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Articles 9621 through 9720 of 21892:
- Polluting Tanneries (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 28, 2006)
Plans may be afoot to instal an effluent treatment plant in Sialkot and to shift tanneries in the area to an industrial zone created specifically for the purpose, but until these are implemented, people living there will continue to be exposed . . .
- Package For Balochistan (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 28, 2006)
ON Sunday Mr. Shaukat Aziz announced an additional sum of Rs 6 billion under the NFC Award for Balochistan’s development and promised 30,000 new jobs.
- Fleeting Opportunity (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 28, 2006)
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has described 2006 as the ‘make or break’ year for the Kashmir issue. Addressing a Press conference in Karachi on Sunday, he said that if the fleeting opportunity is not captured to resolve the Kashmir issue, . . .
- Health Care Inadequacies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 28, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf’s assurance that his government will provide medical care to the people at the grassroots level will be received with a measure of scepticism.
- Indo-Pak Trade Linked To Settling Disputes: Humayun (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Increased trade between India and Pakistan will need parallel progress in resolving political disputes, Pakistani Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said on Monday as officials from both sides began three days of talks.
- Islamabad’S Balochistan Policy Is Shaping Up (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 28, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was in Quetta and announced the creation of 30,000 posts in various government departments, including the police and Frontier Corps to boost employment in Balochistan.
- Mirwaiz For Grasping (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 28, 2006)
APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has described 2006 as the ‘make or break’ year for the Kashmir issue. Addressing a Press conference in Karachi on Sunday, he said that if the fleeting opportunity is not captured to resolve the Kashmir issue, . . .
- Mortgaging India's Sovereignty (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Mar 28, 2006)
The policy of liberalisation and now the nuclear deal has made India dependent on the US, says CP Bhambhri
- Swimming Strongly In Low Tide (The Economic Times, Naina Lal Kidwai, Mar 28, 2006)
We thought of writing this piece when recently, we were seated adjacently at a national chamber of commerce meeting. The mood was euphoric and kudos is due to our economic policies, the corporate sector and to those selling the India story.
- Preparing For Elections (News International, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 28, 2006)
Yesterday’s Nation carried three different news-items underlining the need for holding free and fair general elections in the country in 2007.
- Warm Pool' To Buoy Wet Session (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Mar 28, 2006)
Thunderstorms, hailstorms in the next few days
Small showers
The Bay islands have been brought under a spell of intermittent heavy showers.
The wet session would extend to coastal Tamil Nadu and Kerala as well.
- Road Map For Enhanced Trade (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 28, 2006)
India, Pakistan to firm up "Mutual Recognition Agreement"
Agreement to pave the way for enhanced trade
Consensus on exploring bilateral arrangement on customs cooperation
- Centre Clears Coastal, Desert Security Plans For Gujarat (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Keeping in mind cross border threats, the Central government has approved of three major security beefup proposals for Gujarat including coastal and desert patrolling, Minister of State for Home Amit Shah told the Assembly today.
- Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 28, 2006)
It is interesting that any political party in "Azad" Kashmir (as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known) should be resisting the extension of a Pakistani organisation into the region.
- Accord On Removal Of Trade Barriers (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Monday agreed to identify and remove non-tariff barriers (NTBs), which restrict the smooth flow of trade between the two countries.
- Treaty Possible After Kashmir Settlement: Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Mar 28, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday expressed optimism that Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s offer of a ‘friendship treaty’ would give impetus to the sluggish peace process between the two countries.
- Pakistan Welcomes Manmohan's Offer (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 27, 2006)
Call to treat all issues in a wider and integrated framework
Resolve simpler issue first
Need for change in bureaucratic mindset
- Afghan Man Saved From Execution (Washington Times, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court yesterday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Pakistani Muslim Emerges As Britain's King Of The Ring (International Herald Tribune, Pat Jordan, Mar 27, 2006)
The young Asian women, with diamond studs in their noses and bindis on their foreheads, stood by the boxing ring of the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, their cellphone cameras at the ready.
