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Articles 8021 through 8120 of 21681:
- President Musharraf And His Dangerous Ambiguities (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 21, 2006)
Talking to a Pakistani TV channel President Pervez Musharraf has urged Pakistanis to reject personality-oriented politics and make way for new leadership.
- China To Uphold Strategic Partnership With Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 21, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday reassured that his country would continue to work with Pakistan strengthening their strategic partnership for a better future of their people.
- Foreign Policy Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 21, 2006)
Z.A. Bhutto once said that foreign policy could not be subjected to mobocracy.
- Politics Of Identity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 21, 2006)
Amartya Sen argues against reducing individuals to simple, and single, categories.
- ‘Peace In Afghanistan A Must For Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Javed Afridi, May 21, 2006)
Interior minister says Pakistani experts to visit Guantanamo Bay
- Failed Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 21, 2006)
According to a study, in the year 2005 Pakistan made a spectacular progress, jumping from 34th position to 9th.
- India Must Do Something Concrete On Kashmir (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2006)
The leader of the Opposition in Pakistan National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, who is currently visiting India on invitation from the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind, is not the run of a mill Pakistani politician who wears his anti-Indian stance on his sleeves.
- History, Heresy, Conspiracy (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, May 20, 2006)
In 1804, two centuries before Dan Drown found his way to bestseller lists, the mystic and poet William Blake scripted his literary tour de force, Jerusalem.
- Verify, But Trust, Is The Best Formula For Siachen Pullout (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 20, 2006)
In the absence of trust, authenticating existing ground positions offers India no greater diplomatic or military protection than a well-demarcated zone of mutual disengagement.
- Victims Of A Surrogate War (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, May 20, 2006)
The inhuman killing of telecom engineer K. Suryanarayana in Afghanistan, where he was working on behalf of a Bahrain firm, by the barbaric forces known as the Taliban has closely followed a rush of video/audio tapes carrying anti-US and anti-India . . .
- Iran Still Persecutes The Baha’Is (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, May 20, 2006)
A nation's progress should be judged not on the basis of its achievements in science and technology but in the field of human rights.
- The Siachen Question (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), May 20, 2006)
Times change, people change, the world has changed, policies are being realigned, free trade, etc, is the current mantra.
- Spires And Minarets (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 20, 2006)
Tony Brett’s defeat in Oxford’s council election was one of many small details that passed unnoticed in the excitement over the gains that the white supremacist British Nationalist Party made in a London suburb.
- When Money Is Evil (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, May 20, 2006)
During his recent visit to India, Meghnad, Lord Desai of St Clement Danes and his pretty, Punjabi second wife Kishwar Ahluwalia (nee Rosha) gave me his recently published book The Route of All Evil: the Political Economy of Ezra Pound (Saber).
- Why Pervez Junked His Qurbani Dvd (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, May 20, 2006)
Nazia Haasan would have been upset, but times have moved on since the release of the Feroze Khan-Zeenat Aman-Vinod Khanna starrer, Qurbani, a film much remembered because of the late Pakistani singer’s hit song ‘Aap jaisa koi’.
- League Mindset (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, May 20, 2006)
If the creation of Pakistan was the crowning glory of the Muslim League, it also implied the party's natural exit from the rest of the subcontinent.
- Npt Under Attack (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 19, 2006)
It is not surprising that the United States is now picking holes in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that has been in force for over 35 years.
- Pakistan’S Economy A Success Story: Us (Pakistan Observer, Dr Jassim Taqui, May 19, 2006)
The United States is working through a three-pronged strategy to help the seven countries of South Asia — Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — become more free, stable and prosperous, Assistant Secretary of . . .
- Taliban Storm Afghan Town: 100 Killed; Karzai Criticises Pakistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
About 100 people were killed in two of the most violent days in Afghanistan since the 2001 ouster of the Taliban, as hundreds of insurgents attacked a southern town and fighting flared across the country.
- Iran Gas Pipeline Project (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, May 19, 2006)
The United States is against the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline and that is why it is making efforts to help New Delhi meet its energy needs, says a senior American official.
