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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 21892:
- Brutus, Et Tu! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 20, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he has handed over to Islamabad information about Taliban leaders and activists who, he claimed, are orchestrating a stubborn insurgency from Pakistan’s soil. At a Press conference in Kabul on return from . . .
- Apology Fails To Douse Cartoon Anger (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
A Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed today a full-page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammad unleashing a wave of fury by muslims worldwide.
- Comrades Vow Street Protests During Bush Visit (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 20, 2006)
Come what may, Communists who keep the Congress-led government alive are determined to make President George Bush's coming visit a memorable one -- through noisy anti-US street protests.
- Danish Envoy Leaves Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 20, 2006)
Police fired teargas and rubber bullets to break up a banned protest against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Islamabad today and Denmark said its ambassador to Pakistan had returned home for security reasons.
- Thar Express Brings India, Pakistan Closer (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 19, 2006)
Forty-one years after the disruption of the rail link between India and Pakistan on the western border, the much-awaited Thar Express from Pakistan steamed across the desert sands to arrive here on Saturday to a tumultuous welcome by people of India.
- Thar Express Returns Karachi After First Journey To India (News International, Afzal Nadeem, Feb 19, 2006)
Thar Express retuned Karachi Sunday morning completing its first journey to India through Khokhrapar-Monabao route.
- Thar Express Back On Track After 41 Years (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
In a major boost to people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan, the second rail link between the two countries was established today with the trans-border Thar Express resuming operations after a gap of 41 years.
- Take Moderates Along In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 19, 2006)
Law enforcing agencies appear to have made some progress in action against troublemakers, terrorists and saboteurs in Balochistan. A number of Ferari camps have been destroyed in several areas while authorities are expressing their resolve . . .
- Police Plan To Seek Help From Interpol On Terrorist Funding (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Feb 19, 2006)
`Dubai-based money exchanger passed on crores to Hizb militants'
- Nuclear Deal Prejudicial To National Interests: Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Seeks full debate during Parliament session
Onerous restrictions on India'
`Attempts to make country sign NPT'
Pakistan connection alleged in Iran issue
- Karzai Gave Taliban Dossiers To Pakistan (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 19, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan handed over extensive intelligence dossiers to President Pervez Musharraf, containing details of how suicide bombers who attack targets in Afghanistan are being recruited, trained and equipped in Pakistan.
- Nuclear Energy Tops Musharraf Agenda (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Feb 19, 2006)
Five-day China visit from Sunday
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf arrives in Beijing on Sunday for a five-day visit to China, with nuclear energy on top of his agenda.
- Us And India: Time To Think (Tribune, M.V. Kamath, Feb 19, 2006)
By now it is a cliché to say that the United States is the only super power in the world and everybody knows it. But it is behaving like one with India in a manner that can only be described as crude. If India does not bare its teeth now, . . .
- Tasks Before The Soli Sorabjee Panel (Tribune, Doel Mukerjee, Feb 19, 2006)
The Soli Sorabjee Committee constituted by the Manmohan Singh government to review the Indian Police Act is a major boost for the civil society and the citizens who have often faced the brunt of police excesses.
- Thar Express Completes Journey Four Decades In The Making (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
The Thar Express returned with Indian passengers after a historic journey to India on Saturday, marking the reopening of a rail link between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan that was closed for four decades.
- Thar Express Completes First Run (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
A military band played traditional tunes and hundreds of people cheered as a train linking India and Pakistan rolled into a small desert town in western India on Sunday, marking the restoration of a rail link cut off four decades ago.
- Aphc For Kashmir Talks Beyond Indian Constitution (Pakistan Observer, Hameed Shaheen, Feb 19, 2006)
The APHC, AJK/Pakistan chapter, in its emergency meeting at its central office here on Saturday reiterated its stand for the settlement of Kashmir dispute through negotiations but made it clear that the process of negotiations must be outside the . . .
- It Is Not A Measured Step! (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Pakstan has recalled its Ambassador from Copenhagen and the Danish Embassy in Islamabad has suspended its functioning, as protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons continue unabated across the country.
