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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 21681:
- Identity Crisis (Pioneer, BC Dutta, Apr 05, 2006)
Many Muslims living in various Hindi-Urdu speaking States of undivided India, who had endorsed the creation of Pakistan, migrated to East Pakistan after partition.
- No Covert Diplomacy On Kashmir: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday said Islamabad and New Delhi were not involved in any covert diplomacy on Kashmir, rather they were engaged in interaction at different levels to settle the issue.
- Another Musharraf Regime? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan is an illiberal democracy since political engineering would ensure Musharraf’s next electoral victory
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- No Role For China In Resolving Kashmir, Says Islamabad (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan not to adopt Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's suggestion
China should be involved, as it's a major player in the region, the Mirwaiz said
India, Pakistan committed to opening consulates soon
- Kashmir Solution: Difficult Without Musharraf, Says Mirwaiz (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Apr 05, 2006)
A solution to the Kashmir dispute will be difficult to find in the absence of President General Pervez Musharraf, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman, said on Tuesday.
- Mirwaiz Proposes Joint Kashmir Parliament (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) President Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has suggested setting up a joint political setup of the five regions comprising entire Kashmir and Northern Areas having a joint parliament and under joint control of Pakistan and India.
- Pak Urges Us For Parity With India In N-Energy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday urged the US to address its "legitimate" civil nuclear energy needs and treat it at par with India in this vital sector.
- Baloch Leader Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The authorities in Dubai have arrested Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) chief Ghazain Marri following a request by the Pakistan Government.
- No Foreign Support Behind Baloch Insurgency (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
“In the absence of foreign support, which does not appear imminent, the Baloch movement cannot prevail over a determined central government with obviously superior military strength,” according to a report on the resurgence of Baloch nationalism . . .
- Seven Killed In N Waziristan Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Two local tribesmen were killed and six Pakistan Army soldiers were injured in an exchange of fire in Mir Ali on Monday, while five passengers lost their lives and three others sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a landmine on the . . .
- When Army & Jihadis Acted In Tandem (Pioneer, B Raman, Apr 04, 2006)
Detailed inquiry into the possible complicity of Pakistani Generals in the September 11 terrorist attacks is necessary, says B Raman
- Arms Cache In Gas Cylinder From Pakistan (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Apr 04, 2006)
After failing to smuggle, using some old ways, the latest weapons and ammunition into Jammu and Kashmir for its terrorists, Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence is trying to hit upon new methods.
- Pakistan Sends Relief Goods To Iran For Quake Victims (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Pakistan has sent a planeload of relief goods for earthquake victims in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said today.
- Terror Firmer @ 45% Militancy Countrywide (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 04, 2006)
It is an extraordinary situation. Over 45 per cent area of the country, comprising 220 districts, is under the throes of some kind of militancy. Apart from terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, insurgency in Northeastern States, Maoist menace . . .
- Indian Islamic Schools Offer Lesson In Harmony (Reuters, BAPPA MAJUMDAR, Apr 04, 2006)
Indian schoolgirl Julita Oraon, a devout Christian, never misses Sunday mass, but the rest of her week is spent studying Arabic and Sufi literature among other subjects at an Islamic religious school, or madrasa.
- Hm’S Posture (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 04, 2006)
One has not been able to fully understand the euphoria generated by Hizbul Mujahideen’s recent assertions.
- The Game Is Afoot (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The ruling party’s new pledges and reiteration of old ones mark the rolling out of the government’s election campaign.
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Yet Another Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The nwfp crisis seems to have deepened as the provincial assembly met Monday morning despite the Governor’s refusal to summon the session following his row with the Chief Minister.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Runs Into Trouble (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
OPPOSITION to the Indo-US nuclear deal is mounting.
- Deaths On The Bridge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
In yet another horrific accident caused by sheer negligence and rash driving, 10 people died while eight were injured on Sunday when a speeding minibus went off the ICI bridge in Karachi.
