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Articles 14321 through 14420 of 21681:
- Right Direction (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has done well to repromulgate an ordinance to regulate the functioning of "madrasas" (religious seminaries) in his country's Capital city of Islamabad.
- Measles Breaks Out In Pakistani Quake Camp (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Health authorities in northern Pakistan were racing to control an outbreak of measles at a camp for earthquake survivors on Sunday after a 10-month old baby died of the disease, a doctor said.
- What Maniyappan’S Murder Told Us (Indian Express, P.M. KAMATH, Dec 05, 2005)
According to your news report, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee corrected National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan’s statement on Maniyappan’s murder (IE, November 29), since he was “misquoted”. The defence minister’s statement raises some questions.
- Honoured In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
It was a mission that stood oddly with the violence, terror and arms culture of Afghanistan.
- Uma Threatens War As Axe Dangles (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 05, 2005)
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), Dec. 4: Uma Bharti was today back at her blistering best, threatening to unleash a virtual Mahabharata in the Sangh parivar if she is thrown out of the BJP.
- No Access To A Q Khan For Iaea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Pakistan has ruled out permission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to directly interrogate A Q Khan in order to unravel the proliferation network led by him, claiming it has been co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigations.
- Manmohan Yet To Make Up Mind On External Affairs (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 05, 2005)
Cabinet reshuffle only at the end of current session of Parliament
`The BJP itself knows there is no substance in what it is saying in Parliament'
No difference in approach between Ms. Gandhi and himself on Natwar's status
- Gas Pipeline Agreement Likely Next Month (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
An Indo-Pak Joint Working Group will start technical negotiations this month on the USD 7.2 billion gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan for which a Tripartite Framework Agreement is likely to be finalised in January, a senior Pakistani. . .
- The Architect Of An Idea Called Naya Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Dec 05, 2005)
Today we remember a man who shaped the modern history of state and influenced Kashmiris for more than four decades.
- Sheikh Abdullah - Naik Or Khalnaik? (Greater Kashmir, Z. G. Muhammad, Dec 05, 2005)
Revered as a hero, abhorred as a villain what will history remember him as, Z. G. Muhammad profiles Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
- Mirwaiz To Meet Musharraf In Makkah On Dec 7 (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of an extraordinary summit of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the Holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia on December
- Us Refuses To Confirm Al-Qaeda Leader's Death In Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
The United States today refused to confirm the killing of a senior al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan, saying that they were "looking into" the reports.
- Joust On The Fence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 05, 2005)
For all the simulated bonhomie at the recent Saarc summit in Dhaka, the BSF chief’s forthright assertion succinctly sums up the volatile nature of India-Bangladesh relations.
- A Year Of Precarious Peace (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Dec 05, 2005)
Since the beginning of this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf have met twice — once in New Delhi and then again in New York. Two rounds of the composite dialogue process are over.
- Hurriyat Keen To Discuss Options (Tribune, M.L. Kak, Dec 05, 2005)
Notwithstanding their support to the idea of self rule, to be preceded by demilitarisation, for resolving the Kashmir issue, leaders of All-Party Hurriyat Conference wish to make it clear that the “idea is not our baby.”
- Is India Inimical To Hindu Nepal? (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Dec 05, 2005)
To an average Indian it is a matter of shame that the UPA's coalition exigencies are subserving national interest, says Prafull Goradia
- Seafaring Hindus (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Dec 05, 2005)
General Ashok K Mehta's article, "Navy: Full steam on course" (November 30) presumptuously informs that India's sea-faring traditions slowly died out with the arrival of Mughals and 'the great Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre was perhaps the last . . .
- Air Assault Kills Qaeda Top Plotter (Washington Times, Munir Ahmad, Dec 05, 2005)
One of al Qaeda's top five leaders, said to be responsible for planning overseas strikes, was killed by Pakistani security forces, with U.S. help, in a rocket attack near the Afghan border, American and Pakistani officials said yesterday.