- Kashmiris' Inclusion In Talks Urged (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 27, 2006)
Kashmiri leaders on Sunday while speaking in a seminar at World Social Forum moot at City Sports Complex demanded participation of Kashmiris in the peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Yasin Wants Referendum On Both Sides Of Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
A permanent solution to the longstanding Kashmir conflict can only be achieved if the people of the disputed valley are equally engaged in the peace process as the leadership of Pakistan and India, senior Kashmiri leaders said on Sunday.
- Mirwaiz Urges Unity For Kashmir Solution (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Chairman of the moderate faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has called upon all political and religious parties and liberation movements in both parts of Kashmir to raise voice for an immediate and just solution of the Kashmir
- Govt Striving To Project Soft Image Of Pakistan: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Inauguration of Mangla View Resort will prove to be a milestone in promotion of domestic and international tourism, President General Pervez Musharraf has said.
- Qaida Plotted To Poison Uk Beer, Burgers (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
A member of a British al-Qaida cell plotted to poison football fans with contaminated beer, a court heard on Saturday.
- Host Of Experts For Seminar On Indo-Pak Peace (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Close on the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s roundtable conference on Kashmir, a two-day mini-conclave is being held here to discuss various aspects of the peace process between India and Pakistan and internal dimensions.
- Politics Of Principles (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 27, 2006)
The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rehman Group) on Saturday said it had cancelled the party membership of four Members of the NWFP Assembly for not casting votes in favour of party candidates in the recently held Senate polls.
- Hizb Chief Salahuddin Appears In Public (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Sayed Salahuddin, the leader of Pakistan-based terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen who was reportedly detained early this month by the Pakistani authorities, has appeared in public in the country's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP).
- `I Am Focussing On Structural Issues In Specific Sectors' (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Mar 27, 2006)
There are serious problems in exports of tea, coffee, rubber, spices, marine products and leather industry and they have to be addressed. — Mr Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Commerce
- Better Investment Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 27, 2006)
Pakistan has reportedly sold 10-year and 30-year bonds worth $800 million in the international market.
- Dangerous Offer (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
It has become as customary for India's political leaders to make grand gestures of goodwill towards Pakistan as it has for 'secular', English-speaking society in Delhi to patronise Sufi singers and musicians.
- Wage Unending War On Terror (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Mar 27, 2006)
Terrorism is an invisible enemy which has plagued India since 1980s in one form or the other.
- Sui Tribesmen’S Return (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 27, 2006)
The rreturn of more than 1,500 tribesmen to their original home in the Sui area deserves to be welcomed. Led by Mir Hamadan Bugti, one of Mr Akbar Bugti’s rival and belonging to the Rahija clan of the Bugti tribe, these men, women and children . . .
- Afghan Court Drops Trial Of Convert (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
An Afghan court on Sunday dropped its case against a Christian who faces execution for converting from Islam, referring the matter to Kabul’s top prosecutor for a final decision, an official said.
- Balochistan Certainly Needs More (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced a development package of Rs 2.8 billion for the district governments in Balochistan under Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP).
- No Mfn Status To India, Pak Links It To Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ahead of their crucial trade talks here tomorrow, Pakistan has stuck to its stance of linking the issues of Most Favoured Nation status for India and transit facilities for its goods with progress in resolution of political issues including Kashmir.
- Afghan Court Drops Case Against Convert (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
* Official says the case was dismissed due to ‘a lack of information and legal loopholes’
- Musharraf’S ‘True Democracy’ (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 27, 2006)
In a country where democracy has always been difficult to define under the best of circumstances President Pervez Musharraf has laid claim to “true democracy” under his rule.
- Straight Talk (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 27, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has once again done well to place the entire scenario in the sub-continent including this State in correct perspective for Pakistan to understand and appreciate.
- Terror Proliferation (Daily Excelsior, Anil Bhat, Mar 27, 2006)
The terrorist attacks in Varanasi, followed by the killing of Ghulam Yazdani and Kajol - both Bangladeshis in New Delhi and one more in Lucknow as well as the capture of Siddiqul Islam, alias Banglabhai, boss of Jagrata Muslim Janata . . .
- A Talk With The Begum (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 27, 2006)
The two sides agree to disagree
- Pakistan Appreciates "Positive Tone" Of Pm's Remarks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Pakistan has said the "positive tone" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks advocating an Indo-Pak Treaty of Peace, Security and Friendship was "appreciable," but cautioned that such offers in the past had failed to materialse into . . .
