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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 21892:
- Changing Geostrategic Landscape (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Mar 30, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s recent visit to Pakistan continues to be the subject of debate and discourse at all levels and in every segment of our society.
- Prince Charles Lauds Water Conservation Efforts (Hindu, Sunny Sebastian, Mar 30, 2006)
Marwar villagers have shown extraordinary resilience
Inaugurates conference on sustainable water future
Goes round cluster of villages
Also watches women making papads in their kitchen
- Pak, India To Boost Trade Ties (The Nation, HAQ NAWAZ, Mar 30, 2006)
Pakistan and India Wednesday agreed to ink a new shipping agreement in the near future at New Delhi while talks on air services would be concluded expeditiously.
- Nation Salutes Female Pilots (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
The Convention ceremony of the 116th General Duty (Pilots) Course at the College of Flying Training, PAF Risalpur Academy, held on Tuesday, had a distinct feature. Aviation cadets who received Bachelor of Science degrees included a pioneering . . .
- A Pat On Secretaries’ Back (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that senior bureaucrats are a national asset and they should act as change agents.
- Pakistan Dissatisfied With Indo-Pak Trade (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 30, 2006)
Pakistan's Commerce Secretary Asif Shah has expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of Pakistan’s exports to India due to the non-tariff barriers and high tariff rates. Talking to newsmen after the first day’s talks on economic and . . .
- Pakistan, India Plan Cross-Border Banking (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 30, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Wednesday issued a joint statement after two days of talks on economic and commercial cooperation within the framework of composite dialogue with a resolve that both sides would expeditiously conclude talks on . . .
- Khyber Agency Fighting (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 30, 2006)
Another example of how religion can be exploited for petty purposes and can lead to death and destruction can be seen in what happened in Khyber Agency on Monday and Tuesday.
- Indian Ministry Says Kashmir Doesn’T Need Self-Rule, Autonomy (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 30, 2006)
* Says violence level in Kashmir has declined considerably
* Major leadership of militant groups eliminated
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Timing Not Helpful - Germany (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
A civil nuclear energy deal struck between the United States and India this month was not helpful given that it came in the midst of talks on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions, Germany's foreign minister said.
- J-K:peace Seems To Be On Its Way To Kashmir, Azad (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
With Pakistan welcoming India's latest offer of a treaty of peace, security and friendship, peace seems to be finally coming to Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today.
- Wsf — Successes & Failures (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 30, 2006)
The World Social Forum that closed on Wednesday in Karachi proved to be an event of significance.
- Gwadar Gas Pipeline Project Inaugurated (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that Rs120 to Rs140 billion was being spent on various mega-projects in Balochistan, including Gwadar port, coastal highway and Mirani dam.
- ‘No Rehabilitation For Kashmir Militants’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 30, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday voted out a resolution calling for the return and rehabilitation of youth who had crossed over to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan, India To Ease Business Visas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
* Shipping agreement soon
* Agreement to expedite talks on air service
* Next round of talks expected in May
Pakistan and India have announced several steps as part of their plans to boost bilateral trade and improve economic relations.
- India Registers Trade Surplus With Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
India has registered a trade surplus of about 260 million dollars in its trade with Pakistan while New Delhi's exports to Islamabad stood at USD 547.458 million in the current fiscal so far.
- Rhetoric Divorced From Reality (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Mar 30, 2006)
India must adopt a carrot-and-stick policy while dealing with Bangladesh, says G Parthasarathy
- India, Pak To Jointly Patent Basmati (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to strengthen road and rail transport services, speed up opening of their bank branches in each other's country and constitute a working group to jointly patent Basmati rice.
- India — Monuments And Museums (Daily Times, Razi Azmi, Mar 30, 2006)
Rajasthan gained infamy in 1987 when, in the village of Deorala, the widowed Roop Kanwar performed sati under controversial circumstances burning herself to death at her husband’s funeral pyre, watched by over 100 people.
