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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 21681:
- Pakistan's Awkward Balancing Act On Islamic Militant Groups (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, Aug 26, 2006)
For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent groups to meddle . .
- ‘Indian Forces Shot Across Loc, Injured Woman’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
The Pakistan Army claimed on Friday that Indian forces had fired across the heavily fortified Line of Control (LoC) into Azad Kashmir, injuring a woman on Friday.
- Waziristan Militants Extend Ceasefire (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2006)
Militants in the North Waziristan have extended the ceasefire by another 15 days as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has joined efforts to help clear some obstacles to an agreement for restoring peace in the . . .
- The Undiminished Popularity Of A.Q. Khan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 25, 2006)
For the people of Pakistan, neither the charges against the scientist nor his own confession matter. The belief that he single-handedly made the bomb is widespread.
- Role Of Pakistani Being Probed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
In the Mumbai train blasts investigation, the Anti-Terrorist Squad on Thursdaysaid that they are investigating role of the Pakistani national who was killed on August 22.
- China's Clandestine Nuclear Proliferation (Daily Excelsior, Srikanth Kondapalli , Aug 25, 2006)
Although (Weapons of Mass Destruction) WMD transfers to Iran date back to the 1980s, recent events have highlighted the challenges of such transfers.
- Threat Remains (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 25, 2006)
It is unfortunate that there is no encouraging news yet for New Delhi from across the Line of Control.
- Most Neglected Sector: Education (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2006)
Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi has painted a grim picture of the educational scenario. With annual six million, Pakistan has the highest dropout rate in the world and almost one hundred thousand schools in rural areas lack basic facilities like . .
- Future Of India-Us Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2006)
Despite the Prime Minister's clear enunciation of what precisely India will and will not accept in any legislation passed by the US Congress, it is clear that it will be difficult to conclude a mutually acceptable agreement with . . .
- How Much Do You Pay As Telecom Taxes? (The Financial Express, V SRIDHAR, Aug 25, 2006)
A telecom subscriber is burdened with 30-35% as taxes for every minute of call made
- India's Rigid Stand (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 25, 2006)
The news emanating from New Delhi is not positive and what is coming out can at best be called confusing. India's Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that things like joint control or joint . . .
- Quota Of Flour Mills May Be Abolished (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 25, 2006)
The federal government will review the National Wheat Policy shortly and under the new policy, export of wheat will be banned.
- Uk, Us Get Access To Dawa Chief (Hindustan Times, Rajnish Sharma, Aug 25, 2006)
Pakistan is reported to have allowed the American FBI and the British intelligence agency, M15, to question Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Sayyed, currently under house arrest in Lahore.
- No Compromise On Sovereignty Over J&k: Centre (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The government today said Pakistan has made several proposals for resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue, including its joint management, but made it clear that there can be no compromise on the sovereignty of India over the state of Jammu and . . .
- Isi Involvement (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2006)
Except as an indicator of the continuing downslide in Indo-Pak relations little purpose was served by the home minister taking a strident line in the Rajya Sabha and directly . . .
- Pak Police Shifts Let Founder (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Founder of the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taibba (LeT) Hafiz Saeed, who has been kept in house detention since 10 August, was today shifted to an unknown location, a spokesman for the charity headed by him said.
- Islamophobia Of Muslims (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 25, 2006)
Two unidentified men on a motorcycle on Wednesday shot the editor of the Islamic journal, Ishraq, in front of the office of Al Mawrid Research Institute run by the country’s top Islamic scholar, Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, in Model Town Extension, Lahore.
- Self-Rule Answer To Kashmir Issue: Mehbooba (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
Reiterating its stand on self-rule formula, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has claimed it “has to be implemented on both parts of the dividing line”, and therefore will ensure adequate guarantees by both the countries.
- Bush Praises Pervez’S Efforts (Asian Age, Qudssia Akhlaque, Aug 25, 2006)
US President George W. Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and expressed words of appreciation for Pakistan’s support in the global fight against terrorism.
