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Articles 2121 through 2220 of 21681:
- Musharraf Book Says Manmohan Singh’S Sincerity Ebbing Away (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 26, 2006)
In unusually frank words used by a serving head of state for an incumbent head of government, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the initial sign of sincerity and flexibility that he sensed in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to . . .
- ’93 Blasts: Two More Tiger’S Aides Guilty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The special TADA court trying the 1993 Mumbai blasts case pronounced accused No 23 Mohammed Iqbal Shaikh and accused No 49 Nasim Ashraf Barmare, guilty of attack on the Sahar Airport with the intention of killing people and damaging aircraft, on Monday.
- Coups: An Addiction To Power (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 26, 2006)
When Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin seized power in Thailand last week, he joined a long list of military leaders to have succumbed to the lure of the coup.
- India Filched Pak N-Design, Claims Musharraf (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 26, 2006)
It might require extraordinary Ramazan-inspired forbearance on part of President Bush to welcome Pakistan's military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf back to the White House for iftar on Wednesday or for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to continue the . . .
- Shot-Down Idea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
This newspaper has always maintained that ceasefire with the Ulfa is utterly unacceptable. But the home ministry had insisted that negotiations with a group of extortionists was feasible.
- Don't Blame Simi (Times of India, IRFAN AHMAD, Sep 25, 2006)
There is little evidence to suggest that the Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is involved in plotting terrorist attacks. Yet, after the horrendous Mumbai blasts that claimed 200 lives, SIMI is being looked upon as one of the perpetrators.
- No Change In Stand On Terror: Pm (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Sep 25, 2006)
Rebutting the criticism from the security establishment and the BJP on the formation of a joint mechanism with Pakistan on fighting terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it would actually test Islamabad’s assurance on not allowing . . .
- Aq Khan Sold Nuclear Secrets: Musharraf (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed that AQ Khan, considered the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, sold nuclear centrifuge designs, 18 tons of centrifuge parts and even 2000 complete units to North Korea, Libya and Iran.
- Musharraf And The Truth About Kargil (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 25, 2006)
General Musharraf's account of the Kargil war is a feisty defence of Pakistan's military — but sits ill with well-established facts.
- Pak Troops Were Involved In Kargil, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In the first official acknowledgement of involvement of Pakistan’s regular troops in the Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has described it as “a landmark in the history of the Pakistani army”.
- An Incomplete Account Of A "Most Embarrassing Moment" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
General Musharraf's memoirs assert Dr. A.Q. Khan was "self-centred," "abrasive," and greedy; that his proliferation was a "one-man act."
- Kargil: Pervez’S Pen Blames India, Scorns Army (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 25, 2006)
Pervez Musharraf has poured scorn on India’s military prowess by boasting how five Pakistani army battalions held down four divisions of the Indian Army during the 1999 Kargil war.
- Thrown Into The Wilderness Of Politics (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 25, 2006)
When the military regime introduced its draft of the women’s bill in parliament, many progressive forces that had been pushing for the repeal of the infamous Hudood Ordinances imposed by Ziaul Haq saw an opportunity to effect change for women in Pakistan.
- West, Saudi Arabia Can’T Confirm Osama Death (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had died last month.
- Crippling Setback (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
The alarming increase in polio cases this year in the country is cause for serious concern. Around 297 cases of polio have been reported so far this year compared with only 66 cases in 2005.
- Heart Of Terror (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Sep 25, 2006)
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 20, made it abundantly clear that US and NATO troops in Afghanistan would not be able to end attacks by Taliban militants unless steps were also taken to . . .
- Security Forces Kill Four Ultras In J&k (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Security forces foiled an infiltration bid in Uri sector in Kashmir and killed four Pakistani militants.
- One Small Step (News International, Chris Cork, Sep 25, 2006)
Two books are shortly to hit the shelves in the world’s bookshops. One is by General Musharraf, and is called ‘In the line of fire’ — to be launched on his current tour of the wests’ best hotels, and the other which could well have had the . . .