- Sugar Cartel’S Price-Fixing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
ONE does not know what to make of the ‘warning’ of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) that there is going to be a shortage of 600,000 tons of sugar during the current year.
- Balochistan Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
WITH the Balochistan situation showing no signs of abating, acts of terrorism continue and one can detect a new sense of defiance in the utterances of some Baloch sardars.
- Play On Agony Of Kashmiri Woman (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The agony of a Kashmiri woman, portrayed by an artiste from Chandigarh, moved the audience at Alhamra on Monday.
- Iran’S Signalling In The Gulf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, Iran tested a high-speed underwater missile called Hoot (fish) which it claims is the fastest in the world at 360 kilometres per hour and can avoid sonar (sound navigation ranging) detection
- Rice Played Godmother To Nuclear Deal Between India And Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the true architect of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation treaty, which, according to a detailed investigative report in the Washington Post on Monday, now faces a “hard sell” in Congress.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left is losing ground
- Bold Initiatives Are Needed (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2006)
Notwithstanding the influence which the Left wields in public life and the academia, it is worth noting that it has always been a marginal force at the national level. Not only that, its influence is perceptibly on the wane.
- Come-Uppance In Iisc Case Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Those arrested include Abdul Rehman, Afsar Pasha, Mohammed Ibrahim Chopdar, Mohammed Irfan, Noorullah, Nazimullah alias Munna and two others.
- Uzbek Envoy For Strengthening Ties With Pakistan (News International, Mohammad Ali Khan, Apr 04, 2006)
Oybek O Usmanov, Uzbekistan's new ambassador to Pakistan has stressed for enhancing people-to-people contacts for strengthening historic relations existing between the two brotherly Muslim countries.
- Uthappa In Team India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
National selectors decided to replace left-handed Gambhir with the uncapped but promising 20-year-old right-hander Uthappa, who has played for the India under-19.
- Omar Discusses Pak Visit, Poll Issue With Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
As notifications for the by-elections for four Assembly segments have been issued, National Conference president and former Union Minister, Omar Abdullah today had a breakfast meeting with Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, apparently to discuss . . .
- Well Done (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 03, 2006)
The overall reception that surgeon Lt Cdr Wahida
Prizm has got in her home State during her
vacations is well deserved. It has climaxed into a meeting with Governor Lt Gen S.K. Sinha (retd) in this city last weekend.
- Border Trade Will Transform Economies Of Ne (Daily Excelsior, Anjan Roy, Apr 03, 2006)
North-East India has the po- tential of having a dynamic and vibrant economy if trade through the borders it shares with Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar gathers momentum.
- Do Not Be Afraid India File (News International, Jyoti Malhotra, Apr 03, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi should have known that Shamsur Rahman was going to be in town around the time she declared war on the Opposition and launched a new political struggle in the battle-fields of Uttar Pradesh .
- Pakistan Steel Privatization (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The sale of 75 per cent of Pakistan Steel for Rs 21.68 billion to a consortium which includes one of Russia’s leading steel producers and a Saudi steel company can be expected to provide the shot in the arm the country’s largest industrial unit . . .
- Changing Dynamics Of South Asia (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent whirlwind trip of President George W. Bush to South Asia was a sort of political tsunami after which the region has not been the same.
- Has The Penny Really Dropped? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 03, 2006)
Bush Jr had ridden off into the sunset (or to be more precise flown off on Air Force One) leaving a wounded and shell-shocked General behind wondering whatever happened to his beautiful relationship with the leader of the (so-called) free world.
- Aso Says China A Threat; Shrine Overtures Rebuffed (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Sunday called China a military threat and Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe rebuffed conciliatory gestures by Beijing over Yasukuni Shrine in comments likely to heighten tensions between the two nations.
