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Articles 11521 through 11620 of 21892:
- Pervez Prods Delhi On Kashmir (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Feb 06, 2006)
Cutting out the usual Kashmir Solidarity Day rhetoric, President Pervez Musharraf today exhorted India to show more courage and sincerity if it wished to see the stalemate over the disputed state broken.
- Losing Peripheral Vision (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Feb 06, 2006)
The current dispensation in New Delhi does not seem serious about settling the periphery of India — whether it be Kashmir or Nagaland. As long as Metropolitan India is safe, it feels secure. The bushfires in the periphery can continue for all it cares.
- Old Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 06, 2006)
The decision by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to report Iran to the United Nations security council, for its non-compliance on the nuclear issue, was inevitable.
- No Compromise On National Sovereignty (Daily Excelsior, Sanchet Barua, Feb 06, 2006)
The Naga ceasefire that was to expire on February 1 has been extended for another six months by the government and the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isaac-Muivah). The decision was taken after four-day long discussions between . . .
- Pak Allows Sugar Import From Wagah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Pakistan Government has formally allowed the import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar from India by road through Wagah border for the first time, hoping it would bring down the spiralling prices in domestic market.
- India To Take Up Spread Of Terror Outfits In Talks With Pak (Press Trust of India, Priyanka Tikoo, Feb 06, 2006)
Concerned over the spread of activities of Pak-based terrorist outfits in India, Governemnt is going to take up the issue during the Home Secretary level talks scheduled for next month in Islamabad.
- Us To Withdraw Troops In Pak Quake-Hit Areas (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 06, 2006)
Some 750 American troops in Pakistan's quake-hit areas will begin withdrawing from the middle of this month, bringing to a close the biggest ever external relief operations carried out by the US, officials said today.
- Musharraf Urges India To Consider His Proposals (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Observing that people in Kashmir region were tired of tensions, President Pervez Musharraf today urged India to seriously consider his proposals for demilitarisaiton and self governance to resolve the Kashmir issue.
- Musharraf Says Peace Linked To Kashmir (Dawn, Tahir Naqash, Feb 06, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday called upon the Indian leadership to take advantage of the atmosphere in the wake of the Oct 8 earthquake and resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
- There Is Life After Fossil Fuels (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
Budget 2006 must help to rearrange India’s energy basket, says VIKRAM SINGH MEHTA
- Playing By The Ear (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Feb 06, 2006)
The Pakistan constitution, bureaucracy and citizenry are too weak to keep the Army subordinate to the govt
- Pak Gives Guarded Response To Iaea Resolution On Iran Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Pakistan today gave a guarded reaction to the IAEA resolution for reporting Iran's nuclear issue to UN Security Council, saying it welcomes the part of the motion which specifies that the nuclear watchdog would continue to make efforts to resolve . . .
- Iran Ends Cooperation With Iaea (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 06, 2006)
Teheran will begin full-scale production of enriched uranium
Ready for exploratory talks with Russia
No more inspection of nuclear facilities
"India not under any pressure"
- Mirwaiz's Cavalcade Attacked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
In the second attack in less than a week on Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, suspected BJP-Shiv Sena workers on Sunday attacked the separatist leader's cavalcade here.
- Involve Northern Areas In Talks: Amanullah (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 06, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Amanullah Khan has said that Pakistan should demonstrate sincerity in resolving the Kashmir issue by including the northern areas of the State in the peace process.
- Jaswant Singh Puzzles Observers (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 06, 2006)
Political observers here are intrigued over the decision of the senior BJP leader, Jaswant Singh, not to visit the Jinnah mausoleum though he has been in Pakistan for six days and in Karachi for over four days.
- Finally, A Chain Reaction (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 06, 2006)
Oil, nationalism tinged with religious zealotry and non-proliferation are the incendiary mix that make the task of dealing with Iran’s clandestine nuclear activities so difficult. Fortunately, ...
- Major Kashmir Study Sees Trade As The Road To Peace (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Feb 05, 2006)
A new study released on Friday proposes the creation of a special economic zone in all of Kashmir, with duty free access to India and Pakistan, along with an institutional framework for joint investment.
- Promoting The Reading Habit (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Feb 05, 2006)
Book buying is not common. Prices are too high for most people. Publishers are cautious, and most of them are reluctant to publish serious books. Normally, they will print no more than a 1,000 copies of any title, and often only 500, . . .
