Water War Inevitable Between Pakistan, Kashmir
Special SAT Report
WASHINGTON, Mar 11: India is not likely to consider abrogation of the Indus Basin Waters Treaty with Pakistan, even in the event of any future war with Pakistan, says a new book published in Mumbai.
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Musharraf Pushing Chenab Formula on Kashmir
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON, Mar 10: General Pervez Musharraf is fully convinced that the so called “Chenab Formula” is the only acceptable solution to the Kashmir dispute, a new book published by a leading Indian think-tank has revealed.
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Musharraf's Blue Eyed MQM Minister is Dr. Fake
By MA Siddiqui
KARACHI, Mar 9: For General Musharraf and his PM it would be a triple disaster in just a few weeks as Dr Aamir is the third cabinet minister who has been caught literally with his pants down in the middle of the road.
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Meerwala Jury & Army are Guilty of Same Crime
By Hozeifa A Warraich
WASHINGTON, Mar 8: The modus operandi employed by the panchayat intermittently convened at the GHQ is more sophisticated, the prime motive remains exactly the same: to perpetuate a cabal's hegemony.
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Benazir Punctures the Reconciliation Bubble
Special SAT Report
WASHINGTON, Mar 7: Benazir Bhutto took the wind out of the over-blown national reconciliation bubble when she told a news conference there was just sporadic “limited engagement” between the two sides.
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India Plays Down FM's Visit: Opponents Gear Up
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Mar 7: A senior Nepali diplomat in New Delhi said the visit had materialized after Kathmandu received strong signals from New Delhi hinting at a will to resolve the situation.
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The New Indian Double Standards on Democracy
By Brahma Chellaney
NEW DELHI, Mar 6: India Is adopting US-style dual standards on democracy. New Delhi and Washington have joined hands to promote democracy in Nepal while keeping mum on Pakistan's one-man junta.
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Ministry Scraps PIA Chief's Deal in Major Rebuke
By MT Butt
ISLAMABAD, Mar 5: The procedure adopted for selling the Boeing aircraft was not transparent, it has been decided that sealed tenders would now be invited," the State Minister for Defence, Zahid Hamid, told the National Assembly.
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What PPP-Musharraf Reconciliation Actually Means
By Wajid Shamsul Hasan
LONDON, Mar 5: I would like to thank Sheikh Sahib for having publicly acknowledged that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is the only national leader and her party PPP is a political force to reckon with.
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It's All Downhill for Musharraf After Power Peaked
By Ayaz Amir
ISLAMABAD, Mar 4: Common sense and logic therefore dictate that the PPP and PML-N should stick to their guns and opt for nothing less than Musharraf's quitting the post of Army Chief.
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RSF Digs Into Pak Journalists Killing in Waziristan
By RSF Paris
PARIS, Mar 4: No one has publicly accused the security forces, but the ease with which the killers eluded the investigations of the Pakistan Army on a war footing, has raised questions.
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India Will Soon Resolve Standoff: Nepali Diplomat
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Mar 2: “Talks with the Indian authorities are going on and things will be clear in few days but definitely before the SAARC Summit,” Press Officer of Nepalese Embassy Adhikari told South Asia Tribune in New Delhi.
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The Stunning Story of How BLA was Born
By Tariq Saeedi, Sergi Pyatakov & Others
ASHGABAT/MOSCOW/QUETTA, Mar 1: Something is happening in the Pakistani province of Balochistan that defies comprehension on any conventional scale. We have only been able to uncover small parts of the entire picture.
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Indian MEA Spokesman Attacks South Asia Tribune
Special SAT Report
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON , Feb 28: It was for the first time that the Indian Ministry had officially attacked the South Asia Tribune for publishing reports from New Delhi. "We condemn this attitude," the Editor responded.
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Musharraf Cannot Handle the Opposition Onslaught
By Hamid Mir
ISLAMABAD , Feb 28: If the Opposition starts an anti-Musharraf movement, the situation could get quickly out of hand and Musharraf's blue eyed technocrats, retired Generals and ministers will be unable to stop the campaign.
