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Articles 2921 through 3020 of 21681:
- Pakistan's New Deal (News International, Nasim Zehra, Sep 13, 2006)
Pakistan's September 5 deal with the tribesmen in North Waziristan has followed an elaborate rethinking within Pakistan on how to proceed in that area.
- A Man I Knew (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Sep 13, 2006)
Their father was a kulin Brahmin, born in 1847. At the age of 17 he decided to become a Christian while studying at the Scottish Mission College in Calcutta. As a result, he was disowned by his family and shunned by members of his community.
- Unearthly Comedy Of Tony Blair (Pioneer, Gautam Sen, Sep 13, 2006)
The phenomenon of British Prime Minister Tony Blair apparently materialised like a meteor, unexpectedly blazing across the skies.
- Pak Has Not Done Enough To Control Jem, Let: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Setting the tone ahead of his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Pakistan has not done enough to control elements like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba and hinted he might try to pin Islamabad . . .
- Who's Hu In South Asia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
There has been a flurry recently of diplomatic activity in South Asia. On Sunday Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Havana where he is expected to meet President Musharraf on the sidelines.
- Musharraf In Kabul (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
Pashtunistan, Balochistan being ravaged by war An air of unreality and contradiction, even dark humour, marked General Musharraf’s summit meeting with Mr Hamid Karzai in Kabul. “Let me say neither the Government of Pakistan nor ISI is involved . . .
- 4 Memons Convicted In Mumbai Blasts (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Sep 13, 2006)
After an agonising 13-year wait, a special TADA court on Tuesday began delivering its verdict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case in batches, convicting four members of the Tiger Memon family and acquitting three others.
- Muslim League Chairman, 16 Others Held In J&k » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Chairman of Muslim League Massarat Aalam and his 16 party activists were detained in Srinagar on Tuesday while they were taking out a protest march, defying the prohibitory orders enforced in the city, official sources said.
- Musharraf Urges India To Act On Kashmir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf urged India on Tuesday to make early concessions to solve a decades-old dispute over the Kashmir region, saying he was optimistic a solution was within reach.
- Ramzan Truce On The Cards In J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
If one believes the buzz in Kashmir political circles, then a Ramzan truce is on the cards in the violence-hit state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Police Links Ied To Mumbai Blasts Verdict (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Setting the tone ahead of his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Pakistan has not done enough to control elements like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Toiba and hinted he might try to pin Islamabad . . .
- Will To Fight Terror? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 13, 2006)
With terrorism and naxalism posing major threats to India's internal security, the Prime Minister Manmohan convened a meeting of chief ministers on September 5 to share with them the Centre's concerns over the menace which have taken 'inter-state . . .
- Four Of Memon Family Found Guilty In 1993 Blasts Case (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
In the first batch of judgment pronounced in the high profile 1993 Mumbai blasts case the special TADA court on Tuesday convicted four members of the Memon family, namely Yakub, Essa, Rubina and Yusuf on charges of conspiring and abetting acts . . .
- Bashing Pakistan (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Sep 13, 2006)
It seems no matter what we do as a country in the context of the war on terror, we will continue to be the West's whipping boy -- especially the US media. Given the close links with this media and the US Administration -- the two together having . . .
- Taliban More Dangerous Than Qaeda: President (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf warned the West on Tuesday that Taliban insurgents were a more dangerous terrorist force than Al Qaeda because of the broad support they had in Afghanistan.
- Autonomy For Na (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 13, 2006)
Of late there has been frustration at the ambiguity surrounding the constitutional status of the Northern Areas and the desire among its population to have greater say in the running of their affairs. Both concerns are valid and need to be . . .
- Afghan Morass (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The internal situation in Afghanistan and the geopolitics that envelop it have taken a turn for the worse in the last few months.
- Terror For Us, Ain’T So For India (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Sep 12, 2006)
A report released by a leading American think tank on South Asia, released late last week, has raised disturbing questions about the credibility of the Bush Administration’s post 9/11 resolve of leading an uncompromising global war on terrorism.