- Indians Change Strategy For Odis (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Feb 05, 2006)
While Indians are contemplating to change their strategy for one day series that commences from Monday at Peshawar, Pakistan are sitting tight with the test series success as they have made only one change in the winning squad.
- Iran Vows Pipeline To Pakistan If India Drops Out (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Another Milestone In Pak It (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 05, 2006)
A Pakistan IT firm – TRG – having presence in countries like the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, has established its office in Manila. It was inaugurated by the President of Philippines.
- Danish Envoy’S Expulsion Demand Unrealistic (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 05, 2006)
The nation has voiced its outrage at the Danish newspaper’s blasphemous cartoons. President Musharraf, Parliament, political parties and the Juma congregations unanimously condemned the cartoons and termed their publication as highly provocative . . .
- Kashmir Solidarity Day: President, Pm For Peace In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have emphasised the need to end violence and human rights abuses in held Kashmir.
- Musharraf Needs His Own Party (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Feb 05, 2006)
Having dominated the national scene longer than any of his chief rivals, Gen Musharraf should go to the people in 2007 with his own, new party rather than continue to rely on the defectors from other parties.
- Iran To Go Ahead With Pipeline, Even Without India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Twilight Of The West (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 05, 2006)
Niall Ferguson From the Daily Telegraph © Niall Ferguson
The author is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University www.niallferguson.org
- Pak Gives Guarded Response To Iaea Resolution On Iran Issue (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Pakistan today gave a guarded reaction to the IAEA resolution for reporting Iran's nuclear issue to UN Security Council, saying it welcomes the part of the motion which specifies that the nuclear watchdog would continue to make efforts to resolve . . .
- Iran Vows Pipeline To Pakistan If India Drops Out (Reuters, Reuters, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will press ahead with a contentious gas pipeline to Pakistan even if India does not meet a May deadline to join the project, an Iranian deputy oil minister was quoted as saying on Saturday.
- Ally Left’S Sorry Saturday: Iran Goes To Un, Airport Staff To Work (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 05, 2006)
Going along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, and concerned over Tehran’s A Q Khan link, India today voted in favour of a resolution by the nuclear watchdog agency IAEA to report the Iran nuclear . . .
- ``Hurriyat Does Not Represent All Kashmiris'' (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 05, 2006)
Ready to buy goods from India : PoK PM
Prime Minister of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Sikandar Hayat Khan has said the All Parties Hurriyat Conference cannot claim to represent the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Manmohan Compromising To Stick To Office: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
But I gave up my party job to stand by my views on Jinnah
Kalam erred in agreeing to Assembly dissolution President's action should not become precedent I am not "minimalised" in party
- America Unplugged (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 05, 2006)
IN today's globalised climate, the former colonies have ended up as the neo-colonial empire of the United States, complicit in global give and take, economic hegemony, and . . .
- Pakistan Prepared To Show Flexibility On Kashmir Issue, Says Pervez Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 05, 2006)
"Rigidity and violence must give way to positive engagement"
President calls for enabling for the success of the peace process
Improve human rights situation in Kashmir: Aziz tells India
- Issue Of Blasphemous Cartoons (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
THERE have been countrywide protests against blasphemous cartoons published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and mischievously republished by newspapers of several other Western countries.
- Kalam Unfolds India’S Agenda (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
Indian President Abdul Kalam Azad is having day-dreaming as he sees emergence of Pakistan-India Federation in the next fifty years. Speaking in Bangkok, he argued that if the United States and Russian Federation can become friends and Germany . . .
- Thar Express To Have Capacity Of 500 Passengers (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Thar Express connecting the deserts of India and Pakistan from Feb 18 will have seven coaches with a capacity of 500 passengers, Indian Railway officials said here Friday.
- Private Militia In Balochistan Must Disarm: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President unveils four-point solution to crisis;
condemns blasphemous cartoons
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied any military operation in Balochistan but said that the private local militia must disarm and stop hampering . . .
- Trade With India In Pak Interest: Ex-Minister (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Former minister of finance Shahid Javed Burki Friday said Pakistan must open trade with India and other South Asian countries as it is in Pakistan’s interest.
- Jaswant Stresses Need For Expanding ‘Constituency Of Peace’ (Dawn, Shamim-ur-Rahman, Feb 04, 2006)
India’s former external affairs minister and currently leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has emphasized the need for a constant endeavour by India and Pakistan to “expand the constituency of peace”.