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Musharraf's Foes Must Unite Against Dictatorship
By Dr Tarique Niazi
WISCONSIN , Feb 28: Musharraf's survival hinges on the denial of peace and democracy. Opposition leaders will do Pakistan, democracy and themselves incalculable harm by rushing to cut a deal with him.
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India Reviewing Nepal Policy After Pak-China Moves
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI , Feb 27: Damage control efforts have begun by New Delhi when the Indian Ambassador in Kathmandu, Shiv Shanker Mukherjee, met the Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Dr. Tulsi Giri, on February 24.
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Ashraf Qazi Tipped as New Balochistan Governor
By MT Butt
ISLAMABAD , Feb 26: General Musharraf is now planning a commando operation against Akbar Khan Bugti and may hire the services of UN Ambassador to Iraq, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, for the mission.
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The Six Steps to Get Out of Balochistan Quicksand
By AH Amin
ISLAMABAD , Feb 25: What is happening in Balochistan once again merely proves the profound truth in the adage "Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it."
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Can Pakistan Army Follow the Swedish Example
By Riffat Jahan
STOCKHOLM , Feb 24: When Pakistan Army is facing a moral crisis and is under tremendous scrutiny and almost unable to stand on its moral feet, a somewhat similar case in Sweden may provide some guidance.
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Rape of Dr or Rape of Balochi Rights Nothing New
By Mir Mohammed Ali Talpur
QUETTA, Balochistan, Feb 24: The BLA is certainly not a figment of some fertile imagination. This is apparent from the scale of its activity. Since 2003, BLA has fired 1,529 rockets and 113 bombs have exploded in Balochistan.
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TI Asks Musharraf and His Men to Wash Their Sins
By IM Mohsin
ISLAMABAD , Feb 23: People in power, particularly those who seize power by the gun, get away with many exaggerated claims. Such occurrences make the shoddiest part of our embarrassing history of 57 years.
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Army Captain Cleared of Rape in Dubious DNA Test
By Declan Walsh
KARACHI , Feb 22: A police team is posted at the gate of Dr Shazia and army rangers prowl the grounds inside. "You need the permission from the bosses at the top, the very top," says a moustached officer firmly.
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A Win-Win Kashmir Deal But Militancy Will Go On
By Kanchan Lakshman
NEW DELHI , Feb 22: At least three terrorist groups, while declaring their opposition, have threatened to disrupt the bus service. "This will weaken the idea of Kashmir uniting with Pakistan."
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India, as Seen Through Pakistani Scholar's Eyes
By Pervez Hoodbhoy
ISLAMABAD , Feb 22: India is now set to become a science juggernaut and a nascent superpower of the East, but the country's problems are no less than its accomplishments.
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Pakistani Generals in Panic Over Patriots Sale
By Syed Saleem Shahzad
KARACHI , Feb 20: A top US experts team will land in New Delhi Sunday to brief Indian experts on US Patriot Advanced Capability-2 Anti-Ballistic Missile System, which could shoot down any of the Pakistani nuclear missiles.
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Pakistan Army: Roving or Stationary Bandit
By Ayesha Siddiqa
WASHINGTON , Feb 20: The military would not return to the barracks unless it is convinced that its privileges would remain intact. An officer cadre threatened by the withdrawal of privileges and downsizing would never agree.
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Dr Shame Who Bankrupted Nebraska Still a Minister
Special SAT Report
NEW YORK , Feb 19: A Pakistani doctor who caused the biggest Hepatitis outbreak in US history shamelessly continues to be the Minister of Health in Pakistan’s largest province, Punjab.
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Aggrieved Sindh Puts Together Heart and Soul
Special SAT Report
HYDERABAD, Pakistan , Feb 19: At a meeting on Feb 15, those who gathered to express their deep concern and outrage sounded like a Who’s Who of Sindh. It marked the heightened state of anxiety and frustration.
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Indian Army Will Enroll Kashmir Bus Passengers
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: Any one traveling to Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the border on the new Bus Service will have to enroll with the Indian Army, spokesman Col Sakhuja told the South Asia Tribune.
