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Articles 16421 through 16520 of 21681:
- Quake: Worsening Factors (Dawn, Omar R. Quraishi, Oct 13, 2005)
Perhaps the most heartening and positive feeling that one has experienced in the last few days is the massive and spontaneous response of ordinary Pakistanis to the earthquake that devastated the northern half of the country.
- ‘That’S Just Pakistan’ (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
A UN situation report on the deluge that Saturday’s earthquake has left in its trail has focused the destruction of about 1000 hospitals, basic health units and other health care infrastructure in the devastated areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- Army Comes To Rescue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 13, 2005)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that two divisions of Pakistan Army, one each in Azad Kashmir and Mansehra, have been deployed to accelerate the pace of rescue and relief activities in the quake hit areas.
- Iqbal And Jinnah (Greater Kashmir, Jinnah, Oct 13, 2005)
Bilal Ahmad writes about the coherence of a concept laid down by Iqbal and upheld by Jinnah
- The New Economics Of Ecological Capital (Hindu, John Vidal, Oct 13, 2005)
Here Is a conundrum, courtesy of Merv Wilkinson, one of Canada's oldest and wisest foresters. In 1938, he bought a few hectares of forest on Vancouver Island which, he reckoned, contained about 100,000 board feet of timber. Once every 10 years, he would h
- Existential Crisis Of Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2005)
Pakistan’s accentuated existential crisis has made historians to write new books for school students, distorting the basic facts that the Islamic Republic was ever a part of India.
- Good Is Too Good (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
The phenomenon of good versus the bad is as old as probably human life on the earth.
- Seize The Moment In Jammu And Kashmir (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 13, 2005)
The Congress will soon have to decide whether it wants to claim the chief ministership. Its thinking should be based on a calculus of national interest in the present geo-strategic context.
- Pakistan Will Not Forget (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Oct 13, 2005)
The Scale of the disaster has traumatised the entire country — or perhaps not quite.
- Nuclear Issue: "India Is A Unique Case" (Hindu, Kesava Menon & Nirupama Subramanian, Oct 13, 2005)
The United States Ambassador to India, David C. Mulford, is a finance expert who has also served as an official in the Treasury Department. In an interview, Mr. Mulford spoke about the nuclear deal and related issues.
- Indian Soldiers Cross Loc To Help Pak Troops (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2005)
As a goodwill gesture, the Indian Army on Wednesday crossed the Line of Control (LoC) to help Pakistani soldiers in removing the rubble of a bunker in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Kashmiris Must See That We Care (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Oct 13, 2005)
There needs to be a civil society response to match that of the government for the earthquake affected in Kashmir.
- A Deadly Combination (Hindu, Ramya Kannan , Oct 13, 2005)
Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are twin dangers. The focus of public health policies is on combined programmes to tackle them.
- Nobel Peace Prize For Iaea Chief ‘A Rebuff To Us’ (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 12, 2005)
The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for Mohamed ElBaradei, who has a history of locking horns with Washington, could be interpreted as a slap in the face for the Bush administration.
- Pak Nod To Iaf Relief Plane, Kasuri Thanks Natwar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Pakistan today gave clearance for landing of an Indian Air Force plane which is to carry 25 tonnes of earthquake relief material like tents, plastic sheets, blankets, mattresses, food items and medicines.
- Pm Announces Rs 500 Cr More Aid, Toll Rises To 1300 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 12, 2005)
Describing the weekend earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir as a national calamity, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced an additional Rs 500 crore relief.
- Political Faultlines (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2005)
The challenge of rescue and relief operations is too big. This is no time for politics
- Restore Tele Links (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
The governments of India and Pakistan won widespread acclaim by announcing several confidence building measures (CBMs) during the past two years
- Interview: Shivraj Patil (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2005)
In the third week of September, the Union government convened the first meeting of the Standing Committee of Chief Ministers of States affected by naxalism.
- When Disaster Struck (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 12, 2005)
WHAT lessons did Saturday’s earthquake in the north of the country carry for us? In the initial shocking days there was not much to learn and much more to mourn.
