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Articles 14421 through 14520 of 21681:
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Time For Tax Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan's economy is once again being threatened by the menace of twin deficits — budget and trade.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- Concession Is Not Surrender (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 03, 2005)
I am veering round to the viewpoint that Atal Behari Vajpayee might have pushed the India-Pakistan dialogue faster and farther than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has done.
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Why Delhi Must Rediscover Moscow (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Dec 03, 2005)
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to Moscow — he arrives on Sunday — for the annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, you don’t have to be a betting man to suggest that the outcome would be long on rhetoric but short on substance.
- Hammer Blow To Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 03, 2005)
They crossed LoC on November 20 to carry out attacks
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Chaman Border Crossing Shut After Spat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan after a confrontation between the two countries’ frontier guards, a military official said on Friday.
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Traps Of The Past (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Dec 03, 2005)
Arguably, Bangladesh might never have exploded in violence if geography had not tucked the world’s third most populous Muslim nation into the folds of Bharat Mata’s sari.
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Wither Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 03, 2005)
Mum is the word, if you are seeking an answer to the question ''wither Kashmir''.
- Right To Education Bill Is Like A Voucher Scheme (Daily Excelsior, Prabhu Nath Singh, Dec 03, 2005)
The right to education bill (REB) has been delayed because its financial implications, which are being worked out. But this delay should be used to discuss the bill thoroughly, because it is crucial for India’s future in more ways than one.
- Help Resolve Kashmir Dispute, Musharraf Tells U.S. (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 02, 2005)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to lend its support to efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, "which is at the root of tension in South Asia."
- Terrorist Violence Rising Again (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 02, 2005)
The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a Government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues.
- India-Iran Energy Link Years Away: Burns (Indian Express, CHRIS BALTIMORE, Dec 02, 2005)
Any plans by the Indian government to sign energy deals with Iran are ‘‘years away’’ and exist only in the hypothetical realm, said Nicholas Burns, the No. 3 US State Department official. He did not specifically mention ongoing talks between India . . .
- Solving Kashmir-Ii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Dec 02, 2005)
For India to implement such a proposal would be to provide an opportunity for all those domiciled in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh to express freely and privately as individuals their deepest wishes about their own identities, in a confidential manner,
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Ignatius Pereira, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- Indo-Pak Peace Debates Starting Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The Debating Society of Pakistan’s (DSP) three-day India-Pakistan peace debates will begin on December 2 (today) and debaters from both the countries will participate.
- Musharraf Seeks Us Help For J&k (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Seeking the USA’s support to resolve the Kashmir “dispute”, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today said India and Pakistan should move towards its “settlement” in the interest of “peace and stability”.
- India Tells Pakistani Cultural Group To Go Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
A Pakistan-based cultural action group, invited by a prominent women’s NGO to stage plays in India, has been abruptly asked to go back by the very NGO after its first performance here on grounds that it displayed an anti-US stance.
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Post-Quake, First Loc Bus Rolls (Indian Express, BASHAARAT MASOOD, Dec 02, 2005)
Karvan-e-aman, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad peace bus that began service on April 7 this year, has resumed operations following the October 8 earthquake that devastated Uri and Muzaffarabad.
- Indo-Pak Artists To Do A Fund-Raiser Show For Quake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Artists and musicians from India and Pakistan will participate in a one-day concert at the Royal Albert Hall here on Dec 13 to raise funds for relief of the earthquake victims in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.
- 'Indo-Pak Trade Can Touch One Billion Dollar By 2006-07' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With a view to increasing official trade between India and Pakistan to one billion dollar by next year, the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a series of trade exhibitions in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad in 2006-07.
- Pakistani Doctors Enjoy Free Run In Mp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Indore has a flourishing medical fraternity — that of Pakistani doctors. A routine drive against quacks unearthed 37 such doctors.
- Dan And Now (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
There is something about politics that encourages amnesia. Surely, the BJP would not like to remember how they helped a Congress government to survive a no-confidence motion in the mid-Nineties.
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Zia’S Carrot And Stick Policy (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 02, 2005)
Normally, the government, whether civil or military, is always anxious to tame the judiciary or befriend it, and for that purpose a policy of carrot and stick is followed. This formula was applied with full force after martial law was imposed . . .
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Congressmen Delegation Lauds Pakistan Role Against Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday stressed on the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Subsidy For Power Companies (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 02, 2005)
A subsidy of Rs 33.6 billion will be given to the private power companies annually to cover their losses. It’s reported that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has given his nod to the proposal in this connection submitted by the Ministry of Water and Power.
- Viral Fever And Sanitation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 02, 2005)
THE crisis caused by the growing number of haemorrhagic fever cases in Karachi could have been avoided if the city’s sanitation system was not in the terrible state it has been in.
- Us Confident India Nuke Deal Will Be Approved (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday that a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits
- The Iraq Policy Runs Through Iran (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 02, 2005)
An earthquake in islands off Bandar Abbas in Iran sent tremors here in Dubai and other parts of the Emirates. The shockwaves felt here are a metaphor of sorts for all the GCC countries: they look with anxiety at the entire troubled arc from Iran to Iraq.
- Pushing The Boats Out (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 02, 2005)
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4
- Karvaan-E-Aman Resumes, 25 Cross Loc (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
After nearly two months since the killer quake struck Jammu and Kashmir on October 8, the "Karvaan-e-Aman (Caravan of Peace)" from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad today resumed service from the Indian side up to the "Aman Setu (peace bridge)" on the . . .
- J&k: 25 Cross Loc At Kaman Post (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty-five people, including four stranded passengers of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, today crossed the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, regional passport officer S L Sriramlu said.