- Bush Visit Will Give A Boost To Indo-Us Ties: Inderfurth (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Feb 19, 2006)
The Indo-US relations have been marked by reciprocal visits to New Delhi and Washington by the leaders of both nations. President George W. Bush will visit India in March.
- Importance Of Guru (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 19, 2006)
It is a commentary on our times that the meaning and connotation of as pious a word as Guru has undergone a change. It is interpreted to mean as if one is clever and adept at unscrupulous ways of the world.
- 3 M Target For Anti-Aids Drive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Just four years after he set up his HIV/AIDS initiative, former US president Bill Clinton is making anti-retroviral treatment available to 50 per cent of the 6.2 million people in the developing world who need the anti-AIDS drugs.
- Azad To Inaugurate Re-Erected Peace Bridge At Loc Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 19, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will tomorrow inaugurate the re-erected Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge), which connects Uri with Muzaffarabad, along the Line of Control (LoC).
- Fuelling ‘Minority Complex’ Among Indian Muslims (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Feb 19, 2006)
My good friend M J Akbar raises a question in his introduction to late Dr Rafiq Zakaria’s seminal book Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?
- Afghanistan’S Involvement Denied In Balochistan: Karzai Condoles Wali’S Death (Dawn, Gulzar Ahmed Khan, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has denied allegations that his country was involved in the tribal insurgency in Balochistan and vowed that Kabul would not allow its soil to be used for terrorism.
- ‘I’D Have Been A Communist’ (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 18, 2006)
“I WOULD have been in the Communist Party if there had been no partition,” says Atal Behari Vajpayee, former prime minister, who led the BJP coalition for six years at the centre.
- Passport-Less Durand Line (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has proposed that there should not be any passports between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the pattern of European Union, as this would allow more trade and prosperity for the two countries.
- Protection Of Foreign Investment (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has held out a categorical assurance for full protection to foreign investment, saying Pakistan’s rapidly growing economy and friendly economic regime offers profitable business prospects in a host of fields.
- Moving Ahead With Safta (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Paksitana's Recent Ratification of the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement constitutes a big leap forward for the SAARC exercise.
- The Guantanamo Disgrace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
IT is time to close the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. The detainees there, numbering about 500, should be tried in court or released. It is inhumane to hold them indefinitely in a place where torture is not uncommon and due process is absent.
- A Friend & A Global Player (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Feb 18, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to pay an official visit to China in the next few days.
- Yasin Holds Talks With Indian Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and called for equal role for Kashmirirs in the India-Pakistan dialogue over the disputed region.
- India Supports Iran Pipeline: Delhi To Join Turkmenistan Plan: Jadoon (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 18, 2006)
Petroleum ministers of Pakistan and India gave their unequivocal support on Friday to the proposed gas pipeline from Iran, saying neither fears about trouble in Balochistan nor the raising of international finances for the project were an issue.
- Kabul, Islamabad To Share Information On Taliban (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Feb 18, 2006)
* Abdullah says Al Qaeda has no base in Afghanistan
* ‘Our relations with India are very important’
- Bilateral Barometer (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 18, 2006)
Seafarers have always kept an eye on the “glass” to check if the weather was closing in. In recent years the fate of fisherfolk seeking a livelihood off the Gujarat coastline has become an accurate index of the health of Indo-Pak relations.
- Let Founder Under House-Arrest (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan government today put under house-arrest founder leader of banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toeba (LeT) and detained over 150 others for violating a ban on rallies as fresh protests broke out against publication of Prophet Mohammad’s cartoons ...
- India-Pakistan Train Link Sparks Reunion Hopes (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Second rail link between Khokarapar and Munabao opened on Saturday, decades after it was severed.
- Cartoon Issue: One More Perspective— (Daily Times, Shaukat Qadir, Feb 18, 2006)
It seems the world is determined to drive home to students of sociology that while all other cultures might be areligious, the only religious culture that threatens the world is that of Islam
- On A Trip Of Friendship (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 18, 2006)
President Hamid Karzai’s three-day visit to Pakistan was the latest in a series of exchanges at the top government level the two countries have had in the post-9/11 period.
