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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 21681:
- A Level Playing Field (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Be it 2007 or 2012, there is no denying the fact that General Pervez Musharraf, like his predecessors, will have to leave and it is meaningless whether his exit is on Ayub's model or in Zia's style.
- India-Us Deal: On Track With Reservations (News International, Nasim Zehra, Jul 04, 2006)
The writer is an Islamabad-based security analyst and adjunct professor at SAIS Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC
- Bill Gates, Ngos And The Role Of The State (News International, Ethan Casey, Jul 04, 2006)
In mid-June, Bill Gates announced that over the next two years he will be handing over many of his duties at Microsoft Corporation to two other executives and moving into a part-time role with the company, in order to devote most of his attention . . .
- The Eu: The Power Of Weakness (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jul 04, 2006)
Among the elegant architectural delights of Brussels, the glass and steel headquarters of the European Parliament jars the senses.
- Indo-Pak Peace: New Process, Old Approach (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 04, 2006)
Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital city, is just the right place for Pakistanis, Indians and Kashmiris to meet and discuss Kashmir. It is neutral, friendly, exotic, and one also feels at home when it comes to violence and suicide bombings.
- Unequal Allies, Uneasy Questions (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal has less to do with energy requirements of the country and more to do with its FDI needs, says CP Bhambhri.
- Rescuing The Doha Round (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jul 04, 2006)
In the last week’s column, I suggested that time may be running out for the Doha round of trade discussions to be concluded with an agreement that would satisfy the developing world.
- Govt Cuts Duties On Safta Imports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2006)
380 tariff lines covered under trade liberalisation programme
Level of duty ranges from five per cent to 117.5 per cent
Move expected to give boost to intra-SAARC trade
Many items remain in sensitive list to protect domestic industry/farmers
- Ban On The Book Is Deplorable (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
The fear of the word has a hoary history. Plato, the father of philosophy, while discussing the perfect curriculum for the citizens of his republic, argued in favour of banning almost all Greek literature on the pretext that it would have a negative . . .
- How To Tackle Power Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 04, 2006)
Will Karachiites know no respite from the agony of power breakdowns that have been the bane of the city for the past several weeks?
- Pm Discusses Un Reforms With Jenes, Lusia (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Geneva—Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway and Prime Minister Lusia Dias Diogo of Mozambique Sunday called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and discussed issues relating to the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel on System-wide . . .
- Karachi Needs More Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 03, 2006)
Wapda has agreed to provide additional 100 megawatt electricity to KESC to tide over power shortage in Karachi. WAPDA’s decision that will raise its share of power supply from 600MW to 700MW to KESC was announced by the Federal Water and . . .
- Subsidizing Food Items (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 03, 2006)
The Government provided subsidy worth Rs 21.12 billion to the Trading Corporation of Pakistan during the year ending June 30, 2006 for import of wheat, sugar and urea.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal & Its Dark Shadows (Pakistan Observer, Rizwan Ghani, Jul 03, 2006)
Within 24 hours of US Foreign Relations Committee’s backing for the deal which now awaits voting from full Senate and House of Representatives, reportedly Indian PM had to dash to Maharashtra to have firsthand view of debt crisis that has resulted . . .
- F-16s Deal With Pakistan Won’T Affect Indian Advantage: Us (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Bush administration has assured the Congress that the F-16 deal with Pakistan will not affect the balance of power in the region.
- Pak Cry For Pervez Stepdown (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
About 50 politicians from Pakistan’s largest Islamic political party are ready to resign to force President Pervez Musharraf to step down, an official said today, as dozens of party supporters staged a noisy rally in the capital.
- Future Of Relations With Iran (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan’s relations with Iran enjoy a unique strategic significance which is too obvious to need elaboration.
- Western Geopolitics: An Infantile Disorder (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 03, 2006)
The mindless enlargement of the NATO alliance threatens to create new arcs of instability.
