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Articles 221 through 320 of 500:
- Demilitarisation Dilemmas (OutLook, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 13, 2007)
By pulling out the BSF, Prime Minister Singh has demonstrated that he is willing to take chances, even where failure will involve political costs for his government.
- Ailing Geelani Asks Pakistan To Leave Kashmiris Alone (Tribune, Sarwar Kashani, Mar 10, 2007)
Faced with life threatening cancer, Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani says Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf "should leave us alone if he cannot support us".
- Time To Demilitarise? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2007)
Over the weekend, a hundred-odd trucks will start transporting the last of 11,000 Border Security Force troops committed to counter-terrorism duties in five Jammu and Kashmir towns to peace stations in the plains.
- Bsf To Pull Out Of Five J&k Towns (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 08, 2007)
Crpe replacing 10 battalions
Pullout expected to end by next weekend
Level of violence down in southern Kashmir
- Kashmir In Flux (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 08, 2007)
In 2002, after Jammu & Kashmir had voted in what was its most free election ever, a grand strategy for a democratic solution to Kashmiri alienation was beginning to reveal itself.
- Pdp Cosying Up To Hurriyat (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Mar 07, 2007)
In the face of worsening ties with the Congress in Jammu & Kashmir, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is eyeing an alliance with the separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and . . .
- Medical Appeal For Kashmir Leader (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
Supporters of a hardline separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir say he needs medical attention abroad for kidney cancer.
- Geelani’S Only Kidney Malignant; He Wants Treatment Abroad (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Mar 06, 2007)
After doctors treating hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani at the Apollo hospital here today said that tests have confirmed malignancy in his right kidney, the separatist leader urged the Centre to allow him to travel . . .
- Mirwaiz's Claim On Troop Reduction Is 'Speculation': Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
The four mini-flyovers proposed in the city are expected to be ready by mid-2008. The Chennai Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Government would work together to ensure that work is completed on time, Town Planning and Local Administration Minister . . .
- Hurriyat To Take Pervez Formula To People (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has sought effective measures to ensure withdrawal of troops on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir to pave way for a permanent and everlasting resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- Pm: Pull-Out Speculation (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Indian Army was not an “army of occupation”, but the reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir would take place only if terrorist acts ceased.
- Hurriyat To Take Pervez Formula To People (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has sought effective measures to ensure withdrawal of troops on either side of the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir to pave way for a permanent and everlasting resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- No Troops Reduction In J&k: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ruled out, for now, troops reduction in Jammu and Kashmir. He said such a step could be contemplated if terrorist activities ended in the troubled State.
- Mirwaiz: India, Pak To Reduce Troops (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2007)
Chairman of Hurriyat Conference’s moderate faction Mirwaiz Umer Farooq on Friday claimed India and Pakistan have agreed on reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Pakistan, India Agree On Kashmir Troop Reduction, Says Mirwaiz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 03, 2007)
Pakistan and India have agreed on reduction of troops on both sides of the divided Jammu and Kashmir, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq said on Friday.
- Musharraf’S Proposal For Kashmir Settlement: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 02, 2007)
India has ruled out talks on President Pervez Musahrraf’s concept of ‘joint management’ for Kashmir, saying “it cannot be the basis of a settlement of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir”.
- Dissensions Surface In United Jehad Council (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
For the first time, dissensions have surfaced in the Muzaffarabad-based United Jehad Council (UJC) following Jamait-ul-Mijahideen's announcement that the four-point proposal of Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf on Kashmir was not acceptable to it.
- Separatists Talk Of Meaningful Dialogue (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
Describing Pakistan President Parvez Musharraf’s four-point formula on self-rule as a "first step towards resolving the Kashmir" issue, United Jehad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin has said that it was, however, not a solution in itself.
- Talk To Moderates For Peace In Kashmir (Tribune, Firdous Syed, Feb 27, 2007)
The present avatar of the Indo-Pak peace talks is almost three years old, and it has completed three rounds of the composite dialogue process. There has hardly been any progress on contentious issues, including the one concerning Jammu and Kashmir.
- Cosseting Separatism (Pioneer, Hari Om, Feb 27, 2007)
Outfits like the All-Party Hurriyat Conference of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, Tehrik-e-Hurriyat of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front of Yasin Malik and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) of Shabir Shah have recognised the problem facing . . .
