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Articles 12121 through 12220 of 21892:
- Imperative For India, Pak To Move Towards Conflict Resolution: Mushrraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The confidence building measures (CBMs) are important to further the Indo-Pak peace process but it is "imperative" to move forward towards conflict resolution, President Pervez Musharraf told visiting US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ...
- Pak Peace Offensive Forced India On The Defensive: Durrani (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 22, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has taken a number of bold initiatives through diplomatic channels and this peace offensive has forced India to go on the defensive, said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani.
- Safta Has No Article Giving Mfn Status To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
South Asia Free Trade Agreement (Safta) has no article to give the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status to India and Pakistan and is not going to grant any preferential tariffs to the former.
- Pakistanis May See Indian ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ On Big Screen (Daily Times, Shoaib Ahmed, Jan 22, 2006)
Federal Film Censor Board passes film despite a recent govt statement ruling out screening of Indian films in Pakistan until settlement of all political issues with India
- Burns Says Us To Continue To Provide All Possible Help (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
US Under-secretary of State for Political Affairs, R. Nicholas Burns, called on President General Pervez Musharraf here Saturday at the Army House and exchanged views on regional issues, bilateral relations and American assistance to Pakistan in relief ..
- Bihar Put On Alert (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
An alert has been sounded across Bihar against terrorist attack in the run up to the Republic Day celebrations.
- Lahore-Delhi ‘Friendship’ Bus Collides With Truck (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
A bus headed to New Delhi from Lahore collided with an army truck in the Indian state of Punjab but there were no injuries, police said.
- Declining Law Education (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 22, 2006)
Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan has called for steps to arrest the declining state of legal education in the country and raising the requirements for entry into legal profession. Speaking at a full court reference he lamented that we do not have a sing
- Kashmiris, Pak, India Must Show Flexibility (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday stressed that India and Pakistan must move beyond simple confidence building measures to “substantive dispute resolution,” and resolve the Kashmir dispute for South Asia to achieve a “sustainable peace”.
- Pakistan Won’T Endorse N-Iran: Pm (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 22, 2006)
Vows to raise Bajaur bombing in tripartite commission meeting;
calls for moving beyond CBMs to settle Kashmir issue
- Cost Of Political Expediencies (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jan 22, 2006)
Be it the provision of relief for the victims of the earthquake or punishing defiant Baloch tribes, the only institution the president can call upon to help is the army. That amounts to terming a new political and administrative system, . . .
- Khokhrapar-Munabao Train To Run On Feb 4 (News International, Muhammad Khalid, Jan 22, 2006)
Rejecting Indian concerns regarding construction of an overhead shelter at the Zero Point railway station, the director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Maj-Gen Jawed Zia, has said that it is not a violation of the Border Ground Rule, 1962.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
One of the aims of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s current visit to the US is to seek American investment in Pakistan.
- Munnabao Train From Feb 4 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The train from Khokrapar in Pakistan’s Sindh province to Munnabao in Rajasthan will start on February 4, three days after the ‘Thar Express’ is launched from the Indian side.
- Make Sikhs A Party To Parleys (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Jan 22, 2006)
Kashmir issue is a human problem and should be viewed as such people of J&K ( on either side of LoC) have suffered during the past 58 years as a result of communal clashes in 1947, three wars between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and during . . .
- Kashmir Issue Needs 'Substantive Dispute Resolution': Aziz (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 22, 2006)
Stressing that New Delhi and Islamabad must move beyond simple confidence-building measures to "substantive dispute resolution," Pakistan has asserted that the Kashmir issue must be settled for South Asia to achieve "sustainable peace."
- Hard Road To Reconciliation (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jan 22, 2006)
In the domain of public policy several of the major avenues are in disrepair and appear to be closed. More disconcerting is the probability that the policy makers do not know what it will take to fix them. We will focus today on an aspect of national . .
- Indian Congress To Set Party Agenda At Upcoming Meet (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
The Congress party-led coalition which has ruled India now for nearly two years should be named DNA for Do Nothing Alliance, one recent newspaper cartoon suggested.
- Iran's Nuclear Ambition Threatens Peace (Daily Excelsior, M.A. Ansari, Jan 22, 2006)
The governing board of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will meet on February 2 to consider the Iranian nuclear tangle. But it is unlikely to refer the issue to the Security Council for action especially as Russia and China . . .
- ‘Dosti’ Returns Sans Indian Passengers (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jan 22, 2006)
The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) luxury inaugural coach, Dosti, today returned to Lahore without any Indian passengers on board as common passengers stayed away from the Amritsar-Lahore bus, thanks to irritating security concerns ...
