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Articles 3621 through 3720 of 21681:
- Rajasthan Flood Death Toll Reaches 138 (Hindu, Mohammed Iqbal , Aug 29, 2006)
Thousands displaced; rescue and relief operations launched on war footing
- Killing Of Rebel Sets Baluchistan Afire (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Violence flared in Pakistan's turbulent Baluchistan province on Monday and at least one person was killed during protests over the killing of a nationalist rebel chief, police said.
- The Balochistan Cause Gets A Martyr (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
The killing of Akbar Khan Bugti has angered Balochistan. It has also sent shock waves through political circles in Pakistan.
- Killing Won’T Affect Ties, Says Us (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Aug 29, 2006)
The United States would like to see the Balochistan dispute settled within the framework of a strong and unified Pakistan, the US State Department said on Monday.
- New Delhi Slams Gen Over Bugti Killing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
India has called the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti ’unfortunate’ and a ’tragic loss’ for Balochistan and Pakistan, while urging Pakistan to use dialogue and not military force to solve political problems.
- Renewed Violence In Balochistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 29, 2006)
Balochistan witnessed renewed violence on Monday as the province shut down to protest against the killing of Jhamoori Watan Party (JWP) leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation on Saturday.
- Quetta In Flames, Rioters Defy Curfew (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Police arrested 450 rioters who rampaged through the south-western city on Sunday in defiance of a curfew to protest the Pakistani military's overnight killing of a prominent rebel tribal chief, a top police official said.
- Violence In Quetta (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Baloch mobs set fire to cars and government-owned buildings even as their representatives and leaders declared war against the Pakistan Government following the killing of their senior leader Akbar Khan Bugti during an army operation in the Kohlu . . .
- Bugti: A Violent End (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 28, 2006)
The death of Nawab Akbar Bugti during a military operation in the hills near Kohlu late on Saturday is tragic and could well be a defining moment in Pakistan’s chequered history.
- Cantonment Boards (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 28, 2006)
Earlier this week, the governing body of Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority took to task the Clifton Cantonment Board (CCB) for its poor performance in providing civic services to the DHA areas in the city following last week’s rains.
- Fountain For The Poor, Beaches For The Rich (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Aug 28, 2006)
The federal minister for ports and shipping, Babar Khan Ghouri, like all his fellow ministers and ministers of state and the illustrious citizens of this country with the status of minister (the combined number of which is so astronomical you . . .
- Numbers Victory No More (News International, Nasim Zehra, Aug 28, 2006)
As expected the currently unified opposition has begun to exert political pressure on the government by tabling a no-confidence motion against the prime minister. One hundred and forty one members have signed the motion.
- Us And Our N-Plan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
On July 26, 2006, The Washington Post reported: “Pakistan is building a new powerful nuclear reactor for producing plutonium”.
- Asian? Fasten Etiquette Belt (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 28, 2006)
A woman in London who works as a stewardess told yesterday of an occasion when “an Asian plane passenger in first class asked for a screwdriver”.
- Tiger Of Balochistan Killed In Lair (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
A photograph of Nawab Akbar Bugti sitting with a gun in a well-guarded cave in Balochistan and vowing to carry on an armed struggle against Pakistan's military to achieve autonomy for his over-exploited province sent shock waves across Pakistan and . . .
- Insurgent Leader Bugti Killed In Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, one of Pakistan's top insurgents, was killed in a massive military operation in which around 60 other guerrillas were also gunned down.
- Our Energy Interests~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 28, 2006)
This is where the oddities arise and a disjoint becomes apparent between what the Government of India is saying and what American and Indian businessmen have been doing.
- J&k Enjoys Highest Degree Of Self-Rule: Governor (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Saying that the concept of autonomy of a State is in no way a threat to national unity, Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is enjoying highest degree of self rule in the country.
- Baloch Leader Bugti Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Senior Baloch leader and chief of Pakistan’s Bugti tribe, Nawab Akbar Bugti, was killed in a massive military operation in the Bhambore Hills, an area between the cities of Kohlu and Dera Bugti, late last night.
- Governor Not In Favour Of Self-Rule In J&k (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 28, 2006)
Asserting that democracy was thriving in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor S.K. Sinha said here today that the idea of self rule would not be introduced though there was scope of improvement in different ways.