- Mma Leader Asks Mush To Follow Sonia's Example (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Asking Pervez Musharraf to learn a lesson from Congress leader Sonia Gandhi who quit her Lok Sabha seat over the 'office of profit' issue, a top leader of Pakistan's Islamist alliance has said he should step down as Army Chief and President and . . .
- Kashmiris In Fear In Goa (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
Ahead of their crucial trade talks here tomorrow, Pakistan has stuck to its stance of linking the issues of Most Favoured Nation status for India and transit facilities for its goods with progress in resolution of political issues including Kashmir.
- Peace Initiative (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 27, 2006)
PM has focused on Kashmir for progress on peace process
- A Sensible Offer (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 27, 2006)
Competition, it seems, can be beneficial for relations between two long-bickering countries.
- Diplomacy Takes A High Road (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Mar 27, 2006)
India might be pleased with the success of its bus diplomacy in Punjab — but China, as always, is a couple of steps ahead when it comes to promoting trans-border connectivity as part of its grand strategy towards the Subcontinent.
- Afghan Court Drops Christian Convert Case (US News & World Report, Daniel Cooney, Mar 27, 2006)
A court on Sunday dismissed the case against an Afghan man facing possible execution for converting from Islam to Christianity, officials said, paving the way for his release.
- Sangh Sings Sonia Praise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
New Delhi, March 26: Sonia Gandhi has won admirers in the unlikeliest of political and geographical corners with her twin resignations — in the Sangh and in Pakistan.
- Indo-French Joint Air Exercise From Today (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Mar 27, 2006)
In August 1999, Indian MiG-21 fighters shot down a Pakistani Atlantique-I submarine hunter aircraft in the North Arabian Sea after it penetrated the international border.
- Do We Submit To Quasi-Colonial Surrender? (Deccan Herald, V. R. Krishna Iyer , Mar 27, 2006)
Every office – executive, judicial, legislative or other – is a constitutional trust, and the nation’s sovereignty is non-negotiable.’
- Alliances: Rhetoric And Reality (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Mar 27, 2006)
There is a growing tendency in the world to describe a friendly relationship as a “strategic alliance”.
- Madarsa Too Many (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2006)
The Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) is understandably concerned over the mushrooming of 1,900 madarsas on both sides of the India-Nepal border in the recent past.
- Climate Change To Hit Farmers (Tribune, Andy McSmith, Mar 27, 2006)
Over 70 million Africans and an even greater number of farmers in the Indian sub-continent will suffer catastrophic floods, disease and famine if the rich countries of the world fail to change their habits and radically cut their carbon emissions.
- The India Tilt In Us Policy (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Mar 27, 2006)
The Bush administration now recognises the true importance of India
- Pak Terror Infrastructure Alive And Kicking: Book (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2006)
The ‘’Islamic Jihad’’ the civilised world is grappling with today, was born and nurtured in South Asia by the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Bangladesh triumverate, and what is being witnessed in West Asia, particularly after the US-led war in . . .
- Projects For Punjab (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 27, 2006)
Prime Minister must follow them
- A Revolution With Words (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Mar 26, 2006)
The book is an attempt to retrieve the spirit of resistance that once roamed freely in Urdu literature.
- India Offers To Redesign Baglihar Dam (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Mar 26, 2006)
India is prepared to review and redesign the controversial Baglihar dam provided Pakistan assures that it will withdraw the case it has submitted to the World Bank against India for violating the Indus Basin Waters Treaty.
- Focus To Remain On Kashmir Issue: Kasuri (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 26, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri has said Pakistan has no inhibitions about resolving other issues, including Siachen and Sir Creek, with India but the focus is to remain on the core issue of Kashmir.
- India Plans Meeting Of Azad, Sikandar (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 26, 2006)
The Indian establishment is working on arranging the first-ever bilateral meeting of the heads of government of Indian and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
- Doordarshan Puts Ajk Towns On Weather Bulletin (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 26, 2006)
India’s state-run television channel Doordarshan has started giving the weather of Muzaffarabad, Gilgit, Skardu and Chitral in its weather scroll alongside towns in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir.