- Friendship With Turkey To Grow Further: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a message to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Pakistan and Turkey enjoy close friendship that will continue to grow with the passage of time.
- Rough Justice In Waziristan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2006)
The public execution near Miramshah of a man accused of murdering two other villagers is further proof of the rapid Talibanisation of the NWFP’s tribal areas, where the writ of the state is now conspicuous only by its absence.
- For Environment’S Sake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2006)
That the Chief Justice of Pakistan has taken suo motu notice of the Punjab government’s plan to fell thousands of trees along the Lahore canal to widen the road — which citizens’ groups, citing environmental concerns have opposed — is welcome.
- Of A Boss And Her Able Aide (OutLook, Khushwant Singh, Jul 03, 2006)
A tale of two Gujarati women who made it their mission to rescue women abducted during Partition.
- Dirty Game (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Conventional wisdom in international relations is to “talk talk”, rather than “fight fight”. Even if the talks don’t bear any fruit, at least there is no bloodshed.
- Us House Panel To Review F-16 Offer To Pakistan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday predicted a fall of the UPA government over the price rise and office of profit issues in the Monsoon Session of Parliament.
"Massive rise in prices of essential commodities and the office of profit bill may put UPA . .
- Climate Change Can Wait, Health Can't (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
With $50bn, we could make the planet a better place but money spent on global warming would be wasted.....
- Pervez Orders Review Of Islamic Laws (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered a review of the Islamic laws in the country and said that 2,000 women prisoners, languishing in jails for a long time without being convicted, should be considered for release in a few weeks.
- Hizbul Orders Hurriyat Factions To Merge (Times of India, Pradeep Thakur, Jul 03, 2006)
A harsh warning to leader of the "moderate" Hurriyat grouping Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, purportedly from the Hizbul Mujahideen, to merge his outfit with the hardline pro-Pakistan Syed Ali Shah Geelani faction, has sent the Mirwaiz group into a tizzy.
- ‘Dialogue Only Way To Resolve Kashmir Issue’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Dialogue is the only way to resolve the core issue of Kashmir and leaders of India and Pakistan should continue the process to ensure peace and stability in the sub-continent, People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said here on Sunday.
- Na Committee Meets On 7th For Kse Crash Probe (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Tariq Hassan will appear before the National Assembly’s standing committee on finance and revenue on July 7 to clarify his position as when it will meet to discuss a . . .
- Team To Visit Kabul Soon, Says Sherpao: Detainees In Afghan Jails (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Federal Interior Minister and president of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao group) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that an official delegation will soon visit Kabul to secure the release of Pakistanis still languishing in Afghan jails.
- Ard Asks Aziz, Musharraf To Quit By July 31: No-Trust Motion Planned; Benazir, Nawaz To Return Before Polls (Dawn, Ashraf Mumtaz, Jul 03, 2006)
The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Sunday demanded resignation of Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz by July 31, “failing which a vote of no-confidence shall be moved against the Musharraf regime”.
- Assemblies To Re-Elect Musharraf: Pervaiz (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi reiterated on Sunday that sitting assemblies would elect President Gen Pervez Musharraf as ‘president-in-uniform’ for the next term.
- Musharraf Wants Hudood Laws Amended (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 03, 2006)
Hundreds of women languishing in prisons
- Musharraf Must Go, Says Jamaat-E-Islami (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 03, 2006)
The Jamaat-e-Islami, a consitituent of the six-party Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, on Sunday increased its anti-Musharraf rhetoric, saying the President deserved to go for siding with the U.S in the war on terror and for sending the Army into the frontier . .
- Growing Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 03, 2006)
Such actions as the Forest Gate incident, will drive a wedge between Britain and its Asian immigrants...
- Will India-China Border Talks Ever End? (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 03, 2006)
For 25 years, India has been seeking to settle by negotiation with China the disputed Indo-Tibetan frontier.
- Afghan 'Snow' (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that there have been a number of reports of late pointing to the Afghan link in the drug menace in this country including in the State.