- Leave Kashmiris Alone, Geelani Tells Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
Kashmir leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked Pakistan to leave Kashmiris alone as he believes Islamabad is taking "hasty" steps to achieve peace in the region. He said Pakistan's policy had harmed the cause of Kashmiris globally.
- Kasuri To Mirwaiz: India, Pak On Same Wavelength (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Feb 23, 2007)
In his talks with Kashmiri separatist leaders today, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri said Islamabad and India were working towards increasing people-to-people contact between the divided parts of Kashmir.
- Advani Cautions Kasuri Against Kashmir ‘Haste’ (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 23, 2007)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri returned home on Thursday — a day earlier than the planned four-day visit during which he kept alive hopes for progress on key disputes between Islamabad and New Delhi despite the train bombing that . . .
- Musharraf May Attend Saarc Summit In India (Rediff on the Net, K J M Varma, Feb 20, 2007)
Ahead of his trip to India on Tuesday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri on Monday night hinted that there is every likelyhood of President Pervez Musharraf visiting New Delhi to take part in the South Asian Association for Regional . . .
- Peace And The Burning Train (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 20, 2007)
The heart-rending scenes of charred bodies and twisted metal in two coaches of the Pakistan-bound Samjhauta Express are gory testimony to yet another major terrorist strike in India.
- ‘Geelani’S Criticism Of Musharraf Led To Closure Of Hurriyat Office’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2007)
Supporters of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who heads the Tehrik Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of hardliners among the separatists, were amazed at the way their headquarter in Islamabad was locked on the “direction” of the Pakistan government.
- Our Peoples Must Maintain Contact: Kasuri (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Feb 20, 2007)
Attack must not be allowed to derail it
Work of joint commission to remain primary focus of visit
Considerable progress made on the Kashmir and Siachen issues
- Soz Calls For Peace In J&k (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Feb 19, 2007)
The peace process between India and Pakistan was moving on the desired pace and it would not only strengthen the relations between people of both nations but also boost the trade and economy in the region, Union Minister for Water Resources . . .
- Separatists Invited To Meet Kasuri In Delhi (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
Senior separatist Kashmiri leaders have been invited for separate meetings with the visiting Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri, in the Union Capital next week.
- Terror In Uniform (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 16, 2007)
The Ganderbal killings involving men belonging to the security forces provoke shock and outrage.
- Defeat Terror Through Ideology (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 14, 2007)
Militancy in Srinagar projects almost all of Jammu & Kashmir in poor light. Political leaders, officials in the State administration, the Central security forces, the State police and religious organisations are all under the scanner.
- Who Are The Kashmir Militants? (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2007)
What started as essentially an indigenous popular uprising in Indian-administered Kashmir has in the last decade undergone changes.
- Stop Pandering To Separatists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 13, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh Government appears to believe that separatists, armed, financed and trained across our borders, can be won over by a policy of appeasement.
- Unending Game Of Terror (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
There is no change of heart in the Kashmiri separatist camp, only tactics to harass India
- What Peace? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
The latest talk in Jammu & Kashmir is over Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Is this man serious? When in Pakistan recently, he appeared to have adopted a 180-degree turn.
- Stop Pandering To Separatists (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh Government appears to believe that separatists, armed, financed and trained across our borders, can be won over by a policy of appeasement.
- Deception At Every Step (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2007)
The latest "out of the box" solution from Pakistan is not just a ruse to secure the leverage which the ISI needs to reintroduce full-scale terrorism in J&K, but also an ill-concealed move to attract international intervention
- Putting Cart Before Horse (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Feb 11, 2007)
Beyond the rightful indignation of Kashmiris against fake encounters by the police, there are a number of positive pointers in the highly complex setting in Jammu & Kashmir and across the border.
- What Peace? (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Feb 10, 2007)
The latest talk in Jammu & Kashmir is over Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Is this man serious? When in Pakistan recently, he appeared to have adopted a 180-degree turn.
- Unending Game Of Terror (Pioneer, Wilson John, Feb 10, 2007)
There is no change of heart in the Kashmiri separatist camp, only tactics to harass India
- Putting Cart Before Horse (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Feb 10, 2007)
Beyond the rightful indignation of Kashmiris against fake encounters by the police, there are a number of positive pointers in the highly complex setting in Jammu & Kashmir and across the border.
