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Articles 8521 through 8620 of 21681:
- Keep It Up (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, May 06, 2006)
If one goes by available details the second round of talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the moderate Hurriyat Conference in the national capital has passed off smoothly.
- The Sweat On Their Brow (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, May 06, 2006)
India’s difficult task with its unskilled labourers abroad
- Murder Of Sufi Soul (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 06, 2006)
Thirty-eight-year-old Rafik Abdul Ghani Vohra was set upon by a mob, led by Ashok Thakur and other well-known VHP activists, and burnt to death in his car, at Ajwa Road, while returning from Gujarat Refineries on May 2.
- This Semi-Final Was A Goalless Draw (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 06, 2006)
Centre’s talks with Hurriyat were run-up to Srinagar roundtable on May 25 but yielded little to work with
- Why Not Strike Bargain With Iran? (Toronto Star, Haroon Siddiqui, May 06, 2006)
The world is only marginally less polarized on Iran than it was on Iraq three years ago. But the big difference this time is that George W. Bush is doing his bullying more skilfully.
- Ji Opposes Fencing Of Border With Afghanistan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The NWFP Senior Minister and Provincial Amir of Jamaat-i-Islami, Mr Sirajul Haq, has opposed the proposed fencing of the Pakistan-Afghan border, saying the MMA government will use every resource to foil what he called a mischievous plan.
- Jirga Lays Demands Before Talks (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, May 05, 2006)
A grand jirga, consisting of representatives from all tribes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), has set May 12 as the deadline for the government to meet its demands before negotiating a peaceful solution to the issue of the presence . . .
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, May 05, 2006)
THE Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be a federation, with autonomous units in which fundamental human rights, equality of status and opportunity, social, economic and political justice would be guaranteed.
- Interaction Across Loc (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 05, 2006)
The New Delhi meeting between Pakistan and India held on May 2-3 within the framework of composite dialogue took certain decisions which would make for greater interaction between the people of Kashmir on either side of the LoC, by providing . . .
- Press Freedom (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 05, 2006)
Addressing the Press Institute of Pakistan seminar on World Press Freedom Day, new Federal Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani could not have been more right in saying that any manner of freedom secured by journalists has "not been gifted . . .
- Inundation Of Imported Cars (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
The import data for the first nine months of the current financial year shows that the country imported new and used cars worth about 13 billion rupees during the period as compared to only 4 billion rupees in the same period last year.
- Doing Away With 58-2(b) (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
Ever since Ziaul Haq inserted Article 58-2(b) in the Constitution by a decree, Pakistan has seen four elected governments dismissed and the elected assemblies dissolved. Ziaul Haq first made use of it in 1988 when he sacked the government of . . .
- Honour For Mukhtaran Mai (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
AT A time when a section of the international press portrays Pakistan as one of the failed states, it is heartening that Mukhtaran Mai offers a ray of hope as she continues to receive global recognition for her tenacity and courage.
- Progress On Kashmir (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 05, 2006)
Followinged months of stalemate on the Kashmir front, some movement is at last visible in this area of India-Pakistan relations.
- ‘Peace Between India And Pakistan Must For A Prosperous South Asia’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India should resolve their disputes amicably including the Kashmir issue to develop South Asia (SA), said British High Commissioner Mark Loyal Grant.
- How To Tackle Hostage Crises Abroad? (The Economic Times, Sushant Sareen, May 05, 2006)
An aggressive and ‘forward’ foreign policy, like the one India has adopted in Afghanistan, inevitably extracts a heavy price in men and material.
- Back Shujaat, Musharraf Tells Disgruntled Leaders (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, May 05, 2006)
Asks PML leaders to be prepared for general elections
Not conspiring against anyone: Chattha, Wattoo
Musharraf meets PML Sindh today
- Tracing Disequilibrium In The Asset Markets (The Financial Express, SUMANT SINHA, May 05, 2006)
The considerable lag between the flow of funds and the creation of assets is ensuring the imbalance.
- Silver Lining (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 05, 2006)
There is a silver lining in the blood-splattered atmosphere prevailing today. It is to be welcomed that both New Delhi and Islamabad have reiterated their resolve to go ahead with the peace process.
- Consensus Crucial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 05, 2006)
Nobody with a modicum of common sense would oppose a settlement of the debilitating dispute over Siachen, yet there is scope for disquiet at the series of “leaks” suggesting that an accord is imminent.