- Pak-Us Talks On Rozs Next Month (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The US and Pakistan will negotiate next month the technical aspects of setting up reconstruction opportunity zones (ROZs) on the Pak-Afghan border and in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- Taliban ‘Justice’ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 03, 2006)
The execution before a crowd of over hundred onlookers, including children, of an alleged murderer by relatives of the victim in North Waziristan seems proof that the Talibanisation of the tribal areas is only becoming stronger.
- Scheme Of Studies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 03, 2006)
The decision of the federal education ministry to notify a new scheme of studies for classes one to twelve comes as a mixed blessing.
- Why Javed Was Denied Visa ? (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan establishment seems to take a sadistic pleasure in humiliating or harassing Indians associated with Mumbai films (Bollywood) or the world of arts and culture when they apply for visas to visit the land of the ‘pure’.
- Caring For Kashmir's Dead Is Soul-Destroying (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Jul 03, 2006)
They are the men who care for Kashmir's dead, but the work is slowly killing them.
- Just A Bit Of Security (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
Every Government has a midlife crisis as well as a sell-by date. The trick is to ensure that the latter does not precede the former.
- F-16s For Pakistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 03, 2006)
Whatever the US explanation, the sale of F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan makes one believe that the Americans say something and do something else, at least in the India-Pakistan context.
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Bhutto, Sharif Hold Talks With Pak Leaders Of Opposition (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Former Paksitan Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif today held talks with leaders of the 16-party Oppostion grouping here to ratify the Charter of Democracy (COD).
- Iran Plans To Cut Gas Imports, Subsidies (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran, which relies on imports for almost half its refined petroleum products, plans to halt those imports and introduce gasoline rationing later this year, the government announced.
- 'Indian Fishermen To Be Set Free After Completing Sentences' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
A day after New Delhi suggested that Islamabad had not kept its word on prisoner exchange, Pakistan today gave a new twist to the issue, saying the 240 Indian fishermen due to be released yesterday, would be set free only after they complete their . . .
- Four Jem Militants Killed In J&k (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Four Pakistani intruders affiliated to Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were killed near Line of Control today as army foiled third infiltration attempt in over a week in Jammu and Kashmir, where a gunbattle was going on in Baramulla district.
- Javed Akhtar: Poetry Runs In His Veins (Times of India, Harihar Swarup , Jul 02, 2006)
Why an unseemly controversy was whipped up over the grant of visa to noted lyricist Javed Akhtar to visit Pakistan for the grand premiere of the 1960 classic Mughal-e-Azam?
- Window On The World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Hameeda shows rare insight in recounting events as they were.
- Three To Die For Akshardham Attack (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The POTA court today awarded death sentence to three persons for terror attack on Akshardham temple in 2002.
- F-16s To Pakistan Won’T Clip India’S Military Wings: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The US defence department has assured the Congress that the weapons systems requested by Pakistan for F-16 jets would not reduce India’s quantitative or qualitiative military advantage as the capability already exists in the region.
- Law, Justice And J&k~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 02, 2006)
For a solution to J&K to be universally acceptable it must be seen by all as being lawful and just. Political opinion in Pakistan and India as well as all people and parties . . .
- A Bomb That Didn’T Go Off (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Jul 02, 2006)
The book reads more like a filmography than a biography.
- Sco Pledges To Fight Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Jul 02, 2006)
Signalling the dawn of a new era, the Sixth Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China pledged to jointly fight terrorism and reached an agreement among its six-member states on cutting off infiltration channels of terrorists . . .
- What Rule Of Law? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
In theory, the modern liberal-constitutional state has three autonomous arms, all of which ideally reinforce its inherently democratic character.
- Over The Top (News International, Masood Hasan, Jul 02, 2006)
The statements of three gentlemen who are associated with Pakistan cricket regarding our chances on the tour of England, which has just begun, have a ringing sound of a large death rattle.