- Asia: The Ascendant Continent (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 03, 2006)
The twenty-first century is decidedly the Asian century
- Rotten At The Roots (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 03, 2006)
Politicians are getting bad press almost everywhere these days. They are consistently exposed as fiscally fraudulent, institutionally deceitful, self-serving and downright corrupt whether they be to the right, left or centre of the political spectrum.
- Rebuilding Quake Zone (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 03, 2006)
The process of reconstruction in the earthquake zone of Azad Kashmir and NWFP will be formally initiated from April 7 and a new city will be built in place of devastated town of Balakot. .
- Turmoil In Balochistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 03, 2006)
Several Balochistan cities including provincial capital Quetta remained without electricity for the second day on Saturday due to blowing up of electric pylons by miscreants near Machh area. A QESCO spokesman said that four power circuits having 37 grid s
- Dimensions Of The Indo-Us Deal (News International, Humera Niazi, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent nuclear deal the US enacted with India violates the NPT and also its own laws.
- Balakot Reconstruction (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 03, 2006)
The decision to commence the reconstruction phase of the quake-ravaged areas from April 7 has not come too soon.
- "Self-Rule, Autonomy Not Viable Solution To J&k Problem" (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Apr 03, 2006)
End human rights violations and settle Kashmir issue: experts
CBMs have improved the ties for sure but they have given nothing to the Kashmiris: Gautam Navlakha
Unless India accepts Kashmir as a dispute all so-called peace talks are going to be exerci
- Sri Lanka And Pakistan Agree To Combat Terrorism (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 03, 2006)
Mahinda Rajapakse in Islamabad Pakistan reaffirmed its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka
- Sanctions Are A Bad Idea (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 03, 2006)
India should not be influenced in its decision on Iran by the United States
- The Indo-Us Fallout (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 03, 2006)
Pakistan is not likely to go on beseeching America for nuclear goodies that are unlikely to be given
- For The Good Of All, For The Good Of Oil (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Apr 03, 2006)
The present structure of pricing and taxation of petroleum products (viz petrol, diesel, kerosene, LPG) communicates a potpourri of contradictory economic messages that highlight the conflicts and dilemmas of reconciling democratic politics with economic
- Stranded In A Place Called Impasse (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 03, 2006)
Is the demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir a workable next-step in the dialogue process?
- Attempts To Derail N-Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 03, 2006)
As expected, a seesaw battle is on in Washington over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
- Civil Unrest Speading In Pak’S Baluchistan (Deccan Herald, Carlotta Gall, Apr 03, 2006)
Explosions at gas pipelines and railroad tracks are common in this remote desert region. Now, roadside bombs and artillery shells are, too. More than 100 civilians have been killed in recent months, along with dozens of government security forces.
- Hard Sell (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 03, 2006)
Foreign secretary Shyam Saran is in Capitol Hill to sell the India-US nuclear deal and he is finding it hard going.
- United States Seeks Observer Status In Saarc (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 03, 2006)
New Delhi must junk the old isolationalist mindset that sees South Asia as its backyard, with the worst prospect being external powers creeping in.
- Indian Nuclear Deal: Bad Timing By Bush (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Apr 01, 2006)
Now comes the hard part. President George W. Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proudly announced a new nuclear cooperation deal on March 2.
- Indian Nuclear Deal: Bad Timing By Bush (Asia Times, Kaushik Kapisthalam, Apr 01, 2006)
Now comes the hard part. President George W. Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proudly announced a new nuclear cooperation deal on March 2.
- A Silver Streak (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 01, 2006)
Leaders of different parts of the State as it had existed in 1947 agree to disagree.
- India Ready To Have Dialogue With ‘Kashmiri Militants’ (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Apr 01, 2006)
Islamabad—Indian High Commissioner S. Menon said here on Friday that his government was ready to talk with all Kashmiri factions including militant groups as Indian Constitution allowed such talks for the peace and security of the country
- Al-Tuwairqi’S Investment In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 01, 2006)
Tuwairqi Group is setting up a state-of-the-art Steel Mills in the Port Qasim area of Karachi. The $ 130 million project would help meet growing steel requirements of the country and provide job opportunities to 3,500 engineers and technicians directly.