- Pak Has Not Done Enough To Control Terrorism: Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
On Board PM's Special Flight, Sep 12 (PTI) Setting the tone ahead of his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Pakistan has not done enough to control elements like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar- e-Toiba . . .
- Pm’S Visit To Give Fillip To Indo-Brazil Ties (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on Tuesday on a two-day visit, he is likely to give concrete shape to the IBSA dialogue forum, besides providing a fillip to Indo-Brazil ties.
- Pakistan: Address Root Causes Of Terrorism (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 12, 2006)
On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Pakistan defended its role in the "war on terror" but said the military strategy had not produced the desired result and demanded that the world pay attention to the root causes of terrorism as part of a long-term . . .
- Musharraf For Results In Talks With Manmohan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 12, 2006)
Also to address Global Discourse on Kashmir Musharraf and Manmohan to have "detailed discussions on a broad agenda which will include Jammu and Kashmir, the peace process and whatever else they want to talk about" .
- Pact With Taliban (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has exposed his real game plan vis-à-vis the Taliban by signing with it an agreement at Miranshah, North Waziristan. The pact reportedly has it that Taliban militants will spare Pakistani security forces and government
- Asia-Europe Club Opens Doors For India (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 12, 2006)
Nearly 12 years after Europe and Asia together rejected New Delhi’s attempts to join the biggest biennial Asia-Europe summit, India has finally been invited to join the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem).
- 3 Militants, Spo Killed; Pdp Activist Shot At (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Three militants, including two exfiltrators, and a Special Police Officer were killed and two soldiers injured in separate encounters in Kashmir, where radicals shot at and injured a ruling PDP’s worker in Anantnag.
- Qarra For Another Amnesty To St Defaulters (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Sep 12, 2006)
Minister of Finance, Tariq Hameed Qarra, today revealed that the coalition Government was going to grant yet another amnesty scheme for recovery of Sales Tax (ST) arrears from big business houses.
- Blast Cuts Power Line, Plunges Baluchistan Into Darkness (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Baluchistan's woes show no signs of abating almost two-and-a-half weeks after the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- Edgy Maharashtra Awaits 1993 Blasts Judgement (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Sep 12, 2006)
Devastated by July's suburban train blasts and the more recent Malegaon bombings, weary of high alerts and gun-totting cops, a jittery Maharashtra anxiously awaits judgement day.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Anti-Islamic Feelings (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 12, 2006)
‘The events that lead up to the fifth anniversary of Sept 11 attacks indicate the West’s growing suspicion of Islam.’ — By Michael Jansen
- Business First At Summit In Brazil (Hindustan Times, MANOJ JOSHI, Sep 12, 2006)
On his way to the first summit of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) group and the NAM summit, being billed as a major foreign policy event, the Prime Minister cannot quite escape the pull of domestic events. Primarily, the recent terrorist . . .
- Thorns In The Bush (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 12, 2006)
George W Bush may justify his war against terror but invasion of Iraq and questionable interrogation tactics are still inexcusable.’ — By Shyam Bhatia
- War On Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
As another 9/11 passes, another anniversary of the horrific terrorist strike that has come to define the early 21st century, it is easy to chortle that the US's response to that dark, tragic Tuesday appears to be going nowhere.
- Musharraf For Substantive Talks With Manmohan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said he was looking forward to his talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana at the end of this week.
- Lahore Rally Serves A Purpose (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 12, 2006)
Political leaders from across the country have expressed solidarity with the people of Balochistan over the recent developments in the province and repudiated the vested interests’ vicious attempt to attribute the Kohlu incident to Punjab at the . . .
- Musharraf Optimistic About Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Sep 12, 2006)
The President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left here on Monday for Belgium for talks with the European Union (EU) leaders, as part of tour that will include visits to Cuba, the United Nations and Washington. Members of the Cabinet and senior officials . . .