- Buying Obsolescence (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 12, 2005)
Former Prime Minister Inder Gujral once complained that the developing world was forced to buy obsolescent weaponry from the developed world. It would be interesting to know what he thinks of the US proposal to sell India a warship that was commissioned i
- The Temblor's Footprint (Indian Express, Arun Bapat, Oct 12, 2005)
Every natural calamity has some new lesson to teach us. The last two - the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and the heavy flooding of Mumbai on 26th July this year brought their own insights.
- Pm Assures All Help To Kashmir (Greater Kashmir, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 12, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said humanitarian considerations would be given precedence over political considerations when dealing with the earthquake.
- Why Osama Roams Free: South Asia Could Soon Face Its Biggest Ever Crisis (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 12, 2005)
The Supreme Court judgment on the Bihar Assembly dissolution compels far-reaching systemic changes.
- Muzaffarabad In Ruins (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 12, 2005)
Heavy rain and hail forced the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistani Kashmir Tuesday and survivors scuffled over the badly needed food — the first international aid to make it overland to this devastated city.
- Lifelines, Borderlines (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 12, 2005)
The trauma of the communities hit by the October 8 earthquake is immeasurable and unending. This tragedy that has hit Pakistan and India - nations united by geography and divided by history - reminds us of a common humanity and common sense of grief and l
- New Horizons (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 12, 2005)
The relaxation of tension along the Line of Control (LoC) has given time to the leadership of "Azad" Kashmir, as the Pakistan-occupied territory is locally known, to think of developing tourism in a big way.
- 'No American Can Treat India Like A Pet' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2005)
K Subrahmanyam is India's leading strategic thinker and the most vocal supporter of the country's weapons programme. The man who wanted India to make bombs is now, surprisingly, ready to cap its weapons programme. He says his change of heart comes . . .
- Pakistan Accepts Indian Aid Offer (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Oct 11, 2005)
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) Accepting the Indian offer of emergency relief supplies for quake victims, Pakistan today said that the planes carrying the goods will begin arriving from tomorrow.
- Neocon Lite Nuclear Agenda (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2005)
A liberal counter-proliferation Bible whose selective implementation will likely leave the world more unequal - and dangerous
- Facing Natural Disasters (Hindu, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS ARE always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people.
- Musharraf’S Appeal Evokes World Response (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
PRESIDENT Gen Pervez Musharraf’s appeal for medicines, tents, cargo helicopters and funds to overcome the worst earthquake disaster of Pakistan’s
- Affluents Should Emulate Shujaat (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
IN keeping with his family traditions, PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has set a noble example of sharing fellow citizens’ pain and hardships and contributing towards mitigation of their sufferings. He has donated Rs one crore towards President’s Relie
- Islamabadites’ Exemplary Conduct (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2005)
THE Margalla Towers tragedy in Islamabad would no doubt be a source of pain but it has also brought to the fore many positive aspects of the life in the Federal Capital.
- Daunting Challenge (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake still remains a guess, given the inaccessibility of the towns and villages in the mountainous areas rocked by the convulsion.
- Unsafe Blood Practices (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
THE closure of 15 blood banks in Sindh by the provincial health authorities is yet another warning to errant units to discontinue the unlawful and dangerous practice of storing unscreened and expired blood, or else face the consequences.
- A Disaster To Remember (Dawn, Peter Preston, Oct 11, 2005)
DISASTERS are always most poignant, most chilling, when you know the terrain and the people. So I had stood on the sea wall in Galle, watching kids fly kites, a few months before the tsunami engulfed the south of Sri Lanka.
- Spirit Of Camaraderie On Loc (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Financial Express, Oct 11, 2005)
Engaged in massive rescue efforts in quake-hit Jammu and Kashmir, the Army offered helicopters to Pakistan for relief operations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The offer was made during the several contacts between senior commanders on both sides.
- A Tragedy And An Opportunity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2005)
Natural disasters recognise no boundaries, present nobody to blame, and can affect people across the socio-economic divide.