- Us Admin Notifies Congress Of N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The Bush administration's nuclear accord with India seems on track to easy passage in Congress, as the White House also proceeds with plans to equip Pakistan with F-16 fighter jets.
- Writing From The Jaws Of The Tiger (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Jul 02, 2006)
This book is invaluable for the insights that the author provides, despite the repeated threats that he has had to face on account of his writings.
- Missing: Foreign Policy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2006)
The longer the PM avoids appointing a foreign minister, the greater will be the damage to our interests
- Three Ultras Get Death Sentence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Nearly four years after the terrorist strike on the Akshardham temple here, a local court on Saturday convicted six persons for the attack and gave awarded death sentence for three of them.....
- Dial 'N' For Entente (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 02, 2006)
Broad support for the deal is comforting ---- The smooth passage of the India-United States nuclear deal proposal through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- To Be Indiacentric (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
Colombo at this time could hardly be seen as an inspirational venue to talk about "a new peace process" between Pakistan and India.
- Understanding The Past (Hindu, HARINI NARAYANAN, Jul 02, 2006)
Akbar has a genius for placing ordinary occurrences in a broader historical matrix.
- Death For Three In Akshardham Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Jail for three others; POTA Court ruling has to be confirmed by the High Court
26 others have been declared absconders
- Infiltration Offensive On Loc Causing Concern (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jul 02, 2006)
Despite Army successes, terrorists replenishing cadre and weapons for ongoing campaign
- Opening Of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Route A Landmark: Azad (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Jul 02, 2006)
Says it will strengthen the economy of both Indian and Pakistan
- Afghan Minister Hails Pakistan's Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Islamabad to send 10,000 more troops to border with Afghanistan
"Pakistan itself is a victim of Talibanisation"
Kabul-New Delhi ties should rise to a "higher and strategic level"
- New Pak Envoys To Six World Capitals (News International, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Jul 02, 2006)
Pakistan will nominate its new envoys to six important capitals of the world by the end of this month and is shortlisting names for this purpose.
- Top Let Commander Among 3 Militants Killed In Kulgam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Killing of a maimed shopkeeper by CRPF today evoked massive protests in Srinagar uptown as violent demonstrators enforced shutdown and engaged Police in ding-dong clashes for several hours.
- Pak Clearance Awaited For Visit Of J&k Businessmen To Pok: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
list of 70 businessmen from Jammu and Kashmir, who want to start trade across the border, has been forwarded to Pakistani authorities for having interaction with their counter-parts putting up in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The list awaits . . .
- Joy Of Sport (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 02, 2006)
Let's celebrate the first Sunday of July in the spirit of sport. There has been a lot of cricket.
- Capital Suggestion (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan should be amended at least one more time. The new amendment ought to say out loud that it overrides everything and anything said anywhere in the constitution and that, from now on, the occupant of . . .
- Pakistan, India Play Tit-For-Tat With Prisoners (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 02, 2006)
Indian fishermen not released, as they have to "first serve out their sentence"
- Pakistan Clarifies On Sending Troops (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 02, 2006)
Pakistan's decision to send 10,000 additional troops to its border with Afghanistan was made well before the June 27 visit of United States Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, the Foreign Ministry has said.
- The Urban Nightmare (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
The world is entering a historic urban transition; in 2007, for the first time in history, the world's urban population will exceed the rural population.
- Coping With Calamities (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 02, 2006)
Preident Pervez Musharraf’s call for an international early warning system for natural disasters comes nearly nine months after the devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan and Azad Kashmir and killed nearly 100,000 people, besides rendering . . .
- New Visa Policy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
The new visa policy unveiled by the government on Friday seems an overly ambitious move to promote Pakistan as a tourist destination.
- 2,000 Under-Trial Women May Be Freed (News International, Shakil Shaikh, Jul 02, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have decided to convene sessions of both the Senate and the National Assembly this month to debate the government-prepared draft bill for reviewing or amending the Hudood laws.
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