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Articles 4721 through 4820 of 21681:
- A Nation At War Itself Men, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 05, 2006)
However much the Pakistani establishment may wish to pooh pooh the ongoing crisis in Balochistan and Waziristan in the North West Frontier Province-very much perhaps like we in India would to wish away all our woes in the North East- the stark . . .
- Kurukshetra To Be Included In List Of Heritage Sites (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Keeping in view the archaeological and religious significance of Kurukshetra, the Haryana Government has decided to get it included in the list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO and develop this place of antiquity as tourist destination of . . .
- Primacy Of Democracy In Pakistan (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Aug 05, 2006)
“man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What makes it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
- Loosen Up! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Aug 05, 2006)
It’s not every day that a Prime Minister picks up a telephone and apologises to someone.
- Spare Us The Whims And Fancies (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 05, 2006)
There are some good reasons why a parliamentary resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal is a bad idea. Unlike practical legislation, resolutions reflect emotion and sentiment, things that ought to be kept in check when dealing with a country’s foreign . .
- India, Pak, Iran Fail To Reach Pact On Gas Pricing (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
Differences over the price of natural gas to be imported through the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline persisted on Friday, but the three countries agreed to appoint an international consultant to look into the issue.
- Iran, India Fail To Reach Pact On Gas Pipeline (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
India, Pakistan and Iran today decided to appoint an international consultant to advise them on the price of gas after three countries failed to work out an agreement on the final price for the $7.4 billion tri-nation gas pipeline from Iran to India . . .
- Muslims Must Isolate Fundos (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 05, 2006)
The collaboration of local Muslims with global jihadi outfits enlarges the scope of the fight against terrorism. This poses threat not only to the country's stability and integrity, but also the innocent Muslim community ----- When Mumbai, the . . .
- Bangladesh–New Hub For Terrorism (Tribune, Selig S. Harrison, Aug 05, 2006)
While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to al-Qaida and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting the strategically located nation of Bangladesh into a new regional hub for terrorist operations . . .
- Sydney Court Upholds Charge Against Pak-Born Terrorist (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The first Australian accused of training with a terrorist organisation lost his bid in the nation's highest court Friday to have the charge dropped.
- New N-Reactor To Be Used For Military Purposes, Says Pak Envoy (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 05, 2006)
A new Pakistani nuclear reactor is likely to be used for “military purposes,” Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. said on Thursday.
- Sorry, Asma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 05, 2006)
Asma Jahangir, a noted human rights activist of Pakistan, should have been an honoured guest in the Indian Capital. Instead, the Delhi police searched her room and subjected her to questioning, ostensibly as part of increased surveillance against . . .
- Nato’S New Role In Afghanistan (Tribune, Anita Inder Singh, Aug 05, 2006)
On Monday, 31 July, NATO took up its first military combat role since its founding in 1949 – not in Europe, for the security of which it was established during the Cold War, but in Afghanistan.
- Centre Working Towards Peace In J&k: Azad (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
The Centre has taken all necessary steps to restore peace in Jammu and Kashmir, including a dialogue process with Pakistan and Hurriyat Conference, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday.
- Poonch Youth Held For Mumbai Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 05, 2006)
A joint team of the Mumbai and the J&K police has arrested a terrorist of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Abdul Hameed, from a border village of the Poonch district in connection with the serial train blasts in Mumbai that claimed about 190 lives last month.
- 2 Tourists Held For 'Shooting' Gateway (Times of India, S. Ahmed Ali, Aug 04, 2006)
In a shocking indictment of the Mumbai police's knee-jerk reactions post-7/11, two tourists from Saharanpur, UP, who were clicking photographs of the Gateway of India, were arrested on grounds of suspicion and forced to spend a night in the lock-up.
- Mole Draws A Hole (Daily Excelsior, Indranil Banerjea, Aug 04, 2006)
Accusations without substance are irresponsible. An accusation to play petty politics is another name for opportunism.