- If The Peace Process Is To Succeed (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Oct 11, 2005)
WITH the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, between October 3 and 6, the second round of the composite dialogue, following the landmark 2004 agreement at the summit level to restart the peace process, has been concluded.
- Opening Of Nathula Pass (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
Much anticipated deadline for the Himalayan bar-rier between India and China was to melt
- Bangladesh's Proxy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 11, 2005)
With just a few weeks left for the SAARC summit in Dhaka, Indo-Bangladesh ties touched a new low on September 29 when Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Major General Jahangir Alam Choudhury, alleged that the August 17 multiple explosions in his
- Afghanistan: The Next Iraq (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Oct 11, 2005)
Where is Afghanistan headed? Democracy, insurgency or anarchy? That the situation there is-as yet-- nowhere as bad as it is in Iraq can give little comfort.
- Are We Prepared? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 11, 2005)
Was it not quite thoughtful on the part of several residents of Pacca Danga to come out of their homes and sleep on a raised platform inside the Mubarak Mandi complex on a highly tense Saturday night? Having survived the century's severest earthquake
- An Address Undelivered (Greater Kashmir, DR. SHEIKH MOHAMMAD IQBAL, Oct 11, 2005)
On the 3rd of October, 2005, S P College held a ‘gala event’ to which I was also invited. For reasons inexplicable I could not continue in the colourful Majlis, and left the place when Pran Kishore was relating the drama experience of his student days.
- No Breakthrough In Sight (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 11, 2005)
In the context of nuclear weapons, CBMs are inadequate and there can be no meaningful co-operation
- Tackling Adversity Together (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 11, 2005)
Keeping humanitarian considerations above everything else, India has offered all kinds of help to Pakistan to cope with the devastation caused by the most severe earthquake in its history.
- Nobel Boost To Iaea Efforts (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 11, 2005)
The atom has again taken centre-stage in the world with consequences that remain to be determined.
- New Trends In South Asian Diplomacy (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
HISTORY may well record India’s vote supporting the IAEA resolution to refer Iran’s case to the Security Council for non-compliance with NPT obligations as an event of great importance.
- Saarc Summit On, Says Dhaka (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 10, 2005)
Saturday's earthquake in Pakistan and India has raised doubts whether the 13th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, scheduled to be held in Dhaka in early November, would take place.
- Call For Cultural Dialogue Among Saarc Nations (Hindu, Staff Reporter , Oct 10, 2005)
V.P. Singh stresses role of culture in convergence and understanding in South Asia
- Prudent Response To Quake Tragedy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 10, 2005)
NATION has responded with a sense of prudence to Saturday’s earthquake that is feared to have killed thousands of people across the country.
- Caring For Animals (Dawn, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 10, 2005)
THE celebration of World Animal Welfare Day last week by the city government in Karachi came as a pleasant surprise to many animal lovers whose appeals for the protection of domestic and wild animals
- The Water Crisis (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 10, 2005)
PAKISTAN faces a serious water problem, the gravity and nature of which the government has apparently failed to understand. Islamabad’s inability — or unwillingness — to base its approach on authentic facts and figures on the ground and the propensity to
- An Improvement On The Past (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 10, 2005)
IN most civilized countries, the issuance of a passport to a citizen is regarded as a fundamental right.
- Subcontinent Susceptible To Natural Disasters (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
About 54 per cent of the subcontinent’s landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes, said M. Sashidhar Reddy, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority.
- Ending Algeria’S Agony (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Oct 10, 2005)
JUST as the travails of the Turkish people and their heroic war of independence under Mustafa Kemal aroused the passions of the Muslims of South Asia, the Algerian struggle for freedom burnt into the consciousness of the generation that grew up in 1950s.
- Disaster Management (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 10, 2005)
The Valley has been left to mourn the death of more than three hundred people who died in a massive earthquake, which struck the state Saturday morning.