- Vajpayee, Advani Compelled Me To Release Azhar: Farooq (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
In a stinging attack on Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani over the 1999 Kandahar hijack episode, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has accused the then Prime Minister and Home Minister of compelling him to release . . .
- Riots Spark After Akbar Bugti’S Killing (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Curfew has been imposed was imposed in Quetta for indefinite period of time on Sunday due to unprecedented violence, which erupted after killing of Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) Chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and his men.
- Lions Club Launches Project In Ajk (Dawn, TARIQ NAQASH, Aug 28, 2006)
The Lions Clubs International has initiated a project for rehabilitation of earthquake victims which envisages construction of 150 model houses, mosques and schools in mountain villages of district Muzaffarabad.
- Achieving Literacy Targets (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is all very well for President Musharraf to say that the government will offer the required funds to achieve an 85 per cent literacy rate by 2012.
- Understanding & Fighting Terrorism (Dawn, Talat Masood, Aug 28, 2006)
The news of the terror plot in Britain in which some British citizens of Pakistani origin and a few Pakistanis were allegedly involved came soon after the regrettable Mumbai train explosion that had the Indian leaders and media pointing fingers . . .
- Shaping The Minds Of Intelligence Agencies (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, Aug 28, 2006)
There seems to be an epidemic among the Western intelligence agencies that is spreading to others as well. Both print and electronic media have recently highlighted . . .
- Paying A Tribute To Castro (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Aug 28, 2006)
Every once in a while a writer gets the urge to fly off the handle and have a crack at his critics, especially when he believes they have been unfair and unnecessarily provocative.
- Who Aims To Reform Health System (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The World Health Organisation has devised a health agenda (2006-15) aiming to restructure the deteriorating health system, worldwide control the transmission of infectious diseases, address loopholes in execution of global health reforms.
- The Good Neighbour (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2006)
It would perhaps not be outrageous to suggest that had the authorities in Pakistan been as forthcoming with information to India, as they were to the British Intelligence, the July 11 carnage in Mumbai may have been averted.
- Tragedy With A Price (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 28, 2006)
It is distressing to find the president congratulating the country’s security forces for their “successful operation” that killed Nawab Akbar Bugti and several of his companions in the Bhambore Hills of Balochistan on Saturday.
- 3 Killed As Riots Rock Balochistan, Karachi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Scores of buildings and vehicles on fire
Curfew imposed, lifted in Quetta
Punjabis attacked
Nationalists announce 15-day mourning and strike today
- At Least 93 Dead In Floods In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
At least 93 people were killed and dozens more are missing in massive floods caused by monsoon rains that have swamped the normally drought-prone desert state of Rajasthan, reports said Sunday.
- Balochistan In Flames After Pak Army Kills Top Leader (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
Prominent tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in a Pakistani Army missile attack in the restive Balochistan province that also left 38 armed rebels and 21 security personnel dead, triggering massive rioting during which a protester was shot dead.
- Incensed Baluchis Rise In Revolt (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
The killing of a top tribal chief by Pakistani troops sparked widespread violence and rioting on Sunday and raised fears that a decades-old conflict in the country's volatile southwest could widen.
- Sad End Of Stubborn Bugti (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 28, 2006)
Veteran Baloch Sardar Nawab Akbar Bugti, his two grandsons and a number of his accompalices were killed in an encounter with law enforcing agencies in remote areas of Balochistan on Saturday. It’s said that the law enforcing agencies were engaged .. .
- The Real Price Of Freedom (Deccan Herald, M J Vinod , Aug 28, 2006)
The book takes a closer look at severed bonds during Partition and the logic behind the carnage.
- Time To Rethink Policies (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 28, 2006)
The dramatic return last week of the Northwest Airlines flight from the German airspace to Amsterdam’s Schipol airport, because a multiple ‘terrorist threat’ on board targeting 12 Indian nationals — all of them Muslim — has given a new dimension to . . .
- Is There Life After Cbms? (Pakistan Observer, Khalid Saleem, Aug 28, 2006)
Has the peace process been dealt a death blow by the stand-off engendered in the wake of Mumbai blasts? Are the two sides at all interested in reviving the moves towards a meaningful peace?