- Troops For Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2006)
The government’s decision to send a contingent of troops to Lebanon for demining operations deserves to be welcomed.
- Azad Offers Conditional Ceasefire In Held Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Indian-occupied Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has offered a conditional ceasefire in the valley during the upcoming month of Ramazan.
- Short Term ‘Deals’ In Islamabad And Kabul (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 12, 2006)
Islamabad’s ‘peace deal’ with pro-Taliban tribes along the Afghan border in North Waziristan was announced last Tuesday in sync with General Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Kabul the day after.
- Nuclear Dichotomies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2006)
The simmering crisis surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme has exposed the dichotomies in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Pm May Use Oil To Douse Sir Creek Fire (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh appears to be toying with the idea of dousing the Sir Creek fire by suggesting that India and Pakistan jointly tap the energy potential in the oil and gas rich region.
- India, Pakistan Top Traffickers In Women (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 12, 2006)
Pakistan has been listed as one of the key source of trafficking of women in a United Nations report.
- The Ruling Triumvirate In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Sep 12, 2006)
The peace agreement signed on September 5 between Pakistan Government and tribal elders in Waziristan will allow militants to operate freely in one of Pakistan's most restive border areas, in return for a pledge to halt . . .
- Mumbai Blasts Kingpin Hiding In Bangalore? (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Sep 12, 2006)
“We received a call from the Mumbai police late on Monday afternoon giving definite information about a man of North Indian origin, who has taken shelter in Bangalore. They suspect that he is the main man behind the Mumbai blasts,” said a police officer.
- The Bugti Fallout (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2006)
The continuing unrest in Balochistan following the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a demonstration of the depth of anger against Islamabad's prolonged neglect of the province even as it unceasingly exploited its rich natural resources.
- Outlook On Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
The ministry of finance's economic outlook, issued on Saturday, seems a bit optimistic and relies much on validation from overseas multilateral agencies for claiming "extraordinary successes" despite external shocks.
- Federalism -- By Force If Necessary (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
"It is not possible for one state, by itself, to decide to leave the Union. I, therefore, consider that in view of the Constitution and the Laws, the Union is unbroken".
- Five Years On (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
Exactly five years ago, on September 11, I was sitting with Pakistan's then foreign minister Abdul Sattar in the Foreign Office at 1 pm. The main thrust of our meeting was Pakistan's pro-Taliban policy and the urgency to change it.
- The Seven Year Itch (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
Judging by the bad mood rising amongst the people, the seven year itch that yearns to rid us of this government seems to have blown into a full fledged case of eczema spread across the body politic of the country.
- Irrelevant Borders (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 12, 2006)
Outgoing External Affairs Secretary Shyam Saran has once again echoed the nation's desire for making borders irrelevant between India and Pakistan. Speaking at a function in the national capital he has asserted: "We don't have any barriers.
- Joining Hands With Taliban (Pioneer, B Raman, Sep 12, 2006)
Since the unrest in Balochistan, Musharraf has stopped Army operations against Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants as they, unlike Balochis, are comfortable with Musharraf
- American Dilemmas In `Greater Middle East' (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2006)
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan... the US has landed itself in quite a mess in the Middle East, and if it is to come out reasonably unscathed, it must get Osama bin Laden. For this, says G. PARTHASARATHY, the US President, Mr George Bush, needs his . . .
- Banking On More (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 12, 2006)
Standard and Poor’s recent analysis suggests that exposure of the Indian banking industry to the private sector is very low as compared to competing nations in the Asian region.
- Opportunities Lost (News International, Ethan Casey, Sep 12, 2006)
As I write this only one topic available to me; to write about anything else would be perverse. A world-changing event has a fifth anniversary only once. But how to write about it without being trite, or bland, or merely superficially political?
