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Articles 3221 through 3320 of 21681:
- Deal With The Devil (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan could not have chosen a better time to demonstrate just how committed it is in waging war against terror. Just days before the fifth anniversary of 9/11, it has signed a "peace agreement" with the Taliban, thereby ensuring the world's . . .
- Resume Dialogue With Pak: Left Advises Pm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
As prime minister Manmohan Singh sets off for Havana, the Left has come forward with advice that he should resume the dialogue with Pakistan. CPM and CPI leaders Prakash Karat and AB Bardhan are likely to meet the PM ahead of his eight-day visit . . .
- Pakistan Denies Army Spokesman's Remarks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Mahmud Ali Durrani has denied remarks attributed to the country's top army spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan that Osama bin Laden would not be arrested if he agreed to live peacefully in Pakistan.
- Musharraf: 'Improved Ties Depends On Settling Kashmir' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the settlement of the Kashmir issue with India would end the "cycle of confrontation and conflict in the subcontinent" and improve ties between the two countries.
- Let’S Settle Kashmir Issue: Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called for settlement of the Kashmir problem to end a cycle of confrontation and conflict in the sub-continent and ensure sustained peace in South Asia.
- U.S.-Led Havoc The World Over (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Sep 07, 2006)
The British Prime Minister sealed his fate by signing up in full to a policy now recognised by most Americans as a disaster.
- ‘Pakistan Committed To Bringing Osama To Justice’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Pakistan said today it will capture Osama bin Laden if he’s found in the country, despite the government’s recent peace deal with Islamic militants in a remote, violence-battered region on the Afghan border.
- Surprise Surprise! Pm Calls Up Ahmedinejad (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
In a surprise diplomatic move almost a year after India joined leading Western countries to vote against Iran’s nuclear programme in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on September 24, 2005, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday . . .
- Us Report Warns Of Bangladesh Militancy (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The US Institute of Peace, created by Congress and partially funded by the US government, in a new report published by its Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, has raised concerns about the connections between rising terrorism in India and . . .
- Pakistan Reaches Peace Accord With Pro-Taliban Militias (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The government of Pakistan signed a peace accord Tuesday with pro-Taliban forces in the volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, agreeing to withdraw its troops from the region in return for the fighters' pledge to stop attacks inside Pakistan . . .
- Taliban Regain Ground: Study (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Afghanistan is “falling back into the hands of the Taliban” and US-backed troops are fighting in a lawless land, says a report released on Tuesday.
- Religious Intolerance Growing: Hrcp (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Sectarian and religious intolerance is growing in Pakistan, as is the number of complaints of minority people being forcibly converted to Islam and forced from their homes, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan Asks India To Review Modified Design Again (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Pakistan has objected to Indiaís modified design of the controversial 330-megawatt Kishanganga hydropower project and asked New Delhi in its formal response sent 10 days back to review it again, a senior official has told The News.
- Waziristan Accord Signed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Militants in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Tuesday signed a peace agreement, pledging to halt cross-border movement and stop attacks on government installations and security forces.
- ‘New Breed Of Al-Qaeda Flourishes In Pakistan’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
A new generation of Islamic militants is using the region where Osama bin Laden masterminded September 11 to plan fresh attacks on the West, officials and analysts say.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue Likely To Get Boost In Havana (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf will breathe new life into the peace process in Havana next week, with back channels active to work out a common meeting ground to give new impetus to the talks.
- Anthem To Mother India Exposes Centuries-Old Sectarian Wound (Daily Times, Pratap Chakravarty, Sep 06, 2006)
Muslims are as loyal to the nation as anyone else and we do not need a certificate for that from anyone’
- India Trying To Destabilise Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 06, 2006)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam has accused India of trying to destabilise Pakistan by using the Afghan territory for its nefarious activities.
- Govt-Local Taliban Sign Peace Accord (Pakistan Observer, Tariq Saeed, Sep 06, 2006)
The peace and tranquillity is hoped to be returning fast to the violence-stricken Waziristan agencies as the much orchestrated peace accord between the government and the militants, oftenly dubbed as local Taliban by the Western . . .
- Afghanistan: No Ray Of Hope (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 06, 2006)
The main groups of ... conspiratorial paramilitary organisations are fighting against the Afghan people from bases and strongholds in Pakistan and Iran...”