- Face This Challenge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week could not have ended on a worse note for our State and its vicinity. An earthquake the like of which has never been witnessed before turned our life upside down. From Lakhanpur to Uri the buildings were shaken to their foundation. Quite a few of
- Killer Quake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 10, 2005)
This is an opportunity for the neighbours to cooperate in this hour of crisis
- Punjab Needs N-Plant (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
The demand for a nuclear power generation plant made by Punjab Congress President Shamsher Singh Dullo on Friday needs serious consideration as, according to him, it is cost-effective and the state needs it.
- Hasba Bill Again (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 10, 2005)
THE NWFP Government has decided to table an amended version of the Hasba Bill and get it passed by the Provincial Assembly during its next session. Briefing newsmen on the deliberations of the Provincial Cabinet on Saturday, NWFP Information Minister Asif
- From The Rubble: `Save Me, Call My Mother, Call My Father' (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 10, 2005)
Mohammad Ramazan walked out of the graveyard haunted by the image of his dead eight-year-old daughter's cut and damaged face. In Balakot, there are hundreds of fathers like him, but most of them have still to bury or even find their children after Saturda
- Black Saturday (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 10, 2005)
IT is at best a conjecture how long it would take to measure the enormity of Saturday’s earthquake.
- Adm Nanda: Man Of Action (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 10, 2005)
They say destiny favours the brave and the bold. Every major event in history has its man of the moment.
- Change In Attitude (Greater Kashmir, Samuel Baid, Oct 10, 2005)
Last week Delhi had visitors from the part of Kashmir which is under Pakistan’s control.
- Pak Returns Indian Soldier, Mirwaiz Says Nature’S Fury Must Unite Both (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2005)
Aman Setu, the white steel bridge on the Line of Control that symbolises the thaw in Indo-Pak ties, was damaged in aftershocks on Sunday afternoon. The Valley has already counted over 600 dead.
- Massive Earthquake Shakes Northern India, Pakistan With 7.6 Richter - More Than 2000 Killed 10,000 Injured In India And Pakistan (India Daily, Preeti Singhani, Oct 09, 2005)
A strong earthquake shook northern India,
- Sino-Indian Relations And Asia (Daily Excelsior, V. N. Paranjape, Oct 09, 2005)
As India and China try to bypass the 37-years-old distrust between the two countries following the 1962 war, there appears to be a new dawn of understanding that in all likelihood 21st century will be an Asian century.
- Another Bloody Terrorist Attack (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
Unidentified assailants attacked Ahmedies’ place of worship in Mong in Mandi Bahauddin district early Friday morning killing eight persons and seriously injuring 18 others.
- Politics Overtakes Governance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Oct 09, 2005)
As the local councils begin their second term amid a hail of accusations and contradictions,
- Doctors For Rural Health (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The Sindh health minister’s description of health facilities and the lack of doctors in the interior the other day comes as no surprise.
- Energy Accord With Russia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
The signing of a memorandum of understanding with a Russian energy firm should help broaden cooperation between Pakistan and Russia in the development of Pakistan’s gas and other fossil fuel resources.
- Creating Political History Through Computer Graphics (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Oct 09, 2005)
What a ‘feat’ it is - getting Hari Singh’s signatures through computer, quips Abdul Majid Mattu
- Earthquake Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 09, 2005)
With a death toll that could go into the thousands, yesterday’s massive earthquake which hit the northern half of the country as well as regions in Afghanistan and India has the makings of a tragedy of immense proportions.
- Foreign Aid Welcome, Says Shaukat Aziz (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 09, 2005)
Rs. 1 billion announced for relief
- Pak-Russia Cooperation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 09, 2005)
In a welcome development, Pakistan and Russia have signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisaging closer cooperation in oil and gas sector to help Pakistan meet its long-term energy requirements. Under the document initialed by the ....
- Condoleezza Logic (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Oct 09, 2005)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s request ( some may like to term it as a suggestion, demand or command) that India should withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir to please Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s mullah constituency at home ....
- Manmohan Offers Help To Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2005)
"We have been distressed to learn of the extensive loss of life and property"
- Internal Divisions In Israel (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Oct 09, 2005)
Israeli society is composed of people from several different ethnic and cultural backgrounds,
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