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- 22 Killed In Suicide Attack In Pakistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 22 people were killed and 34 injured when a suicide bomber blew up a truck carrying security personnel and ammunition in the Swat region of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on Thursday.
- Pakistan’S Big B (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 26, 2007)
Several newspapers have portrayed a hopeful picture of Pakistan, now that Benazir Bhutto is back in the country.
- Saarc Nations Agree To Work Together To Combat Terror (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Saarc countries on Thursday decided to have regular exchange of information to combat terrorism and to work towards establishing a convention for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.
- Us Wants Musharraf To Work Closely With Bhutto (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The US has said it is encouraging Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf to work more closely with Benazir Bhutto and other moderates, even as three top Senators urged the General to ensure the safety of the former premier in the wake of the. . .
- Saarc Vows To Combat Terror (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Viewing terrorism as a “serious threat” to South Asia’s peace and development, SAARC countries today decided to have regular exchange of information to combat the menace and push efforts for establishing a convention for mutual legal assistance. . .
- India, China Making Progress In Border Negotiations: Mukherjee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
India and China have established a Working Group to prepare a framework for the settlement of their vexed boundary issue, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced on Thursday.
- 30 Killed In Pak Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A blast tore through a security forces vehicle in restive northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people and wounding dozens more.
- Blast Kills 30 In Northern Pakistan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 30 persons were killed today in a powerful explosion that ripped through a paramilitary Frontier Constabulary truck in Pakistan’s restive town of Swat in the Northwestern Frontier Province, reports said.
- Cooperate To End Terrorism (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2007)
After the Karachi bloodbath on October 19 the global condemnation of the terrorists’ act and commiseration for Pakistan and Ms Benazir Bhutto was on the expected lines.
- Pakistan Blasts Remain A Whodunit (Hindustan Times, KAMAL SIDDIQI, Oct 26, 2007)
As investigations into the horrific bomb blasts that greeted the homecoming of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto still make little headway, many uncomfortable questions are being asked.
- 'Nuke Deal Important Part Of Indo-Us Relationship' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Expressing commitment to the Indo-US nuclear deal, the US has said the historic agreement is an important part of the bilateral relationship and is beneficial to both countries.
- Every Us Govt Since ’70s Secretly Helped Pak Become Nuke Power (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Every successive American government, from President Jimmy Carter to incumbent President George W. Bush, has turned a blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear programme and allowed Islamabad to build nuclear facilities at . . .
- Kashmir Integral To The India Story (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 26, 2007)
Today the relationship between India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir completes sixty years. It was on this day, October 26, 1947, that the ruler of the state, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the government of . . . .
- Sharif Can’T Contest Poll, Says Aziz (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said there is no bar on any politician to engage in political activities or contest election except exiled premier Nawaz Sharif.
- The Debate Hasn’T Ended (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 26, 2007)
The Lok Sabha was adjourned in the last week of August following raucous acrimony over the issue of parliamentary prerogative to decide the rights and wrongs of a foreign treaty signed by the government. The debate is currently in a limbo.
- Suicide Strike On Pak Army (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
A suspected suicide bomber killed 21 Pakistanis in an attack on an army convoy on Thursday in the northwest, where a Taliban-style movement has taken root.
- Indexing Inhumanity, Indian Style (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Oct 26, 2007)
It took minutes for the top guns to swing into action when the Sensex fell by several hundred points. But no Minister came forward to calm the nation when India hit the 94th rank in the Global Hunger Index.
- Talk On Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 26, 2007)
The JATM mechanism hardly attracted any attention.
- 22 Dead In Pak Suicide Attack On Military Vehicle (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
At least 22 people were killed and 34 injured when a suicide bomber blew up a truck carrying security personnel and ammunition in the Swat region of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province on Thursday.
- 16 Pakistan Soldiers Killed In Ambush (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 26, 2007)
At least 16 paramilitaries were killed on Thursday when an explosion ripped their truck in Mingora in the Swat district of the North West Frontier Province, a day after the Pakistan army deployed 2,500 additional troops in the area for . . . .