- This Meddling Must Stop (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 06, 2006)
It is a matter of concern that India should have chosen to stoke the fire in Balochistan by sending arms and ammunition to the militants. On Monday, while President Musharraf informed a high-level meeting about the routes through which terrorists . . .
- Mr Bugti’S Killing Shows Fault-Lines In Political Opposition (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 06, 2006)
The general comment since Akbar Bugti’s death has focused on how the event has impacted the political scene in the country and how it might have served to bring the opposition political parties together.
- Over-Blowing Anti-Punjabi Feelings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 06, 2006)
We wonder what is the big rationale behind highlighting some of the sad incidents that are taking place in Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan following the extremely regrettable death of Nawab Akbar Bugti. According to these reports . . .
- Grecian Impressions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Wander through enchanted, poppy-animated landscapes of Greece, steeped in myth, culture and history.
- All About Our Neighbours (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 06, 2006)
Sometime ago, reports appeared stating that there had been a rethink within the Government on how to conduct economic ties with Pakistan, the burden of the effort being that the time had now come to tighten the screws on Islamabad a turn or . . .
- Pm Sounds Terror Alert (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday shared with state chief minister’s intelligence inputs warning of an escalation in terrorist activities across the country.
- On Loc, Fighting Terror With Education (Indian Express, NEHA SINHA, Sep 06, 2006)
For Raj Kumar, a recipient of the National Award for Teachers, the greatest achievement has been to wean his students away from the path of militancy. Reason: Employed in a government school, he teaches along the Line of Control. In the . . .
- Foreign Faculty Hiring Scheme (New Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 06, 2006)
The chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) recently said that the HEC's foreign faculty hiring programme had managed to create a dent in the brain drain that was taking place in Pakistan.
- A Taste Of Its Own Medicine (Pioneer, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 06, 2006)
In eliminating Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Pakistan may have scored a tactical victory but it has, in the process, jeopardised its long-term interests.
- Pak, Pro-Taliban Tribals Sign No Hostility Pact (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Pakistan's Government and pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday signed an agreement to ensure "permanent peace" in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, a move hoped to end five years of violent unrest in the region.
- A Litany Of Disasters (Pioneer, Irfan Husain, Sep 06, 2006)
If ever proof was required that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms, the Pakistan Government's handling of the Bugti killing should be sufficient
- Bugti's Death And Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Sep 06, 2006)
True to his own prediction (an NDTV interview in April), the 79-year-old Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti met his end, tragically, at the hands of the Pakistani military, which had launched a fierce attack, complete with heavy weapons and helicopters . . .
- Signing Of Indo-French Missile Pact Put Off (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo-French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off due to last minute hitches, official sources said on Tuesday.
- Bush, Quoting Bin Laden, Warns Of Iraqi Caliphate (Reuters, Steve Holland, Sep 06, 2006)
In a speech laced with quotes from Osama bin Laden, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, al Qaeda wants to set up a violent, radical Islamic caliphate based in Iraq and vowed he would . . .
- Mid-Term Evaluation Of Upa (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Sep 06, 2006)
Government has performed miserably on almost all fronts, the most glaring of them being its inability to tackle terrorism and crime, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- Blow For Justice (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court has dealt a blow for justice by shifting the trial of 14 accused in Srinagar's high-profile "sex scandal" to Chandigarh. This will come as a major relief to those who feel that they have been wrongly implicated.
- Principled Stance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 06, 2006)
Could Baig be J&K’s future leader?
Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s impromptu news conference on Saturday was a rare tour de force. How often have we seen a clear-headed, well-educated articulate leader anywhere in India spontaneously and coherently . . .
- Signing Of Indo-French Missile Pact Put Off (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo- French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off due to last minute hitches, official sources said today.
- Bush Vows To Persist With Fighting Terror (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 06, 2006)
Asserting that the US will persist in tracking down terrorists and never bow down to tyrants, President George W Bush today released a document containing strategies that his Administration has been using since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Pm Warns Of Possible Terrorist Attacks (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that intelligence agencies had warned more terrorist attacks were likely, possibly on economic and religious targets as well as on nuclear installations.
