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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 21892:
- Oil Price Cartel (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
The price of petrol was increased to its current (highest-ever) level on Sept. 30. At that time, the reason given by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) as well as the government was that world oil prices were at their highest levels ever . . .
- Need For Reinterpreting Islam (Dawn, Altaf Hussain, Dec 04, 2005)
The international geopolitical scene has changed radically since the cataclysm of 9/11. In the heyday of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was the adversary for the West, the Islamic concept of Ijtihad had an entirely different connotation and . . .
- Investigation Blows Open Lashkar Overground Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 04, 2005)
Operatives used political party workers to assist terror operations
Mainstream political parties in the State have been infiltrated by operatives
Operatives killed on Friday night had photo ID cards of political parties
- Solving Kashmir-Iii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan has demanded its flag fly in Srinagar. This too can happen though not in the way Pakistan has been wishing to see it happen. A Pakistan flag might fly in the Valley just as might an Afghan and Iranian flag as well.
- Afghanistan Warm To Indians (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 03, 2005)
I was quite apprehensive about the security situation in the war-ravaged Afghan capital, Kabul, two years back when I landed there to join as a Prasar Bharati Special Correspondent.
- Target Locked: Iaf Now Aims For Mirage 4000 (Hindustan Times, Drimi Chaudhuri, Dec 03, 2005)
The Defence Ministry might be on the lookout for a new Air Superiority Fighter (ASF) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) but it is not going to be the US F-16.
- No End To Terrorist Threat (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 03, 2005)
Since the Delhi bombings, Srinagar serial attacks and the Jehanabad jailbreak, newspapers have been immersed in articles on terrorism and why it is time to take this scourge more seriously.
- South Asia’S Moment In The Sun (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 03, 2005)
The South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) has been so long in the making that it is hard to believe the deal is actually done.
- Most Pakistan Quake Tents Can't Withstand Winter (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Dec 03, 2005)
Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.
- India Eyeing Equity Tie-Ups With Russian Energy Cos (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India is looking at equity tie-ups with Russian oil and gas majors Rosneft and Gazprom, India's foreign secretary told reporters on Friday.
- 'The South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) Agreement Has Been Finalised,' : India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Seven South Asian countries have finalised an agreement to set up a free trade area,
- Four Agreements On Space, Defence During Pm's Moscow Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India would focus on developing a long-standing energy partnership with Russia and sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to Moscow beginning Sunday.
- Ordinance To Crack Down On Madrasas In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance prohibiting madrasas from teaching or publishing any literature which promoted militancy and spread sectarianism.
- Bharat Mata Heading The Other Way (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The dinner party our Minister of Commerce and Industry gave last week for delegates attending the India Economic Summit was in my view a most interesting sign of how much India has changed in the 21 years that the summit has been held in New Delhi.
- More Restrictions On Madrasas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 03, 2005)
Ordinance prohibits seminaries from promoting militancy, religious hatred
- Putting In Place A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 03, 2005)
For the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system to work, there must be no gaps in the network of sensors being established by different nations. And, the various national systems have to be able to readily exchange data and information.
- Independent Kashmir Will Aid India: Pml-N (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
An independent Kashmir is affordable to India but would risk Pakistan’s integrity and solidarity, said Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)
- Afghan Border Closed After Spat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistani security forces closed the country’s main border crossing on the western frontier with Afghanistan after both sides accused each other of beating up their soldiers, officials said on Friday.
- Pakistan And India Signing Mou On Counter-Narcotics (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Army Starts Ferry Service In Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan army engineers have started a ferry service in the Patika area of Muzaffarabad and have set up two foot suspension bridges at Patika and Mandal to provide facility to people.
- Don't Meddle In India-Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline - India Tells Us (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India on Thursday conveyed the United States, through a statement in the Rajya Sabha, not to meddle into the proposed gas pipeline project for India to get gas from Pakistan.
- Kasuri For Bold Decisions On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Friday that Pakistan’s foreign policy was being evolved keeping in view the greater interest of the country and insisted Pakistan would continue to follow its strong strategic defence system.
- Pakistan, India Agree To Sign Mou On Counter-Narcotics Cooperation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Friday agreed in principle to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- India, Russia To Sign Four Accords (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India will sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Moscow starting from Sunday, India’s Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Friday.
- Wto: The Steep Road To Hong Kong (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Dec 03, 2005)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations are moving at a snail’s pace with the developed countries extremely reluctant to concede much. They continue to hold rigid positions, especially on agricultural subsidies.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Time For Tax Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan's economy is once again being threatened by the menace of twin deficits — budget and trade.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- 'There Is Space For All Kinds Of Writing In Pakistan' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 03, 2005)
A political analyst, film-maker and a novelist, Feryal Ali Gauhar believes in speaking her mind. In India recently for the release of a book on contemporary English stories by Pakistani women, And The World Changed (Women Unlimited), Gauhar talks . . .
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- 3 Militants Killed (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 03, 2005)
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday eliminated three top Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, and encircled the organisation's overall commander in the State.
- Hammer Blow To Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 03, 2005)
They crossed LoC on November 20 to carry out attacks
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Pak, India Agree To Sign Mou On Counter-Narcotics Cooperation (Pakistan Link, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed in principle to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between their counter-narcotics agencies in fighting drug trafficking in the region.
- Chaman Border Crossing Shut After Spat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan after a confrontation between the two countries’ frontier guards, a military official said on Friday.