- Musharraf Pledges To Develop Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Says he will chair all investment conferences
* Inaugurates Islamic bank in Karachi, gas supply project at Gwadar
- Diversification And Energy Security (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Mar 30, 2006)
India's energy security is ineluctably interlinked with the fortunes of its neighbourhood. The country's foreign policy cannot ignore this reality.
- Not A Blueprint For Peace (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Mar 30, 2006)
While proposing during his Amritsar speech on March 24, a treaty of friendship, peace and security with Pakistan, as “the ultimate culmination of the peace-making process”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected the linkage by Pakistan of the Kashmir . .
- Yet Another Yatra (Daily Excelsior, Sunil Gatade, Mar 30, 2006)
BJP leader L K Advani has been the past master in the matter of Yatras, having got the national stature following his first Ram Rath Yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya in 1990 which created a history of sorts-- brought down the VP Singh Government and . . .
- A Dangerous Deal With India (Dawn, Jimmy Carter, Mar 30, 2006)
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.
- Entire Balochistan To Get Gas: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Vows to do away with sense of deprivation; says locals to be employed at Gwadar port
- India, Pakistan For Better Trade Ties (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 30, 2006)
Branches of scheduled banks to be opened in each country; shipping pact soon
- Providing Water, Power And Gas To All (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Mar 30, 2006)
AT a time when people are clamouring to have at least a small share of the fruits of high economic growth, President Musharraf has promised water, power and gas for all by 2008, and if possible by the end of 2007.
- Blossoming Mutinies In Kashmir (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 30, 2006)
India-Pakistandétenteis transfiguring the structure of power within Jammu and Kashmir, sparking off an energetic struggle amongst political groups.
- Basmati Unites Kashmir Rivals (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Mar 30, 2006)
If Kashmir divides India and Pakistan, biryani could unite the neighbours.
- Old Is Gold (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 30, 2006)
With his career-best magical spell of 5 for 31 in the first one-dayer against England off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has proved a point: old is gold.
- Jimmy Carter Opposes Nuke Deal With India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 30, 2006)
Former US president Jimmy Carter has come out strongly against any nuclear concessions to India unless it signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- A Dangerous Deal With India (Washington Post, Jimmy Carter, Mar 29, 2006)
During the past five years the United States has abandoned many of the nuclear arms control agreements negotiated since the administration of Dwight Eisenhower.
- Pakistan To Give India The Saarc Treatment (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 29, 2006)
Islamabad will extend India treatment at par with other Saarc countries under the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) from July 1, this year, Commerce Secretary Asif Shah said.
- Governor Opposes Self Rule, De-Militarization (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha today said that solution of Kashmir problem lies in economics superseding politics in importance, as appears to be happening in the European Union.
- Kashmir Politicians In Pakistan (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 29, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf's decision to meet with pro-accession politicians from Jammu and Kashmir has been hailed as a historic departure from Pakistan's traditional position.
- Mirwaiz For Redefining Structure Of J&k States (News International, Shahid Husain, Mar 29, 2006)
The chairman of the moderate faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said here on Tuesday that the structure of states within Jammu and Kashmir should be "re-defined" and it needs to be a federal structure with . . .
- Verghese Kurien's Exit (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Mar 29, 2006)
Dr. Verghese Kurien's resignation brings an end to an important era in the dairy industry and the cooperative movement.
- In The Name Of Free Speech (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Mar 29, 2006)
Defining the issues - textual, legal and political - behind the Danish cartoons is essential to understand the rage it provoked in the Muslim world.
- Plotting A War On Iran (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Mar 29, 2006)
The decision to refer Iran to the Security Council takes the United States a step closer to effecting yet another "regime change" in West Asia.
- Bury The Congress (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 29, 2006)
The current crisis over the Ordinance controversy impels one to recall events.
