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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 21892:
- Us Concerned Over Terrorist Involvement In Pok Quake Relief (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
The United States has expressed grave concern over the involvement of militant outfits in quake-relief operations in Pak-occupied Kashmir (PoK), even as a senior Pakistani official said there was no bar on their carrying out "humanitarian" activities, ...
- Cultural Diplomacy (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Dec 19, 2005)
It was a night of pure magic as Pakistani Singer Begum Fareeda Khanum took the audience down the memory lane with her melodious renditions. She was in India on an invitation by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations headed by Dr Karan Singh and . . .
- "India Should Tackle Stigma Attached To Aids" (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Dec 19, 2005)
Ann M. Veneman, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who was in New Delhi recently, feels that if the Indian leadership is willing to discuss HIV/AIDS, it is an important step forward in addressing the issue.
- Article In Pakistani Daily Shakes Indian Bureaucracy (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 19, 2005)
In an unusual development in the Volcker report where at least the former Indian external minister Natwar Singh has been compelled to say goodbye to politics, a story published by Jang on January 24, 2004 has shaken the Indian bureaucracy.
- Christmas In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 19, 2005)
On Christmas eve of 1988 this writer was in Islamabad waiting to meet Ms.Benazir Bhutto who had just taken over as the first woman-Prime Minister of a Muslim country.
- Quizzed (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Dec 19, 2005)
Wizened old Uncle Sam suffers from many strange hangups and one of them is his touching belief that he has a divine right to lord it over the rest of the world. As a result, a greenhorn Senator or a Congressman belonging to some obscure sub-committee.....
- Indian President Emphasizes Need To Boost Maritime Security (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Stressing the need for increased maritime security, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Sunday [18 December] said that control of India depended on control of the seas.
- Are We A Nation Of Rapists? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 19, 2005)
A policeman and a youth have allegedly raped a maidservant in Jalilabad area of Multan division. Police has registered a case under Hudood Ordinance against ASI Abdul Hameed and youth Waqas Raza. No arrest has, however, been made so far.
- State Of Human Rights (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 19, 2005)
The Karachi chapter of the English Speaking Union of Pakistan was inaugurated over 40 years ago, presumably to further the spread of English. But for some inexplicable reason it ended up as the outdoor relief department of the foreign diplomatic corps.
- Militancy In Bangladesh (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 19, 2005)
Full 34 years ago, the month of December witnessed the bloody death of a state that was to provide a shared homeland at least to the Muslim majority areas of a vast subcontinent.
- No Let-Up In Friendship With China (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 19, 2005)
One cannot but be concerned over the impression, now being voiced by an increasing number of citizens, that our all-weather friendship with China has undergone a decline.
- India, Pak To Discuss Sir Creek Survey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Taking forward the understanding reached at the meeting between their foreign ministers in October, India and Pakistan will hold technical talks here on Tuesday to discuss methods for the first ever survey of the Sir Creek by both countries.
- Meeting Point (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 19, 2005)
It was heartening to see Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan stressing the need for continuing the "people-to-people" dialogue between the two countries.
- There’S Good In Pakistan’S Madrasas (Deccan Herald, Jonathan Power, Dec 19, 2005)
Madrasas, as traditional bodies of learning, are relevant under the socio-economic conditions.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 19, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi, ...
- Pakistani, Indian Peace Activists Hold Simultaneous Kashmir Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Hyderabad: Peace activists at the inauguration ceremony of a peace march and a peace Mela [fair],
- Pakistani Dam Proposal Meets Fierce Opposition (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 19, 2005)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is trying to rally support for the construction of a controversial dam he says is vital for long-term prosperity but even some of his staunchest allies are vehemently opposed.
- Iran-India Gas Pipe To Be Built From 2007 - Officials (Reuters, Himangshu watts, Dec 19, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran to South Asia by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- Implementation Of Hudood Laws Faulty: Pakistan (News International, Rauf Klasra, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan has admitted to the concerned European countries that legal procedures dealing with the Hudood Ordinance promulgated by Gen Ziaul Haq in 1979 without producing them ever before parliament for discussion and formal enactment were faulty . . .