- Us Defends Pak Hunt For Terrorists (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Top US officials on Sunday strongly defended Pakistan's hunt for terrorists along its border with Afghanistan, with Vice President Dick Cheney bristling at claims Pakistan had failed to cooperate in the search for Osama bin Laden.
- Osama Forcing Us To 'Beg' For Pak Help? (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 11, 2006)
The US has been hunting for Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden for the last five years with no success.
- Lessons From Terror (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years since 9/11, and we are still being told that the world has changed forever.
- Police Issue Sketches Of Two Men In Blast Probe (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 11, 2006)
Police released sketches of two men on Sunday in connection with blasts which killed 32 people and wounded 100 others last week.
- Pm To Seek Nam Nation's Support For Tharoor (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 11, 2006)
Other than his agenda to focus on issues like terrorism and confidence-building measures among other developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will use the opportunity of Non-Aligned Summit in Havana to lobby for the candidature of . . .
- Showpiece Of An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's nine-day trip to Brasilia and Havana
- Khushwant Singh (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
What does this latest award mean to you?
It means more than all the others because it comes from my own people. The fact that I’m receiving an award from Punjab even though I don’t write in Punjabi is something to celebrate.
- This Is The Third World War (The Financial Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Sep 11, 2006)
When the World Trade Centres came down, they triggered a war that is more complex than any in human history.
- Vande Mataram: Bjp Again Raises Sonia’S Foreign Origin (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The BJP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s scheduled meeting with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the Nam Summit in Havana on September 15-16.
- Developing Nations Summit Gathers Us Foes In Cuba (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of 116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics just 90 miles (145 km) offshore.
- The Indian Link In Us Terror Fight (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 11, 2006)
Languishing in New Jersey prison for more than three years now, India-born British arms dealer Hemant Lakhani is the lone Indian in the long list of major arrests made in the US on terrorism charges after September 11, 2001.
- Ard Blasts Govt Over Bugti’S Killing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the opposition parties, including the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, (ARD), the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), have warned the people against anti-state conspiracies . . .
- Literacy Drive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
The government’s ‘l00 per cent enrolment for literacy’ campaign, inaugurated by the federal education minister on Friday, on the occasion of International Literacy Day, is quite ambitious.
- Dr Khan: Nation Heaves A Sigh Of Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
DR AQ Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme underwent a successful prostate cancer operation at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi on Saturday.
- Paktia Governor Dies In Suicide Blast (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A suicide bombing killed three people including the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province outside his home on Sunday, police said.
- The Afghan: Forsyth Sees Kerala As Fertile Turf For Islamic Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Superpower rivalry has always been a particularly fertile territory for the writer of the realpolitik thriller.
- Pm Seeks Greater Nam Unity (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for greater unity among the 116 NAM countries to fight terrorism.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- Sending Sappers To Lebanon (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that Pakistan has agreed to send army sappers to Lebanon for the purpose of clearing that country of landmines, cluster bombs, booby traps and other explosive devices.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- India Probes Link Between Mosque, Rail Bombings (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Indian police said on Sunday they were questioning several people in connection with blasts that killed 32 people in a western town and were investigating possible links with train bombings in Mumbai in July.
- Jinnah’S Vision Of Pakistan (Dawn, Sharif al Mujahid, Sep 11, 2006)
Jinnah was not a mere political leader, but also a statesman. Indeed, his statesmanship streak influenced and determined his political leadership role increasingly as he negotiated the tortuous road to Pakistan in the 1940s.
- Police Apathy & Rising Crime (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 11, 2006)
On Wednesday, the Afghan consul-general in Karachi got a taste of the seamier side of the city when his car was waylaid by armed men in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
- Us Military Cautious About Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The US military will take a “wait and see approach” to a Pakistan-militant truce deal in northern Pakistani tribal area, an American military spokesman said on Sunday.
- Hyderabad Too Is Paralysed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Civil administration and troops were engaged in relief operations in Hyderabad and other parts of interior Sindh after torrential rains.
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