to see the tons of newsprint devoted to the Iran issue in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this country without any focus on the real issue.
- India's Iaea Vote Helped Gain Support For Nuclear Deal, Says Us Official (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
On the eve of his visit to New Delhi, US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns has said that with India voting in favour of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] resolution on Iran's nuclear programme,
- Hurriyat Hopes For Border Crossings Soon (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Kashmir's main separatist alliance said on Wednesday it hoped that India and Pakistan would soon allow people in the divided region to cross the a heavily militarised frontier to help earthquake survivors.
- Pakistan's Intransigent Response To India's Offer (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Oct 20, 2005)
In this hour of the grave tragedy that has struck PoK and other parts of Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan's refusal to accept Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's humanitarian offer of joint efforts to provide relief to the suffering people of the state, . . .
- Earthquake Fall-Out: (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 20, 2005)
A silver lining in the thick dust caused by unprecedented earthquake in our vicinity is that it has once again drawn the global attention towards safe housing for everybody.
- Some Realism (Tribune, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
AT last, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has realised that saving human lives is more important than bothering about the man-made LoC when people on both sides of earthquake-ravaged Kashmir are desperately seeking relief from wherever they can get.
- Remain Vigilant (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 20, 2005)
The quake has not stopped militant attacks
- Mps Flout Election Laws (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 20, 2005)
It must have come as a shock to the people of Pakistan that the Election Commission had to issue suspension notices to 21 members of the National Assembly and 71 members of the Provincial Assemblies for disregarding the legal provision of declaring . . .
- Challenge Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 20, 2005)
The search and rescue phase in the worst earthquake disaster that ravaged Azad Kashmir and the NWFP is almost over 12 days after the disaster struck the doomed area.
- Managing Long-Term Recovery (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Oct 20, 2005)
What are the long-term consequences of natural disasters? John Stuart Mill, the great 19th century English economist and philosopher and the author of a classic work on economics, made some prescient observations on the long-term effects of natural disast
- Mitrokhin’S Revelations (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
Vasily Mitrokhin, who died in 2004, was a KGB operative, who worked in the intelligence agency’s archives from 1956 to 1985. He copied documents and defected to the West in 1992, just after the Soviet Union disintegrated.
- Serious Implications Of Loc Opening (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has offered to open the Line of Control to allow people on the other side join aid efforts in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir.
- Musharraf Inspires Confidence In Sufferers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 20, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has explained the infrastructure developed for the rescue, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- India, Pakistan Restore Phone Links, To Open Border (Reuters, Faisal Aziz, Oct 20, 2005)
India and Pakistan gave hope to quake-hit Kashmiris on Wednesday by agreeing to open the border dividing the region for the first time in decades as aftershocks shook northern Pakistan.
- Managing Security Through Fixed Tenures? (Hindu, N.N. Vohra, Oct 20, 2005)
All security-related posts must be manned by those chosen from a dedicated pool of officers selected and trained for the specific purpose.
- India Sees No Security Risk In Opening Loc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
The Indian government on Wednesday dismissed fears that the opening of the Line of Control (LoC) for earthquake relief work would open channels for Pakistan-based militants to cross over into Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view the killing . . .
- Mitrokhin Archives — Politics In The Cold War Years (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 20, 2005)
The more important question that arises from Vasily Mitrokhin's revelations is not whether any individual or political party received money from one or the other superpower, but whether their foreign links compromised national security and sovereignty.
- Hurriyat Tells India To Respond Positively To Pakistan Offer (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
Welcoming the establishment of direct phone links between the two Kashmirs, the moderate faction of Hurriyat conference on Wednesday asked New Delhi to respond positively to Islamabad's offer of allowing free movement across LOC for rehabilitation . . . .
- Quake Softens Loc, For Now (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf's offer to open the Line of Control so that relief can be provided to the victims of the October 8 earthquake and India's positive response have the potential to transform the situation on the ground.
- India Hails Musharraf's Offer Of Opening Loc For Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
India welcomed reported offer by President Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan was willing to open the Line of Control (LoC) for "any amount" of Kashmiris to join in quake relief work but said implemention of the proposal practically will have to be worked out
- Pakistan Kashmiri Militants Back Border Opening (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
A Pakistan-based alliance of Kashmiri militants groups on Wednesday backed Islamabad's call for India to allow Kashmiris to cross the heavily militarised frontier in the divided region hit by a deadly earthquake.
- If India Had Abstained... (Indian Express, Subrahmanyam, Oct 19, 2005)
It is amazing to see the tons of newsprint devoted to the Iran issue in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this country without any focus on the real issue.
- Over A Million Jobs May Have Been Lost In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2005)
Labour-intensive job schemes needed: ILO
Widespread destruction of infrastructure
Areas affected are amongst the poorest in Pakistan
Need to rebuild minimum of assets to revive urban informal economy
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