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Articles 17721 through 17820 of 21681:
- Revitalising Micro-Finance Sector (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 22, 2005)
The concept of micro-financing has gained currency in the country providing a base for its expansion in the years ahead. The performance record of the sector reveals that the number of beneficiaries of the micro-financing facility has more than doubled in
- Orthodoxy Unveiled (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 22, 2005)
IT is unfortunate that immediately after the Supreme Court took cognizance of a petition against the practice of issuing “fatwa”, the authorities of Darul-Uloom, Deoband, have come out with one making wearing of veils mandatory for Muslim women entering p
- Poisoned Planet (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Aug 22, 2005)
It is seriously questioned these days whether petroleum, the harbinger of modern civilisation,
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 22, 2005)
While most of the world, and especially local analysts like us, have remained focused (for understandable reasons)
- The West And Asia's Perceived Dominance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 22, 2005)
Many observers of the global economy have noticed the rising importance of Asia in the global power equation.
- Security On Another Plane (Telegraph, N.K. Pant, Aug 22, 2005)
The Centre’s announcement last week that it was adopting a tough anti-hijack policy, which envisages no talking to hijackers and the shooting down of a hijacked plane, may be necessary in the light of what happened to the World Trade Center and the....
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
We are reproducing the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- Militancy Has Come Down In Valley, Says General (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Claiming that over 1500 militants were operating in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieut-Gen Hari Prasad, GOC-in-C, Northern Command, here today said that the level of militancy had drastically reduced by 50 per cent.
- Pak Committed To Furthering Peace Process: Kasuri (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
Downplaying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s allegation about the existence of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has said his country is committed to the ongoing composite dialogue process with India.
- Not Forgetting The Gujarat Carnage (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 20, 2005)
A pakistan television network based in Dubai asked me whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would tender his apology to Indian Muslims as he had done in the case of Sikhs for the Delhi riots 21 years after the violence
- A New Nuclear Era (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 20, 2005)
The bush administration is known for gambles, and Monday's about-face on nuclear cooperation with India qualifies as such.
- Geelani’S Sidelining A Boost For Aphc (Tribune, M. L. Kak, Aug 17, 2005)
The mood is upbeat in the APHC camp led by Molvi Umar Farooq after Islamabad refused to recognise Syed Ali Shah Geelani as the representative of people of Kashmir.
- Talk To Tehran (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Aug 16, 2005)
Efforts to stop or at least delay the Iranian nuclear program are worth undertaking.
- Changing The Tracks Of Jaded Diplomacy (Deccan Herald, Sudha Ramachandran, Aug 14, 2005)
Manjrika Sevak’s book Multi-Track Diplomacy between India and Pakistan provides exciting insights into how multi-track diplomacy between these two countries can transform bilateral relations and more importantly, . . .
- Musharraf: Boost To Our Defence Capability (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 14, 2005)
Quest for strengthening and consolidating minimum deterrence
Efforts against terrorism unmatched by any other country
- The Place Where Women Risk Lives To Run For Office (Guardian (UK), Declan Walsh, Aug 13, 2005)
Giant sunflowers lean against the modest office where Shad Begum, a feisty 27-year-old social worker
- Pak Pm Rejects Status Quo On Kashmir (Tribune, Khaleeq Kiani, Aug 11, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday that status quo on Kashmir was unacceptable to Pakistan as progress on other issues with India was not possible without resolving the core issue.
- Catching Foreign Militants (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2005)
In a concerted effort to stabilize the volatile area of Waziristan, NWFP governor Khalilur Rehman said on Monday that he would root out foreign militants from the area by reaching out to tribal leaders for their support in this move.
- Power Breakdown In Karachi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 10, 2005)
A Major power breakdown caused by the snapping of a main line wire which blacked out much of Karachi late on Monday night highlights the urgent need for refurbishing the KESC’s ill-maintained transmission and distribution network. According to a KESC...
- The ‘watchdog’ Anomalies (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2005)
The Islamabad chamber of commerce chief is right in saying that regulatory bodies in Pakistan have not served the cause of consumer rights by their actions. Industry regulators like the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA),
- Kashmir: Sub-Regional Trade (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 09, 2005)
With this article, I conclude the series on Kashmir that I began several weeks ago.
- Agreements On Cbms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 09, 2005)
Reports from New Delhi are encouraging, for Pakistan and India have agreed on a number of confidence- building measures in both conventional and non-conventional fields.
- Kbd: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2005)
President Gen Perverz Musharraf has said that Pakistan needs large water reservoirs for its rapid development in agricultural and industrial sectors.
- Disposal Of Hospital Waste (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2005)
Time and again, medical authorities in the country have issued warnings against the perils of the unsafe disposal of hospital waste.
- Expulsion Of Foreign Students (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2005)
President Musharraf has reiterated Pakistan Government’s resolve to expel foreign students in Madaris and there will be no review of the decision.
- Pak-India Nuclear Hotline (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2005)
Pakistan and India have agreed to set up a telephone hotline to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident and also notify each other before testing ballistic missiles.