- Straw Gives Uk, Usa Credit For Stopping Indo-Pak War (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Intense diplomatic efforts by Britain and the United States prevented India and Pakistan from going to war four years ago, British foreign secretary Mr Jack Straw said today.
- Us Won’T Renegotiate N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
The Bush administration said on Monday that it was not prepared to renegotiate a landmark nuclear deal with India despite resistance to the agreement by legislators whose endorsement was mandatory.
- Rangers Arrest Indian Agent Smuggling Liquor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) has arrested a Pakistani working for Indian intelligence agencies late on Monday night, after injuring him in a shootout on the Wagah border.
- Pakistan, India To Register Basmati Rice (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Mar 29, 2006)
Pakistan and India moved forward in 12 key areas during the third round of the composite dialogue on economic and commercial cooperation in Islamabad on Tuesday.
- A Pandemic Of Fear (Dawn, Marc Siegel, Mar 29, 2006)
one that can serve as a lifesaving response to imminent danger. But because we humans often magnify risk, fear can also cause us to overreact to remote threats, such as bird flu.
- Indo-U.S. Love-Fest (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Mar 29, 2006)
Faced with eroding public support because of its elitist policies, the Congressparty will be left with difficult choices between left- and right-leaning options.
- Mitigating Natural Disasters (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Indian soldiers' peace-time contribution to society often goes unsung and unrewarded, says MM Lakhera
- Dismantle The Jihadi Network (Pioneer, Wilson John, Mar 29, 2006)
The success of India-Pakistan peace process depends on Musharraf's resolve to take on terrorists, says Wilson John
- Loans That Are A Bane (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 29, 2006)
An important issue raised at a session of the World Social Forum in Karachi has a direct bearing on development work in Pakistan.
- All That Glitters Is Not Dubai (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Mar 29, 2006)
Most middle-class Indians identify Dubai as a shopping destination where the latest mobile phone or digital camera can be picked up for a song. In the bargain, they get a three-day-two-night holiday if they can pick the right airline at the . . .
- Window Dressing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 29, 2006)
Addressing a meeting of three Nobel laureates with Pakistani students and young scholars, Mr Shaukat Aziz could not have been more right in asserting that human resource development was essential to achieve success in research and technology advancement.
- Kashmir Before Treaty (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 29, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokesperson is right in pointing out that Pakistan could not accept Dr Manmohan Singh's suggestion to separate the Kashmir dispute from other issues and enter into a peace and friendship treaty with India.
- From Rhetoric To Reality (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 29, 2006)
Taking stock of the domestic political situation, the PML(N) Central Working Committee, which concluded its two-day meeting in London on Monday, called for the formation of a neutral caretaker set-up at least 90 days before the next general elections . .
- Prioritizing Preventive Health Care (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated resolve of the Government to continue focusing on both preventive and curative health care to improve standard of living of the people. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of the capital’s modern ‘Cardiac Ce
- Human Resources,a Real Asset (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Government is taking adequate measures to develop human capital as it’s the most important element for success in the nation’s socio-economic development.
- New Taliban Threatens To Consume Pak (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Mar 29, 2006)
The Pakistani establishment is increasingly nervous about the rise of a group calling itself the "Pakistani Taliban" and reports say that they rule large swathes of tribal land in Waziristan. With distinct identity from the Afghani Taliban, this group is
- House In Ruins (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 29, 2006)
The dialogue process now extends to politicians on both sides of the Line of Control, but none can say when the war will end.
- Diplomacy Saved India, Pakistan: Jack Straw (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Admits Britain's historical failings in its two former colonies
Straw, Powell worked "tirelessly" to defuse standoff
Benefits from having British and U.S. diplomats was "huge"
- Pakistan To Trade With India Under Safta (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 29, 2006)
Pakistan Commerce Secretary announces decision at joint news conference
Positive list will almost become irrelevant
Officials to meet at Wagah to assess infrastructure for transit trade to Afghanistan
- Pak Does Not Have India's Good Record On Non-Proliferation:us (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Praising India's track record on non proliferation, the US has said it did not suggest a civlian nuclear energy deal with Pakistan as it did not have a record of protecting its nuclear materials.