- Reflecting The Divisive Mindset (Pioneer, KR Phanda, Aug 25, 2006)
Those who are familiar with the communal politics of the Muslim League before independence would not be surprised at the objection raised by Muslim leaders to the singing of Vande Mataram.
- Pak Remains At Crossroads Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Mubashir zaidi, Aug 25, 2006)
Critics say Musharraf, an avowed ally in the war on terrorism, has much to do to end militancy.
- Life Is For A Cause (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 25, 2006)
I DO not know why Pakistan has overreacted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reiteration that if cross-border terrorism remains unabated the supporters of peace process would be weakened. I got frantic calls from TV stations in Karachi to react.
- Jihad Against Darrell Hair (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 25, 2006)
In the bizarre aftermath of Test cricket's first forfeiture - wherein the Pakistanis walked off the pitch, almost literally, at the Oval this past week and surrendered the game to England - there is an unfortunate tendency to see the episode within . . .
- Borders Of Mirth (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 25, 2006)
India and Pakistan share a funny bone
- Raja Among The Princes (Indian Express, Jayaditya Gupta, Aug 25, 2006)
I never saw Wasim Raja play. Not even in that memorable Eden Gardens Test in 1979-80, when Pakistan livened up a dead match with the threat of an improbable run-chase; I was, to my eternal regret, occupied trying to impress a young lady and . . .
- Afghans In Quetta For Treatment: Icrc (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Aug 25, 2006)
People wounded in clashes in Afghanistan were seeking medical treatment in Pakistan through the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC).
- Stalwart Ally Or Leading Jihadi? (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Aug 25, 2006)
At last, the realisation that Pakistan is running with the hare and hunting with the hounds has dawned on the US, says Anil Narendra.
- India To Continue Nuclear Tests (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 25, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that his country will not forfeit its right to carry out future nuclear tests despite civilian nuclear deal with the United States.
- Shaukat Confident Against No-Confidence (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat looks taller and more confident after the No- Confidence Motion moved in the National Assembly on Wednesday last by the Opposition.
- Issues That Matter (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2006)
The opposition now seems finally united on a one-point agenda — the exit of the army from politics.
- Pakistani Accused Of Operating Hezb Tv (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
A Pakistani man was due to appear in court in New York on Thursday, accused of providing a banned Hezbollah-linked television station to viewers in the city, prosecutors said.
- Brutality Against Teachers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2006)
Things took an ugly turn on Tuesday in Karachi when teachers protesting against the ban on teachers’ union activities in Sindh were treated to the usual highhandedness of the . . .
- Voting On No-Trust Against Pm On 29th (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Aug 25, 2006)
I will respond to Opp’s charges myself, says Aziz
No secret ballot, constitutional method to be adopted for voting
- Us Says Raid Killed 7 Al Qaeda Operatives, Police Say Locals Targeted (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
US and Afghan forces killed seven suspected Al Qaeda operatives in a pre-dawn raid on Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, the US military said. But police said local families meeting to resolve a dispute were targeted.
- Us Claims Killing Of 7 Al-Qaeda Men (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
The U.S. military said American and Afghan forces killed seven suspected al-Qaida operatives Thursday after coming under fire during a raid in eastern Afghanistan. Police, however, claimed those killed were members of two families trying to resolve . . .
- Opposition Boycotts Committee Meeting (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2006)
All opposition parties on Thursday boycotted the first meeting of the Select Committee on the controversial Criminal Law Amendment (Protection of Women) Bill 2006 tabled by the government on Aug 21 amid strong protests by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal . . .
- Lessons From The School (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 25, 2006)
Since the formation of the Muslim Anglo-Oriental College by Syed Ahmad Khan, now known as the Aligarh Muslim University, this educational institution had always been the nerve centre of the Muslims, and of the whole country.