- Plebiscite Out Of Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
In this present scenario plebiscite is not possible in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- After Ulfa, Centre Mulls Talks With Hizbul (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Aug 28, 2006)
The Centre is mulling over opening talks with the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) on the pattern of the talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), provided the Kashmiri militant group lives up to its promise word of going in for a ceasefire . . .
- 'India Benefits From Fall In China's Textile Export To Us' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2006)
India is one of the major beneficiaries of US restrictions on Chinese textile exports during the first six months of the current year, the Communist giant's top planning body said while cautioning the industry to brace for even less growth in . . .
- Who Is Right About Nuclear Deal (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Aug 28, 2006)
Impressive though his performance was it cannot be said that in his reply to the Indo-US nuclear deal, after the debates in Parliament, Prime Minister had really said anything substantive that he had not before in response to the spate of criticism . . .
- Pakistan Struggles To Identify Taliban (Christian Science Monitor, David Montero, Aug 28, 2006)
Imadad Ullah isn't afraid to talk about being a Taliban student, even after two of his friends walked away when the topic came up. They might have good reason: Mr. Ullah says that Taliban members are arrested every day in this region.
- No Half Way (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 28, 2006)
It can't be anybody's case that Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq and his colleagues in the moderate Hurriyat Conference should not be talking about peace process between India and Pakistan.
- Musharraf Regrets Indian Refusal To Accept Kashmir Options (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated that peace and stability cannot be restored in the region without the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
- Hurriyat Does Not Represent Entire J&k: Pok Website (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) government has put on its official website a report indicating that the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference was Kashmir-centric and did not represent the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Curfew Imposed In Quetta After Unprecedented Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
Curfew has been imposed here in Balochistan capital for indefinite period of time due to unprecedented violence, which erupted after killing of Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akber Khan Bugti and his men.
- Militants Threaten To Kill Tribal Elders ‘Spying’ For Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan warned on Saturday that they would behead around 30 tribal elders if “they continued spying for US forces in Afghanistan”, said officials.
- Farooq Calls For Workable Solution (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, Aug 27, 2006)
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah here today sought to come out with a workable solution to the Kashmir problem for the restoration of peace in the state where people suffered a lot since the eruption of militancy.
- Pakistan Not Colluding With Taliban: Abizaid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2006)
The Pakistan government is not colluding with the Taliban, although some militants come from across the border to fight in Afghanistan, the US commander for the region said on Saturday.
- The World Of Those On The Move (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The greatest percentage increase in the unauthorised immigrant population to the US between 2000 and 2005 was from India reveals World Migration 2005: Costs and Benefits of International Migration. International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Progra
- Pakistan’S Nuclear Arsenal Comparable To India’S: Report (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Pakistan has between 24 and 48 nuclear weapons made from enriched uranium and perhaps three to five more powerful plutonium-based weapons, estimates the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).
- Opposition ‘United’ Against Dictatorship (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
MMA deputy secretary-general and Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Liaquat Baloch said on Friday that despite differences on amendments to the Hudood Ordinance, the opposition was united against military dictatorship and on no-confidence move against the governme
- Sc Asked To Stay Debate On Women Protection Bill (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A private petition on Friday requested the Supreme Court to stay a National Assembly debate on the newly introduced Criminal Law Amendment (Protection of Women) Bill 2006.
- Up Against Sardari System (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
THE sardari system is a medieval abomination whose continuation in the 21st century has done incalculable harm to Balochistan. Its Bugti-specific abolition on Thursday by the Bugti Qaumi Jirga should focus attention on this anachronism.
- Why This Discrimination? (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
WHATEVER claims might be made about women in Pakistan enjoying equal rights with men under the Constitution, the fact is that they suffer gross discrimination, not just socially but even under the law.
- Rights & Justice Must Go Together (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
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- Shifting Winds In The Us (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- A Disappointing Judgment (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 26, 2006)
The month of August is usually languid and lazy in Washington. Virtually everyone is in their country houses or on the beaches, far removed from the cares of their daily chores.
- 134 Terror Acts In 1st 5 Months Of 2006 (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Aug 26, 2006)
The Interior Ministry said on Friday that 134 incidents of terrorism had taken place in the country during the first five months of the year.