- "Parties Trying To Get Mileage Out Of Maniappan Issue" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Opposition accusation baseless, says Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
- No Going Back On Afghan Road Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Nowhere in the world can you buy peace by compromising and surrendering to terrorists: Pranab
BRO project will be completed at all costs
Pakistan was contacted to get in touch with the Taliban to secure Maniappan's release
- Boundary Issues With China Will Be Tackled, Manmohan Singh Tells Elders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"Special Representatives are going through various stages of negotiations"
Assurance to Rajya Sabha
No timeframe set for final settlement: Ahamed
- Barnala Commends Hard Work Put In By Aids Agencies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Urges health institutions to come out with concrete plans to step up action against AIDS
- Sun Sets On Sena? (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Dec 02, 2005)
As the Thackeray family feud continues, Kalyani Shankar asks what this means for the future of the party
- Hekmatyar Rejects Reconciliation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
An Afghan rebel group allied with the Taliban has rejected a government offer of reconciliation, saying there could be no peace as long as foreign forces were in the country.
- Blasts Kill Five Militants In N Waziristan (News International, Mushtaq Yusufzai, Dec 02, 2005)
Five suspected militants, including three Uzbek nationals, blew themselves up while making bombs in a North Waziristan house early on Thursday, official said.
- Musharraf Seeks Us Support On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday stressed the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus Service Resumes (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus service resumed for the first time on Thursday after the October 8 earthquake, the Indian Army said.
- Hindsight As Foresight (Pioneer, Mumtaz Khan, Dec 02, 2005)
Just when it was time for Musharraf to make a grand gesture towards the unity of Kashmir, he fell victim to his old habits, says Mumtaz Khan
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Lt Gen (r) Nasir Akhtar, president of India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), Pakistan chapter - a group of retired Pakistani and Indian army officials - has ruled out third party involvement to resolve the Kashmir issue and . . .
- India, China To Resolve Boundary Dispute: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The special representatives appointed by India and China to resolve border disputes are looking at all aspects of the issue, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, informed the Rajya Sabha today.
- For An Integrated South Asia (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
South Asia is the least integrated region in the world. But this is not on account of the infrastructure deficit alone.Intra-regional trade could be increased by policies that permit a more liberal trade regime,
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Death Of A Driver (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
Waters only get murkier with the National Security Adviser’s reported assertion that Pakistan had a hand in the killing of the Border Roads Organisation driver,
- Solving Kashmir-I (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 01, 2005)
India, being a liberal democracy in its constitutional law, cannot do in Jammu & Kashmir what Czechoslovakia did to the “Sudeten Germans” after World War II. On June 18 1945 the new Czechoslovakia announced those Germans and Magyars within their borders..
- Cash, Not Land, On Offer For The Displaced (Hindu, Meena Menon, Dec 01, 2005)
Despite Supreme Court orders to the contrary, Madhya Pradesh is offering cash and not land to those displaced by the Narmada project.
- India And Pakistan Fight Out The Demand On Gas From Iran Gas Pipeline (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan has raised its requirement for natural gas from Iran to block for itself the gas volume in the proposed US$7-billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
- ‘Peace Process With India Stuck’ (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has said that despite the ongoing Indo-Pakistan peace process, no substantive progress had been made on any major contentious issues.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- India Raises Murder Of Kutty At Un (Hindustan Times, DHARAM SHOURIE, Dec 01, 2005)
India has raised the the killing of Border Roads Organisation's (BRO) driver MR Kutty by Taliban militia in Afghanistan at the UN, saying the "inhuman and barbaric" incident highlights the need to fight terrorists on the ground and attack their financing,
- Pakistan's Bhutto Acquited Of Appointments Charges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted self-exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, of charges of making illegal appointments in the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
- Turning Disaster Into Opportunity (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Dec 01, 2005)
It appears that everyone wants Pakistan to mobilize the much-needed resources for relief and rehabilitation of the millions devastated by the deadly earthquake of Oct 8.
- Two Kashmiri Guerrilla Commanders Shot Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Indian troops have shot dead two senior guerilla commanders, one of whom had been on the run for 12 years, in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday.
- Rs. 20,000 Cr. To Be Invested In Infrastructure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka is set for a leap in industrial growth, says Sindhia
Exports from State touched Rs. 62,000 crores last year
Bangalore international airport to become operational by December 2007
Karnataka produces over 60 per cent of construction equipment
- Separate Civil, Nuclear Facilities, Says Burton (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
"U.S. Congress can make any changes in domestic law only after this is done"
- Us Delegation Satisfied With Indo-Pak Dialogue On Kashmir (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 01, 2005)
A visiting US Congressional delegation said on Wednesday that it was satisfied that Pakistan and India were seriously addressing the Kashmir issue.
- ‘India Ruined Sikh Holy Places, Pakistan Taking Care’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Elahi promises ‘pleasant changes’ to Sikhs next year
* Wagah-Nankana dual carriageway under construction
- Aids Day On December 1: 70,000 Aids Victims In Pakistan, 2,300 Registered (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 01, 2005)
95 percent of 45 million AIDS victims from underdeveloped countries
* About half of new victims are young people
- The ‘Autonomy’ Option On Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 01, 2005)
Pakistan and India are supposed to be talking about demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir (both sides) without going public on the details. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has also added “self-rule” to demilitarisation, and reports from India say a visiting..
- Musharraf, Mirwaiz To Meet In Makkah (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 01, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf will meet All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Makkah next week when they are likely to exchange notes on their talks with India as well as with a high-level delegation of US Congressmen. . . .
- On How Balance-Sheets Weather Global Financial Storms (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 01, 2005)
The Bank for International Settlements "fosters cooperation among central banks and other agencies in pursuit of monetary and financial stability," informs www.bis.org.
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