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Articles 10221 through 10320 of 21892:
- Oil Pricing: A Correct Decision (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 11, 2006)
The government’s decision to take away the pricing of petroleum products away from the Oil Companies’ Advisory Committee (OCAC) from April 1 and hand it to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) is the correct thing to do, though the . . .
- Us Submits Nuclear Proposal To Congress (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has already submitted a proposal to the US Congress, seeking to amend the laws for enabling India to acquire nuclear technology from the United States while a senior State Department official said he was . . .
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Not A Military Agreement: Boucher (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Mar 11, 2006)
Richard Boucher, the new head of South and Central Asia at the State Department, said on Thursday that the nuclear deal with India was “not a military agreement,” but one meant to “provide a clearly-demarcated, permanently . . .
- Another Shameful Day In The Life Of Lahore (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 11, 2006)
Until two days ago the Punjab government was insisting that Basant would be celebrated come hell or high water.
- Indian Left Has Little Hope For Iran Gas (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 11, 2006)
As Indian officials braced to participate in next week’s crucial tripartite meeting with Iran and Pakistan to specifically discuss the price of gas that Tehran would supply, India’s leftist parties on Thursday expressed the fear . . .
- Playing With Fire In U.P. (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 11, 2006)
The last thing the boiling political cauldron of Uttar Pradesh needed was for the temple town of Varanasi to be hit by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.
- Anatomy Of A Partnership (International Herald Tribune, Henry A. Kissinger, Mar 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush's visit to India has brought relations between the United States and India to an unprecedented level of cooperation and interdependence.
- Musharraf Suggests Joint Management For Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation, self-governance and joint management offered a tenable solution to long-standing Kashmir dispute and urged the Indian leadership to come forward with . . .
- Balochistan Imbroglio (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 11, 2006)
AS violence between the security forces and local population has escalated in Balochistan the acts of terror and sabotage have almost become a daily occurrence. On Friday 26 people were killed and seven injured when a vehicle carrying a wedding . . .
- Vulgarity Of The Nouveau Riche (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Mar 11, 2006)
On Diwali day a Sardarji rang me up to say he had met God face to face and wanted to tell me about it.
- Pak Taliban To Open Office In Wana To Settle Disputes (News International, Sailab Mahsud, Mar 11, 2006)
A meeting of tribal elders and clerics held in Wana on Friday authorised the local Taliban to open an office to settle disputes between the people on the basis of the Sharia and local customs and traditions.
- Police Detain 4 Over Bombings In India (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
Police have detained four people for questioning in bombings that killed 20 people at a temple and train station in Hinduism's holiest city, a top state official said Saturday.
- Yes, Minimum Deterrence Is A Must (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 11, 2006)
The address of President Pervez Musharraf at the inauguration of Centre of Excellence of NESCOM was mainly devoted to his vision of relations with India with focus on economic defence but he also vowed on the occasion to maintain a credible . . .
- Defence And Development (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
The government deserves credit for coordinating all strategic commissions under the National Command Authority.
- Adverse Verdict (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 11, 2006)
Hopes of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer from Punjab languishing in a Pakistani jail, escaping the gallows have been dashed with the Pakistan Supreme Court upholding the death sentence on him.
- Gilgit And Baltistan India’S Integral Part’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 11, 2006)
Continuing its newfound pro-active stance, India on Friday said the Gilgit-Baltistan region known as Northern Areas is a part of Jammu and Kashmir and hence an integral part of India.
- Musharraf Suggests Joint Management For Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 11, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation, self-governance and joint management offered a tenable solution to long-standing Kashmir dispute and urged the Indian leadership to come forward with a timely response . . .
- Fdi Questions (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 10, 2006)
The government’s initiative on changing foreign investment norms in telecom appears to be coming unstuck.
- Finally, General Says Kashmir Bilateral Issue (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan today changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue was a bilateral matter and he did not want it to become multilateral.