- Deception At Every Step (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 10, 2007)
The latest "out of the box" solution from Pakistan is not just a ruse to secure the leverage which the ISI needs to reintroduce full-scale terrorism in J&K, but also an ill-concealed move to attract international intervention
- Pak Shuts K-Centre (Asian Age, Yusuf Jameel, Feb 09, 2007)
The "Kashmir Centre", a two-storey building in Islamabad housing the country offices of rival factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference alliance, has been closed by the Pakistani authorities, a report received here said.
- Stop Pandering To Separatists (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Feb 08, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh Government appears to believe that separatists, armed, financed and trained across our borders, can be won over by a policy of appeasement.
- Pakistan Lower House Condemns `Excesses' In J&k (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Feb 08, 2007)
Pakistan's lower house of Parliament, the National Assembly, on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning alleged excesses by Indian forces in Kashmir and renewing its pledge for continued moral, diplomatic and political support to the . . .
- Role Of The Hurriyat In J&k — Is New Delhi Pandering To Kashmiri Separatists? (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 08, 2007)
A clear message needs to be sent to the Hurriyat Conference that before it seeks high-level meetings it should interact with the Government's interlocutor for Kashmir, participate in discussions with a cross-section of political and public . . .
- Demonstrations Against Fake Encounters (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2007)
People in the down town area again took to streets demanding the whereabouts of two youths missing since 1991 after their arrest allegedly by the security forces.
- Yasin Questions Credibility Of Peace Process (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
During the strike called by Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Tuesday, senior Hurriyat leader and National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmed Khan tried to take out a procession from Raj Bagh the moderate alliance's headquarters.
- Pakistan For Early Meeting On Siachen (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Feb 07, 2007)
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that the India-Pakistan joint anti-terror mechanism will hold its first meeting on March 6 and 7 here, and hoped that as agreed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries, officials would soon . . .
- Strike Affects Life In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
While shops and other business establishments remained closed, government and semi-government offices either downed shutters or registered a thin employee attendance.
- Kashmir Shuts Down Against Custody Killings (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
A strike against human rights violations crippled life in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Muhammad Yasin Malik began a three-day hunger strike against "fake encounters".
- Pakistan Urges India To Let Geelani Visit For Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 07, 2007)
Pakistan said on Tuesday that it hoped India would allow a hard-line separatist leader in Kashmir to visit Islamabad for talks on the future of the divided territory.
- Azad Rejects Demand For Repeal Of Armed Forces Act (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today rejected the demand of the members of the PDP and National Conference (NC) to repeal the Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) and categorically said such a step would be taken only when the situation in the . . .
- Pak Pm Invites Geelani For Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has invited Chairman of the breakaway faction of the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani to visit Pakistan “for a dialogue on the Kashmir issue.”
- Mirwaiz’S Sane Advice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2007)
THE appeal by the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference to the militants to declare a temporary ceasefire in Kashmir deserves a positive response from those who have opted for an armed struggle in the disputed valley.
- Aphc Sees Substantial Headway In 3 Months (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2007)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed optimism about a “substantial headway” in three months towards resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
- Rogue Cops Knew: Not Many Questions Asked If ‘Foreign’ Militant Shot (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Feb 05, 2007)
Fake encounters: Army, CRPF probe their own, Mirwaiz for withdrawal of special powers
- Mirwaiz Backs Jklf Call For Strike (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Feb 05, 2007)
"An independent commission must probe the fake encounters"
A national tragedy: Mirwaiz
Omar demands CBI probe
- 4-Point Plan Can Provide Solution: Pervez (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2007)
Asserting that his four-point proposals can provide a durable solution to the Kashmir issue, President Pervez Musharraf has said the aspirations of Kashmiris will be kept in mind while resolving the tragic dispute.
- Kashmir: The First Whiff Of Optimism (Asian Age, Kunwar Idris, Feb 05, 2007)
Karachi: For the first time since the early years of independence there is a whiff of optimism in the air that a solution may be found to the problem of Kashmir.
- Mirwaiz Seeks Militant Leaders’ Initiative On Ceasefire (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2007)
APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, here today sought militant leaders’ initiative for ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir that should be reciprocated by the Government of India for strengthening dialogue process for a solution to the Kashmir problem.