- Order In The House (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 05, 2006)
The latest instalment of the ongoing Sindh Assembly session started more than two hours late on Wednesday and lasted a mere 25 minutes before yet another tiresomely predictable "rumpus" led the chairperson to prorogue the proceedings.
- Nepra's Imminent Jolt (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 05, 2006)
After Monday's 2.5-7.17 climb in the prices of petroleum products in Pakistan, dictated by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, electricity consumers in Karachi must now brace for another blow: an increase of 15 paisas per unit by the Karachi . . .
- Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Violate Religious Freedom: Us Report ........ (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to designate 11 nations, including Pakistan, Burma and Iran, as ''countries of particular concern'' for violations of religious freedom.
- Another Futile Cbm (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 05, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed on another Confidence Building Measure (CBM). This time it relates to launching of a truck service between Azad and Occupied Kashmir to promote trade between the two parts.
- ‘No Reliable Data On Number Of Seminaries In Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Top bosses of the Religious Affairs Ministry confessed before a National Assembly standing committee here on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only Muslim country where “no reliable data about exact numbers of deeni madaris (religious seminaries) is . . .
- Kargil And Questions Of War (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 05, 2006)
Was the Kargil war the outcome of just intelligence failure?
- Indian Security Presence In Afghanistan (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, May 05, 2006)
The U.S. and Britain have hitherto been averse to any role for India — in deference to Pakistani sensitivities. Why, now, a change of heart?
- Dangers Of Saltoro Pull-Back (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 05, 2006)
There are indications that New Delhi is negotiating with Pakistan to pull back Indian forces from the strategic heights of Saltoro Range and establish an extensive demilitarised zone. But there should be no question of a pull-back from positions . . .
- Is The Tn Poll Free And Fair? (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, May 05, 2006)
When the Election Commission has been piling up accolades for managing even more complex assignments with aplomb, it might seem an odd question to ask, but it must be asked: are the Tamil Nadu elections really free and fair?
- Forgotten War (Times of India, Ranjan Roy, May 05, 2006)
It's a fact often forgotten in the din of recons-truction and obscured by the confetti of celebration.
- Improvement Needed In Safta: Menon (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, May 05, 2006)
Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Shivshankar Menon told the SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Thursday that improvements in the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) to be operationalised from July 1, 2006, were called to embark . . .
- Washington Still Needs Islamabad (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, May 05, 2006)
When america's world changed after 9/11, President Pervez Musharraf adapted faster than most. He severed Pakistan's official links with the Taliban, backed the U.S. war on terror, and set about taming lawless tribal areas abutting the Afghan border. Gen.
- ‘No Reliable Data On Number Of Seminaries In Pakistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
Top bosses of the Religious Affairs Ministry confessed before a National Assembly standing committee here on Tuesday that Pakistan was the only Muslim country where “no reliable data about exact numbers of deeni madaris . . .
- Hekmatyar Vows Allegiance To Bin Laden (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 05, 2006)
A wanted Afghan warlord said he was ready to fight under the banner of the Al Qaeda terror network headed by Osama bin Laden, according to a video broadcast on Qatar-based Al Jazeera yesterday.
- Bnp Briefs Eu Lawmakers On Balochistan Situation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Balochistan National Party secretary-general Sanaullah Baloch on Wednesday briefed European Union lawmakers on Pakistan army operations in his province, saying Islamabad must be told to immediately stop the “violation of human rights of the Baloch people.
- Us Body Seeks ‘Aggressive Action’ Against S. Arabia: Pakistan Cited Among ‘Religious Freedom Violators’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A US Congress-mandated commission urged the government to take ‘aggressive action’ against Saudi Arabia for alleged religious freedom violations and warned that religious rights were under threat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- ‘Pak Role A Must For Afghan Mission Success’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Recognising Pakistan’s role in the war on terror, it will soon be given control of the Commander Task Force (CTF)-150 operation in the Arabian Sea.
- New Frontline In The War On Terror (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
As hideouts go, the Shawal Valley in northern Pakistan is a militant's dream.
- Pak-Afghan Meeting Held On Enhancing Border Patrol (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Pakistani and Afghan military officials met for two weeks in March for a US-sponsored seminar in Germany to discuss better ways to patrol Pak-Afghan complex border, a rugged tribal area that harbours terrorist fighters, said a statement by US . . .
