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Articles 13621 through 13720 of 21681:
- Make Jammu And Kashmir A Federation (Daily Times, M Y TARIGAMI, Dec 23, 2005)
We believe that proposals for political autonomy for both parts of Kashmir, self-governance and joint India-Pakistan control over the state should be discussed seriously. However we also believe that whatever solution is evolved should respect . . .
- India To Free Eight Pakistani Prisoners (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India decided on Thursday to set free eight Pakistani prisoners as part on ongoing peace process between the South Asian rivals.
- Al Qaeda Is More Than Just Osama Bin Laden... (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Donald Rumsfeld, the US secretary of defence, who flew into Islamabad unannounced last Wednesday to visit the quake-hit areas, said that US intelligence had not picked any signal from Osama Bin Laden in nearly a year and it was possible that he was no ...
- Chauvinism And Justice (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Dec 23, 2005)
The Calcutta crowd was in an incensed mood. Sourav Ganguly, the erstwhile captain, had been removed from India’s ODI eleven on the ground of consistent lack of form.
- 3rd Round Of Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries of India and and Pakistan will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries, a media report said here today.
- Saudi-India Ties Looking Up (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 23, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Thursday he would visit Saudi Arabia in January and Saudi King Abdullah will be the chief guest on the Indian Republic Day Parade on January 26.
- No Mfn Status For India Until Kashmir Solution: Kasuri (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 23, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Thursday said Pakistan would not grant ‘Most-Favoured Nation’ status to India till the resolution of Kashmir issue.
- Kcr: Postponed Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 23, 2005)
For the past one year, we have been hearing from all and sundry about the impending revival of the Karachi Circular Railway — which is why Tuesday’s announcement about the project being delayed by another two years is disappointing.
- Water Of Contention (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 23, 2005)
The poet is delighted water water everywhere, but craves not a drop to drink.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue To Resume On January 17 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
India and Pakistan will start the third round of composite dialogue process on January 17 with foreign secretary-level talks on peace and security as well as the Kashmir issue, media reports today said.
- Pakistan Offers India Two Transit Fee Formulae (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 23, 2005)
Islamabad has offered two formulae to New Delhi for determining the annual transit fee to be collected by Pakistan from India for gas pipeline that would pass through its territory under the proposed $7.2 billion Iran-India-Pakistan (IPI) gas pipeline.
- Pak, Us Alarmed At Indo-Russian Aircraft Production (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Both Pakistan and USA are alarmed by reports of India and Russia jointly developing a state-of-the-art fighter for which talks are at the final stages.
- Punjab Fog Disrupts Rail, Air Traffic (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2005)
Thick fog blanketed plains of Punjab, including Lahore, on Thursday, increasing the intensity of cold and disrupting rail and air traffic.
- India And Pakistan Must Find New Solution To Kashmir’ (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Dec 22, 2005)
Speakers at a seminar on the possible solutions to the Kashmir conflict on Wednesday said that militancy was no longer an option in the ongoing freedom movement.
- Next Indo-Pak Talks On Jan 17 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India will hold the next round of their composite dialogue on January 17, 2006 in New Delhi, Foreign Office sources said on Wednesday.
- Mirwaiz Due In Lahore On 26th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A 21-member All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) delegation led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is due in Lahore on December 26 after the Indian government stopped their planned visit through the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus in the second week . . .
- Literati Too Need Patronage (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz held a reception in Islamabad on Tuesday to felicitate the Pakistan cricket team on its triumph over touring England team in Test and ODI series. He also announced cash awards of Rs 1 lac for each player in appreciation .. .
- Debate On Oil Prices (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Dec 22, 2005)
The National Assembly is to hold a debate the oil pricing policy of the government and related energy issues. That will follow the sustained high price of oil, which has not come down following a fall in international oil prices.
- India Not To Compromise On N-Facilities (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Dec 22, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Wednesday indicated he had come with “certain ideas” on the separation of India’s civil and military facilities, a prerequisite for civilian nuclear cooperation with the United States.
