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Articles 3321 through 3420 of 21681:
- Out Of Parliament And Into The Mountains? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 05, 2006)
The Balochistan National Party (BNP) announced Sunday that it had decided to resign from the National Assembly, Senate and the Provincial Assembly as well as all local bodies in protest against . . .
- Bnp-M Decides To Quit Assemblies (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) announced on Sunday to resign from the assemblies and the Senate in protest against the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti and the “military action” in the province.
- Human Rights At Risk As Pakistan Gives Way To The Taliban (Daily Times, Akhtar Amin, Sep 04, 2006)
Human rights violations are on the rise with the ever-increasing Taliban influence in the country’s north, writes the chairman of a non-governmental human rights institute in Peshawar.
- Pakistani, Indian Pilgrims Slain In Iraq (Reuters, Ross Colvin, Sep 04, 2006)
Fourteen Pakistani and Indian Shi'ite pilgrims were abducted and killed in Iraq's western desert, police said on Saturday, victims of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites that threatens civil war.
- Floods Leave 1.5 Mln Homeless In Orissa; Alert In Kashmir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Flooding triggered by monsoon rains in the past few days has left 1.5 million people homeless and damaged thousands of acres of paddy crop in Orissa, officials said on Sunday.
- Bangladesh Intransigence (Daily Excelsior, Sarvadaman, Sep 04, 2006)
India has been fighting Naga insurgency almost for five decades. It is the inborn patience of the Indians that have sometimes allowed the political cauldron to go on boiling for a longer periods. Infact, there has been addition to already existing . . .
- How We Deny Sectarianism And Then Pay For It (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims to Karbala have been brutally murdered by sectarian thugs in Iraq.
- Bugti’S Killing: Apc Demands Judicial Probe (Dawn, Ashraf Mumtaz, Sep 04, 2006)
Leaders of the main opposition alliances, the MMA and ARD, and senior lawyers on Sunday urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to set up a judicial commission to look into the Kohlu tragedy.
- Floods Leave 1.5 Million Indians Homeless (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Flooding triggered by monsoon rains in the past few days has left 1.5 million people homeless and damaged thousands of acres of paddy crop in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said on Sunday.
- India Matters (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Sep 04, 2006)
The monsoon session of the Lok Sabha concluded far from proudly, with something approaching fisticuffs. Nothing warranted or can ever justify such disgraceful conduct.
- Mma’S Ultimatum To Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
The Secretary General of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman today issued a final ultimatum to General Pervez Musharraf telling him unless a political dialogue is started . . .
- Preventive Detention (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 04, 2006)
It is not strange that the Lahore High Court has ruled that the Punjab home department has detained the chief of Jamatud Dawa without producing convincing grounds for its action.
- Pak: 6 Hurt In Blast, Rebels Bomb Gas Pipeline (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Six people were wounded in a grenade attack while insurgents bombed a gas pipeline in southwestern Pakistan as unrest continued over the killing of a rebel chieftain, police said.
- People Vs. Army (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 04, 2006)
If one goes to Pakistan and meets the members of Ms Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) one will hear an interesting observation. One will be told: "There are only two parties in Pakistan.
- Musharraf Desperately Seeks Baloch Solution (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has discussed with his confidantes initiatives to tide over the crisis in Balochistan following tribal chief Nawab Akbar Bugti's death in an Army raid, as nationalist parties today rallied in the restive . . .
- Terror Spreading To New Areas, Rise In Infiltration: Centre (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 04, 2006)
Ahead of the Tuesday conclave of Chief Ministers on internal security, the Centre has presented a grim picture by admitting that cross-border terrorism has spread to the hinterland and infiltration, in comparison to the same period last year, has trebled.
- Citizenship Isn’T A Split Decision (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 04, 2006)
Should cosmopolitan nations prohibit dual citizenship at a time when integration is very important?
- No Plan To Base Troops Inside Pakistan: Canada (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Canada has no plans to deploy troops to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, Defense Minister Gordon O'Connor said, denying reports that he had suggested such a deployment.
- "Hashim's Claim Yet To Be Verified" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Police on Sunday said they were yet to verify Lashker-e-Taiba operative Akmal Hashim's claim in a media interview that 17 terrorists were involved in the July 11 bomb blasts on commuter trains here.
- Peace Accord In N Waziristan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
The militants and the Government have reportedly reached an understanding to ensure ‘permanent peace’ in the North Waziristan Agency.