- Pakistan Links Mfn Status To India With Kashmir Solution (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Mar 26, 2006)
A 15-member Indian delegation led by SN Menon, secretary commerce, arrived in Islamabad on Saturday night for participation in the plenary session of second meeting of Pakistan-India Joint Study Group on March 27 and third round of Composite . . .
- General Musharraf’S Partiality (Daily Times, General Musharraf, Mar 25, 2006)
The ruling Pakistan Muslim League put up a show on March 23 at Lahore’s Minto Park to celebrate both the Lahore Resolution, now re-christened as the Pakistan Resolution, and the League’s 100th anniversary .
- Misplaced Defence (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 25, 2006)
All this talk of Muslims and the mainstream recalls a Bihar minister who, visiting Telco’s office in Jamshedpur, asked General Shiv Verma, who had a post-retirement job there, how many Biharis he employed. Shooting his immaculate cuffs and with . . .
- Killing By Afghan Troops (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
ONE must condemn without reservation the cold-blooded murder of 17 Pakistani civilians by Afghan security forces on Tuesday in Spin Boldak.
- Balochistan Imbroglio (Daily Excelsior, Vazeeruddin, Mar 25, 2006)
Since its creation in August 1947, courtesy the divide and rule policy of the British departing from (undivided) India, Pakistan has been trying to wrest Kashmir from India by launching military attacks against India and extending all manner of . . .
- Pak Soldier Killed In Clashes Near Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Fierce clashes in a volatile Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border killed one soldier and several militants on Friday, a security official said.
- Pm To Pak: Begin Talks With People Of Pok, Northern Areas (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sent out a veiled message to Islamabad to provide a say in governance to residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Northern Areas as he said the two countries should "begin a dialogue" with the people . . .
- Outcry Rises Over Afghan Christian Convert (Reuters, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Mar 25, 2006)
Growing international pressure on Afghanistan to respect the religious freedom of a Christian convert was met in Afghanistan on Friday by calls for the man to be executed for denying Islam.
- Pakistan, India Launch New Bus Amid Emotional Scenes (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
The annual Sikh pilgrimage to Nankana Sahib in Pakistan took on special significance this year with the first bus service linking the birthplace of the religion's founder with Amritsar in India.
- Pakistan, India Closer To Siachen Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan and India were heading towards an agreement on troop withdrawal from Siachen, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
- Pak Security Forces Kill 18 Pro-Taliban Militants (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistani security forces backed by helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts in the restive North Waziristan region on Friday, killing 18 pro-Taliban militants after rebels attacked a paramilitary post leaving a soldier dead.
- Strong Condemnation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There can be no soft words for the present government's increasingly visible inability to provide a necessary checks-and-balances framework under which the market mechanism can operate.
- Mrs Gandhi's Course (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
There is a lot to be appreciated in the way Mrs Sonia Gandhi practices politics.
- Warnings And Promises (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 25, 2006)
Speaking at the PML convention on Thursday, General Musharraf warned the foreign militants and their local supporters in tribal areas to quit Pakistan or be eliminated.
- Shunning India-Centric Policies (Dawn, Masood H.Kizilbash, Mar 25, 2006)
Pakistan has assiduously pursued the policy of confrontation and competition with India since 1947. The advice of president Musharraf in his press conference on March 5 to his countrymen was to shun India-centricity and, instead, concentrate on . . .
- Little Progress On Tb (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 25, 2006)
World Tuberculosis Day, Pakistan had little to show for its efforts to combat the infectious disease that afflicts 350,000 people in the country each year and kills about 60,000. Despite extending the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short . . .
- Pm Flags Off Peace Offer (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 25, 2006)
THE Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday has come as an answer to a long-held yearning of the Punjabis.
- Invisible Forces In Kashmir (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Mar 25, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir is once again caught in currents, cross-currents and under-currents of varied thinking processes on the future of the State.
- Pm Will Speak To Pak Prez On Sarabjit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 25, 2006)
Casting a glimmer of hope in their darkened lives, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday promised the family of Sarabjit Singh condemned to death in Pakistan that he will again take up the matter with President Pervez Musharraf.
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