- Pawns In Pakistan (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Oct 26, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto's return was stage-managed by the US. Nawaz Sharif didn't succeed as he lacked American backing
- Kashmir’S ‘Half Widows’ Stuck In Limbo (Dawn, Sheikh Mushtaq, Oct 25, 2007)
As the muezzin called for prayers from the Kashmir mosque, Begum Rafiqa prayed in a dingy room of her old brick house for someone she has not seen for almost a decade — her missing husband.
- For Clean Politics? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
SO much positive has happened in Pakistan since July. Let us note it to make us happy:
- Need For Choices In Fata (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
GEARING up for the next general elections, political activists in Fata demanded on Tuesday that the Political Parties’ Act (PPA) of 1962 be extended to the tribal areas.
- Food Inflation On The Rise (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Oct 25, 2007)
THE holy month of Ramazan was conspicuous for accelerating the rate of inflation, particularly food inflation in the country. In fact, the inflation rate was the highest in this month during the last five years.
- Oaths During Army Rules Constitutional, Observes Sc (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Oct 25, 2007)
A Supreme Court judge said on Wednesday that Pakistan had been governed under the 1973 Constitution even during the military regimes of General Ziaul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf, and the oaths taken during these periods were constitutional.
- Pathologist Maintains Bob Woolmer Ingested Poison (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The pathologist who conducted the autopsy of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer on Thursday told the inquest into Woolmer's death that Woolmer died as the result of poisoning and strangulation.
- Pak Sends 4,000 Troops To Nwfp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The Pakistan government has deployed 4,000 troops in the Swat valley of NWFP province to counter the activities of a pro-Taliban cleric whose men have challenged the writ of the local administration.
- Us, Uk Knew About A Q Khan But Kept Quiet: New Book (Indian Express, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 25, 2007)
Four years before Pakistan’s Dr Abdul Qadir Khan was publicly humiliated, then pardoned and placed under house arrest, the British and US authorities were briefed about his role in selling nuclear weapons technology to North Korea, Libya and Iran.
- Bhutto Named Ex-Isi Chief, 3 Others As Posing Threat To Her Life: Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Former Pakistan President Benazir Butto had named four well-known persons, including Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and former ISI chief Hamid Gul, as those who pose a threat to her life in a letter to President Pervez . . . .
- What Next For Benazir Bhutto? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The PPP leader’s return to Pakistan heralds the return of democratic politics but sharpens political polarisation.
- Official Heading Karachi Blast Probe Quits (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 25, 2007)
A police official heading the investigations into the October 19 attack on Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming procession in Karachi has stepped down from the probe days after the former Prime Minister said she had no trust in him.
- A Difficult Dialogue (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 25, 2007)
Imagine ballroom dancers who both think their partner is preparing to stick a dagger into their back, and you have a good idea of where India-Pakistan dialogue on terrorism stands.
- Pak Police Detain 18 Over Bhutto Attack (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Pakistani police have rounded up more than a dozen people for questioning over last week's suicide bombings in the southern port city of Karachi, officials said on Wednesday.
- Pml-Q 'Unwilling' On Deal With Ppp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has stepped in to end the war of words between ruling PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and former premier Benazir Bhutto to shore up the fragile process for negotiating a power-sharing arrangement with the . . . .
- Bhutto Names 4 As Key Blast Suspects (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto has named four well-known persons, including Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and former ISI chief Hamid Gul, as those who pose a threat to her life in a letter to President . . . .
- Israel Backs Indo-Us N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Coming out in support of the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Israel on Wednesday welcomed the ongoing negotiations to end India’s nuclear isolation but said that a broader criteria-based policy was required to decide on entry of other countries into . . . .
- India-Us Nuclear Deal Wavers (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A US-Indian accord on civilian nuclear cooperation, once hailed as one of the most significant foreign-policy achievements of the Bush presidency, is on the ropes and may die before it is ever approved.
- Militant’S Family Told To Leave India (Tribune, Shariq Majeed, Oct 25, 2007)
In a damage-control exercise, the Crime Investigation Department has reportedly asked the family of a hardcore militant travelling to India to leave the country. The security and intelligence agencies had cleared their visit to India.