- Singh Is Not That Powerful, Mr President (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 25, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the official level talks on Kashmir issue have run their course and, therefore, called for direct talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ‘to reach decisions and solutions’.
- A Great Disservice To Humanity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
In a year’s time first there were the cartoons and then the Pope himself celebrating despondency to damage social harmony between Muslims and Christians across the globe.
- Washington Summit And Its Outcome (News International, Nasim Zehra, Sep 25, 2006)
Other elements of the relationship notwithstanding, for now the key defining factor of the Pakistan-US relationship is the tackling of the “terrorist threat,” which was yet again underscored at the Musharraf-Bush Washington summit.
- Our Dangerous Roads (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
Two buses and a van were in a three-way collision near Islamabad on Saturday, which left at least 13 people dead and more than 50 injured.
- Now When World Oil Prices Have Slided! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 25, 2006)
AS the international oil prices have gone down considerably, the prices of gas will also hopefully come down.
- "Joint Mechanism To Test Pakistan" (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Sep 25, 2006)
"There is trust deficit in relations, but things cannot stand still"
- Be With Us Or Be Bombed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2006)
Is it any surprise that the Bush administration issued crude threats to Pakistan immediately after 9/11? In his 368-page memoir, In The Line of Fire, which is being launched today, President Pervez Musharraf narrates how, on September 12, 2001, U.S. . . .
- Did Musharraf ‘Cave In’ To Taliban?: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The fugitive Taliban commander Mulla Omar has emerged as the key player behind the movement’s controversial peace deal with Pakistan, British newspaper The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
- Disinformation International? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 25, 2006)
Transparency International’s Islamabad office has sent out a press note disputing a story in this paper about the results of a recent TI survey about perceptions of government corruption in Pakistan.
- Trigger-Happy Police (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2006)
Two incidents within the space of a few days show that Karachi’s trigger-happy police have no qualms about killing innocent civilians.
- Country-Wide Power Breakdown: Trippings Blamed On Technical Fault (Dawn, Khaleeq Kiani, Sep 25, 2006)
A massive power breakdown hit the country on Sunday noon as a result of a technical fault in the northern hydropower producing region that triggered cascading trippings across the integrated national grid, officials said.
- Us-Pakistan Partnership (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 25, 2006)
Reaffirming their firm commitment to a US-Pakistan strategic partnership, President George Bush and President Musharraf discussed on Friday issues relating to bilateral investment and trade arrangements — so far unresolved because of the differing . . .
- Congress Continuing Vote Bank Politics: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Joint anti-terror mechanism with Pakistan will not work: Rajnath
Rajnath rejects idea of deploying security men from the minority community in sensitive areas
Charge of bias against security forces would demoralise them, he says
Joint . . .
- Foreign Investor Worries (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
The annual perception survey conducted by the American Business Council, a grouping of American companies operating in the private sector in Pakistan, focuses this time on the issue of law and order in the country.
- General's Grand Theory Of `Enlightened Moderation' (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2006)
In his book, In the Line of Fire: A Memoir, Pakistan's military ruler locates his "out of the box" Kashmir solution within the larger context of having to respond to 9/11 and a vastly more violent and volatile post-9/11 world.
- Connecting With The Baloch (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
“The Baloch insurgency will soon peter out as did the Sikh insurgency in Indian Punjab after the elimination of Bhindranwale,” wrote a hardened soul recently in a national daily. This hasty judgment announced on history would even amuse the most . . .
- Centre Ready To Discuss All Issues With J&k People: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Noting that there had been a "trust deficit" between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the two countries have to find ways and means to tackle their problems including terrorism.
- Over 1,000 Kashmiri Militants In Hizb Camps In Pak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 25, 2006)
Over 1,000 trained Kashmiri terrorists are "currently stranded" in three camps of the Hizbul Mujahideen in the Hazara region of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to a media report.
- Musharraf Backs Women’S Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Facing heat from moderates and rights activists over controversial Islamic laws, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the laws were “extremely discriminatory” against women and he would ensure the passage of the Bill seeking their . . .