- Pakistan Circa 2006 (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 04, 2006)
The sharp criticism of the controversial Hudood Ordinance — which criminalises sex outside marriage — by civil society and human rights groups, has compelled the Pakistani cabinet to approve a set of draft amendments.
- ‘This Is A War About Global Values’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 04, 2006)
In a speech to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair stresses the need to “Think ahead.” And “Think China... Russia...India” because “all of these great emerging powers want a benign relationship . . .
- Worst Foot Forward (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 04, 2006)
The vote of the Jewish community is of crucial importance in a number of key states in the American elections. Equally important is the size of campaign funds Jewish business tycoons are capable of contributing.
- A River Runs Through It (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Aug 04, 2006)
Geography is the mother of history, more so in the case of military history. Certain regions, owing to their strategic location, become sites for contest.
- Let Ultra Nabbed For Serial Train Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Aug 04, 2006)
Mumbai Police and CID (Counter Intelligence) sleuths tonight arrested a suspected militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) from Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, who was allegedly involved in serial blasts in trains at Mumbai in which over 200 persons . . .
- Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire, Peace Role (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation.
- Mist Lifts But Hurdles Remain For India-Pak Peace (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 04, 2006)
It was one of the briefest winters in the traditionally tumultuous relations between India and Pakistan.
- Harnessing Hate (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 04, 2006)
Lashkar terrorist Syed Abdul Karim `Tunda' has vanished after the Mumbai explosions, but his legacy refuses to disappear.
- What Ails Pakistan? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Another Pakistan Independence Day already! My goodness, how the years have gone by! Ah, yes, the summer of 1947, when Pakistan appeared on the world map.
- Military Muscle (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 04, 2006)
The defence establishment obviously got jittery when the nationwide outrage at the bombing of civilians in Lebanon saw the Left parties press for scrapping military purchases from Israel.
- Oic For Immediate Truce In Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gen Zahid Nabbed: A Positive Signal (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Leaders from the Muslim world on Thursday while strongly condemning the “relentless Israeli aggression” demanded an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon, release of all Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners and called for deployment of . . .
- Gas Exploration In Nwfp (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 04, 2006)
Nwfp Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that a massive search for oil and gas is in progress in the Karak, Kohat, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts of the province. Talking to Nazims in Peshawar on Wednesday, he said that the discovery of oil . . .
- Passing The Buck (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The first three inches of monsoon rains in Karachi have laid bare some telling realities for its civic and land-owning agencies to ponder upon.
- Safta Trade Dispute (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
India's criticism of Pakistan that the latter is trying to scuttle the recently launched South Asia Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement by not reducing duties on imports from India has been . . .
- Shifting The Blame (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been demonised.
- End Of The Crisis? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 04, 2006)
So, Sindh’s political crisis is over. Unless some new misunderstandings crop up — of which there is always a fair possibility — one can perhaps hope that the present set-up will last till general elections are held next year.
- Notional Security Adviser (Pioneer, MN Buch, Aug 04, 2006)
MK Narayanan had no business going candid on television and making a mockery of everything that Intelligence stands for, says MN Buch
- It's War Against Islamism (Pioneer, Tony Blair, Aug 04, 2006)
From Gaza to Kashmir, Islamist extremism's whole strategy is based on a presumed sense of grievance
- Nda, Cpm United On N-Deal Resolution (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Aug 04, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government was isolated in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday as all the parties, including Telugu Desam, AIADMK, Samajwadi Party, CPI(M) and the NDA, pressed for a resolution so that Parliament can "send a message to the United . . .
- Deal With ‘Generals’ A Big Sin: Sharif (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said he considers striking a deal with the "generals" as a "big sin." Addressing the party general council by telephone, Mr Sharif ruled out any deal with the rulers and vowed to oust the government . . .
- Digital Drive Password For New-Age Terrorism (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Not just zealots but also computer savvy. That is how the Crime Branch, Mumbai would like to describe the arrested “LeT members” and their mentors since the method of communication devised by them marked their ingenuity.