- A Lesson Learnt The Hard Way (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jan 21, 2006)
The Islamic Party of Malaysia has just learnt that issues of development matter as much as faith when it comes to winning votes.
- One Party, Two Visions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2006)
The Advani era, pundits proclaimed, had ended with the advent of Rajnath Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's new helmsman. But Lal Krishna Advani, 78, is in no mood to walk into the sunset.
- Bin Laden And The Threat Of Peace (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 21, 2006)
For all its drama, Osama bin Laden’s latest message masks the Al Qaeda’s still potent reach, finds Ajai Sahni
- The Slippery Slope Of Stings (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Jan 21, 2006)
After the success of the Aaj Tak–Cobrapost sting, nearly everybody in the media has got used to the concept of the sting operation-for-hire.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins With Song And Dance (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Transcending various apprehensions, the first Lahore-Amritsar bus service began on Friday when a Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation bus carrying 26 passengers from Lahore crossed the zero line at the Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post along . . .
- India Must Engage, Not Sermonise (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Jan 21, 2006)
Having slept through Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip last August, India was rather quick to recognise the unfolding drama in that country following the hospitalisation of Ariel Sharon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s quick message ....
- Himalayan Tyranny (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
As King Gyanendra runs amuck, India holds the key to bringing Nepal back to democracy.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Begins (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Jan 21, 2006)
Termed "twin cities" before Partition, they are finally connected after five decades
- Pakistan And India Launch New Peace Bus (Reuters, Mohsin Raza, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan and India launched a third cross-border bus service on Friday, the latest new transport link aimed at building confidence to spur their slow-moving peace process.
- Old Enemy, Older Friend (Daily Excelsior, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 21, 2006)
In a lifetime as a cricket fan, my most depressing experience was watching the World Cup quarter-final played between India and Pakistan in Bangalore in March 1996.
- Stay Away From Talks: Pc To Hurriyat (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Bilal faction of the separatist Peoples Conference (PC) has taken strong exception to New Delhi's move of involving "pro-India men and organisations" with the Kashmir-specific peace process and it has clearly asked Hurriyat Conference to stay away . . .
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Road is still not smooth enough
It is not enough to just utter sweet nothings on the need for warming up India-Pakistan relations or roll out a ceremonial red carpet when the bus from Lahore arrives in Amritsar.
- Bus Joins Two Punjabs Six Decades After Partition (Daily Excelsior, GAJINDER SINGH, Jan 21, 2006)
Six decades after trains and buses ferried piles of dead bodies across the new line partitioning India and Pakistan, the border witnessed scenes of joy today as the first Lahore-Amritsar bus, “Dosti”, rolled in at Wagah.
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 21, 2006)
The inflexibility of Indian labour laws is a dampener. If you can hire, you can fire too. But here, the cost of compensation is too high. — Mr Goh Chok Tong, former Prime Minister of Singapore, at the CII Partnership Summit in Kolkata.
- The Army Mindset (Tribune, Brig A.C. Prem (retd), Jan 21, 2006)
Janowitz, a management guru, once remarked: “The contemporary military establishment has for some time tended more and more to display characteristics typical of any large-scale non-military bureaucracy”.
- First Lahore-Amritsar Bus Arrives (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
In their efforts to enhance people-to -people contact, India and Pakistan today launched their third bus service - this time between Amritsar and Lahore - when a bus with 26 passengers aboard arrived here to rousing cheers.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus Service Launched (News International, Ghulam Haider, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Friday launched the Lahore-Amritsar bus service, the latest new road link aimed at spurring the slow-moving peace process between the two nuclear rivals of South Asia.
- Shaukat Reflects Nation’S Anger (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 21, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has minced no words in telling his American audience that the recent attack in Bajaur is ‘regrettable and we have condemned it, and we cannot condone the loss of innocent lives.’ He once again reiterated that Pakistan . . .
- Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Jan 21, 2006)
WHAT is the future for an economic system that is not an efficient producer of goods and services in the globalized economy?
- Groups Involved In Terrorism In India: Pakistan Offers India Help In Probe (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 21, 2006)
India wants Pakistan to sign extradition treaty, MLAT
Amidst spats on terrorism and Balochistan at the recently concluded foreign secretary-level talks, Pakistan has offered India help in investigations if India provides . . .