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Pok Marks On Islamabad (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2006)
There has always been an element of chutzpah in Islamabad’s relationship to ‘Azad’ Kashmir aka Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
- Never Sack A General! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2006)
It is a popular game played by children. A child who bends to pick up something is promptly whacked on the bottom by a friend to the triumphant cry of “Never Spare A Bender”! The grown-up political leader’s equivalent sport could well be called . . .
- Bengal Blues (Statesman, AK SEN SARMA, Sep 25, 2006)
Commentators over the years have often lamented the sense of deprivation that Bengal occasionally suffers. This is embedded in the insensitivity of the rest of India to the crippling blows suffered by Bengal, particularly between the 1930s and the . . .
- Musharraf Unveils His Kashmir Solution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
His book, "In the Line of Fire," presents four elements of his "out of the box" idea .
- Bush Satisfied With Pak's Handling Of A Q Khan Issue: Mush (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The Bush administration is "very satisfied" and "quite comfortable" with the way Islamabad has handled the issue of nuclear scientist A Q Khan's proliferation network, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said.
- Iraqi Militants Claim Killing Of Indians (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda-linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- Trust Deficit But Terror Pact To Stay (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Sep 25, 2006)
On the eve of the release of Pervez Musharraf’s autobiography in which the General has blamed India for the Kargil conflict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged there was a “trust deficit” between India and Pakistan.
- Iraq Militants Claim Killing 10 Indians, Pakistanis (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- Bluff And Bluster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 25, 2006)
Is too much being read into Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's belligerent posturing prior to his meeting with US President George W Bush in Washington, DC on Friday?
- Kargil Tactical Victory For Us: Musharraf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In the first official acknowledgement of involvement of Pakistan's regular troops in the Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has described it as "a landmark in the history of the Pakistani Army".
- Anti-Terror Pledge Is Musharraf's Final Chance: Pm (Times of India, BHASKAR ROY, Sep 25, 2006)
With the Havana formulation on a joint mechanism to monitor terrorism under fire, PM Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India's approach to terrorism was unchanged and asserted that Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf had been given a final chance . . .
- Pm: Joint Mechanism Won’T Mean Softening Of Stand On Terrorism (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Sep 25, 2006)
Defending his decision to initiate a joint mechanism on terrorism with Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said this will not lead to any softening of the Indian stand on terror.
- Great Wall Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 25, 2006)
Ports, as a revealing surrender earlier this year by US President George W. Bush to his Congress proved, can breed paranoia.
- Seven Years Later, Gen Admits: Pak Forces Were Involved In Kargil (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In his book In the Line of Fire, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf has described the Kargil conflict as a “landmark in the history of the Pakistani army.”
- Al-Qaeda Group Killed Indians In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An Al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq claimed on Sunday it had executed 10 Shiite Muslims from India and Pakistan, according to an Internet statement.
- Anti-Terror Pledge Is Musharraf's Final Chance: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
With the Havana formulation on a joint mechanism to monitor terrorism under fire, PM Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that India's approach to terrorism was unchanged and asserted that Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf had been given a final . . .
- 'No Evidence That Osama Bin Laden Is Dead' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret services believed he had . . .
- The Threat Of Local Jihadis (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 25, 2006)
Terrorism has struck deep roots in India and Nizam-e-Mustafa is the cry now.
- Pm Defends Revival Of Dialogue With Pakistan (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday adopted a cautious stand while dealing with the issue of the proposed Indo-Pak joint mechanism against terrorism even as he defended the decision to revive the dialogue process between the two countries.
- Sonia Rules Out Deputy Pm (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Sep 25, 2006)
Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi made it crystal clear here on Sunday that there would be no deputy prime minister in the UPA government.
- The Rise And Fall (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 24, 2006)
Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Chairman of the Democratic Reform Council in Thailand: On 19 September 2006, General Sonthi and others launched a military coup and overthrew the elected but divisive prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Pm Warns Of Terror Strikes, Asks Cms To Tone Up Intelligence (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the . . .