- Tough Choices For Musharraf (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Aug 04, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- The House They All Built (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 04, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party would not be itself if it stopped playing politics with history.
- Pakistan Refusal To Implement Safta With India Has Jeopardised . . . (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 04, 2006)
Says it could have used agreement to access Indian market and increase exports
- Uniform Not The Real Issue (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 04, 2006)
The Pakistan Air Force's unilateral decision to take over almost 23,000 acres of the country's largest national park comes as no real surprise.
- Nato's Challenge In Afghanistan (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Aug 04, 2006)
Within 24 hours of the transfer of command from the US-led coalition to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in six southern provinces in . . .
- Gas Pipeline: India, Pak Stand Up To Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The third round of tripartite talks on the proposed Iran Pakistan and India (IPI) gas pipeline project began here on Thursday with New Delhi and Islamabad opposing Tehran’s demand for a higher price for the gas it would export to the two countries . . .
- Iran-Pak-India Gas Pipeline Project Stuck On Pricing (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Nine-member technical team to submit report today
- Pakistan May Join Peace Force: Aziz (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said that Pakistan would consider contributing troops to an international peacekeeping force in Lebanon, if such a request was made.
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2006)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Talks On For Intra-Kashmir Trade (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The Azad Kashmir (AJK) and Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) governments are holding talks to start cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade, IHK Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
- Security Along Pak-Afghan Border: Pakistan And Us Sign Mou (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
Pakistan and the United States on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) whereby Washington pledged to provide its key ally in the war on terror US$2.7 million in security and communications equipment to bolster security along the . . .
- Hot Pursuit (Tribune, Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Aug 03, 2006)
Has hot pursuit become hot air? Gen Pervez Musharraf’s latest warning to India against hot pursuit is that it will be “paid back in the same coin”. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson even said: “This could trigger a nuclear war”.
- Pak Boy Is India’S Youngest Liver Recipient (Tribune, Tripti Nath, Aug 03, 2006)
A year-old Pakistani boy suffering from biliary atresia, underwent a successful liver transplant with liver donation from his maternal grandmother.
- Us Official’S Visit To Focus On Pakistan Terror Support (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 03, 2006)
The issue of Pakistan’s support to terrorism will come under deep focus this weekend when a key State Department official holds talks here with senior Indian officials.
- An Opportunity For Muslims: Bitta (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
All India Anti-Terrorist Front chairman and former Youth Congress president Maninderjit Singh Bitta on Wednesday called upon Muslim organisations to register protest against terrorists perpetrating violence in the name of their religion and defaming . . .
- Unsure Among The Boys (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 03, 2006)
The author is president, Centre for Policy Research
- *20 Hurt In Surankote Blast (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
and police today gunned down two militants of Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) and apprehended another as troops suffered a fatal casualty in day long operation at village Kochal in Chatroo area of Doda district while 20 persons were injured, two of . . .
- Internet Failure At Sbi, J&k Bank Irks Customers (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Business activities at the State Bank of India (SBI) and Jammu and Kashmir Bank branches in the Kashmir valley today remained paralysed due to internet failure.
- Karachi-Hyderabad Railway Traffic Remains Suspended (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The railway traffic could not be restored from Hyderabad to Karachi till Wednesday, the 4th day when a bridge between Ran Pathani and Dhabeji was damaged due to heavy rains.
- ``Manmohan, Musharraf Can Meet On Nam Sidelines'' (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2006)
Meeting between Foreign Secretaries a "positive development,'' says Kasuri
We will join your probe if there is evidence: Kasuri
No stalemate in bilateral relations; evidence already provided to Pakistan about terrorism, says Saran .
- Safta Meet To Discuss Pakistan Stand (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 03, 2006)
Islamabad not offering India trading rights under a sensitive list as mandated under SAFTA
- Importance Of Training Media Persons (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
Many developing countries where the media of mass communication is under government control, means that media persons hardly need professional training in their trade.