- India-Pak Agree On Ballistic Missiles (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
India and Pakistan on Saturday night reached an understanding on the proposed Agreement on Pre-Notification of Flight Testing of Ballistic Missiles.
- Basava Coins: Place Of Release To Be Decided (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2005)
Union Minister for Finance P Chidambaram has directed the State government, the Basava Samithi, seers and followers of Basavanna to decide on a suitable date and place to release the coins on Basavanna.
- Eradicating Polio (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 05, 2005)
It is not for the first time that a government official — in this case the EDO, community development, in Hyderabad — has stressed combined efforts by the government and independent organizations to combat polio in the country.
- Us Shift On India Nuclear Policy Tilts Regional Balance (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Aug 04, 2005)
Perhaps nowhere else do American foreign policymakers face more contradictions than in the area stretching from Israel to Korea.
- Gas Pipeline Politics (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Aug 04, 2005)
The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project that was designed to supply Iran’s natural gas to Pakistan and India ran into trouble at the very outset as a result of mistrust among the three countries.
- A Bad Deal With India (Washington Post, Lawrence J. Korb and Peter Ogden, Aug 03, 2005)
Many of the people who are made uncomfortable by President Bush's ideologically driven foreign policy have been pleasantly surprised by his recent decision to supply India with nuclear energy technology.
- Constructive Criticism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 03, 2005)
The Left parties’ reservations continue to remain on several Govt policies
- Militants ‘Trying To’ Create Afghanistan Like Situation In Jammu & Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2005)
While Mr Irshad Mehmood Member, Policy Planning Institute, Islamabad, has stated that no government in Pakistan “can stop militancy in Jammu and kashmir so long the Kashmir issue is not resolved”,
- Ch Rehmat Ali’S Remains (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 02, 2005)
President Pakistan Muslim League has made the much-awaited announcement. At long last, arrangements have been finalized to bring back to Pakistan the remains of late Ch Rehmat Ali, who had the singular distinction to propose the name of Pakistan.
- Informal Relations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 02, 2005)
The peace process is not affected by new Indo-US ties
- Intra-Kashmir Dialogue Raises Voice (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2005)
Acknowledging the recent Indo-Pak peace initiatives, participants of the first intra-Kashmir dialogue here have appealed to the militant groups and governments of the two countries to effect ceasefire and an end to violence for peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
- F-16s: Thank You Mr Bush! (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2005)
The Bush administration has approved an initial shipment of two older F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The decision has come in just about two weeks after President Bush’s approval of development of civil nuclear power sector by India. Key lawmakers at the
- Transparent Allotments (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 01, 2005)
Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s remarks at the opening of a housing industry exhibition in Karachi that his government would enact a law to make the process of land allotments more transparent are welcome.
- No Better Solution Than Autonomy, Says Omar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2005)
New Delhi, Islamabad have corrupted Hurriyat: Yasin Malik
- Benefits Of Peace Should Be Felt: Dialogue Group (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 01, 2005)
India, Pakistan, militants told to move forward
Take the situation to a non-violent phase
Reopen Poonch-Rawalakot, Mirpur-Jammu and Kargil-Skardu routes
Involve people in peace process
- India’S Reckless Statements (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 31, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the Indian leaders to refrain from issuing reckless statements about Pakistan as the tendency might adversely affect the ongoing Pak-India peace process.
- Pipeline Assurances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 31, 2005)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement in the Lok Sabha that the US understood India’s need to have “unhindered access” to “adequate and affordable energy supplies from all sources” should allay fears that New Delhi might drop out of the ....
- The Trade Route To Peace (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 30, 2005)
The resumption of trade by road between India and Pakistan after a hiatus of 40 years will go some way towards rectifying the anomalous nature of economic interaction between the two neighbours.
- Us Shifts On India, Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Jul 29, 2005)
Historic realignments are best perceived in retrospect, but it may be that we are witnessing a historic change in attitudes toward India and Pakistan.
- Pervez Under Pressure (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 29, 2005)
India must remain focused on engineering structural changes in Indo-Pak relations
- After The Floods (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 29, 2005)
One would like to know more about the comprehensive plan that NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani says his government has drawn up to tackle the flood situation in the province.
- A Peace Built By Nukes And Cash (Dawn, Rajan Menon, Jul 29, 2005)
The Bush foreign policy squad has not had much to cheer about lately. The Iraqi insurgency won’t die.
- Picking Up Of Dawn’S Staffer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 26, 2005)
Law enforcing agencies in Sindh have picked up a reporter of the daily Star, a newspaper published by the Dawn Group of Newspapers.
- Wrong Report, Says Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 26, 2005)
Pakistan on maintained that it had no information about nine of its citizens reportedly missing from Egypt.
- As Good As It Gets (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 26, 2005)
As you tune into India’s great debate on the nuclear pact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has signed up with President George W. Bush, don’t let the experts flummox you with all the jargon.
- A Regional Energy Grid (Dawn, Maqsud Ul Hasan Nuri, Jul 25, 2005)
The imperatives of geo-economics are competing with geopolitics and propelling countries in the region including Iran, Pakistan, and India towards closer economic collaboration.