- Fresh Chance For Tea Exports (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 18, 2006)
After being thwacked all over the park over the last decade or so by the competition, India at last has a chance of getting a bit of its tea export market back, courtesy the drought in Kenya which could shrink that country’s ‘06 crop by 25% from .. .
- India Fears For Its Security If Iran Row Escalates (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India is deeply concerned at the growing rhetoric and possibility of a confrontation over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- Free, But Not Fair (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
Islam is by no means the only religion which gives its founder greater respect than God. It is equally true of other religions as well.
- The Contrast In Treatment (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 18, 2006)
An interesting contrast between Indians and their rulers and Pakistanis and their dictators is the way they treat their creative artists — painters, poets, novelists and thinkers.
- Doctor Prescribes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
Under attack on foreign policy, PM needed to show firmness. He’s done that. Must do more
- 'Security' Shaped Stand On Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday maintained that security concerns "shaped" the government's position on the Iran vote at the IAEA.
- Security Concerns Behind Stance On Iran: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Cites proliferation in extended neighbourhood
Committed to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline
Attempts on to build consensus in IAEA
- Thar Express Reaches Munabao From Jodhpur (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Thar Express train, linking India and Pakistan through Rajasthan, reached Munnabao on Saturday after an overnight journey from Jodhpur.
- Broad Contours (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 18, 2006)
It is fashionable for the opposition to describe the President's address to Parliament as "lifeless and directionless".
- After Pokhran Thrust (Daily Excelsior, K.S. Rangachary, Feb 18, 2006)
The prime minister’s office (PMO) and the country’s nuclear establishment are shadow-boxing over the separation of civilian and military nuclear facilities as part of the deal with the US.
- The General Is Here Again (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Feb 18, 2006)
Pakistan President General Musharraf is back at his favourite game of blowing hot and cold against India these days. At the Economic Meet in Davos, he replayed the Kashmir tune and pleaded for demilitarization of Kashmir and . . .
- Cartoons: Clinton & Chirac Say Publication A Mistake (Indian Express, Faisal Aziz, Feb 18, 2006)
Anger against cartoons of Prophet Muhammad flared anew in Asia on Friday in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Kitne Musalman Hain? (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Feb 18, 2006)
Let me ask you a question I like to put often to the top brass of our armed forces, as well as the police, paramilitary and intelligence organisations: when was the last time you heard a column of the army, called out to restore order in a communal riot,
- Pm Draws Line: Iran’S Rights Vs India’S Security (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
‘Ties with Iran civilizational...can’t turn blind eye to security implications of clandestine proliferation’
- ‘India’S Vote Does Not Detract From The Friendly Relations We Enjoy With Iran’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
Full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s suo motu statement on Iran in Parliament
- Musharraf’S Other Wars (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 18, 2006)
SELIG S. HARRISON on the armed struggles to defend Pakistan from within
- A Political Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Feb 18, 2006)
India would prefer to solve the Kashmir issue without involving Pakistan India's Kashmir policy - if at all there is such a thing - is bizarre. To the rest of the world India never fails to point to the existence of an elected government, . . .
- Thar Express Set To Roll Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
After a 30-year break, Rajasthan will be linked directly with Pakistan’s Sindh province when Thar Express is flagged off from here on Saturday.
- Pm Justifies Vote Against Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Defending India’s vote against Iran’s nuclear programme in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this month, PM Manmohan Singh has said that his government’s position was determined by the ......
- Big Welcome Awaits Thar Express Today (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Feb 18, 2006)
India, Pakistan reviving rail link across the western border after four long decades
- "India Supports Diplomatic Efforts For Amicable Solution" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 18, 2006)
Manmohan says his Government values bilateral ties, upholds Iran's rights and obligations, but has proliferation concerns.
- The Nuclear Issue And Iran's Domestic Debate (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 18, 2006)
While there is a consensus in Iran on acquiring nuclear know-how, there are deep differences on whether to go in for weapons capability. But the threat of aggression by the U.S. or Israel could prove a rallying factor.