- Pakistan To Attend First Afghan Parliament Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A three-member Pakistani parliamentary delegation left for Kabul on Saturday to represent the country in the first meeting of the Afghan parliament, which is scheduled to meet on Monday, parliamentary sources said.
- Rising Iran-Israel Tension (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said that his country’s response to attack by Israel will be ‘swift, firm and destructive’. He told newsmen in Tehran on Friday that Iran’s policy is defensive, but if attacked, it will hit back hard.
- Pak, India Agree On Pipeline Construction Strategy (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The two-day meet-ing of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project ended in New Delhi Saturday.
- Al-Qaeda:an Explanation Is Due (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Al-Qaeda has been forced to flee from Pakistan and it’s no more an organized group. In an intervierw with Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, he said that its network has been dismantled. ‘We have won the war against ...
- India, Pakistan Agree To Begin Work On Iran Pipeline By Mid-2007 (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed to begin construction of the over 7bn-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Bjp’S Annus Horribilis (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 18, 2005)
year that’s been painful for the BJP looks to end more painfully. Pramod Mahajan is preparing the BJP’s silver jubilee in Mumbai that ought to say goodbye to LK Advani as BJP president and that should be introspecting on where, after 25 years, . . .
- Tripartite Talks On Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
For the first time India Pakistan and Iran will hold a trilateral meeting in February next year at Tehran on the ambitious Seven Billion Dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.
- India Realizes West Bengal And Northeast Becoming A Far Larger ‘Kashmir’ – India Deploys Thousands Of New Troops In The Border (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 18, 2005)
It is a late awakening but never the less better late than never. Bangladesh is the new capital of Islamist movements.
- 2007 Start For Tri-Nation Pipeline Project (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed today to start constructing the $7 billion Indo-Iran gas pipeline project in 2007 ignoring the much-voiced “reservations” of the USA.
- Syed Ali Geelani Leaves For Haj (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 18, 2005)
Chairman of the hard line faction of the Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani was allowed to leave India for the first time in five years to perform Haj on Saturday.
- Ipi Pipeline To Be Built From 2007 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- Role Of Parliament In Relief Work (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 18, 2005)
In between the earthquake and rehabilitation efforts, we are passing through a period of trauma arising from the devastating loss of life and property, with survivors having sustained injuries and lost limbs and many deprived of their families and homes.
- Dowry And Related Evils (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 18, 2005)
A report in an Indian newspaper (November 21) spoke of Daljit Kaur, who jumped to her death from the top floor of a house in Delhi, because her in-laws had been harassing her unceasingly about the inadequacy of the dowry she had brought upon . . .
- A Political Minefield (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 18, 2005)
Normally, we would not have returned to the subject so soon after having commented on the need for developing a national consensus on the Kalabagh dam in our editorial of Dec 15.
- Work On Ipi Pipeline To Start From 2007 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Pakistan and India hope to start building a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran to South Asia by 2007 despite objections from the United States, top officials from both countries said on Saturday.
- Sardars And The Nationalists (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 18, 2005)
The grievance of Sindh and Balochistan against Punjab and the army (both are viewed as one and the same) for their stranglehold on political power and natural resources is as old as Pakistan itself.
- Work On Pipeline To Begin In Mid-2007: Next Meeting In February (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday agreed to begin construction of over $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 despite objections from the United States, according to top officials from both countries.
- India, Pakistan To Begin Work On Iran Pipeline In 2007 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to begin construction of the over 7-billion dollar Iran- Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- India, Pakistan Agree On Gas Pipeline Project (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Dec 18, 2005)
Tripartite meeting "may be held" in Iran
Project being pursued despite U.S. objections
Pakistan favours a "central" route through the district of Rahimyar Khan
"Pakistan will catch up shortly with India"
- Pm Calls For Academy In Honour Of Tansen (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
``Listening to your music and seeing you immersing in emotions, we feel the power and presence of God''
- Prepare Roadmap With Pak Carefully: Committee (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
A Parliamentary Committee has asked Government to prepare the roadmap for improving relations with Pakistan with the "greatest care" and not hasten the pace in an unrealistic manner in view of concerns of the international community over perpetual . . .