- He Lost 22 Family Members In Tribal Invasion (Tribune, Tejinder Singh Sodhi, Oct 25, 2007)
While the entire country will be celebrating 60 years of accession of Jammu and Kashmir with the union of India, the horrific memories of Partition are still haunting 75-year-old Jagdish Lal Tandon, who lost 22 of his family members in . . . .
- Cong Condemns Bjp's 'Vitriolic Attack' On Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A day after the BJP attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and questioned how a sad and weak man could lead the country, the Congress lashed out at the Opposition and said that BJP's leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani were . . .
- ‘Musharraf Should Accept Sc Verdict’ (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 25, 2007)
Expressing serious concern over statements by senior government officials, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Gen. Musharraf to make an unambiguous declaration that he would accept the Supreme Court verdict on petitions . . .
- Holding On To The Reins (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 25, 2007)
Since the Inter-Services Intelligence chief is an important man, the unprecedented appointment of Ashfaq Kayani as the army chief in Pakistan evokes interest.
- Sudden Bonhomie (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Oct 25, 2007)
The Indian establishment is virtually bending over backwards in expressing dismay at the recent attack on Benazir Bhutto, officially a nobody in Pakistan at the moment.
- Saarc Ministers On Mutual Assistance To Check Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Home Secretaries of SAARC countries on Wednesday resolved to move forward in the matter of mutual assistance to check terrorism and trans-border crimes and expressed the need for better cooperation among police organisations of member-countries.
- Indian Govt Urges Mly To Be Open In Defence Deals (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India on Wednesday urged its military chiefs to ensure transparency in a swathe of multi-billion dollar deals due to be signed in coming years as the armed forces modernise.
- Contrasting Tales Of Resurgence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2007)
Even if things fall apart on the Indo-US nuclear deal and elections are held early, the polls will be a proper democratic exercise, unlike in Pakistan, where a free and fair election and democracy are still a mirage.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Could Be Dead Before Arrival (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
The is on the ropes and may die before it is approved, according to a report in the Christian Science Monitor.
- More Intriguing Than Interesting (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
WHEN a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement arrived at Bilawal House earlier this week to condole with the provincial leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party over the tragic incidents of Oct 18, it was a major step forward on the rather . . . .
- Real Threat To The Bb-Ppp (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 25, 2007)
New revelations now point directly to Taliban-Al Qaeda as the origin of threat to the PPP leader Ms Benazir Bhutto.
- India Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Agni Missile (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India on Wednesday test fired its nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile for the second time in less than a month and said the latest experiment was a “major success.”
- New Delhi Test-Fires N-Capable Missile (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
India on Wednesday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile for a second time in less than a month and said the latest experiment was a ‘major success.’
- The Question Of Inequality (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 25, 2007)
Income and wealth inequalities are rising alarmingly in India but they barely figure in public discourse. Yet, they threaten to undermine social cohesion.
- Indian Aid Money 'Goes Missing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
More than $3m donated to the Indian prime minister's fund for victims of the tsunami and the Kashmir earthquake have gone missing, court papers say.
- Other Voices Pushto Press (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
ISLAMABAD has finally announced a sub-jirga tasked with implementing decisions of a Pakistan-Afghanistan peace forum, pinning down the causes of militant attacks in the region and suggesting ways of tackling extremism.
- A Fair Investigation? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2007)
AS the debris and smoke of the bomb attack on Benazir Bhutto settled, one thing was clear: the battle with militancy in Pakistan has been raised to a new level.
- Afghanistan: A Once And A Future Nation (Deccan Herald, ROGER COHEN, Oct 24, 2007)
To help forge a better Afghanistan or merely an Afghanistan the Americans involved their NATO friends.
- Signals From Ceasfire (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 24, 2007)
The United Jihad Council is desperate to join in the political dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir’s future, but it may be too late.
- Bomb Blasts Subdue Welcome (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Oct 24, 2007)
The PPPs tenacity to fight the coming elections will influence Pakistans political scenario.