- Restoring Faith (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 05, 2007)
It's been Jammu and Kashmir's worst kept secret. Now there is official admission that innocents do get killed and branded as terrorists in the state.
- India Endorses Musharraf’S Stand (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2007)
India on Sunday endorsed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s statement that terrorists could not be taken “on board” on Kashmir issue and said militants should be asked to give up violence.
- Fake Encounters For Personal Gain (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 05, 2007)
Elements of the Indian army and paramilitary cooperated with rogue police officers to perpetrate several cold-blooded murders of innocent civilians in Kashmir and faking them as counter-insurgency encounters for personal recognition and awards.
- People With Gun Cannot Be Taken On Board, Says Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2007)
In a strong message to militants, President Pervez Musharraf on Friday made it clear that those who believed that the gun was the only solution to the Kashmir issue, ‘‘cannot be taken on board’’ in resolving it.
- People With Gun Cannot Be Taken On Board, Says Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2007)
In a strong message to militants, President Pervez Musharraf on Friday made it clear that those who believed that the gun was the only solution to the Kashmir issue, ‘‘cannot be taken on board’’ in resolving it.
- New Alignments Greet Mirwaiz (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Feb 02, 2007)
It was clear that what the Valley was witnessing today was a redrawing of battlelines, and that not only were the Hurriyat’s two estranged factions hardening their stands but that also for the first time, there was a deliberate effort to embroil . . .
- Optimism On Kashmir (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 02, 2007)
Returning from a nine-day trip to Pakistan, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that an "honourable solution to the Kashmir problem" was achievable shortly and "would be in line with the aspirations of the people."
- 'My 4-Point Proposals Can Provide Durable Solution To Kashmir' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2007)
Describing the Kashmir issue as a "tragic dispute", President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said his four-point proposals could provide a "durable solution", reflecting the aspiration of Kashmiris.
- Mirwaiz Gets Warm Welcome At Home (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2007)
Despite a grenade attack on his office on Wednesday night, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference, was accorded a warm welcome by his supporters on his return from Pakistan on Thursday...
- Hurriyat's Dilemmas (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 02, 2007)
In Pakistan, All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq calls for an end to the jehad in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Support Peace Process: Mirwaiz (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Feb 02, 2007)
"No military solution to Kashmir issue, Centre should give up traditional stand"
- Hurriyat To Continue Dialogue Process: Mirwaiz (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2007)
Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said that the next three to four months would be crucial for the Kashmir issue. He resolved to carry forward the dialogue process that the Hurriyat had entered in with India and Pakistan.
- Separatists Are One Family (Pioneer, Wilson John, Feb 01, 2007)
Pakistan is cleverly playing the jihadi card, bringing in the likes of Hafiz Saeed and Zargar as participants in the broader debate on Jammu & Kashmir
- Jammu And Kashmir: The Death Of A Cause (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 31, 2007)
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has candidly acknowledged that the Islamist rebellion of 1989 has failed. The APHC chairman should now join in an inclusive, multi-party dialogue to marginalise terrorism.
- Hurriyat Wants To Stop Violence (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Jan 30, 2007)
In sharp variance with its past of supporting armed insurgency as a means to achieve a “solution” to the Kashmir question, the Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella group of separatist organizations has called for a cessation of violence as means to . . .
- First India-Russia-China Structured Meeting (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Jan 30, 2007)
India, Russia, and China will hold their first structured foreign ministerial meeting in New Delhi seen as an effort to coordinate response and efforts in international affairs, although the foreign ministers have met thrice over the last 2 years.
- Missing: Credibility (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 30, 2007)
When the Congress-PDP government came to power in Jammu and Kashmir in 2002, it recognised the hugely damaging impact on the state of encounter deaths and extra-judicial killings by the police and security forces.
- Hurriyat Leader Under House Arrest (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
A top Hurriyat Conference leader was placed under house arrest and over 150 activists of the amalgam were detained as the police fired tear gas shells and swung batons to prevent repeated attempts by Shia mourners to take out a Muharram procession here.
- ‘Jklf To Fight Proposals Ignoring Will Of Kashmiris’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Amanullah Khan has said that his organisation would fight all proposals for resolving the Kashmir issue that were not based on the unfettered and freely expressed will of the people of the entire state, . . .
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