- Pakistan To Help Dutch Deploy Troops In Urzgan (Daily Times, Mohammad Imran, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan will help the Netherlands deploy its troops in the Urzgan province of Afghanistan as part of NATO forces, decided a meeting between Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and his Dutch counterpart Henricus Gregorius Jozeph in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
- Sabre-Rattling Against Iran Unlikely To Succeed (Hindu, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Ringed by nuclear states, Teheran's atomic programme is scarcely unreasonable. So why has Washington manufactured this crisis?
- Rocket-Rattling Over Iran (Deccan Herald, Tariq Ali, May 04, 2006)
Till now, what has prevented the crisis in Iraq from becoming a total debacle for the US has been the open collaboration of the Iranian clerics.
- Pressure In The Pipeline (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, May 04, 2006)
The low price of gas is given as the reason for Iran not wanting to go through with the deal, but is there more to it?
- India, Pak To Start New Bus Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Sustaining the process of peace and confidence-building along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan on Wednesday decided to start a second cross-LoC bus service from June 19.
- Changing Geo-Politics Of Central Asia & India (Daily Excelsior, Sudhanshu Tripathi, May 04, 2006)
The Central Asian region is one of the most prominent socio-political cultural units in the contemporary world. Its location in the middle of Islamic, Christian and Buddhist radicalized civilizations makes the region as the most convenient transit . . .
- Defanging Terrorists (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 04, 2006)
In the course of its war on terror, the US has succeeded in disrupting Al Qaeda's WMD efforts with considerable success, says . . .
- Consensus Crucial (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 04, 2006)
Nobody with a modicum of common sense would oppose a settlement of the debilitating dispute over Siachen, yet there is scope for disquiet at the series of “leaks” suggesting that an accord is imminent.
- Young Americans Geographically Challenged (Statesman, Andrew Buncombe, May 04, 2006)
The US may be the world’s only true superpower but global domination does not equal global knowledge.
- India At Odds With Unicef Kid Health Report (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
India figures among the top four countries which has the highest rate of underweight children under age of five, a United Nations report said.
- Six Militants Among 10 Killed In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Six militants, including four Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba men and three security personnel were among 10 persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
- The Saltoro Range (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, May 04, 2006)
There has been significant progress in recent months in expanding cooperation and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan, despite continuing incidents of ISI- sponsored terrorism.
- Call Against Terror (Times of India, MAHENDRA VED, May 04, 2006)
The killing of telecom engineer K Suryanarayana in Afghanistan once again raises the question of whe-ther India, Afghanistan and Pakistan should launch a joint battle against terror. But that is easier said than done.
- More Than One-Third Of Malnourished Children Are In India: U.N. Report (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, May 04, 2006)
Millennium development goal of halving child hunger not possible till 2025
6,00,000 deaths can be averted with simple health interventions
Early motherhood is also cause for malnutrition
- Never Too Late (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 04, 2006)
The Bush administration's recent decision to place Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) in the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation (SDGT) category has not come too soon.
- Pm, Hurriyat Agree To Evolve Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held the second rounds of talks with the moderate Hurriyat Conference during which both the sides discussed "sensitive and important" issues and agreed to evolve a mechanism to resolve Kashmir issue amicably . . .
- India Seeks Human Rights Council Membership (Tribune, Tripti Nath, May 04, 2006)
Members of the United Nations in the race for the first election for membership of the newly established Human Rights Council, will face tough competition with revised requirement for absolute majority and reduced strength.
- Accelerating Investment (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the Board of Investment (BOI) will be restructured and transformed into a vibrant organisation providing one-window operation for expeditious finalisation of local and foreign investment projects.
- Manmohan Urges Hurriyat To Propose Mechanism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night asked the Hurriyat Conference to suggest mechanism to address intractable issue of Kashmir.
- The Great Game In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, May 04, 2006)
The 41-year-old telecom engineer from Hyderabad K. Suryanarayana was found beheaded in Afghanistan in a new Great Game in which tactics are becoming more cold-blooded and motives less concealed.
- Pipeline Uncertainty (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 04, 2006)
Iran is upset, but India badly needs Iran’s gas
- A Fitting Finale And The Beginning Of A New Life (Times of India, Aruna Jethwani, May 04, 2006)
Believe it or not, Jamnagar's cremation ground is a popular picnic spot. Its entrance gate is colourful, its passages decorated with frescoes and relief paintings. The sprawling woods around have some amazing dioramas, depicting incidents from mythology.