- How They Love To Stereotype Asians (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 06, 2006)
The Molly Campbell case is a family dispute that has sparked off a media frenzy simply because of the religion and ethnicity of those involved.
- Pakistan, Local Taliban Sign Peace Agreement (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday signed a deal with local Taliban militants in North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan aiming at ending years of unrest in the restive tribal belt.
- Rbi Tightens Screws On Terror Funding (Tribune, Ajay Banerjee, Sep 06, 2006)
Sources and channels of funding to terrorism have been put under a scanner in India. Authorities concerned have been asked to keep a tab on money transfers that may be used to route the money to fund the “terror-factory” of the dreaded Al-Qaida . . .
- Waziristan Taliban Sign Peace Deal With Government (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Sep 06, 2006)
Militants agree not to launch cross-border raids, shelter foreigners
Govt to remove checkpoints, free prisoners and return weapons.
- India Links Partnership To Arms Sales By France (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 06, 2006)
India and France are keen on jointly developing cruise missiles, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told presspersons after talks with his French counterpart, Michele Alliot-Marie, here on Monday.
- Indo-French Missile Pact Signing Put Off (Daily Excelsior, A.N. Dar, Sep 06, 2006)
The signing of a crucial Indo-French agreement on transfer of technology for production of French cruise missiles by India was put off owing to last-minute hitches, official sources said today.
- Lesser Known Tales (Deccan Herald, Sushma Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
A must read Partition memoir that focuses on women who bore the brunt of separation on both sides.
- Thinking The Unthinkable: A New Map For Middle East And Pakistan! (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
As Pakistan raises the decibel level in accusing India of supporting the Baloch insurgency, the idea of a “Free Balochistan” is beginning to gain ground, if only in the American academic circles
- Pakistan Signs Peace Pact With Taliban (Deccan Herald, Arif Jamal, Sep 06, 2006)
The political administration and local Taliban on Tuesday signed a peace agreement in Miran Shah, the agency headquarters of North Waziristan, to restore peace in the strife-torn tribal agency.
- India’S N-Power Status ‘Troubles’ Albright (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright on Tuesday expressed support for the Indo-US civil nuclear energy cooperation deal despite being troubled by India’s de facto nuclear power status.
- S S Menon, Who Served In Israel, China And Pak, Is New Foreign Secy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 06, 2006)
In appointing India’s current envoy to Pakistan, Shiv Shankar Menon, as the next Foreign Secretary, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has engineered a rare moment in the South Block.
- No End To Terrorism (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Sep 06, 2006)
At first it may seem surprising that extremists inspired by Pakistan had a hand in the London bombings of 7/7 last year and the recent attempts to blow up aeroplanes leaving British airports for the United States.
- Too Late For Havana (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 06, 2006)
The announcement last week that Shiv Shankar Menon would become the next foreign secretary on October 1 was the right decision at the wrong time.
- Pak Should Shut Down Terror Camps: Paper (Tribune, Arun Kumar Jain, Sep 06, 2006)
Saying there were ‘‘dangerous international terrorists’’ hiding in Pakistan, the New York Times has suggested that among the ‘‘crucial things’’ that Islamabad could do was to ‘‘permanently shut down’’ Kashmiri terrorist groups based on its soil.
- Mma All Set To Pull Out Of Baluch Assembly (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which is the largest party in the ruling alliance of Baluchistan, is now in the final stages of a decision to put in their resignations from the provincial Assembly.
- ‘Afghan Govt Not Behind Balochistan Situation’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokeswoman said on Monday the government of Afghanistan was not involved in deteriorating the situation in Balochistan, however, territory of Afghanistan was being used against Pakistan.
- ‘Formulate Comprehensive Plan To Counter Terrorism’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Charging the UPA government of neglecting security issues, the BJP today demanded an integrated action plan to be drawn by the police, the military and development administration experts to combat terrorism.
- India-Pakistan Talks: The Way Forward (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
During my recent week-long stay in New Delhi, I met a broad section of politicians and discussed the current deadlock in India-Pakistan talks with them.
- Captain Killed In Valley Encounter, Four Skeletons Found Near Loc (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
Four army personnel, including a Captain, and eight militants were among 13 persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, officials said today.
- The Balochistan Problem (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
A new map published in the US Armed Forces Journal and prepared by one Ralph Peters delineates the boundaries of a free Balochistan.