- Al Qaeda Meeting Was Planning Attacks: Official (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistani authorities suspect that Al Qaeda operatives had gathered last week to plan attacks early this year in Afghanistan and Pakistan when the meeting was torn apart by a US missile strike, an intelligence official said on Friday.
- Us Missile Attack (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
It is hard to say how many people would have mourned Ayman al-Zawahiri if he had indeed been killed last week by the US missiles that hit a Pashtun area near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan.
- India Wishes Democracy In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Krishna Pradhan, Jan 21, 2006)
The Indian ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, is in Delhi for consultations as the situation in the Himalayan Kingdom deteriorates day by day, and the Maoist violence against the government has increased and rallies . . .
- ‘The Kashmiri Shawl: From Jamavar To Paisley’: A Many Splendoured Thing (Daily Times, Mariam Mushtaq, Jan 21, 2006)
Sherry Rehman, politician cum author, holds Lahoris spellbound
Friday evening was one of those rare occasions in Lahore when the intelligentsia and the glitterati of the city came together under one roof.
- Bin Laden Trying To Silence Rumours Of Death: Analysts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A recording from Osama bin Laden, his first message for over a year, is aimed at quashing rumours of his death and warning the Western world that its most wanted man remains a major threat, analysts said on Friday.
- No Evidence Qaeda Men Dead In Bajaur Airstrike: Aziz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
No evidence has yet turned up of Al Qaeda figures among the dead when a US missile killed at least 18 people in a remote part of Pakistan, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday.
- Boost In Exports (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 21, 2006)
Pakistan's export of merchandise rose by 31.1 per cent in December 2005 and 23.8 per cent during the first half of the fiscal year 2005-06, over the same periods last year. The data released by the Commerce Ministry indicates that the country’s . . .
- Us Wants Improved Pakistan-India Ties (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 21, 2006)
India and the United States, preparing for a visit by President George W. Bush, wound up two days of official-level talks here on Friday with Washington encouraging improved Delhi-Islamabad ties but disapproving of Iran’s proximity with both.
- Lahore Bus Gets Warm Welcome (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
A bus from Lahore arrived here on Friday, marking the launch of a third bus link between Pakistan and India aimed at building confidence and strengthening their slow-moving peace process.
- Inching Towards Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan who met in New Delhi earlier this week have confirmed that the composite dialogue between the two countries will remain on track.
- Insecurity In Waziristan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
Reports from our correspondents that insecurity is forcing people in Waziristan to migrate are highly disturbing.
- Far Too Many Holidays (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 21, 2006)
A Local holiday for all government offices and educational institutions has been announced for the coming Monday by the Karachi nazim for the annual urs of a local saint.
- Peace Process Grinds On (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jan 21, 2006)
Some recent developments have dealt a hefty blow to the ongoing Pakistan-India peace process. If the decision makers in Islamabad and New Delhi do not act quickly to restore the health of bilateral relations, the peace process will soon find itself . . .
- Sustained Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2006)
Both countries must take each other’s concerns seriously
The third round of the India-Pakistan composite dialogue has concluded with the two sides reiterating their commitment to dialogue as the means to resolve contentious issues.
- Target Al-Qaeda Misfires (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jan 21, 2006)
The US government’s refusal to accept formal responsibility for last Friday’s missile attack on the Pakistani village of Damadola is only one of the unexplained elements of the latest attempt to identify and kill the top echelons of Al-Qaeda hiding along
- Why Threats Against Iran Will Not Work (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jan 20, 2006)
Threats to haul Iran to the Security Council on the nuclear issue could see Teheran harden its stand.
- Al-Qaeda Leaders Killed In U.S. Attack? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 20, 2006)
Amidst media speculations that at least two senior commanders of Al-Qaeda were among the dead in last Friday's American strike on a village in the troubled Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting . . .
- Us Must Apologize (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistani officials claim last week’s US bombing of a western village killed not the intended target, No. 2 Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri, but at least 17 others, including women and children. If so, relatives of the dead deserve an apology and . . .
- Pakistani Consulate Denied Place In Mumbai (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 20, 2006)
Just a day after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan reiterated their resolve to simultaneously reopen their consulates in Karachi and Mumbai, Pakistan’s efforts to secure premises in the densely-populated commercial hub of Nariman Point . . .
- Afghanistan: Qanooni's Moment Of Triumph (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jan 20, 2006)
With Yunus Qanooni's election as Parliament Speaker, a complex calculus of power is forming. Though they are seen as rivals, Mr. Qanooni's political platform is far from irreconcilable with that of President Hamid Karzai.