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Traps Of The Past (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
Arguably, Bangladesh might never have exploded in violence if geography had not tucked the world’s third most populous Muslim nation into the folds of Bharat Mata’s sari.
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Wither Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 03, 2005)
Mum is the word, if you are seeking an answer to the question ''wither Kashmir''.
- Right To Education Bill Is Like A Voucher Scheme (Daily Excelsior, Prabhu Nath Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The right to education bill (REB) has been delayed because its financial implications, which are being worked out. But this delay should be used to discuss the bill thoroughly, because it is crucial for India’s future in more ways than one.
- India, Pak Agree On Mou To Check Drug Trafficking (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Dec 03, 2005)
Stepping up cooperation to check narcotic traffic, India and Pakistan today agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding to give proper "direction and substance" to their current efforts to curb drug trafficking through their borders.
- Help Resolve Kashmir Dispute, Musharraf Tells U.S. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 02, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to lend its support to efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, "which is at the root of tension in South Asia."
- Terrorist Violence Rising Again (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 02, 2005)
The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a Government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues.
- India-Iran Energy Link Years Away: Burns (Indian Express, CHRIS BALTIMORE, Dec 02, 2005)
Any plans by the Indian government to sign energy deals with Iran are ‘‘years away’’ and exist only in the hypothetical realm, said Nicholas Burns, the No. 3 US State Department official. He did not specifically mention ongoing talks between India . . .
- Solving Kashmir-Ii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Dec 02, 2005)
For India to implement such a proposal would be to provide an opportunity for all those domiciled in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh to express freely and privately as individuals their deepest wishes about their own identities, in a confidential manner,
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Ignatius Pereira, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- Indo-Pak Peace Debates Starting Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The Debating Society of Pakistan’s (DSP) three-day India-Pakistan peace debates will begin on December 2 (today) and debaters from both the countries will participate.
- Musharraf Seeks Us Help For J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Seeking the USA’s support to resolve the Kashmir “dispute”, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said India and Pakistan should move towards its “settlement” in the interest of “peace and stability”.
- India Tells Pakistani Cultural Group To Go Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
A Pakistan-based cultural action group, invited by a prominent women’s NGO to stage plays in India, has been abruptly asked to go back by the very NGO after its first performance here on grounds that it displayed an anti-US stance.
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Post-Quake, First Loc Bus Rolls (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Dec 02, 2005)
Karvan-e-aman, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad peace bus that began service on April 7 this year, has resumed operations following the October 8 earthquake that devastated Uri and Muzaffarabad.
- Indo-Pak Artists To Do A Fund-Raiser Show For Quake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Artists and musicians from India and Pakistan will participate in a one-day concert at the Royal Albert Hall here on Dec 13 to raise funds for relief of the earthquake victims in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.
- 'Indo-Pak Trade Can Touch One Billion Dollar By 2006-07' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With a view to increasing official trade between India and Pakistan to one billion dollar by next year, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a series of trade exhibitions in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in 2006-07.
- Pakistani Doctors Enjoy Free Run In Mp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Indore has a flourishing medical fraternity — that of Pakistani doctors. A routine drive against quacks unearthed 37 such doctors.
- Dan And Now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
There is something about politics that encourages amnesia. Surely, the BJP would not like to remember how they helped a Congress government to survive a no-confidence motion in the mid-Nineties.
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Zia’S Carrot And Stick Policy (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 02, 2005)
Normally, the government, whether civil or military, is always anxious to tame the judiciary or befriend it, and for that purpose a policy of carrot and stick is followed. This formula was applied with full force after martial law was imposed . . .
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Congressmen Delegation Lauds Pakistan Role Against Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday stressed on the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Subsidy For Power Companies (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 02, 2005)
A subsidy of Rs 33.6 billion will be given to the private power companies annually to cover their losses. It’s reported that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has given his nod to the proposal in this connection submitted by the Ministry of Water and Power.
- Us Confident India Nuke Deal Will Be Approved (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday that a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Pushing The Boats Out (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 02, 2005)
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4
- Karvaan-E-Aman Resumes, 25 Cross Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
After nearly two months since the killer quake struck Jammu and Kashmir on October 8, the "Karvaan-e-Aman (Caravan of Peace)" from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad today resumed service from the Indian side up to the "Aman Setu (peace bridge)" on the . . .
- J&k: 25 Cross Loc At Kaman Post (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty-five people, including four stranded passengers of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, today crossed the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, regional passport officer S L Sriramlu said.
- "Parties Trying To Get Mileage Out Of Maniappan Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Opposition accusation baseless, says Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
- No Going Back On Afghan Road Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Nowhere in the world can you buy peace by compromising and surrendering to terrorists: Pranab
BRO project will be completed at all costs
Pakistan was contacted to get in touch with the Taliban to secure Maniappan's release
- Boundary Issues With China Will Be Tackled, Manmohan Singh Tells Elders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"Special Representatives are going through various stages of negotiations"
Assurance to Rajya Sabha
No timeframe set for final settlement: Ahamed
- Hekmatyar Rejects Reconciliation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
An Afghan rebel group allied with the Taliban has rejected a government offer of reconciliation, saying there could be no peace as long as foreign forces were in the country.
- Blasts Kill Five Militants In N Waziristan (News International, Mushtaq Yusufzai, Dec 02, 2005)
Five suspected militants, including three Uzbek nationals, blew themselves up while making bombs in a North Waziristan house early on Thursday, official said.
- Musharraf Seeks Us Support On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday stressed the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
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