- Two More Bus Route Agreements Formalised (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 22, 2005)
Inked during the third round of the technical-level talks
Trial run for Amritsar-Nankana Sahib service on January 27 and from Nankana Sahib on January 29
Boon to thousands of Sikh pilgrims who visit the Nankana Sahib shrine round the year
- Why Is Pakistan Getting Ready For A War? (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 22, 2005)
There are some disturbing signs that Pakistan is getting ready for a war with India. Pakistani Army is building secret bunkers all around the border with India.
- Third Peace Bus Soon To Start Running (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 22, 2005)
The India-Pakistan bus diplomacy launched almost seven months ago with the rolling out of the Delhi-Lahore ‘Sada-e-Sarhad’ bus will acquire a new dimension when a third bus service, connecting Amritsar and Lahore, becomes operational on January 20.
- No Headway On Sir Creek (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan appeared to have made little progress on addressing the Sir Creek boundary dispute along the Kutchch-Sindh area as officials from the two sides haggled over the formulation of the terms of reference for the joint survey of the Sir Creek
- Hurriyat To Visit Quake-Hit In Pok (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
A delegation of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference led by its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave for Pakistan on Saturday to express solidarity with the quake.....
- Jj Tries To Pick Up Nepal Threads (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi’s willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ....
- Bid To Open Nepal Door (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Dec 22, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army to visit India, a move that conveys to Kathmandu Delhi’s willingness to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after King Gyanendra’s ...
- Sir Creek Talks: Pakistan Puts A Roadblock (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan relations were yet again marked by two-steps-forward-two-steps-backward syndrome today as Islamabad took hard positions on Sir Creek and Munabao-Khokhrapar rail service which are at variance with New Delhi’s stand.
- Insecure Minorities (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 22, 2005)
A Sikh becoming officer is no big deal
- Pakistani Earthquake And Indian Media (Pakistan Observer, Sobia Nisar, Dec 22, 2005)
It is hard to believe that even at the critical time of earthquake tragedy that struck Pakistan and took the lives of 1 lakh people, the Indian media has not spared the incidence in gaining political mileage out of it.
- Primacy Of A Democratic Framework (Dawn, Taliban, Dec 22, 2005)
For over six years General Musharraf, first as Chief Executive and then as president, while retaining his position as COAS, has been the sole arbiter of the destiny of Pakistan.
- Judicial Probe Of Sangla Arson (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
Nearly 40 days after the horrendous Sangla Hills carnage we are still nowhere near ascertaining the truth.
- Unjust Oil Pricing System (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 22, 2005)
The controversy over the oil pricing mechanism created by the opposition is embarrassing for the government.
- Oic At The Crossroads (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 22, 2005)
The two-day extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) concluded on December 9 in Makkah with a declaration and a 10-year plan of action to revitalize the organization and meet the aspirations of the Ummah.
- Bangladesh The New Gateway For Fake Notes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Fake Indian currency seems to have found a new way to enter the country.
- Pak Army Building Bunkers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
The Pakistan army is building bunkers, observation towers and new posts in close proximity to the International Border, including Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.
- Composite Dialogue To Resume On Jan 17 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 22, 2005)
The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet in New Delhi on January 17-18 to initiate the third round of the composite dialogue between the two countries.
- No Water Or Polluted Water (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 22, 2005)
At a time when water reservoirs’ issue has engulfed the entire nation, yet another water related worrisome problem has come to the fore. According to a survey conducted by a consumer protection organization, 58.6% people are consuming polluted drinking...
- Mafia Rules, Ok? (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Let us demolish one thing in Delhi — the belief it has a modern, efficient chief minister
- To Silence Bjp, Arjun Refers To Advani’S Jinnah Remark (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Dec 22, 2005)
BJP benches plunged into an embarrassed silence and their leader was left red-faced when Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh, in one pithy rejoinder, revisited L K Advani’s ‘‘Jinnah is secular’’ thesis in the Lok Sabha this evening.