- King’S Very Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
The two-day visit of Khadim-e-Harmain Sharifain King Abdullah ‘s visit to Pakistan would go a long way in bringing the two brotherly countries still closer in various fields. As a result of intensive interaction, the leadership of the two countries . . .
- India, Israel Sign Secret Deal On Anti-Missile System (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India is said to have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of the ship-borne Israeli Barak II anti-missile system at Hyderabad for both the Indian and Israeli navies.
- Pro-India Policy Preventing Good Ties With (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Moscow’s pro-India policy is an obstacle in the qualitative development of Pakistan-Russia relations in the post-cold war world.
- Shaukat Rejects Indo-Pak Confederation (News International, Muhammad Anis, Feb 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday termed possibility of confederation between Pakistan and India a mere thinking of the Indian rulers. "This may be their way of thinking," Shaukat said, while talking informally to newsmen at the oath-taking . . .
- Ties With Saudi Arabia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
AN identity of views on regional and international issues seems to have marked the outcome of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s one-day visit to Pakistan. Among the issues on which the two sides appeared to have a common perception were Kashmir, Palestine, I
- Pak Ultras Threat To S Asia Peace: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant groups operating in Kashmir pose a persistent threat to stability in South Asia, a top intelligence official of the USA has warned, even as he called India a “reliable ally” in the fight against global terrorism.
- ‘Osama Calling Shots From Nwfp’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Al Qaeda leadership is headquartered in two districts of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province given the confluence of certain “unique ground conditions” in these tribal areas, a US strategic think-tank has claimed.
- Kbd: Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 04, 2006)
President Musharraf’s address to the nation on January 17, 2005, that called for the construction of Bhasha dam seems to have diverted an imminent national crisis in the inter-provincial and centre-province relationships.
- Breaking The Oil Habit (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Feb 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement is critical for an integrated energy policy, says R.K. Pachauri
- Musharraf's Kashmir 'Solutions' (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 04, 2006)
But for these cussed Indians, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan military dictator cum President has solved his country's long-standing dispute on Jammu and Kashmir.
- A Slippery Friendship (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
I am glad we asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations.
- Fear Stalks Taliban Heartland In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
A breeze blows down the dark deserted streets of this southern Afghan city as Mohammad Hussain closes his bakery for the night.
- Bush Men On Recce Visit To India (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Feb 04, 2006)
US President George Bush is sending his men ahead of his visit to India in March. A high-level US delegation, headed by Under Secretary in the US Energy Department, David K. Garman, will be in town between February 8 and 10.
- Wali Baba, My Adoptive Father (Indian Express, MUKULIKA BANERJEE, Feb 04, 2006)
Wali Baba passed away on January 26 at his favourite hour. At 7.15 am, between bed-tea and breakfast, he was usually to be found in his beloved garden at ‘Walibagh’, striding among the flower beds, planning the planting of new bulbs, . . .
- War Is No Solution: Jaswant (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Opposition leader in the Indian Rajia Sabha and former Indian foreign minister Jaswant Singh has said war is not a solution to problems and urged the leaderships of Pakistan and India to resolve their mutual differences, including Kashmir issue, . . .
- U.N. Seeks Money To Keep Pakistan Quake Relief Flying (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The United Nations said on Friday it needed more than $100 million to keep a fleet of helicopters assisting earthquake recovery operations in northern Pakistan flying for the rest of the year.
- Pakistan Seeks Nuclear Parity With India: Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 04, 2006)
The Pakistani premier had raised the issue of nuclear parity with India in his address last month to the prestigious Council on Foreign relations in New York.
- Resolving Kashmir Issue Can Change Future: Aziz (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Kashmir issue occupied the centre stage of India-Pakistan relations and its settlement could change the future of South Asia, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said.
- India's Secret Search For Peace And Its Perils (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Feb 04, 2006)
While the separate pieces of the PMO's covert negotiations on Kashmir are becoming evident, it is unclear if this jigsaw puzzle actually has a shape.
- "Pakistan Militants A Threat To Stability" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant groups that are active in Kashmir pose a persistent threat to regional stability and U.S. interests in South Asia and the Near East, said a U.S. top intelligence official testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee here.