- Thar Express Starts Journey From Jodhpur (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
With over 200 passengers onboard, the Thar Express, an international linkage train between India and Pakistan through Rajasthan, began its maiden joureny from Jodhpur tonight and is scheduled to reach Munabao tomorrow.
- India Must Extend Reasonable Comfort Level To Sort Out Free Trade Agreement Issues, Says Sri Lanka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Sri Lankan Commerce Minister calls for confidence building exercise for enlargement of FTA
Many issues remained unresolved
We are not a threat but a business partner
- Thar Express Flagged Off In Karachi Amid Fanfare (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 18, 2006)
First direct link between southern Pakistan and India
The Thar Express, linking Rajasthan with the Sindh province in Pakistan, was flagged off amid nostalgia and fanfare at the Cantonment station here on Friday night.
- No Evidence Of Isi Presence, Says Kerala Govt (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Kerala government has made it clear that it had not come across any evidence of ISI activities in the state.
- New Delhi Committed To Iran-India Gas Pipeline - Pm (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
India is committed to building a pipeline to carry Iranian gas across Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told parliament on Friday.
- Manmohan For Engaging All Parties In Talks (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Feb 18, 2006)
Meets JKLF chairman Yasin Malik
We have an open mind: Prime Minister
Implement Naga peace process model: Malik
- Cong Finds Ally In Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The fact of the Congress having more in common with the BJP on foreign policy than with its Left allies came out in the open in Parliament today when the Prime Minister mounted the government’s defence for voting against . . .
- Pak Shield For Iran N-Fire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
The Prime Minister kept America out of the picture as he defended his government’s vote on Iran today, focusing solely on the Tehran-Islamabad link and the threat it posed to India.
- Yasin Bent On Voice For Valley (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik today reiterated his demand to include Kashmiris in the peace process during his meeting with the Prime Minister.
- Involve Kashmiris In Indo-Pak Talks, Malik Tells Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Senior Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik on Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to involve the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the peace talks between India and Pakistan to make the parleys more meaningful.
- Fences Can’T Stop Terrorists, Says Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Opposing the erection of fence on Pak-Afghan border, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday said fences and barricades could separate two nations, but would not stop terrorist activities.
- Nuke Deal Unlikely During Bush Visit (Tribune, Priscilla Huff, Feb 18, 2006)
American analysts and experts familiar with South Asian affairs have expressed scepticism over India and the United States finalising their July 18, 2005 bilateral civilian nuclear accord before or even during President George W. Bush’s first visit . . .
- Vote On Iran In National Interest, Says Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
In a strong defence of India’s vote at the IAEA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured both Houses of Parliament that his government’s stand was based on “objectives of upholding Iran’s rights and obligations” and country’s . . .
- Khan Link Prompted Iran Vote: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday strongly defended India’s recent vote against Iran at IAEA by articulating long-held proliferation concerns over Tehran’s links with rogue Pakistani scientist A Q Khan and pointing to Islamabad’s . . .
- India Committed To Ipi Pipeline: Singh (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2006)
Says Delhi wants closer ties with Iran despite IAEA
India wants to strengthen its ties with Iran, despite New Delhi support to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on Friday.
- Pm Defends Vote On Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 18, 2006)
The following is the text of the suo motu statement on Iran the Prime Minister made in Parliament on Friday:
- Two More Rockets Fired From Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Two more rockets, fired by coalition troops in Afghanistan, fell in Pakistan’s Saidgai tribal town of North Waziristan tribal agency on Wednesday night.
- Killing Of Chinese Engineers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 17, 2006)
Three Chinese engineers and their drier were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Hub on Wednesday. A group calling itself the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack on the Chinese engineers later in telephone calls to newspaper . . .
- Bad For All (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 17, 2006)
There is more than one indication that intelligentsia in Pakistan is keeping its fingers crossed whether the country's President Pervez Musharraf would hold general election as scheduled in 2007.
- Unabated Madness Of Violence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 17, 2006)
Violence overwhelmed the protest rallies against publication of blasphemous caricatures in European newspapers in Peshawar on Wednesday.
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