- Basant Cancelled Under Mullah Pressure (Daily Times, Khawaja Naseer, Mar 10, 2006)
The Punjab government buckled under pressure from religious parties on Thursday and imposed an immediate ban on kite flying in the province, effectively cancelling the Basant festival.
- White House Defends India N-Pact (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
No intention to pursue a similar civil cooperation with Pakistan
- Bush ‘Made Fatal Error’ By Signing N-Deal With India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
A leading nuclear and security expert has said that the deal signed by President George Bush in New Delhi “endorses and assists India’s nuclear weapons programme”.
- Mush Claims Bush Visit 'Extremely Successful' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said the visit of US President George W Bush to Pakistan was "extremely successful" in discussing issues like Kashmir, acquisition of F-16 fighter jets at cheaper cost and meeting Islamabad's defence . . .
- Critical Need For Consensus On Economic Issues (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, Mar 10, 2006)
In my article at the same time last year, I called that year’s Budget a “deliberately non-dramatic” one. That same description could very well be applied to this year’s Budget. And in this lies a pattern.
- Positive Fallout (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Mar 10, 2006)
The US President, Mr George Bush's public denial of a civilian nuclear deal to Pakistan has led to a positive development that escaped many.
- Bush Boys Begin Nuclear Deal Hardsell (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Bush administration has rejected charges that the Indo-US nuclear deal would fuel an arms race in South Asia.
- Pak Sc Upholds Death Sentence To Sarbjit (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Mar 10, 2006)
Even as the Double Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death sentence of Sarbjit Singh, alias Manjit Singh, his wife Sukhpreet Kaur
and sister Dalbir Kaur today sought immediate intervention of . . .
- Ccs Told: Lashkar Prime Suspect, May Have Used Bangla Operatives For Blasts (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was told tonight that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit was the prime suspect in the Varanasi blasts and had most probably used operatives from Bangladesh and local elements to carry . . .
- Pak Apex Court Rejects Sarabjit's Plea (Times of India, Yudhvir Rana, Mar 10, 2006)
Sarabjit Singh's fate now lies in the hands of Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. In what has come as shocking news to Singh's family in Amritsar, the Pakistan supreme court on Thursday rejected his review petition.
- ‘Kashmir Issue Is Bilateral’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan on Thursday changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue was a bilateral matter and he did not want . . .
- ‘Us Deal Won’T Stop India’S N-Arms Programme’ (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Mar 10, 2006)
While most legislators at this time are keeping their options open, a flavour of the brewing opposition was evident from earlier television testimony by Congressman Hunter who appeared on ABC’s This Week talk show.
- Pakistan Apex Court Rejects Sarabjit's Review Plea (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 10, 2006)
Mercy petition to Musharraf is the only way out: counsel
Fate of other petitions may be known in a week We have no hope: lawyer
- Pakistan Keen To Export Jute Goods To India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Alternative use for jute has emerged
- Going Beyond Separation (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 10, 2006)
By making public the Government's plan for separating the civilian and military components of the India's nuclear energy programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has allayed many of the fears expressed inside and outside Parliament about the . . .
- New Logic For New India (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 10, 2006)
Even after he fell from grace and spent his last years in disgrace, there was one country where Richard Nixon was always welcome. For all its other angularities, China never forgot its indebtedness to the man who in 1971 began the process of extricating t
- Unknown Outfit Owns Up Blasts, Threatens More (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
According to Kashmir news agency CNS, its office in Srinagar received a telephone call on Thursday afternoon from a man who introduced himself as Abdullah or Abu Feroz, a spokesman of Lashkar-e-Kahab.
- Bush - The Controversial (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Mar 10, 2006)
The president of United States of America, George w. Bush (2) may consider himself the most powerful and the best statesman of the world but in reality he stands at the top of the list of controversial leaders.
- Blasting Through Peace (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Mar 10, 2006)
A colonial power was dismissed from a fragmented subcontinent.