- Pm Wants Kashmir Roadmap (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference to come out with a mechanism to carry forward the dialogue process in order to address internal and external dimensions of the Kashmir issue.
- Centre-Hurriyat To Evolve Dialogue Mechanism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
Meeting of minds augurs well for the future of Jammu and Kashmir, the people of India and the region: Manmohan
- Govt Asked To Change Site Of Bhasha Dam (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A German company has proposed to the government to change the site of the Bhasha dam, saying it will not only save the Chalas city but also increase the dam’s storage capacity and reduce the cost of the project.
- Taliban Attack Party To Stop Music (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
A group of Taliban stormed a wedding ceremony to disrupt a music programme, wounding one man a few days after they ordered Bhittani tribesmen to grow beards, eyewitnesses said on Tuesday.
- A Move Long Overdue (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 04, 2006)
The report that the federal government is thinking in terms of transferring four subjects to the provinces deserves to be welcomed because it gives an indication of Islamabad’s belated awareness of the need for greater devolution of power to the . . .
- Chapter Closed (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 04, 2006)
Pakistan has closed the chapter on the Dr A Q Khan. At the same time, it made clear on Tuesday that it is for its own government to determine the status of a Pakistani religious organisation. "As far as we are concerned this chapter is closed,"
- India, Pakistan To Launch Kashmir Transport Links (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, May 04, 2006)
Truck service on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road in first half of July
* Bus service between Poonch, Rawalakot on June 19
- Another Step Forward (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 04, 2006)
After a lull, there is some forward movement on the India-Pakistan diplomatic front. At the end of two days of official-level talks, the two countries have decided to take some more confidence-building measures (CBM).
- How ‘Failed’ Is Pakistan? (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
NOT for the first time has an international thinktank cast Pakistan among failed states. But the latest such report, compiled by the US Foreign Policy magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think tank, which puts Pakistan at number nine among the . . .
- Horse-Trading (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
THE report that the Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled two of its NWFP MPAs, including a Minister in the provincial cabinet, from the party on Tuesday after a special committee constituted by it came to the conclusion that they had not cast their vote for . . .
- Pak Uzbek Ties (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ON Tuesday, Uzbek President Islam Karimov held talks with General Musharraf in Islamabad after which the two leaders addressed a press conference.
- Dangers Of Saltor Demilitarisation (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, May 04, 2006)
There has been significant progress in recent months in expanding cooperation and reducing tensions between India and Pakistan, despite continuing incidents of ISI sponsored terrorism.
- Is Pakistan A Failed State? (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 04, 2006)
According to a report, Pakistan along with Afghanistan is among the world’s top ten most ‘vulnerable States’. The study has been compiled jointly by the US Foreign Policy Magazine and the US-based Fund for Peace think-tank. Pakistan has been moved . . .
- Endless Shuffling! (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 04, 2006)
ONE reason why Pakistan has been muddling along in so many spheres is the lack of enough reflection on pros and cons by the decision-makers, which has never thought fit to take the people’s point of view into account.
- Karimov’S Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 04, 2006)
THE visit of Uzbek President Islam Karimov to Pakistan has led to greater understanding between the two countries. The leadership of Pakistan and Uzbekistan has vowed to expand bilateral commerce and economic relations
- Violence Overshadows Pm's Kashmir Peace Talks (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Kashmiri separatists will try to revive a faltering peace process on Wednesday in talks overshadowed by this week's massacre of Hindus and resurgent violence in the disputed region.
- In Search Of A Solution (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 03, 2006)
Next to cricket legend Brian Lara, Norwegian peace negotiator in Sri Lanka Erik Solheim is the best known name there. He is in Kathmandu today instead of Kilinochchi where he might have been counselling LTTE to rejoin the on and off Geneva peace talks.
- 'Pakistan Needs To Do More To Curb Cross-Border Terrorism' (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, May 03, 2006)
In the wake of the massacre of Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, India today asserted that "more remains to be done" by Pakistan to curb cross-border terrorism and said last year's quake saw the "public rehabilitation" of terrorist organisations and their . .
- India, Iran In Dispute Over Lng Price (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 03, 2006)
India and Iran are renegotiating a multi-billion-dollar LNG deal as Tehran wants a higher price, but both sides say they remain keen to cement energy ties despite U.S. opposition.
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