- Shanghai Group Sides With Iran (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , May 19, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is likely to reiterate its support for Iran at its summit meeting, which will take place three weeks before a G8 summit.
- What Is The Way Out? : Crisis In The Muslim World-Ii (Dawn, Shahid M. Amin, May 19, 2006)
With regard to the Iran crisis, the issue here is that the US and several other countries are convinced that Iran is trying to achieve nuclear weapons capability.
- India To Join U.S.-Backed Gas Pipeline Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
To connect Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Will cost $600 million more for its extension to India
Additional stretch of 1,113 km of national highway also approved
- Musharraf Hints At Securing Second Term As President (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2006)
Says the existing Electoral College would re-elect him
- Mufti Calls For New Vision To Solve J&k's Problems (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 19, 2006)
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
``Look at regional economic integration as the engine of growth''
- Feroze Khan Put On Pakistan "Black List" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan has put the veteran Bollywood actor, Feroze Khan on "black list," following his reported controversial remarks at a function in Lahore last month on the occasion of the premiere of his brother Akbar Khan's film Taj Mahal.
- Their Plane To Pakistan (Pioneer, Samuel Baid, May 19, 2006)
With pressure mounting on Musharraf to democratise, 2007 is going to prove crucial for Pakistan and its neighbours, says Samuel Baid
- Pak Will Continue With Mischief (Rediff on the Net, VIJAY DANDAPANI, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan's categorisation as a failed State by Foreign Policy magazine has predictably drawn the ire of most Pakistanis. Equally, many Indians have reacted with (mostly silent) glee best described by the German word schadenfreude.
- Iran Pulls Curtain On Atom Sites (International Herald Tribune, WILLIAM J BROAD, May 19, 2006)
Due south of Tehran, the desert gives way to barbed wire, anti-aircraft guns and a maze of buildings, two of them cavernous underground halls.
- President’S Re-Election (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 19, 2006)
Talking to a private TV channel, General Musharraf has maintained that under the Constitution he can be elected by the present assemblies for a second term in the Presidency.
- Kasuri’S Briefing (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 19, 2006)
Briefing the National Assembly’s Foreign Relations Standing Committee, Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri talked about several issues, including the ongoing Pak-India composite dialogue, domestic energy requirements and the impact on South Asia of . . .
- Pak, Libya To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Thursday said Pakistan and Libya shared identical views on important regional and global issues and hoped his visit would open up new avenues of cooperation between the two countries in economic, political, defence and . . .
- In National Disinterest (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, May 19, 2006)
How responsive is the UPA Government towards the external security imperatives of India?
- Project Afghanistan: Pakistan And Nato (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 19, 2006)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) wants closer military and political relations with Pakistan.
- Full Utilisation Of River Ravi (Tribune, G.S. Dhillon, May 19, 2006)
Under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, India is entitled to full utilisation of flows of the three eastern rivers of the Indus Basin — Sutlej, Beas and Ravi.
- Musharraf To Get Re-Elected As President (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has dropped clear hints that he planned to get re-elected to the top post by the present national and provincial Assemblies well before they are dissolved next year and fresh elections held.
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 19, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- New Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 19, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s troubles show no signs of abating. After Mr Madan Lal Khurana and Ms Uma Bharati, it is now Mr Babulal Marandi who has cried foul over the state of the party before leaving it.
- China, Pakistan Agree On Trade Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 19, 2006)
China and Pakistan have agreed on the basic terms of their bilateral free trade pact, officials close to the free trade arrangement (FTA) talks told Xinhua here on Wednesday.
- Events Of National Shame (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, May 19, 2006)
Last week, amidst nationwide excitement over the outcome of five state assembly elections, there took place at least three unspeakably reprehensible events that ought to make all Indians hang their heads in shame.
- Charter For Democracy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 19, 2006)
Pakistan’s two former Prime Ministers, Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif, living in exile, deciding to jointly launch a drive against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule may influence considerably the course of politics in India’s neighbourhood.