- Focus On Heavy Industry (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 01, 2006)
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has expressed the confidence that Pakistani economy would gradually shift its focus from agriculture and textile to heavy industry and engineering sector to achieve a quantum jump in the country’s exports. With this in . . .
- India Urges Change In Visa Regime (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 01, 2006)
India says it is not ready to deal with the visa problems of Pakistanis on ad hoc basis even if the personality in question was an acting chief justice.
- Women Fighter Pilots (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 01, 2006)
Friday's news of the four newly inducted female fighter pilots in the air force provides one with good reason to cheer.
- Indo-Pak Peace Process Slow: Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the pace of improvement of relations with India is slow and it could move faster.
- Pm To Lead Stepped Up Fight On Maoists (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 01, 2006)
India pledged on Friday to step up the fight against Maoist rebels after several major attacks, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chair a high level meeting on the threat in two weeks.
- Trading By Safta Norms (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 01, 2006)
Extension of SAFTA facilities by Islamabad to trade with India tantamounts to according the MFN treatment.
- Pressured ‘Peace’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 01, 2006)
It was in the Central Hall that Bill Clinton indicated the US played no small part in the Pakistani troops’ pull-out from Kargil.
- Taxing Windfall Gains (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Apr 01, 2006)
Any amount in the nature of a windfall and not likely to recur cannot be brought under the ambit of taxation. The only exception is where certain receipts are deemed to be income by a fiction of law. Courts have emphasised that the onus of . . .
- Us Unilateralism Is A Breeding Discontent (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Apr 01, 2006)
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on visit to China last week signalled his country’s determination to play a key role in nuclear diplomacy by offering to take part in the construction of new nuclear plants in China.
- India’S Training Of Iranian Troops Could Dampen N-Deal: Us Lawmaker (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Delhi warns of setback in US-India ties if Congress refuses to ratify the nuclear deal
- Musharraf, Aziz Discuss Cabinet, Law And Order (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2006)
Agree to continue Balochistan, Waziristan operations
PM’s visit to UN also discussed
- The Buniyaad Man (Tribune, Amar Chandel, Apr 01, 2006)
I am bad at remembering dates, but I think this incident took place in 1984. I was attending on a cousin of mine undergoing treatment for a defective heart valve in the PGI.
- Structural Shift In Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 01, 2006)
SPEAKING at the ground-breaking ceremony of a steel mill in Karachi, President Pervez Musharraf said that the focus of the economy would gradually shift from agriculture and textiles to engineering and heavy industry so as to promote a significant . . .
- Pigwash--A Hogwash (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 01, 2006)
The cynic in me has somehow never allowed me to think in positive terms of these numerous track-II initiatives to resolve outstanding Indo-Pak problems.
- An Impossibility (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Apr 01, 2006)
The Nagas have to realise that it is not possible for New Delhi to redraw the map of Nagaland
- Unsc’S Ultimatum To Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 01, 2006)
After three weeks of intense negotiations, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a presidential statement on Wednesday giving Iran thirty days to halt its uranium enrichment activity.
- Rifled Relations (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Apr 01, 2006)
Men of the Bangladesh Rifles engaged those of India's Border Security Force in an exchange of gunfire on Wednesday, March 22, the last day of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's recent three-day visit to this country.
- Borders As Frontiers Of Contact, Not Separation (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Apr 01, 2006)
Last week, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke eloquently on the prospects for cooperation between the two Punjabs divided between India and Pakistan and the hopes for Amritsar and Lahore re-emerging as major trans-regional trading centres.
- No Need To Widen Saarc Ambit Now" (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 01, 2006)
Speakers express confidence
Unanimity key ingredient in charter
Next conference in Pakistan
Joint working of MPs for people-to-people contacts
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