- Us Non-Committal On Assistance For Special Zones (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A non-committal response from the United States for the so-called tribal reconstruction opportunity zones has put a damper on tribal investors keenly waiting for the fulfilment of a commitment made by President George Bush himself.
- The Game Of The Rules (The Economic Times, Narendar Pani, Aug 26, 2006)
The bizarre end to the Test match between England and Pakistan at the Oval has followed a pattern that is becoming painfully predictable in the sub-continent.
- Editorial: Abolishing Sardari System Or Baloch Nationalism? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A ‘Qaumi’ Bugti Jirga got together at the Jinnah Stadium in Dera Bugti Thursday and declared that the ‘sardari system’ of the Bugti tribe had been abolished forthwith.
- New Development Projects (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
THE Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved 30 development projects estimated to cost Rs130 billion. The first priority has been given to infrastructure development with a hefty share of Rs81.7 billion for 15 . . .
- Parliamentary Profligacy (The Financial Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 26, 2006)
According to a report prepared by the National Social Watch Coalition, titled ‘Citizens Report on Development and Governance—2006,’ India’s current Parliamentary expenditure is Rs 72 lakh per day.
- 'Behaviour Of Concern' (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 26, 2006)
The Dutch police are reported to have arrested 12 passengers from a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines on August 23, 2006, after it was escorted back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport minutes after take off by Dutch F-16s.
- The Culprit Wants Proof (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Aug 26, 2006)
Even though relations between New Delhi and Islamabad have hit a new low after the Mumbai blasts, both are back to talking.
- Why Buy Facile Peace? (Pioneer, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN, Aug 26, 2006)
Tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ tu bhari hai meethe pani se/ phal phoolon ki shadabi se/ dakkin ki thandi hawaon se/ faslon ki suhani fizaaon se/ tasleemat, maan tasleemat/ teri raaten roshan chand se/ teri raunaq sabze faam se/ teri pyar bhari muskan hai/ ter
- Man Gets 15 Years Prison Term For Aiding Let (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
A 29 year old Maryland man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing support to Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba.
- No Chance Of Nukes Falling In Terrorists Hands: Durrani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
There is a "zero chance" of Pakistani nuclear arsenal ending up in the hands of extremists in the event of an assassination attempt against President Pervez Musharraf succeeding, the country's envoy to the US said today.
- Cross Border Terrorism : (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
There seem to be no finite limits to Indian's threshold of tolerance for terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai were the latest in a series of these terrorist attacks.
- Why The War On Terror Was Lost (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Aug 26, 2006)
When historians look back at the long hot months of July and August 2006, my guess is that they will remember them as the Summer of Terror.
- Taking Refuge In Nostalgia... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Aug 26, 2006)
There was a time I made three visits to Khan Market everyday. It is across the road from my flat.
- Have No Fears (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 26, 2006)
With reference to Termites and telescopes (August 23), the PM has already stated that any curb on India’s military options in the nuclear field will not be accepted.
- The Past Is Another Planet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
WHILE our eyes have been fixed on Lebanon, the situation in Iraq has been deteriorating. The death toll in Lebanon and Israel during the recent fighting was appalling, but three times as many people were probably killed in Iraq in the same period, UN figu
- Khan Saheb In Kashi (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 26, 2006)
There are moments when I love my job, or rather my business of journalism — even I, a hard-nosed, cynical hack of nearly three decades.
- Euphemisms In Troubled Times (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
We live in a world of curious euphemisms. There are things we want to say at times but cannot. So we say them in different ways.
- Indo-Pak Talks On Sir Creek Doubtful (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Indo-Pak technical-level talks to resolve the dispute over Sir Creek, scheduled to be held here for two days from August 23, may not take place.
- Raja Zulqernain Vows To Struggle For Kashmir Solution (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Raja Zulqernain was sworn in as the 21st president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir at an impressive ceremony in Muzaffarabad on Friday.
- Taliban Deny Nato Peace Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Taliban on Friday denied secretly talking with the Afghan government and NATO to lay down their arms in the volatile south, rejecting such reports as propaganda by weakened foreign forces.
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