- Focus On Medical, Heritage Tourism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Private investment in tourism sector to be encouraged
- The Plan For The Worst Case Scenario? (Indian Express, Amitav Mallik, Sep 04, 2006)
Soon after the Mumbai terror attack in July this year, a warning was sounded by India’s national security adviser that nuclear power plants and facilities could be likely targets of terrorist attack. More recently, some villagers near the . . .
- Pak Increases Military Activities Along Loc (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 04, 2006)
There is a certain degree of concern over Pakistan Army’s reported activities of construction of concrete bunkers and reinforcement of manpower along the Line of Control as Islamabad is upping its ante before the anticipated bilateral meeting between . .
- Pragmatism, Sanity: National Imperatives (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani has said that the defunct Soviet-made weapons captured in Balochistan during the last couple of months were enough to raise an Army Division.
- Pervez Faces Flak From Ex-Generals (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 04, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, left virtually alone by the political establishment to handle the Balochistan crisis, has now come under strong attack from former generals for what they described as an "ill-conceived idea and badly handled . . .
- Safta Nations Must Persuade Pakistan (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 04, 2006)
The reported anger in the ministry of external affairs over Pakistan’s refusal to abide by its market access commitments under Safta is understandable, but launching a trade war in retaliation may not be the answer.
- Murder Of Pakistani Pilgrims (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 04, 2006)
Eleven Pakistani pilgrims were shot dead by unidentified bandits in Anbar province of Iraq’s western desert on Friday, Iraqi Police said. Three Indian pilgrims were also killed in the episode.
- Redressing Balochistan’S Grievances (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Sep 04, 2006)
“I have spilt blood? I had to; I shall perhaps shed more, but without anger, and quite simply, because blood-letting is a component of (my) political medicine...I am not a man like other men and the laws of morality or custom cannot be applied to me.
- Opposition Politicizing Bugti’S Death: Durrani (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 04, 2006)
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani Sunday said the opposition should rise above petty politics and stop politicizing the Kohlu incident for their personal gains.
- 3 Indian Pilgrims Buried In Karbala (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 04, 2006)
The three Indians who were shot dead by gunmen at close range in Iraq were buried in Karbala on Saturday.
- Job Scheme To Be Launched In N. Areas (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2006)
The government will launch a “Rozgar Pakistan Programme” in Northern Areas and other parts of the country to provide employment to the youth.
- Canada Hints At Stationing Troops Along Pakistan Border (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2006)
Defence Minister Gordon O’Connor said on Friday Canadian soldiers could be deployed along the Pakistan side of the border with Afghanistan to help protect the forces from attacks.
- Militants, Govt Sign Truce In N Waziristan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2006)
Taliban militants encouraged by tribal elders signed an agreement with the Pakistan government on Saturday to ensure “permanent peace” in this volatile north-western tribal region near the Afghan border, intelligence officials said.
- Sureesh Mehta, Next Naval Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
He commanded the Western Fleet during Operation Parakram
- ‘Un Is Both Stage And Actor’ (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 02, 2006)
Shashi Tharoor, India’s candidate in the race to replace Kofi Annan as the next Secretary-General, is busy knocking on the doors of key Security Council members for support.
- Conquering The World (News International, Hafizur Rahman, Sep 02, 2006)
Scenes of prayer in the Kaaba, and of course of the Hajj in Makkah, witnessed over television are an inspiring sight.
- Good Governance (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
The remarks made by Dr Ishrat Husain, chairman of an official commission on government reforms, in a speech made at the recent launch of the Human Development in South Asia (2005) Report that a qualitative change in governance would help solve . . .
- Nawab Bugti Laid To Rest Without Family Members (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The veteran politician, Chieftain of Bugti tribe and Head of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard at Dera Bugti here on Friday morning.
- Living With Floods And Drought (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
Just a month or so there was a lot of debate in Pakistan on the issue of water conservation and storage. And now the situation has changed so much that there is now too much water. Torrential rains and heavy flooding have not stopped yet and some . . .
- Bugti Buried In Secrecy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Pakistan’s combined Opposition observed “a successful black day” in various parts of the country on Friday, even as the army buried the body of slain Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti at his ancestral Dera Bugti cemetery amidst tight security and . . .
- Spread Of Gastroenteritis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
Waterborne diseases, particularly gastroenteritis, are cutting a swathe of misery across Sindh, with children and the elderly being the worst affected.