- Varanasi Attacks: Police Release Sketches Of Suspects (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday released sketches of two men suspected to have triggered the twin blasts that killed 15 people, even as they said they had reason to believe Pakistan-based terrorist outfit . . .
- House Adjourned For 2nd Day Without Any Business (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The National Conference today forced adjournment of the Legislative Assembly without transaction of any business including discussion on the budget for second day today sticking to their demand for constitution of a House Committee . . .
- Kashmir Issue Bilateral: Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan today changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue was a bilateral matter and he did not want it to become . . .
- Kashmir Conference Begins Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan today changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue was a bilateral matter and he did not want it to become . . .
- Fight It Out (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Mar 10, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that the reopening of educational institutions in the Valley has coincided with step-up in militant violence.
- Us Compulsion Brings (Daily Excelsior, R.S. Rangachary, Mar 10, 2006)
The self-appointed head prefect of the world has rewarded a bad boy of the class.
- Pak Not To Compromise On Deterrence Capability: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf today said Pakistan would not compromise on its nuclear deterrence capability and claimed the world was "astounded" by the test firing of 'Babur' cruise missile last year.
- Sabotaging The Soft Image (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
IT was disturbing to see the police lathi-charge a woman's rally organized by an NGO in Lahore on Wednesday to observe the International Women's Day.
- Pak Economic Superiority To Beat India: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said Pakistan would get an edge over India by achieving economic superiority rather than indulging in an arms race.
- Musharraf Stand (Statesman, CP Bhambhri, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan today changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying:
- Rejecting Indian Claim (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
THE Indian government's opposition to the site of the Diamir-Bhasha Dam on the plea that it would not only infringe on its territory but also inundate large parts of northern Kashmir has been met with a firm rebuttal by Pakistan.
- Conference On Kashmir To Begin In Islamabad Tomorrow (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
National Conference leader Umar Abullah and several leaders from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir would assemble here for a two-day conference beginning tomorrow.
- The Great Deception (Statesman, D BANDYOPADHYAY, Mar 10, 2006)
Sunanda Sanyal’s “Fake ration cards” (28 February-1 March) is an eye-opener on the fraud perpetrated on genuine electors in West Bengal.
- Pak Sc Rejects Sarabjit Plea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
In a major blow to Sarabjit Singh, condemned to death for allegedly spying and carrying out four bomb blasts in Pakistan, the Supreme Court here today rejected his review petition. Singh’s lawyer Rana Abdul Hameed said the review petition . . .
- Pakistan To Enhance Deterrence Capability (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Mar 10, 2006)
Indo-US nuclear deal and the subsequent alteration in strategic balance in South Asia has compelled Pakistan to expand its nuclear threshold and to enhance its detterence capability.
- Earthquake Relief: Second Phase (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The un humanitarian aid coordinating office and Erra, which have been working to provide relief to the October 8 earthquake victims, have announced that they will shortly be launching the next phase of their relief and rehabilitation programmes . . .
- India And Iran, Pakistan Holding Pipeline Talks Next Week (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Officials from India, Pakistan and Iran will meet in Tehran next week to discuss a pipeline project for the export of Iranian natural gas to South Asia, an Indian oil ministry official said.
- Market Crash (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
Just as the government was taking solace in the capital market emerging as one of the world's best performing in the wake of the Finance Ministry's mid-year review that found faults with almost every other sector of the economy, it lost . . .
- Iran’S Nuclear Standoff And Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 10, 2006)
With the United States nudging the International Atomic Energy Agency at every step, the IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has transmitted his report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council at the close of the Agency’s . . .
- Pipeline Talks Next Week (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
Officials from India, Pakistan and Iran will meet in Tehran next week to discuss a pipeline project for the export of Iranian natural gas to South Asia, an Indian oil ministry official said.
- Centcom Chief’S Assertion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The Karzai government must have been deeply disappointed by Gen. John Abizaid’s remarks in Islamabad on Wednesday.