- Industry’S Own Power Generation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
THE Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded that industrial units should be allowed own power generation to meet their electricity needs.
- Saudis To Invest More In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Jeddah-based Saudi group Savola Edible Oils International has shown interest in making investment up to US$ 1 billion in refining and marketing of edible oil and sugar in Pakistan.
- Kashmir Solution Vital For Peace, Progress (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 18, 2006)
Almost every peace-loving and friendly country of India and Pakistan both has come many a times, to re-evaluate their stances in 0order to facilitate the resolution of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir — a predominantly Muslim majority State which . . .
- Six Pakistanis Including Four Children Freed By India (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
India has handed over six Pakistani citizens including four children after releasing them from the Indian jails through Wagah border here Wednesday.
- Pro-Poor Promises (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 18, 2006)
PREDICTABLY, speakers at The Nation Pre-Budget Seminar 2006 remained divided in two broad camps, with those outside the government saying bluntly a lot more needs to be done before claims of a successful turnaround can be justified and those . . .
- Us Concerned Over Iran Gas Pipeline Project (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Citing Tehran's "unpredictability" as the reason for its concern over the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, the United States has said it was making efforts to help New Delhi with its energy needs.
- India Rejects Kashmir Troops Pullout Full Story (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from Siachen glacier or from the rest of Occupied Kashmir.
- Pak, Saudi To Coordinate In Response To Challenges (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman, Majlis Al-Shura of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Imam of Khana Ka’aba, Dr Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdullah Bin Humaid met Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Wednesday and discussed bilateral relations and matters of regional and international . . .
- Indians In Afghanistan (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its “determination and courage” in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colon Powell joyously declared that Pakistan was a “major non-NATO ally” on March 16, 2004.
- Danger Looms In Afghanistan (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 18, 2006)
Lauding its "determination and courage" in fighting terrorism and stopping nuclear proliferation, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell joyously declared on March 16, 2004, that Pakistan was a "major non-NATO ally".
- Kashmir First, Trade Later (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 18, 2006)
Our leadership is never found wanting in asserting that full-scale trade relations with India, including the grant of MFN status, is contingent upon several factors, the most important being the resolution of Kashmir in accordance with the . . .
- Breaking The Iran Nuclear Impasse (Hindu, Praful Bidwai, May 18, 2006)
After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landmark letter to George W. Bush, many in Teheran expect more overtures favouring a diplomatic solution. India must strongly back these moves, not passively tail Washington's hardline agendas.
- India Rejects Call For Troop Pullout (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Indian officials on Wednesday rejected calls for an early withdrawal of troops from a Himalayan glacier or from the rest of occupied Kashmir, saying militancy was spreading from the disputed territory to elsewhere in the country.
- Indo-Pak Officials To Discuss Siachen (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Amid indications of progress on the Siachen issue, officials of India and Pakistan will meet here on May 23 to discuss the vexed problem relating to the highest battlefield in the world.
- Us-India Nuke Deal Net Gain For Non-Proliferation: Boucher (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Admitting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a "real-world agreement" that was not "perfect", a senior US State Department official has asserted that it would still be a "net gain for non-proliferation".
- Re-Election By Current Assemblies: Musharraf: ‘No Ambiguity In Constitution’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that under the constitution existing assemblies are mandated to elect him for the second term.
- Gen Beg’S Wisdom (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg often speaks his mind, proving that it is not necessary for a general to be in power to spew pearls of wisdom.
- Avoiding Boom And Bust Cycles (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 18, 2006)
The rulers of the country are patting themselves on the back merrily on the success of their economic policies and practices. President Musharraf says the success of his economic policies is a result of placing the right man on the right job.
- No Security Guarantees For Iran: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Shehzada Alam said that the mobile number portability system (MNP) will be implemented from November 2006.
- Parliamentary Democracy: Image & Reality (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
It speaks of the sorry state of our democracy that those in office attach little importance to the organs of government that represent the people.