- Future Of The Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
After having wasted huge amounts of public money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles two former Foreign Ministers, Jaswant Singh and Natwar Singh, the Members of the Rajya Sabha showed they are capable . . .
- Pakistan Still Backs Terrorism: Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Government has shared some information on terrorism with Pakistan
ISI providing logistical support to terror outfits such as Lashkar, Jaish.
- Road Ahead For N-Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 24, 2006)
AFTER having wasted huge amounts of the tax payer’s money for two weeks on puerile controversies generated by the foibles, two former Foreign Ministers, Mr Jaswant Singh and Mr Natwar Singh, the members of the Rajya Sabha, showed they are capable . . .
- Discordant Notes (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Song and dance over Vande Mataram
- Tata Tea In India Inc`s Biggest Buy Overseas (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Tata Tea’s power brew is getting stronger. In the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian company, Tata Tea today announced the acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in the US-based Energy Brands Inc (EBI) for $677 million (nearly Rs 3,148 crore), . . .
- Mma-Ard Differences Over Women’S Protection Bill (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, Aug 24, 2006)
Religious alliance’s objection to Hudood laws included in charge-sheet against Shaukat Aziz
- India Says Cbms With Pakistan Will Continue: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says Kashmir an integral part of India
New Delhi disappointed by Islamabad’s inaction on terrorist outfits
- Indian Minister Rejects Musharraf’S Proposals (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Says Kashmir an integral part of India
New Delhi disappointed by Islamabad’s inaction on terrorist outfits
- India Will Go Beyond Geographical Borders To Protect Interests: Iaf (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 24, 2006)
India will have to “forget geographical boundaries to protect its interests outside its boundaries”, Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi of the Indian Air Force (IAF) said here on Tuesday.
- Ban On Wedding Meals And Other Bad Laws (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 24, 2006)
One bad law — ban on wedding meals — the citizens of Pakistan have tacitly resisted since its enforcement in 1997 has been amended by parliament with near unanimity.
- Bush Phones Musharraf; Me Crisis Discussed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
US President George W. Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and expressed words of appreciation for Pakistan’s support in the global fight against terrorism.
- India Rules Out Joint Management Of Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
India on Wednesday rejected the idea of joint management or joint control of divided Kashmir with Pakistan, saying a similar suggestion recently reiterated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf would impinge on India’s sovereignty over the disputed region.
- Nation & States: Iii (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 24, 2006)
UP's economic resurgence cannot be brought about merely by bringing into the state a few industrialists or entrepreneurs.
- Manmohan-Musharraf Meet At Unga Not Ruled Out (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), scheduled for next month, "cannot be ruled out", Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri said today.
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 24, 2006)
Analysis- Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- A Rapid Industrial Expansion (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has defined job creation and income generation as major objectives of his government.
- Opp Submits No-Trust Move Against Pm (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Aug 24, 2006)
The Combined Opposition here on Wednesday submitted the No-Confidence Motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly Secretariat.
- Cancerous News Of Malignant Prostate (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 24, 2006)
The Government has announced that Dr A Q Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme is suffering from prostate cancer.
- Reverse The Ban On Teacher Unions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 24, 2006)
The treatment meted out by the police in Karachi to teachers who were demonstrating peacefully against a ban imposed by the Sindh government on teacher unions in provincial government-run schools and colleges was most unnecessary and bordered on the . . .
- Indian Claim Rejected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The Foreign Office on Wednesday ridiculed and dismissed an Indian claim that a suspected Pakistani ‘terrorist’ had been killed in a police encounter in Mumbai.
- Mumbai Bound Us Plane Turned Back (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Two Dutch fighter planes accompanied a US Northwest Airlines plane bound for Mumbai back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, officials said.
- Need For A Political Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2006)
The lull in acts of terror and subversion in Balochistan should not lead to a sense of complacency in the government.