- Brit-Pak Muslims Bash Bollywood (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 02, 2006)
Bollywood may wear its multi-religious pluralism as a badge of honour, but for the angry young British Muslims of Pakistani denomination, it’s all a sham and therefore a matter of extreme discomfort.
- Another Collapse (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
In the span of less than week, another multi-storied building has collapsed. The first one was in a busy Lahore market and this time an eight-storey building came tumbling down in the hill resort of Murree early on Thursday morning.
- New Face Of British Islam: Conversions Gain Ground (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 02, 2006)
Shoe-bomber Richard Reid; 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay; August 10’s Trans-Atlantic airline alleged conspirators Don Stewart-Whyte, Oliver Savant and Brian Young. All would fail the racial profiling test to screen potential terrorists; all are . . .
- Reap What You Sow (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 02, 2006)
Prem Kumar, son of my Dahi Bhalla friend, the late Kishen Lall, founder-proprietor of Hotel Rajdoot, is a very fat man.
- Crises All Around (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 02, 2006)
There is hardly any country that at some time in its existence has not been entangled in a crisis of one kind or the other. Such a crisis could be political, economic or security-related in nature. The afflicted country either tries to resolve . . . .
- Terror Concern To Dominate Manmohan-Musharraf Meet (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
India’s concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Response To Terror (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 02, 2006)
It will be wrong to find fault with the judiciary in Pakistan for having set Jamaatud Dawa (Pakistan) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed at liberty. Like elsewhere the judges in Pakistan also tend to go by the credibility of the material produced before . . .
- ‘‘Chalta Hai’’ Security (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Sep 02, 2006)
There are almost daily revelations that India's security apparatus has been penetrated at several different levels by US and Pakistani agents. Two ISI agents arrested in West Bengal in connection with the Mumbai blasts have disclosed that there are . . .
- 'Mush Has Knowledge About Qaida' (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Sep 02, 2006)
Pakistan president Gen Pervez Musharraf is seen in Western capitals as "not only a vital ally but someone with deep inside knowledge of the Taliban, Al Qaida and the jehadi movements — indeed, his army and intelligence services helped to create . . .
- Ind's Concerns On Terror To Dominate Singh-Musharraf Talks (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Sep 02, 2006)
India's concerns on cross-border terrorism and all aspects of Indo-Pak ties may dominate talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of NAM summit to be held in the Cuban capital of Havana . . .
- Manmohan & Nam (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 02, 2006)
Will the PM be able to define an Indian position?
The last job Dr Manmohan Singh held in his career as an Indian bureaucrat was to head the Geneva-headquartered “South-South” Commission conceived by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania.
- Bugti Kin Shuns Coffin Burial (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In what is being seen as yet another insult to the Bugti tribe in Balochistan, the burial of its slain leader, Akbar Khan Bugti, was done in secrecy at a cemetery at Dera Bugti, the ancestral town of the tribe, by the Pakistan Army.
- Right Decision (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By deciding to bring in Mr Shiv Shankar Menon, at present India's High Commissioner to Pakistan, as the new Foreign Secretary, the Government has taken a right step.
- Why Alienate If You Can Garner Support (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 02, 2006)
By promoting racial profiling, Governments are planting seeds of more terrorist modules. They are only alienating a whole mass of people who would only be glad to participate in the war against terrorism
- Pakistan-Us Naval Exercise (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Pakistani and US Navy would conduct joint exercise “Inspired Union 06” from Sept 6. The bilateral exercise would be conducted in the Northern Arabian Sea.
- Provocative & Senseless (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
It was an extraordinary statement, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Sher Afgan Niazi telling the National Assembly that “he (Nawab Akbar Bugti) has been rightly killed”.
- These Appalling Disparities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 02, 2006)
Some observations made by speakers at the launch of the South Asian Human Development Report, 2005, are most pertinent to the conditions prevailing in Pakistan.
- Unilateral Us Sanctions On Iran? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 02, 2006)
The passing of the August 31 deadline for Iran to comply with the Security Council resolution calling upon it to end its programme of uranium enrichment has obliged the US to decide on its future strategy vis-a-vis Tehran.
- Durrani Speaks Language Of Violence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 02, 2006)
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani has warned the Opposition that it will become irrelevant for Pakistani politics if it continues to follow the tactics of strikes, boycotts and movements. Addressing a news conference . . .