- Issue Of Farm Subsidies (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 05, 2005)
AS the year draws to a close, the European Union faces trouble on at least three key fronts. EU governments are embroiled in an increasingly acrimonious row over a new 2007-2013 budget, and hopes that EU leaders will be able to clinch a deal on the . . .
- Dealing With Trauma (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 05, 2005)
A Report in Saturday’s Dawn focussed on how many young female teachers in Balakot are still traumatized two months after the earthquake, making the need for emotional counselling even more pressing.
- Us Slowly Confronts The Truth (Dawn, Robert Fisk, Dec 05, 2005)
Watching the pathetic, old, lie-on-its-back frightened Labrador of the American media changing overnight into a vicious Rottweiler is one of the enduring pleasures of society in the United States. I have been experiencing this phenomenon over the . . .
- Taking Liberties With English (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 05, 2005)
Every once in a while a political columnist suffers from what is known in the fourth estate as writer’s cramp’. This is more a mental than a physiological condition and describes his sudden inability to come up with a worthwhile subject on which . . .
- Uma Says Bjp Leadership 'Incapable' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti on Sunday alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time . . .
- Needed, More Whistle-Blowers (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Dec 05, 2005)
Wherever one looks one sees rampant corruption. In India there is no department which does not offer an opportunity to a person to make a climb from rags to riches. Revenue earning departments are well known for offering vast opportunities for corruption.
- Senior Al-Qaeda Operative Killed In Pakistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
A senior Al-Qaeda commander of Syrian origin has been killed in a missile attack in Northwestern Waziristan
- J&k: Four Dreaded Militants Killed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Four dreaded militants, including two senior commanders of Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT), and a woman were killed and a government employee injured while a Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami militant was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, ...
- Haj Pilgrims To Pray For Peace In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
"Hum Hindustan aur Pakistan may dosti aur Kashmir may aman key liye Mecca aur Madina may dua karangay (we will pray for friendship between India and Pakistan and peace in Kashmir valley in the holy cities of Mecca and Madina)" said the Haj pilgrims who bo
- India Test-Fires Akash Missile (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
India on Saturday successfully tested a domestically developed surface-to-air missile at a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa, a defence official said.
- Restructuring Of Oic Imperative: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Restructuring of the Organisation of Islamic Conference and adoption of a new charter was imperative for making the body an effective voice of the Islamic world and play its due role in the comity of nations, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said
- Soura Fidayeen Died While Planning Attack On Radio Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
While eliminating five more cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba in Kashmir valley today, Police and security forces have learned that the three Pakistani militants of the organisation, who were killed in Soura area the other day, had planned a high-profile suicide
- Information About N Scientist To Be Provided To Iaea Thru Govt Channels (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has said information about any Pakistani nuclear scientist will be provided to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through government of Pakistan.
- Iaea Cannot Contact Dr Qadeer: Fo (Dawn, Mariana Baabar, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) direct access to nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and other scientists.
- Top Al Qaeda Commander Killed In Pakistan — Officials (Jordan Times, Reuters, Dec 04, 2005)
An Al Qaeda commander ranked the third most senior leader in Osama Ben Laden's network was killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday.
- Rehabilitation Of Quake-Affected Kashmir (Dawn, Asim Yasin, Dec 04, 2005)
The federal government Saturday sought cooperation from all political parties of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir for the rehabilitation of the earthquake affected people and reconstruction of quake hit areas
- Demilitrisation Of Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Dec 04, 2005)
There used to be a time when retired Indian military personnel (including the current Governor of Jammu and Kashmir) were fond of rushing to the Press to demand a unilateral Indian withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier borrowing and quoting . . .
- Pak Tries To Divert (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 04, 2005)
The October 8 earthquake appears to have infused a fear in Pakistani rulers about their future ability to maintain their traditional lordship over the people in occupied Kashmir once this region recovers from its present trauma.
- Kbd: Politicisation Process Sets In (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 04, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who launched his countrywide ‘consultation campaign’ about construction of major dams from Karachi on Friday, is reported to have encountered stiff opposition of Kalabagh Dam from the MPAs of his own ruling party.