- Anxious Lebanese Ponder Post-War Life With Hizbollah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A Pakistan-born Australian architect was jailed for 20 years today for planning bomb attacks in Sydney, a court official said.
- Pakistan Arrests 'Indian' Over Alleged Train Terror Bid (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, police in the southern city of Karachi claimed today.
- Isi Continues To Support Terror Groups In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Maintaining that Pakistan has not dismantled the terror infrastructure existing on its soil, India today said the neighbouring country’s intelligence agency ISI continues to provide "directions" and "logistics" support to terrorist groups like LeT . . .
- Pak Arrests 'Indian' National For Trying To Cause Accident (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A man Pakistan claimed was an Indian national allegedly stole a railway engine and tried to drive it into a passenger train near Karachi in order to cause a major accident.
- Deficit Of Trust In Pakistan (Pioneer, PN Khera, Aug 24, 2006)
The Army alone will be the winner in any election in Pakistan because it will always remain the single largest party in that country, says PN Khera
- Thorn In The Side (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
One of the most serious threats to India's security is from the proxy war unleashed against it on the eastern front, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Bad Form, Captain (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 24, 2006)
The hearing on the Pakistan skipper’s actions during the Oval Test has been postponed. But events of that day continue to provoke urgent comment.
- Pak Arrests ‘Indian’ Over Alleged Train Terror Bid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A suspected Indian national stole a railway engine in Pakistan and tried to drive it into a passenger train in an attempted terror attack, the police in the southern city of Karachi claimed today.
- Shed Passive Approach To Security (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Aug 24, 2006)
Another strike at Mumbai has benumbed our nerves and made us feel helpless in the face of the inevitable. India’s history right from 1947 onwards had been to yield, to buy peace.
- Dutch Arrest 12 On U.S. Plane Bound For India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Dutch police arrested 12 passengers behaving suspiciously on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India that was forced to turn back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday.
- Organised Riots & Structured Violence In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2006)
What are called Hindu-Muslim riots in India are, in fact, more like pogroms, and have recently, in Gujarat and elsewhere, taken the form of genocidal massacres and local ethnic cleansing as well.
- Ltte Munitions Destroyed: Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
Number of displaced due to hostilities swells to 1.7 lakh, says United Nations .
- Pakistan: No Word From India On Sir Creek (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 23, 2006)
Says meeting was scheduled in August; statement denied by India
Defence Secretaries agreed on meeting on joint survey of creek in May
Consultations underway between two countries to "improve and update" travel restrictions on diplomats.
- Modi’S Thesis On Muslims (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Aug 23, 2006)
Many common Indians have been congratulating themselves on the fact that the recent Mumbai blasts failed to ignite a communal conflagration. It is true indeed that the terrorist strike triggered off no riots but only participation by all communities . . .
- Looking For Items Instead Of The Person (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 23, 2006)
Farcical security measures in airlines have been enforced more on the British side of the Atlantic than American, to the discomfort and fury of both the crew and passengers.
- Terror Plotters Appear Before London Judge (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Suspects accused in the alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners arrived in court on Tuesday for their first appearance before a judge on terrorism charges. The11 suspects arrived by police convoy to the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in . . .
- ‘Benazir Saved Aziz From Arrest In Laundering Case’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A former Pakistani minister has claimed that he had issued orders to arrest Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a money laundering case during the tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s government but she had blocked the move.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- This Is About Energy, Did You Say? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 23, 2006)
While we are being treated to lullabies — that the agreement with the US is all about nuclear energy — the laws that the US Congress is passing are absolutely clear in the objectives for which the agreement is being entered into.
- Traffic Violator Ministers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 23, 2006)
According to reports, 40 Federal and 8 Provincial Ministers, 55 parliamentarians and 13 Federal Secretaries were issued traffic tickets for violating rules during the last six months in Islamabad.
- Hyphenating India And Pakistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
The US has not been able to jettison its overall construct of coupling India and Pakistan together while formulating its policies regarding the sub-continent.
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