- No Evidence Of Qaeda Presence In Kashmir, Says India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 03, 2006)
Minister charges Pakistan with hosting 52 terrorist training camps
Jaiswal says 56 spies including 21 Pakistanis arrested
- The Unkindest Cut Of All (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
Declaring 'no confidence' in Chief Minister Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim, MQM's provincial ministers handed over mass resignations, for good measure their federal ministers also resigned from PM Shaukat Aziz's cabinet.
- ‘Alternative Rail Route By Friday’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Railways authorities said on Wednesday that an alternative route between the Dhabeji and Ran Pathani stations would be in place on Friday if weather permitted.
- If Saarc Is To Move Ahead (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 03, 2006)
Saarc seems to have its priorities wrong. It is expanding without paying sufficient attention to its first duty - to turn the idea of regional cooperation among the South Asian nations into a reality.
- Attique Passionate Appeal To Saarc Leaders (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2006)
AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has appealed to the SAARC leaders, meeting in Dhaka to discuss the Lebanese situation, to help resolve the Kashmir dispute.
- Mqm Reposes Faith In Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
Governor of Sindh Dr Ishrat ul Ebad extended an apology to President General Pervez Musharraf on behalf of Muttahida Qaumi movement and explained as why MQM delegation retuned to Karachi after arrival in Islamabad.
- Oh Ye, Have You No Sense (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 03, 2006)
Today's world is marked by issues of dissension, bigotary, injustice, extremism, separatism etc., rendering the globe into a complicated place.
- Asma Jehangir's Room Searched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
``There was no warrant and no woman constable was present''
- Destruction Of Minds (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The announcement by federal education minister Javed Ashraf Qazi that 'jihad' was being retained in the new curriculum that the government plans to introduce in schools from 2007 to 2009 is a cause of concern.
- Welcome Changes (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 03, 2006)
The government's intention, as reported recently, to amend the infamous Hudood ordinances in parliament's next session is most. . .
- Ideology Or Humanitarianism? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 03, 2006)
Authorities in the North West Frontier Province are reportedly drawing up a code of conduct for non-governmental organisations working towards quake relief.
- Hounded In Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 03, 2006)
Maoists train guns on Indians ---- News coming out of Nepal about Indian workers, traders and industry owners being threatened and hounded by Maoists will surprise only those who have chosen not to read the writing on the wall for the past decade.
- Tackle Terror Sternly (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Aug 03, 2006)
The Government has no clearcut policies to fight terrorism sponsored by neighbouring nations.
- In Praise Of Salwa Judum (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 03, 2006)
A lengthy editorial in this week’s Organiser accuses the UPA government of joining hands with ‘‘left and civil liberty groups’’ in giving a bad name to Chattisgarh’s controversial Salwa Judum movement and warns that ‘‘any rethinking on its efficacy . . .
- Isi Man Held With Military Info (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
The police arrested a suspected ISI agent from Manmad in Nashik district late on Tuesday night. The man — identified as Arif Lakhani — was allegedly feeding sensitive military information to a Pakistani handler, operating out of New Delhi.
- Out Of The Blue (Indian Express, S Krishnaswamy, Aug 03, 2006)
September, 1965. The time had come for us fighter pilots to prove our worth. Six months earlier I was posted from a Hunter Squadron to 23 Sqn Ambala, to fly the Gnats. I found the air combat skills in the Gnat Squadron to be distinctly . . .
- Saarc Summit Fails To End India-Pakistan Tariff Row (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2006)
India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of jeopardising the fledgling South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) deal by failing to fully implement key tariff cuts, as a two-day foreign ministers’ summit of the South Asian Association for Regional . . .
- Stray Dogs, High Offices (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Aug 03, 2006)
The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions deserves to be commended for circulating, among all Ministries and Government departments, an office memorandum on the subject of stray animals.
- Cooperation And Hurdles (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Aug 03, 2006)
The U.S. administration initiates moves towards opening up international nuclear cooperation and trade with India.
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