- Pak, India Agree On Pipeline Construction Strategy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The two-day meet-ing of the India-Pakistan Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline project ended in New Delhi Saturday.
- Straight From Hell (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Dec 18, 2005)
The author has not embellished her tale but related the truth in all its starkness.
- Fight Terrorism, Save Democracy: Shekhawat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Calls for a united and joint effort to root out the scourge
Globalisation should lead to equitable world order
WTO should safeguard farmers' interests
Share expertise to mitigate calamities: Somnath
- India-Us Nuclear Fizzle Out (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 18, 2005)
Since there are no indications to the contrary it is assumed that the US president, George Bush, will visit the sub-continent early next year, most probably towards the end of February. But as the time for his arrival approaches enthusiasm . . .
- Work On Indo-Pak Gas Pipeline To Begin In 2007 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
India and Pakistan today agreed to begin construction of the over 7-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 so that the first gas flows by the end of 2010.
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 18, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- Wb Okays $400m Credit For Quake Reconstruction (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Bank has approved a $400 million Emergency Recovery Credit (ERC) to further support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan over a three-year period, says a press release issued from Washington.
- Karamat Sees No Major Taliban Resurgence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Jehangir Karamat acknowledged on Thursday that “remnants” of Taliban and Al Qaeda continue to operate in Afghanistan and along its border with Pakistan, but insisted that they are not resurging significantly.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Ipi Gas Pipeline Project Begin (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan Friday began discussing nitty-gritty of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in order to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation.
- The New Face Of Terror (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 17, 2005)
A string of intelligence-led police operations against the Lashkar-e-Taiba offer glimpses into the terror cells behind the series of high-profile strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and outside it since October.
- Conversions In Pakistan (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Dec 17, 2005)
It is a matter of shame for India and particularly for those Hindu elites who migrated from Sindh in West Pakistan and East Bengal in the then East Pakistan that they continue to maintain complete silence over the persecution of Hindus taking place . . .
- Journalist’S House Bombed In Wana (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
A tribal journalist’s family escaped unhurt after his house was attacked with bombs that damaged a wall of the journalist’s house.
- River Existed (Pioneer, Arabinda Ghose, Dec 17, 2005)
The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, in its 91st report on the functioning of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), has described the Saraswati river as a "purely mythological one" and has . . .
- 'The Us Is Trying To Destroy The Un' (Times of India, V J Thomas, Dec 17, 2005)
The Peace Research Institute (PRI) in Oslo is the first institute of its kind set up for research and mediation on conflicts. PRI founder and peace activist Johan Galtung, who has worked on conflict resolution in countries ...
- Hind Lever Reshuffles Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Douglas Baillie has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL).
- This Mindset (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
Why does Pakistan suffer from a sort of psychological barrier when it comes to dealing with India?
- The Shrews Commando (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 17, 2005)
Thank God for having given us, scribes on either side of the Indo-Pak border, a man named Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani military ruler-cum-President
- Rail Agreement On Dec 22 (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan will formally sign an agreement for restoration of the Khokhrapar-Munabao train link during a ministerial level meeting in New Delhi on December 22, a media report today said.
- There Is A Way Out (Greater Kashmir, Syed Ali Safvi, Dec 17, 2005)
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “There’s no way to peace, peace is the way.” Twenty years on and the so-called paradise on earth is still craving for an eternal peace. How many years more!.. Has any body got the answer?
- India's Strategic Periphery (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 17, 2005)
Among the many recent events in our part of the world three have potential for grave consequences in the future - the supply of truckloads of weapons by China to Nepal;
- Urdu Literature’S Vagabond Genius (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 17, 2005)
A house full sign some days ago outside the main auditorium of New Delhi’s India International Centre was a surprise because it was an evening dedicated to an Urdu poet, Majaz. An Urdu poet drawing a full house at the IIC?