- Musharraf Confirms Qaeda Commander Killed (Reuters, ZEESHAN HAIDER , Dec 04, 2005)
An al Qaeda commander ranked the third most senior leader in Osama bin Laden's network was killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday.
- Wfp Needs Cash To Fly Food To Quake Survivors (Reuters, Abu Arqam Naqash, Dec 04, 2005)
The U.N. food agency said on Saturday it had enough supplies to feed thousands of Pakistani earthquake survivors through the winter but it needed more money to maintain food distribution until spring.
- Infiltration Along Loc On The Rise (Deccan Herald, Zahoor Malik , Dec 04, 2005)
Security forces have been taken by surprise by the increase in militant attacks during the last one month rule of chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad..
- Iaea Will Not Get Direct Access To Aq Khan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has reiterated that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will get information about any Pakistani nuclear scientist only through the government.
- Warmth In The Kashmir Snow: Justice On Fast Track For Quake Victims (Indian Express, RIYAZ WANI, Dec 04, 2005)
Daulet Bee stands silently as a judge pores over her application.
- Qaida Top Gun Killed In Pak: Pervez (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
An al Qaida commander ranked among the top five in Osama bin Laden’s network was killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said today.
- Politics Of Vengeance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 04, 2005)
The assassination of Pakistan’s first prime minister marked the beginning of the politics of vengeance in the country.
- Govt May Allow Import Of Indian Cars (Pakistan Observer, Amanullah Khan, Dec 04, 2005)
The government is considering to go for the import of Indian cars if the widening gap between supply and demand continued to persist allowing the middle man minting money in the local market.
- Bajaj Auto Looks Overseas For Growth (Indian Express, RAGHAVENDRA KAMATH, Dec 04, 2005)
Even as a pitched battle with rival Hero Honda rages on in the domestic market, home-grown two-wheeler major Bajaj Auto has set its sights on the overseas markets.
- Don't Meddle In India-Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline - India Tells Us (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
India on Thursday conveyed the United States, through a statement in the Rajya Sabha, . . .
- Indian Navy Plans Ocean Dominance (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 04, 2005)
India has announced ambitious plans to restructure, purchase ships, submarines and aircraft as well as acquisition of new military hardware for its Navy to expand its blue water reach in the Indian Ocean. Analysts see the move as Indian bid . . .
- Labour Of Love (Hindu, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Dec 04, 2005)
This book has a little bit for everybody.
City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore, edited by Bapsi Sidhwa, Penguin, Rs.395.
- Top Al-Qaeda Operative Killed In Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf has confirmed that a top Syrian Al-Qaeda operative was killed in an explosion in North Waziristan along the border with Afghanistan on Thursday.
- Pakistan Suggests Dates For Talks On Rail Link (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 04, 2005)
Pakistan has proposed technical-level talks on the Khokrapar-Munnabao rail route, linking Sindh with Rajasthan, from December 11 to 15.
- An Alternative Voice Of History (Hindu, Nonica Datta, Dec 04, 2005)
Amrita Pritam's idea of cultural community and identity testifies to a social history of Punjab's shared cultural symbols, motifs and landscapes.
- Russia Planning War Games With India, China (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Dec 04, 2005)
Military exercises under Shanghai Cooperation Organisation framework
"SCO not acquiring functions of a military bloc''
Exercises aimed at preventing, combating terrorism
- Ties With The Us (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
Ambassador Jahangir Karamat’s statement that the US-Pakistan relations today were “not transient” reflects both a hope for the future and a comment on the past.
- Thumping Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 04, 2005)
With the nation still recovering from the devastation caused by a massive earthquake in Azad Kashmir and parts of the NWFP, our cricketers have given us something to cheer about by convincingly winning the just concluded Test series against England.
- Al-Qaeda Leader Killed In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
An al-Qaeda commander ranked among the top five in Osama bin Laden’s network was killed in a tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, President Pervez Musharraf said.
- Need For Reinterpreting Islam (Dawn, Altaf Hussain, Dec 04, 2005)
The international geopolitical scene has changed radically since the cataclysm of 9/11. In the heyday of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was the adversary for the West, the Islamic concept of Ijtihad had an entirely different connotation and . . .