- Road Travel Nod Delayed, Hurriyat Team To Fly To Pak (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Dec 22, 2005)
Tired of waiting for the permit to take the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road to visit the earthquake-hit, Hurriyat team led by chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will leave Srinagar for New Delhi on December 25, from where they will fly to Islamabad.
- Lok Sabha Passes Quota Bill (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Reservation in private unaided educational institutions
Of 381 members present, 379 vote in favour
BJP amendment rejected
- Ties Of Time (Indian Express, Humra Quraishi, Dec 22, 2005)
For most people, Aligarh conjures us images of the university. For me, it is a city of endless surprises. For instance, I met in Aligarh at least two well-to-do Muslims who talked very nostalgically about their Rajput forefathers.
- Court Admits Channel Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Government's guidelines on telecasting the India-Pakistan matches challenged
Ten Sports' agreement with PCB finalised before guidelines
It cannot have a retrospective effect, says Ten Sports counsel
- Rumsfeld Doubts Osama Still Controls Al-Qaeda (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
S Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today said he doubted that Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden was now capable of supervising the global operations of the militant organisation.
- `Foreign Policy To Depend On Balance Of Power' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
China to be the biggest trade partner of India in two years, says strategic affairs expert
He says India has to stand for some value
`Foreign policy is no longer the monopoly of Delhi'
`Interesting foreign policy aspects in Kerala villages'
- Talks On Sir Creek Survey Stuck (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan could not make much headway in talks for joint survey of the Sir Creek today with both sides differing on the extent of area to be surveyed.
- European Gulags To Fight Terror (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 22, 2005)
Many European countries are said to be fuming with anger over the disclosures that a large number of CIA flights had used their airports to ferry terrorists to ‘unknown’ destinations and the charge that certain European countries had provided ‘facilities’
- J&k Already Enjoying Self-Governance: Baig (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Amid demands for "self-rule" in his State, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig today asserted that the State already enjoyed "self-governance" and that its quantum was a matter of discussion.
- Pakistan Won’T Recognise Israel, Says Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan has no plans to recognise Israel and will continue its support to Palestinians till the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
- Pakistan, India Agree On New Bus Links (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India agreed on two new bus links on Wednesday, the latest progress in a hesitant peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals.
- Lahore-Amritsar Bus To Start Within Fortnight (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2005)
Pakistan and India are expected to ink on Wednesday an agreement on the bus service between Lahore and Amritsar, which could start "within the next ten to twelve days," officials said on Tuesday.
- Sir Creek Talks End In Stalemate (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Wednesday failed to decide the terms of reference for a joint survey of the disputed 96-kilometre-long Sir Creek along the Gujarat (India) and Sindh (Pakistan) borders.
- India Desperate To Boost H-Tech Weapons Production (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Dec 21, 2005)
While the security planners in Pakistan are letting their guards down in a hope to broker a peace deal with India through the so-called CBMs , the schemers on the other line of the border are working relentlessly to enhance their defense capabilities....
- ‘Ambassadors’ In Disrepute (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
According to reports, Pakistan is fast losing the Malaysian manpower market due to malpractice by overseas employment promoters and some officials of the Labour Ministry who are sending people to that country in violation of the employment criterion.
- Nankana-Amritsar Bus Service Likely From Feb (News International, Ghulam Haider, Dec 21, 2005)
The Amritsar-Nankana Sahib bus service is likely to start in mid-February next year as the technical-level talks between Pakistan and India got underway to launch the fourth bus service as part of the peace process.
- Modalities For Sir Creek Survey Discussed (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday held parleys at a meeting of technical experts to carve out terms of reference and modalities for undertaking first-ever joint survey of Sir Creek.
- Dons, Celebraties And Their Women (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Dec 21, 2005)
The other woman, in life has always been a fascination. Right from time immemorial sex has been the guiding factor in the life of kings, and commoners.
- First Sikh Officer In Pakistan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Pakistan Army has got its first Sikh officer in its 58 years of history. Harcharan Singh (19) been who has commissioned in the army as an officer recently, hails from Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak.