- Islam Being Targeted As Religion Of Terrorism: Prince Of Arcot (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Appeals to students, youth to fight vested interests trying to divide nation
- Successful Liver Transplants At Gangaram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Of 34 patients operated upon, 14 were from countries like Pakistan, Nigeria and West Indies
- Negotiating The N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Feb 03, 2006)
India’s concerns can be addressed by creating new standards to strengthen the rules against proliferation
- The Inside Story Of Ads (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Feb 03, 2006)
Nearly sixty years after we shrugged off our colonial shackles, we still suffer from the ‘foreign label’ syndrome
- Pakistan Says No Direct Military Threat From India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Ruling out a direct military threat from India as long as the peace process goes on, Pakistan has said that those involved in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir were "freedom fighters."
- Waiting For George Bush (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 03, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat’s lead article in the special Republic Day number of People’s Democracy says good things about the Constitution, parliamentary democracy and mass participation, though with typically Left disclaimers.
- Saudi King Hopes For Peace In South Asia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Hoping that the Indo-Pak dialogue to resolve issues that would achieve ‘‘desired’’ results, visiting Saudi King Abdullah said he was keen to see that the South Asian region did not become ‘‘subject of destructive force.’’
- Iran Nuclear Potential 'Immediate Concern' - U.S. (Reuters, DAVID MORGAN, Feb 03, 2006)
The United States does not believe Iran has a nuclear weapon but the danger Tehran will acquire one is an "immediate concern," U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte said on Thursday.
- 'Advani, Jaswant To Stay Leaders Of Opposition' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
BJP President Rajnath Singh has ruled out removing either LK Advani or Jaswant Singh as Leaders of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively.
- No Direct Military Threat From India: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Ruling out a direct military threat from India as long as the peace process goes on, Pakistan has said that those involved in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir were "freedom fighters".
- Bhuj Rebuilds Itself (Tribune, R.K. Misra, Feb 03, 2006)
The sun shines bright piercing the chill of a cold wintry morning in Bhuj district of Gujarat bordering Pakistan. The spreading warmth is symbolic as this land devastated by a massive earthquake on the Republic Day five years ago seeks to . . .
- Winter Fears For Pakistan Earthquake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
As winter approaches, there are growing fears for earthquake victims trying
to rebuild their lives, said Pakistan Press Foundation Secretary-General, Mr
Owais Aslam Ali.
- 4 Top Jem, Hm Ultras Shot Dead; 2 Arrested (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Troops of 25 Infantry Division and Poonch Brigade gunned down two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, both Pakistanis, including a ‘district commander’ in an encounter at Madhari jungle in Bandi Chechian in Poonch district this morning while . . .
- Key For Kashmir Solution Lies With Hurriyat: Mirwaiz (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Calling upon the Centre to initiate positive steps for fulfilling aspirations and wishes of the residents of this violence plagued State, chairman of All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today claimed that only his outfit holds ‘key’
- Indo-Pak Federation Possible: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said that a federation comprising India and Pakistan on the lines of the European Union (EU) is possible, if the youths from both countries, which have a tremendous potential, come closer.
- Pdp Ad On Self-Rule Triggers Row (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Feb 03, 2006)
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Mufti Sayeed today triggered a controversy by giving an impression that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s proposal of self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir was better than the National Conference’s (NC) . . .
- Mirwaiz Calls For Kashmir Regions’ Talks (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Feb 03, 2006)
Chief of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday called for urgent consultations between regions of Kashmir on both sides of the Line of Control to plan a common strategy for resolving the dispute.
- Islamabad, Riyadh For Early Kashmir Solution (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Feb 03, 2006)
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday agreed in unequivocal terms on the necessity of reaching an early resolution of all outstanding issues between Pakistan and India especially the Kashmir issue through negotiations and emphasised that durable . . .
- Amnesty Criticizes Bajaur Attack (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The Amnesty International (AI) has expressed concern over Jan 13 air strike, killing civilians in Damadola village of Bajaur Agency. According to a press release, the AI voiced the concern in a letter addressed to US President George Bush on Thursday.
- Peace In Afghanistan Fragile, Says Annan: Islamabad Pledges $50m (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the joint initiative of the United Kingdom, Afghanistan and the United Nations for the ‘Afghanistan Compact’ development plan at the London Conference as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pointed out that recent attacks . . .
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