- Just Talking (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 20, 2006)
Quiet purpose defines Indo-Pak meets now. But beware of Pak noise on ‘ethnic self governance’
- Al-Qaeda Operatives Believed Killed In Us Strike (Indian Express, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Jan 20, 2006)
An Al-Qaeda bomb expert with a $5 million bounty on his head and a son-in-law of the group’s No 2 were among four militants believed killed by a US airstrike last week, Pakistani intelligence sources said on Thursday.
- Osama Vows More Attacks On Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
In an audiotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera, Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has said that the outfit is preparing for attacks in the United States.
- Breakthrough In Facial Recognition Software (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jan 20, 2006)
Bangalore unveiling comes one month before international launch
Rare coming together of Indian, Pakistan and Turkish entrepreneurs
Indians help create world's first facial recognition tool
- Usual Rhetoric On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan have agreed to implement fresh measures to lower tensions over Kashmir and reaffirmed their commitment to keep the stuttering Pak-India peace process on track. A joint statement issued at the end of the two-day Foreign Secretaries’ ....
- Osama Offers Threat-Coated Truce (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Al-Jazeera aired an audiotape purportedly from Osama bin Laden on Thursday saying al-Qaeda is making preparations for attacks in the United States but offering a truce to build Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Tackling Musharraf (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 20, 2006)
His ‘out of box’ cures are dangerous
The India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary-level talks in New Delhi ended with the composite dialogue process showing some forward movement despite terrorism continuing to pose a serious threat to it.
- Gambols And Gambits In Kashmir (Tribune, B.G.Verghese, Jan 20, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process has slowed down since the earthquake that devastated parts of J&K last year.
- Progress On Kashmir Imp For Success Of Dialogue, Says Aziz (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistan has said "meaningful progress" towards a final settlement of Kashmir issue is "essential for the sustainability and eventual success" of the composite dialogue process between New Delhi and Islamabad.
- Pak Still Searching For Consulate Premises (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
The search for suitable premises for its consulate in Mumbai appears to be a daunting task for Pakistan. Two years after the peace process gathered momentum in 2004, Pakistan found a commercial space in Mittal Towers at Nariman Point . . .
- The Dam Controversy (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, Jan 20, 2006)
In any mature society, national issues are discussed in a rational manner, keeping in view the supreme interests of the country as a whole. Unfortunately, in our country, the building of a dam has been converted into an emotionally charged issue, ...
- Pak-Iran Ipi Gas Pipeline Talks On 23rd (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Jan 20, 2006)
Pakistan and Iran will hold crucial technical parleys at the Joint Working Group level on January 23-24 in Islamabad on the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, informed sources told The News.
- A Dismal Rights Record (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
No country has been spared by the New York-based Human Rights Watch in its annual report for 2005 on human rights abuses across the globe. South Asia finds notable mention in the report, with Pakistan’s dismal record also coming under scrutiny.
- Us Undersecretary Arrives For Talks On Iran’S Nuclear Plans (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Jan 20, 2006)
Iran’s nuclear programme will be up for discussion when US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs R Nicholas Burns arrives here on January 22 for talks with Pakistani officials.
- Us Must Meet Pak Defence Needs (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that meeting Pakistan’s legitimate security and defence needs by the United States is essential for long-term relationship between the two countries. Addressing the Council of Foreign Relations . . .
- Un-Understandable Mute Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 20, 2006)
In his address to the nation on January 17, President Pervez Musharraf announced epoch-making decisions, which would contribute a lot towards realisation of our cherished goal of economic security for Pakistan.
- Weapons Expert Among Four Al-Qaeda Militants Killed (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
An al-Qaida explosives and chemical weapons expert and a relative of the terror network’s No. 2 leader were among four top operatives believed killed in a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan last week, Pakistani security officials said Thursday.
- Osama Threatens Attacks On Us (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden threatened new attacks against the United States in an audiotape attributed to the Western world’s most wanted man, broadcast on Arabic television Thursday. But the voice on the tape, aired on Al-Jazeera a week . . .
- Chattha Urges India To Reciprocate Cbms (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 20, 2006)
Chairman Special Committee of Parliament on Kashmir Hamid Nasir Chattha has urged India to bring down the level of forces in held Kashmir, saying that the presence of Indian troops is the main cause of militancy there. He made this call while . . .
- King Abdullah’S Visit To India — A Wake Up Call (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Jan 20, 2006)
The Indians seem in a state of euphoria over the reported four-day visit of King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz to India, who agreed to be the chief guest at the Indian Republic Day parade on January 26. His visit would start on January 24 and . . .
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