- India Set To Join Turkmenistan Pipeline Project (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 24, 2007)
In a major boost to the energy security policy for the nation, India is all set to join the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline project next month.
- Cbi Has Not Come Clean On Yakub’S Arrest, Says Kode (Indian Express, Menaka Rao, Oct 24, 2007)
Punching holes in the CBI’s claim that Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon was arrested from a Delhi railway station on August 5, 1994, Special TADA judge P D Kode in his judgment says that the investigating agency has “not come clean before . . . .
- S. Asian Terror Database Proposed (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 24, 2007)
Member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation on Tuesday proposed the creation of a database among them for a coordinated action against terrorism, drug trafficking, cyber crimes and financial frauds.
- “India Committed To Gas Pipeline Project” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
India is committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. He is here to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- India Gives Pakistan Proof Of Cross-Border Linkages To Hyderabad Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
New Delhi also sought to know what action Islamabad had taken on information provided about persons believed to be behind the cross-border Samjhauta Express blasts and other terror attacks in India over the last two years.
- The Common Enemy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2007)
THE reiteration of commitment by India and Pakistan on Monday to working together to curb terrorism in their countries is welcome.
- Pakistan And Its Prisoners Of Destiny (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Oct 24, 2007)
Benazir Bhutto knows how to press the right buttons when speaking to Western audiences through the mass media.
- Musharraf Package For Northern Areas (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf announced a package of financial and administrative powers to the Northern Areas on Tuesday.
- Ppp-Musharraf Talks Put On Hold (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2007)
Talks between the Pakistan People’s Party and President Pervez Musharraf on formation of a caretaker government to hold general elections are reported to have been put on hold until the Supreme Court gives its verdict on the presidential election.
- Benazir Bhutto To Avoid Mass Rallies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said Tuesday she had received a new death threat but will start campaigning in Pakistini cities in the next couple of days, avoiding mass rallies.
- Sonia’S Kow-Tow (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2007)
That Congress president Sonia Gandhi is heading to China later this week is good news.
- Benazir Barred From Leaving Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Pakistan has put former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on the Exit Control List (ECL), banning her from leaving the country.
- Bjp For Joint Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The BJP today suggested a joint Indo-Pak action against terrorist groups operating from Pakistan. This, according to the party, will be mutually beneficial for the two countries as both were facing the same problem.
- Threat To Bhutto: Qaeda Woman Will Strike (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Oct 24, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has received an assassination threat from a follower of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
- Musharraf’S Largesse To Northern Areas (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 24, 2007)
In a significant move, President Gen Pervez Musharraf today announced a package of reforms upgrading the status of Northern Areas by creating a legislative assembly.
- Improving Indo-Pak Ties Us Priority: Burns (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 24, 2007)
In a significant move, President Gen Pervez Musharraf today announced a package of reforms upgrading the status of Northern Areas by creating a legislative assembly.
- Bhutto Receives Threat From Female Suicide Bombers (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto has received a threat that she would be targeted by female suicide bombers, one of her close aides said on Tuesday.
- The Bb-Musharraf Equation (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 24, 2007)
Ms Benazir Bhutto has expressed dissatisfaction with the first official report submitted to President Pervez Musharraf on the October 18 suicide-bombing on her rally, and has disclosed some more information to a foreign TV network about who she. . .
- Benazir Bhutto Banned From Leaving Pakistan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Pakistan has put former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the Exit Control List (ECL), banning her from leaving the country, according to Bhutto's spokesman Farhatullah Babar.
- Pranab Leaves For Trilateral Meet, Focus On Better Ties (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
EIGHT MONTHS after their last session in New Delhi, India, China and Russia are set to hold their third standalone Foreign Ministers meeting in this northeastern Chinese city on Wednesday.
- Sindh Governor For 'Two Bombers' Theory (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The bomb blasts targeting former premier Benazir Bhutto resembled attacks by Al-Qaeda and their allied Pakistani militants and were the work of two suicide bombers, the governor of Sindh province has said.
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