- ‘India Can Help Stabilise Afghan Border’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
India can help Pakistan stabilise its border with Afghanistan, Maulana Fazlur Rehman reportedly claimed while talking to journalists in New Delhi.
- Us-India Nuke Deal Net Gain For Non-Proliferation: Boucher (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Admitting that the Indo-US nuclear deal was a "real-world agreement" that was not "perfect", a senior US State Department official has asserted that it would still be a "net gain for non-proliferation".
- And Some Us Queries (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, May 18, 2006)
Americans would like to get a direct feedback from Dr A Q Khan
- State Of Girls’ Schools (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 18, 2006)
THERE is nothing surprising about the fact that the Unicef-funded informal girls’ schools in Swabi in the NWFP are barely functional; what with . . .
- No Indian Troop Pullout From Kashmir Or Siachen (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 18, 2006)
Mukherjee says 59 training camps operational in Pakistan
* ‘Certain indications’ of ISI involvement in murder of Indian engineer
* Security adviser says militancy spreading
- These Assemblies Will Elect Me: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said the existing parliament was constitutionally privileged to re-elect him for a second term.
- Pakistan Important For South Asian Stability: Burns (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, May 18, 2006)
Denies Indo-US nuclear deal was designed to counter China
* Says deal with India ‘unique, not generic’ and cannot be extended to Pakistan
* Burns to meet Saran in London soon
- Pakistan’S Mfn Fears (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 18, 2006)
At a time when there is a global trend not to allow political differences to come in the way of developing economic relations between two countries, Pakistan continues to stick to its negative policy of obstructing the benefits that would flow from . . .
- No Pullout From Siachen Till Talks Bear Fruit: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
India today made it clear that it will not consider any withdrawal of troops from Siachen unless the ongoing talks with Pakistan on the issue yielded results.
- Post-Poll Possibilities (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 18, 2006)
A Two-Party System Is Achievable
Elections to five states are over. What do they tell?
- Pak Rape Victim Fights For Justice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 18, 2006)
After Mukhtaran Mai, another Pakistani rape victim has highlighted the plight of her country’s women at the international foray where she urged President Pervez Musharraf to appoint an independent commission of inquiry comprising lawyers and human . . .
- U.S. To Propose Treaty On Nuclear Fuel Production (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, May 18, 2006)
The United States, trying to boost an imperiled nuclear deal with India, this week plans to introduce a draft international treaty to halt production of fissile material for nuclear weapons, administration officials said.
- Balochis Attack Pak Nukes (OutLook, B. Raman , May 18, 2006)
Here's something to worry about for the doomsday prophets - Pakistani nukes are being eyed not just by the jihadis or the Americans but by the Balochis too - in qualitatively different ways, of course.
- Benazir, Nawaz Still Far From Being Friends (Tribune, Shafqat Ali, May 18, 2006)
Differences between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) continue to exist despite the signing of the ‘‘Charter of Democracy’’ by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in London, according to knowledgeable sources.
- Isi Had A Hand In Killing Of Suryanarayana: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha that though Pakistan has denied it, there were "certain indications" that the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, had "some hand" in the killing of engineer Suryanarayana in . . .
- Friends With The Dragon (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , May 18, 2006)
Indian Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee is slated to visit China later this month in order to promote bilateral relations between the two countries; and explain to the Chinese leadership that India does not have any intention to promote any hostile . . .
- Anybody Listening In Pakistan? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 18, 2006)
On the face of it the "Charter of Democracy" signed by Ms Benazir Bhutto and Mr Nawaz Sharif in London seems to be a hopeful sign for the neighbouring country.
- Patil Assures Safer Transportation Of Villagers From Doda (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2006)
Describing today’s grenade attack by terrorists on a group of protestors at Doda as "serious", Home Minister Shivraj Patil said the Government would "qualitatively upgrade" security apparatus in the area, including beefing Village Defence Committees . . .
- Musharraf Talks Tough On "Charter Of Democracy" (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 17, 2006)
In his first reaction to the "charter of democracy" pact between Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has asserted that "those involved in corruption in the past" would not be allowed to return to power.
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