- Fatal Medical Negligence (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The tragic death of a woman in Hyderabad as a result of doctors’ negligence should serve as a wake-up call for provincial health authorities who have so far done little to pull up errant doctors whose casual approach to their profession continues . . .
- Why The Federation Is At Odds With Provinces? (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Mar 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of a raging controversy and widespread protests in the country in general and in Sindh in particular over the construction of mega dams, the federal cabinet decided on January 1 to revive the Council of Common Interests under . . .
- It’S Actually The United States (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
The current row over militants’ movement across the Durand Line was discussed at a meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and US CENTCOM chief Gen John Abizaid in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Gen Musharraf is understood to have called for . . .
- Kashmir Involves India & Pakistan: Cbms Progressing: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.
- Kashmir Issue Is Bilateral: Musharraf (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
After the US publicly rejected its request for facilitation on the Kashmir problem, Pakistan has changed its decades-old stance, with President Pervez Musharraf saying the issue is a bilateral matter and he does not want it to become . . .
- Musharraf Says No Compromise On Deterrence (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said that Pakistan is not into an arms race in the region but will never compromise on its strategy of defensive deterrence to safeguard its sovereignty
- Pak-Afghan Tension (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
That the main issue during talks between General Musharraf and CENTCOM Commander Gen John Abizaid was the situation on Pakistan's western border indicates that differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a point where a third . . .
- Fast-Paced Development In Fata (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that additional funds will be made available for fast track development in the Tribal Areas. Talking to Tribal Maliks and elders, who called on him in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, he said that the Government . . .
- Horse-Trading And Legitimacy Of The Senate (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 09, 2006)
Appearing on a TV channel on Tuesday, opposition politicians complained of the buying and selling of votes in the provincial assemblies on the occasion of elections to the Senate on March 6, 2006.
- Pakistan Blamed For Temple City Blasts (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Mar 09, 2006)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, cornered by the opposition over a devastating bombing incident in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, pointed the finger at Pakistan on Wednesday, saying that the attackers had been trained across the border.
- Blasts In Varanasi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 09, 2006)
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the three blasts in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi on Tuesday, but whosoever carried out this dastardly act deserves to be condemned.
- Shaukat’S Principled Stand On Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is opposed to military action against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme and called for diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s uranium enrichment issue.
- Ard’S Undemocratic Demand (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Opposition parties’ conglomeration ARD has said that it will not accept elections under the present set-up and demanded formation of national or caretaker government to hold free, fair, transparent and honest polls.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Power Moves In Asia (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 09, 2006)
The US pursues goals of nuclear non-proliferation and counter terrorism in South Asia
- Correct Approach (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
While talking to BBC Television at London on Tuesday, Mr Aziz has reiterated Pakistan’s stand on tackling the issue of Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme that the West, mainly the US, wants wound up, suspecting it to be weapons-oriented, . . .
- A New South Asian Order In The Making (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Mar 09, 2006)
Despite the concessions made by Pervez Musharraf for Washington, President Bush’s approach to South Asia indicates very clearly a major shift in US policy, refracted most sharply by his visit to the region.
- Jamali’S Formula For Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Callin for steps to promote harmony between the Centre and Balochistan, former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has urged the President to ensure immediate implementation of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan.
- Pak Rejects Indian Protest On Construction Of Basha Dam (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Pakistan today rejected India's assertion that the construction of Bhasha Dam in Northern Areas would inundate large parts of Jammu and Kashmir, saying the dam was being built for welfare of the people of the area.
- India Protests Pak Dam Plan Over Indus (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
India has protested the construction of Bhasha dam on the Indus river in Gilgit, claiming that it would inundate large parts of land in Pak-controlled part of Kashmir.
- The Nuclear Plan’S Hurdle Race (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Mar 09, 2006)
At last one can heave a sigh of relief of sorts. Even though a lot remains to be done to give practical effect to the July 18 India-US statement on nuclear cooperation, the “successful completion of discussions on India’s separation . . .
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