- More Equal Than Others (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
At our airports now there is a separate check-in counter for 'Parliamentarians', ostensibly to make life easier for 'ordinary' passengers.
- Musharraf Sees Foreign Hand In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said the government stands for the rights of Balochistan and its people, and did not rule out possibility of foreign hand in creating law and order problems in certain areas of the province.
- Durrani’S Fact Sheet About Baloch Sardars (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 05, 2006)
Information Minister Mohammed Ali Durrani has released a fact sheet about activities of three Baloch Sardars — Akbar Bugti, Attaullah Mengal and Khair Bakhsh Marri challenging the writ of the State in Balochistan.
- Before It Is Too Late (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 05, 2006)
Pakistan seems to have reached the edge of the precipice. The political rumpus that has erupted in the country in the aftermath of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing signals a national crisis of grave proportions.
- States To Get Lesson On Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
With jehadi outfits seeking to move beyond J&K to include states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and eastern UP in their terror network, PM Manmohan Singh will sensitise chief ministers on the growing need for states to crack down on local conduits and . . .
- America And The Oil Slick (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Sep 05, 2006)
If Iranian President Ahmadinejad is serious about opening a Euro-based oil bourse in Tehran to undermine the US dollar, now is the time to strike. Strategic experts believe that internationally, the mega strategic energy deals are slipping . . .
- Jihadis In The Yard (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
Those looking for macabre humour in the unfolding drama of Britain discovering that its council estates in London and elsewhere have become fertile breeding ground for jihadis who are willing to commit mass murder in the name of Islam will find it . . .
- Principled Stance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 05, 2006)
Could Baig be J&K’s future leader?
- Pakistan On The Road To Disaster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 05, 2006)
There is said to be a seven-and-a-half year cycle in the affairs of men - commonly known in Hindi as sadhe saati. Something similar has happened to Gen Pervez Musharraf.
- Pakistani Crime Busters Help Police Solve Cases (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 05, 2006)
On the mean streets of Pakistan's biggest city, crime-weary citizens fed up with a wave of kidnappings look to a private crime fighting unit for help.
- Murder In Iraq (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 05, 2006)
Iraq is in the ridiculous situation where the Pentagon (headed by super-hawk Donald Rumsfeld) says the country is on the verge of a civil war but US President Bush says just the opposite.
- Peace Process May Figure During Singh-Musharraf Meet (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Sep 05, 2006)
The Indo-Pak peace process and related issues may come up for discussion during the likely meeting between Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Havana later this month.
- Alienated Baloch (Tribune, Syed Nooruzzaman, Sep 05, 2006)
During an interview with an enterprising Pakistani journalist in March 2006, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the most popular tribal leader of Balochistan, said: “Now our options are clear: resist and die, or die without resisting.
- The Nuclear Deterrent Interest Of Iran (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 05, 2006)
Historically speaking, among the more important international events in the 1950s was the First International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy held in Vienna in 1955.
- Peace Process Set To Resume, Pm To Meet Mush In Havana (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 05, 2006)
It's inevitable — after the chill, a thaw is on the way. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf meet in Havana for a formal kiss-and-make-up session next week, India may indicate the end of the present diplomatic . . .
- Bjp Wants Action Plan Against Terrorism (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 05, 2006)
Alleges that POTA repeal has sent out wrong political message
Naxal operations have become more sophisticated
"Signal from UPA is that it is soft on terrorists, naxals and insurgents" .
- Pak Activities Along Loc Discussed (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 05, 2006)
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) discussed the activities of Pakistan Army along the Line of Control at its meeting on September 2.
- Balochistan Shadow Over India-Pakistan Ties (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 05, 2006)
Escalating conflict in Balochistan could push President Pervez Musharraf to adopt an aggressive position against India.
- Why Blame Britain? (Pioneer, Asad Amin, Sep 05, 2006)
No provocation is big enough to justify killings and whoever supports the slaying of innocents is a coward. The theory of retribution is humbug, says Asad Amin
- Musharraf May Compare Bugti Killing To Blue Star (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 05, 2006)
As he prepares for a two week visit to the US, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is expected to defend the killing of Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by invoking comparisons with India’s Operation Blue Star against Sikh extremists in 1984.
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