- Kashmir Issue Has To Be Resolved Between India And Pakistan: Bush (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Making it clear that the issue of Kashmir has to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush on Friday said US can only help create conditions for peace and cannot "force" nations to reach agreements.
- Indo-Pak Talks Should Never Break Down: Musharraf (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the Indo-Pak dialogue process, which is going to resume soon, should never break down as result of any kind of terrorist activities as that would mean playing into the hands of terrorists.
- Of Love, War And Chilli Powder (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Almost immediately you will hurtle into a love story — one that is hectored by adult wisdom and succumbs to the inevitable consequences.
- Iraqi Militants Say Killed Indians, Pakistanis (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
militant group in Iraq said on Saturday it had killed ten Indians and Pakistanis whom it had abducted as they were on their way to Syria.
- Pm Calls For More Muslims In Security Forces (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged regional leaders on Saturday to recruit more Muslims into the police and intelligence agencies to help counter a growing sense of insecurity in the minority community.
- Nato Seeks To Widen Strategic Contacts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Formed to contain the might of the erstwhile Soviet Union-led communist alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is now focussing its efforts to fight terrorism and was seeking to widen its "strategic contacts", including that with India.
- Mush Panned For Book Plug (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
"He sounded more like a head of marketing than head of state," and "his loyalties lie with the royalties" were just two of the many toxic remarks Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf attracted from commentators as they panned him from . . .
- Osama Death Buzz Again, Few Takers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
A leaked foreign intelligence document published in a French newspaper today set off a loud buzz that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid in Pakistan last month, but no country would confirm anything.
- Violence Level Down In J&k, Infiltration Diminishes: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir had diminished and his Government was sincerely pursuing dialogue with Pakistan and the people of the State in its endeavour to give them a . . .
- Sonia Voices Concern Over Terror Strikes In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Recalling the Congress’ support to the previous NDA Government, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said as a political party Congress has always advocated dialogue with Pakistan even while being in opposition.
- Raise Talks To Summit Level: Musharraf (Tribune, Arun Kumar, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf wants the India-Pakistan dialogue to be raised to the summit level and also says terrorism should not be allowed to derail these talks.
- Pm’S Proposals To Pak Should Be Bared: Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
The BJP today claimed that the Manmohan Singh government had compromised national interests by shifting its stand on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded the government to make public the “non-paper” proposals made to Pakistan through back . . .
- Man Who Made Pak Fall In Line (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 24, 2006)
The man at the centre of the controversy over the threat to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age if it did not support the United States in the war on terrorism is often spoken as having sinews of steel and a heart of gold.
- The Havana Betrayal (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in the race for canonisation, his spectacular act of forgiveness in Havana would have ensured instant deification by any council of the exalted.
- Kargil Planned Before Atal Visit: Musharraf (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed in his book that Pakistani military had begun preparations for the 1999 Kargil incursion months before the conflict in May but claimed it was in response to activities on the Indian side.
- Concern For Muslims Overrides Terror Talk (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Sep 24, 2006)
A grim warning of a more intense terrorist strike and the need for maintaining communal harmony formed the focal point of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's addresses to the party Chief Ministers conference that . . .
- Baluchistan Uprising (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 24, 2006)
The extent to which the so-called ‘‘second War of Independence’’ in Baluchistan has been galvanised in the aftermath of the octogenarian Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti’s ‘‘martyrdom’’ on August 26 can be gleaned from three developments.
- Musharraf Accused Of Weakness (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 24, 2006)
President caved in to U.S. pressure: Opposition
- Oil’S Well Between Manmohan And Left (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Sep 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has taken note of a positive offer from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of supplying oil to India at a stable price during a meeting the two leaders had in Havana, and suggested to Left leaders that relations with . . .
- The Mush Quotient (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 24, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks to an American television channel that the Bush Administration threatened to bomb his nation into Stone Age in the wake of 9/11 should not surprise.
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