- A Discordant Note (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 25, 2005)
The Indo-Pakistan peace process on the whole is proceeding normally and there is no cause for concern.
- Dawood Skips Daughter’S Nikah? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2005)
Media was not allowed inside the venue where the hyped wedding took place. No film personality or sportsperson attended the wedding from India.
- Musharraf Rebuffs Manmohan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 25, 2005)
President Musharraf has snubbed India for speculating on the effectiveness and reliability of Pakistan’s command and control structure and said that the nation’s nuclear deterrence is fully operational and continues to consolidate and strengthen with the
- Extremism: Causes And Consequences (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jul 24, 2005)
THE terrible bomb blasts in London, now described as 7/7, coming in the wake of 9/11, the Bali carnage and Madrid bombings, have once again brought into focus the hard fact that terrorism today is the single most threat to peace and stability of nations a
- A Dreadful State Of Mind (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Jul 24, 2005)
EVER since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC (9/11), many commentators have argued that terrorism will not go away until its underlying causes are identified and removed. General Musharraf has repeatedly made this argument.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 24, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting.
- Londonistan Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 24, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 24, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House.
- Documentary Evokes Debate On Partition (Tribune, Humra Quraishi, Jul 24, 2005)
ARE we going backwards? No, not just by way of bleak power and water output, but seeing the Jinnah mania that’s gripped us. Maybe, the Partition chaos had been simmering in our psyche for too long and just about needed the go ahead by that one utterance.
- Centre Talks Tough On J&k Infiltration (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2005)
Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal on Saturday warned militants in PoK against infiltrating into the Kashmir Valley.
- South Punjab Oppression (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
A REPORT released by the Multan task force of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan makes for depressing reading.
- Foreign Trade Strategy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 24, 2005)
THE foreign trade strategy announced the other day for the current fiscal year appears sound enough to achieve the objective of enhancing export earnings to about $17 billion as against $14.4 billion last year.
- Extremists And State Power (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jul 24, 2005)
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan hit the nail on the head when he said the other day that terror would not end till the governments stop using extremism as a tool of power.
- Humayun On Trade With India (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 24, 2005)
COMMERCE Minister Humayun Akhtar has categorically stated that Pakistan will grant the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India only after resolution of the political issues. Addressing the post-trade policy news conference, he emphasized that trade rel
- Lonely Wells Of Hatred (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Jul 24, 2005)
When do most of us first encounter hatred? If you are lucky, as so many of us are, the early encounter in childhood is vicarious
- The Shahenshah Of Shivaji Park (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Jul 23, 2005)
Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist with the Free Press Journal and so did R K Laxman. Both were self-taught and good at their jobs. Both had a sense of humour: Laxman’s was kindly, Thackeray’s acerbic. Both applied for a job with The Times o
- Raids On Newspapers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE raids on the offices of some newspapers and weeklies, and the arrest of several journalists and even newspaper hawkers in Karachi by the law enforcement agencies were both unwarranted and arbitrary.
- Manmohan's Test Begins Now (Pakistan Observer, Hari Jaisingh, Jul 23, 2005)
Having once been associated with the World Bank as an economist, Mr Manmohan Singh is broadly familiar with the American setting. As the Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet, he had acquired some insight into the complex US mindset.
- Londonistan Calling (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 23, 2005)
Pakistan's President and military chief Gen Pervez Musharraf's charge that Britain must look within to discover the real instigators of Islamist terror in that country is not wide of the mark.
- Summer Of Hope In Indo-Us Ties (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 23, 2005)
Political leaders in India sometimes get carried away by the sheer scale of reception and hospitality that surround summits in the White House. I recall scribes accompanying Rajiv Gandhi to the Reagan White House in 1985 ridiculing me when I urged a degre
- Us-India Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 23, 2005)
THE recent Indo-American nuclear deal seems to go beyond the realm of Indo-Pakistan relations and has wider implications.
- We Agree With President (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 23, 2005)
DURING his comprehensive address to the nation on Thursday, President Pervez Musharraf covered a number of subjects having a bearing on internal situation, external relations, Pakistan’s image and its economic future.
- Fright In Pakistan (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 23, 2005)
While there is little improvement in Indo-Pak ties, US favours to India cause consternation in Islamabad
- Eavesdropping On History (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jul 23, 2005)
PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon suffered from the ultimate form of paranoia — he eavesdropped on himself. Not content with keeping a meticulous written record of his presidency — perhaps the most exhaustively documented of any US president — he installed a voi
- `Talibanisation' Bid In A Pakistan Province (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 23, 2005)
The NWFP Assembly's passing of the Habra Bill, seeking to enforce adherence to Islamic laws, has caused ripples in Pakistani society
- Nuclear Threats (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh has raised a significant question vis-à-vis Pakistan’s nuclear assets.
- London Struck Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2005)
THE second series of blasts in London, exactly 14 days after 7/7, has, expectedly, struck panic and intensified the already high state of alert against terrorism.
- The Sen Prescription (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 23, 2005)
I REMEMBERED the most argumentative Indian I ever met when I read Amartya Sen’s The Argumentative Indian*. He was a train passenger who, unmindful of a towel on a seat, occupied it.
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