- Kalabagh Dam: Pakistan Or Punjabistan? (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
The building of the Kalabagh dam has kicked up dust. Three provinces are against it, while Punjab supports it.
- Still In Deep Waters (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 17, 2005)
American diplomats advising India freely suggests that they may be gaining leverage with New Delhi
- India, Pakistan Discuss Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 17, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Friday began discussing nitty-gritties of the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline in order to evolve a project structure for its implementation and operation.
- Govt Sticks To Stand On Quota Bill (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Government has refused to bow to Opposition and Left pressure as it announced on Friday that the Constitution Amendment Bill to ensure reservation in unaided private professional educational institutions would be introduced in Parliament in its present fo
- Clash On Afghan Border (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 17, 2005)
Pakistan and Afghan forces clashed at the border in South Waziristan on Friday forcing the closure of the Angorah port gate for road traffic.
- India To Push Pakistan On Pipeline Deadline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Disappointed by the slow progress by Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, New Delhi plans to push Islamabad to commit February as the deadline to hold the first trilateral meeting of the three nations.
- Cabinet Green Signal For Bus To Lahore (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
The Union Cabinet has cleared the way for an agreement with Pakistan for starting a bus service between Amritsar and Nankana Sahib and a trial run for the Amritsar-Lahore bus sometime this month
- Transparency Or Morality? (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 17, 2005)
In the context of the bribes for questions in Parliament scandal let me tell you a modern Indian fairy story.
- ‘No Discussion With Pakistan On Changing Status Of Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
India has not held any discussions with Pakistan on changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir in any manner, the government told the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) on Thursday.
- Oic Must Explain 'Deviant Ideology' (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Dec 16, 2005)
The recent Summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Mecca, where leaders of 57 Muslim countries converged, resolved to fight against 'deviant ideas'. By 'deviant ideas' they did not mean Leftist, secular or Western ideas, . . .
- Can Azad Cut Graft? (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Dec 16, 2005)
For the people of Jammu & Kashmir, who have been reeling under turmoil for long, there are too many things to worry about. Pakistan-sponsored terrorism apart, the common masses have been hit hard by widespread corruption rampant at various rungs . . .
- Bangladesh: A Broken Soul At 35 (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 16, 2005)
On the anniversary of its birth, Bangladesh is gradually returning to its blood-dipped origins, says Udayan Namboodiri
- Aphc Will Present Its Formula To Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has decided to formally submit its own United States of Kashmir proposal to the Pakistani leadership in the next visit to Pakistan by its leaders.
- Woman Among 2 Killed, Pdp Worker Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others, including a PDP activist injured in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since last evening, while as a militant was injured when an explosive went off at Batamaloo today.
- Ctg Jmb Chief Tells Of Qaeda Links (The Daily Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has close links with international terrorist outfit al-Qaeda and launched the August 17 and other bomb attacks as part of a blue print to establish Islamic rule in Bangladesh.
- Kohlu Attack No Surprise (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 16, 2005)
Unkown armed men fired at least eight rockets on a paramilitary camp in Kohlu Wednesday morning where President Musharraf was to address the tribal elders.
- Violence In Bangladesh (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 16, 2005)
The cause of democracy in Bangladesh has been hurt by extended boycotts of parliament by opposition parties. Failure to participate in the next election as threatened occasionally by some of them may inflict irreparable damage on this cause.
- Winding Course Of Peace Process (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 16, 2005)
Ever since former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Islamabad in January 2004 to attend the Saarc summit, government officials have been making optimistic predictions of an early breakthrough in dialogue with India on Kashmir.
- As Bangladesh Works Out Its Destiny (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Dec 16, 2005)
Time, they say, is the best of healers. This certainly seems to be the case between Pakistan and Bangladesh as the two countries have, to a large extent, moved on from the bitter memories of the civil war of 1971. Celebrated as Victory Day . . .
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