- Government Is Besieged With Popular Disbelief (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 02, 2006)
The government has made a mess of politics and probity in the case of the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. It took Mr Bugti’s body to Dera Bugti and buried it rather than hand it over to the family or show it to anyone except two dubious persons — . . .
- Artist Ahmed Saeed Nagi Passes Away (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Ahmed Saeed Nagi, known as the official artist of the freedom movement, passed away on Friday night in the Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi. He was 90. He is survived by three sons and a daughter.
- Pakistan In Crisis (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Sep 02, 2006)
The killing of Bugti has provided a martyr for the Baluch nationalism. The movement will only intensify.
- 'Today's Child Is Tomorrow's Citizen' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 02, 2006)
The 7th International Children's Festival of Performing Arts is on in the capital.
- Iran Sanctions Next Month, Says Us (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council could approve initial sanctions against Iran by the end of this month because of Tehran’s failure to meet an international deadline, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday.
- Four Terrorists Among Eight Killed In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Four terrorists, including three Pakistan nationals, and three security personnel were among eight people killed in Jammu and Kashmir since Wednesday evening, an official spokesman said on Thursday.
- A Very Beig Problem (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Sep 02, 2006)
The Congress party’s tryst with its alliance partner in J&K may have reached its end game. The recent stand off with the People’s Democratic Party was ostensibly triggered after Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad set aside the PDP’s decision to seek . . .
- Hal's Sukhoi Indigenisation Plan Grounded (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
In the face of escalating costs, Hindustan Aeronautics (HLL) has scrapped the plans for full indigenisation of Sukhoi fighter aircraft. A Russian daily on Friday reported that Sukhoi manufactuer will deliver aircraft three years ahead of schedule.
- The Second Hijack (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Sep 01, 2006)
The Kandahar hijack continues to haunt India in the form of wistful what-ifs.
- Potholes To Roadblocks: A Smooth Transition In Mumbai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Sep 01, 2006)
There’s a pothole near our house, about the size of a shallow grave. Like everyone else in Mumbai, we have learnt to negotiate it with cautious sangfroid, shaving carefully along the rim, yet pretending not to notice it at all.
- China’S ‘Look West’ (Tribune, Don Lee , Sep 01, 2006)
Kashgar, China – Not too long ago, Kashgar was a sleepy town with mud houses, largely unchanged since Marco Polo trekked through in the 13th century. Marco Polo is said to have found Kashgar an oasis when he arrived here in 1275 on his journey . . .
- This News Is Not For You (Tribune, Roopinder Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
The New York Times carried, on August 28, a detailed story titled “Details Emerge in British Terror Case” for its readers—except those who live in Britain, the focus of the item. One of the top newspapers in the world took this unusual step to . . .
- Baluchistan Heading For Federal Rule (Tribune, Muhammad Anis, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistan largest, yet poorest province of Baluchistan is almost certainly heading for federal rule, with a majority of Pakistan's opposition parties saying on Thursday that their members were ready to resign from the Baluchistan provincial . . .
- Shiv Menon To Be Next Foreign Secy (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 01, 2006)
Shiv Shankar Menon, India’s high commissioner to Pakistan, will be the next foreign secretary. Shyam Saran, who retires on September 30, will continue to steer the India-US nuclear deal as the PM’s special envoy.
- Saran To Act As Special Envoy For N- Deal (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Sep 01, 2006)
India's high commissioner to Pakistan Shiv Shankar Menon, who will take over from Shyam Saran as foreign secretary, has enjoyed a consummate trajectory through the foreign service Austria, Israel, Sri Lanka, China and Pakistan under his belt in . . .
- Pm Likely To Meet Musharraf In Havana (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the NAM Summit in Havana in mid-September and convey India's strong concerns over cross-border terrorism and discuss ways to move the stalled peace process.
- Us Affirms Move To Sell F-16 To Pak (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 01, 2006)
The recent assassination of a Baluchi leader will not affect the sale of F-16 fighter jets by the US to Pakistan, according to a State Department official.
- Pm May Meet Musharraf In Havana (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the NAM summit in Havana in mid-September and convey India’s strong concerns over cross-border terrorism and discuss ways to move the stalled peace process.
- Intelligence To Counter Terror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 01, 2006)
The serial blasts in Mumbai that resulted in the death of nearly 200 train passengers has been ascribed to an intelligence failure.
- J&k Needs Balanced, Equitable Development (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 01, 2006)
The relevance of 'Development' as an instrument of change particularly to build on peace dividends is widely recognized.
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