- The Effort Must Continue (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Mar 29, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration at Am-ritsar on Friday, March 24 that India is open to finding out a practical solution to the Kashmir issue may be viewed as one of those statements often proclaimed by political leadership in India and . . .
- A Vain Hope? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 29, 2006)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is not the only one to be surprised by the United States' flirtation with President-in-uniform Pervez Musharraf.
- India Factor An Itch Or A Caress ? (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Mar 29, 2006)
The India-Pakistan relationship is back to where it was - since Partition and until two years ago - in an abyss of mutual mistrust and suspicion, with neither side willing to give each other the benefit of doubt as things slip from bad to worse.
- Imposition Of Singular Identities Foments Violence, Says Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
"There are a great variety of identities to which we simultaneously belong"
- Will Agreements Follow The Buses? (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 29, 2006)
Now is the time for a resolution of key disputes with Pakistan.
- India's Record Is Good: Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
Islamabad not protecting nuclear materials: Burns
- Aphc Seeks China’S Role In Efforts For Kashmir Settlement (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said that China should also be made a party for resolving the Kashmir dispute as it had control over a large chunk of the territory.
- Rethink Security Strategy (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Mar 29, 2006)
Two weeks ago, the Bush administration's latest National Security Strategy was released. What made headline news was a paragraph on page 18 that stated in part:
- Friendship Offer Old Hat: Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 28, 2006)
Stresses need for meaningful dialogue
Says number of positive and important elements in Manmohan's speech
Emphasises that Musharraf has said that status quo cannot be a solution to Kashmir
- Welcome Step (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 28, 2006)
Our consistent stand about those confined behind the bars is that they should not be kept a day more than necessary.
- Sonia Wins Her Spurs (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Mar 28, 2006)
It is ironical that the two main political formations in the country, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, are suffering from sclerosis.
- Azad Hopes Separatists Will Come Forward For Dialogue (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Hoping that separatist groups would come forward for the second roundtable conference, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the peace moves initiated by New Delhi in the state.
- Setback To Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
The efforts of the Bush Administration to get Congress pass legislation that would allow the United States to sell nuclear technology to India and accept it as a full-time partner in the international nuclear community appear to have received . . .
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 28, 2006)
{gt}{gt}Was this what the Pakistan President meant? B. Muralidhar Reddy's report (International, "Foreign miscreants face elimination, says Musharraf", March 25, 2006) read: "`Is this the way to progress and achieve prosperity and earn a respectable . . .
- Omnibus Offer (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 28, 2006)
A symbolic moment can become more striking when the intricate ironies of history are turned around towards a positive future.
- Infosys: Strategic Move (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Mar 28, 2006)
Now that Progeon, the BPO subsidiary of Infosys, has established itself, the absence of Citigroup is unlikely to make a substantial difference to the company.
- .India, Pakistan Hold Trade Talks (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Monday held discussions aimed at enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries, including on the issues of tarrif and non-tarrif barriers and cooperation in customs laws and procedures.
- Conflict, Cash, And The Search For Peace (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 28, 2006)
Is the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ready for dialogue? Or will the vested interests of its junior commanders subvert moves towards a ceasefire?
- We Are Not Hiding Any Bomb: Iran (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Mar 28, 2006)
Unafraid of sanctions: Mashaee
"We are not hiding any [nuclear] bomb in any part of Iraq," Iranian Vice-President Rahim Mashaee said here on Monday.
- Army-Insurgent Fighting Escalates In Balochistan (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Mar 28, 2006)
We will not throw down our arms, says Baloch leader
Escalation in hostilities in strategically-vital province
Baloch forces claim to have killed soldiers in sniper attacks
Bombings cripple surface transport, disrupt gas supplies
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