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Of Unholy Marriages (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 21, 2005)
The wedding season has again started and people are anxious to marry off their daughters and find rich brides for their sons before the onset of summer.
- The Death Of Science (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Dec 21, 2005)
It is a pity that science which is the antidote to irrational thinking and obscurantist behaviour is being slowly strangled to death in Pakistan, that is if we presume that it had a modestly glorious existence in the past in this country.
- First Sikh Enters Pak Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first person from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan Army.
- Time Frame For Composite Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told her weekly Press briefing that the next round of composite dialogue with India will begin next month. Kashmir and other bilateral issues will be discussed during the talks, . . .
- Ji Hind Dispatches 10, 800 Gi Sheets To Quake-Hit Districts (News International, Javed Aziz Khan, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has dispatched 10,800 GI sheets via Wahga border for construction of 480 houses in the quake-hit districts of NWFP.
- Mirwaiz Leaving For Lahore On Dec 26 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Accusing Indian government of sabotaging their visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir to express solidarity with the quake-hit people in other Kashmir, leaders of Hurriyat Conference (Mirwaiz faction) have now decided to travel on passports instead . . .
- Solve Problem, Money Packages Won’T Do: Omar To New Delhi (Greater Kashmir, ARIF HALEEM, Dec 21, 2005)
Opposition National Conference president Omar Abdullah continued his diatribe against Central Government, Hurriyat Conference and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the second day Tuesday.
- Musharraf For More Contact Across Loc (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Showing further move on confidence building measures (CBM) with India, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has called for more people-to-people contact among Kashmiris on both the sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
- Informal Talk On Jehadis Relief Work (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 21, 2005)
The United States remains perturbed about the presence of jehadi relief workers who are working around the clock in Azad Kashmir and in the NWFP.
- Canada Urges India To Open Up Nuclear Reactor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- Kohlu Operation Should Be Short & Swift (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Par forces have launched retaliatory operation against the miscreants who fired rockets during President Musharraf’s visit to Kohlu and targeted the helicopter wounding FC’s chief and deputy chief on board. About 23 rockets were fired on Monday
- Creating Jobs In Quake Areas (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
At an international seminar held in Peshawar on Monday, various policy-makers and experts were correct in saying that the government had to invest heavily in the creation of jobs in the quake hit areas.
- News As Entertainment (Tribune, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Dec 21, 2005)
Till recently Manohar Kahaniyan was among the most well read Hindi magazines. It had a readership of more than six million, and along with other magazines from the same stable that has now closed - Maya and Satya Katha - had a combined readership . . .
- Cheney Meets Musharraf, Expresses Solidarity (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Visiting US Vice-President Dick Cheney today met Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and expressed grief over loss of lives in the massive October-8 earthquake and the destruction caused by it.
- Honda Bets Big, To Launch 10 New Models In India (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Hero Honda to set up third plant next year.
Global automobile major Honda today unveiled big plans for India and other Asean markets.
- Well-Merited Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 21, 2005)
With the rub of the green going their way on most occasions, Pakistan have clinched the one-day cricket series against England as convincingly as they wrapped up the Test rubber recently.
- Nepal Arms Deals Worry India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India is worried about reports that China and Pakistan are giving Nepal military help, The Asian Age newspaper reported citing Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Pakistan: Indian Minister (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 21, 2005)
Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that all routes, including sea routes from Kandla and Mundra seaports in Gujarat, would be considered for increasing trade with Pakistan.
- India To Get Lng From Iran By ’09 (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Iran has assured India it will honour its commitment to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG), India’s oil minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Tuesday. Iran had signed a deal with India in June to export 5 million tonnes of LNG annually for 25 years . . .
- Talks On Joint Survey Of Sir Creek Begin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Pak-India Technical Experts meeting for the joint survey of the Sir Creek — one of the eight areas covered by Composite Dialogue Process — began on Tuesday here.
- Kathmandu Arms Deals Worry Delhi’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India is worried about reports that Pakistan and China are giving Nepal military help, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted by an Indian newspaper as saying on Tuesday.
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