- Investigation Blows Open Lashkar Overground Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 04, 2005)
Operatives used political party workers to assist terror operations
Mainstream political parties in the State have been infiltrated by operatives
Operatives killed on Friday night had photo ID cards of political parties
- Solving Kashmir-Iii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan has demanded its flag fly in Srinagar. This too can happen though not in the way Pakistan has been wishing to see it happen. A Pakistan flag might fly in the Valley just as might an Afghan and Iranian flag as well.
- Afghanistan Warm To Indians (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 03, 2005)
I was quite apprehensive about the security situation in the war-ravaged Afghan capital, Kabul, two years back when I landed there to join as a Prasar Bharati Special Correspondent.
- Target Locked: Iaf Now Aims For Mirage 4000 (Hindustan Times, Drimi Chaudhuri, Dec 03, 2005)
The Defence Ministry might be on the lookout for a new Air Superiority Fighter (ASF) aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) but it is not going to be the US F-16.
- No End To Terrorist Threat (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 03, 2005)
Since the Delhi bombings, Srinagar serial attacks and the Jehanabad jailbreak, newspapers have been immersed in articles on terrorism and why it is time to take this scourge more seriously.
- South Asia’S Moment In The Sun (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 03, 2005)
The South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) has been so long in the making that it is hard to believe the deal is actually done.
- Most Pakistan Quake Tents Can't Withstand Winter (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Dec 03, 2005)
Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.
- India Eyeing Equity Tie-Ups With Russian Energy Cos (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India is looking at equity tie-ups with Russian oil and gas majors Rosneft and Gazprom, India's foreign secretary told reporters on Friday.
- 'The South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) Agreement Has Been Finalised,' : India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Seven South Asian countries have finalised an agreement to set up a free trade area,
- Four Agreements On Space, Defence During Pm's Moscow Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India would focus on developing a long-standing energy partnership with Russia and sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to Moscow beginning Sunday.
- Ordinance To Crack Down On Madrasas In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance prohibiting madrasas from teaching or publishing any literature which promoted militancy and spread sectarianism.
- Bharat Mata Heading The Other Way (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The dinner party our Minister of Commerce and Industry gave last week for delegates attending the India Economic Summit was in my view a most interesting sign of how much India has changed in the 21 years that the summit has been held in New Delhi.
- More Restrictions On Madrasas (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 03, 2005)
Ordinance prohibits seminaries from promoting militancy, religious hatred
- Putting In Place A Tsunami Warning System (Hindu, N. Gopal Raj , Dec 03, 2005)
For the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system to work, there must be no gaps in the network of sensors being established by different nations. And, the various national systems have to be able to readily exchange data and information.
- Independent Kashmir Will Aid India: Pml-N (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
An independent Kashmir is affordable to India but would risk Pakistan’s integrity and solidarity, said Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)
- Afghan Border Closed After Spat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistani security forces closed the country’s main border crossing on the western frontier with Afghanistan after both sides accused each other of beating up their soldiers, officials said on Friday.
- Army Starts Ferry Service In Azad Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan army engineers have started a ferry service in the Patika area of Muzaffarabad and have set up two foot suspension bridges at Patika and Mandal to provide facility to people.
- Don't Meddle In India-Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline - India Tells Us (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India on Thursday conveyed the United States, through a statement in the Rajya Sabha, not to meddle into the proposed gas pipeline project for India to get gas from Pakistan.
- Kasuri For Bold Decisions On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Friday that Pakistan’s foreign policy was being evolved keeping in view the greater interest of the country and insisted Pakistan would continue to follow its strong strategic defence system.
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- India, Russia To Sign Four Accords (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India will sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Moscow starting from Sunday, India’s Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Friday.
- Wto: The Steep Road To Hong Kong (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Dec 03, 2005)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations are moving at a snail’s pace with the developed countries extremely reluctant to concede much. They continue to hold rigid positions, especially on agricultural subsidies.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
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