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India, Pakistan Take Gigantic Steps for Peace
By MT Butt
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: They agreed to a landmark multi-billion dollar cross nations gas pipeline, reopening their sensitive borders to new bus travel services in Kashmir and Punjab and restoring rail services in Sindh.
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CPI-ML Threatens to Block Arms Supply to Nepal
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Feb 17: General Secretary of CPI Dipankar Bhattacharya told the South Asia Tribune from Patna (Bihar) on telephone: “We will not allow any Indian military aid against the Maoists to cross into Nepal."
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Commonwealth Slap Spinned into a Compliment
By M Afzal Khan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The officially certified news, apparently fine-tuned in the Pakistan High Commission in London, presented the outcome of the meeting as a great triumph of Pakistan’s “behind-the-scene” diplomacy.
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Pakistani Nukes Can be Stolen: CIA-NIC Report
Special SAT Report
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: Use of stolen or purchased nuclear weapons from Pakistan or Russia by terrorists cannot be ruled out, the latest CIA-NIC Report released here says.
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Pakistan Army says Rapist Captain in Custody
By MT Butt
ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: After a nationwide uproar and condemnation worldwide, Pakistan Army has reluctantly conceded it had taken Captain Hammad, accused of gang raping the lady doctor in Balochistan, into custody.
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The Plight of a General and His Clueless Army
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON, Feb 13: Army is happy that Punjab is peaceful and so they have grabbed all lands between Lahore and the Indian border at Wagah to be turned into Defence Housing Societies and sold as plots making billions.
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Jeddah BB-NS Summit Signals Political Maturity
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON, Feb 11: Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have shown that the political leadership has graduated into maturity, ready to fight the ultimate battle whose lines have now been clearly defined.
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Honorable Death of Bugti May Mean Tons of Trouble
By Shehryar Mazari
KARACHI, Feb 9: Gen Musharraf's threatening tirade has had the opposite effect. Almost overnight, even the few pro-military urbanized Balochs have turned against the general's jingoistic philosophy.
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India to Suspend All Military Aid to Nepal
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Feb 6: “At this juncture, military assistance to Nepal could worsen the situation. And this we do not want,” Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran told the South Asia Tribune after a top level meeting presided by the PM.
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India asks Nepal to Hold Elections in October
By Arun Rajnath
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: “Democracy should be restored in Nepal as soon as possible. It has been suggested to King Gyanendra that he should hold elections before the Dasai Festival,” MEA spokesman Navtej Sarna told SAT.
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Army Diagnosis, Treatment May Kill Balochistan
By Wajid Shamsul Hasan
LONDON, Feb 5: All warnings, appeals and protestations have fallen on deaf ears of the Army. Pakistan is sliding towards a tragic denouement, especially when General Musharraf instead of curing the disease wants to kill the patient.
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The Rent-a-Crowd Rallies Pumping Up Musharraf
By Shafqat Mahmood
LAHORE, Feb 5: General Musharraf has been to three such rallies recently and seems to respond quite emotionally to the usual razzle-dazzle and meaningless slogan mongering on such occasions.
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Musharraf's Out of Control Balochistan Snowball
By Shaheen Sehbai
WASHINGTON, Feb 4: When an all powerful General has to use crutches borrowed from political nobodies, it is the clearest sign that he has no clue where he is headed. Surely, as he predicted, he would not know what hit him.
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Grassroots Democracy Returns to J&K in 27 Years?
By Kanchan Lakshman
NEW DELHI, Feb 4: Though it is still too early to judge the overall impact of the current electoral processes, it is certain that municipal structures would provide for a substantive system to address legitimate local grievances.
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BLA Prepares for Showdown Over Sui Residents
Special SAT Report
SUI, DERA BUGTI, Feb 3: The Army authorities have sent Captain Hammad, the officer accused of raping the PPL Lady doctor at Sui, on forced leave but he will not be arrested soon. Meanwhile BLA is put on Red Alert.
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Political Parties Must Not Bargain With the Army
By Dr Ayesha Siddiqa
WASHINGTON, Jan 28: Bargaining with the military might get a party into power for a brief period, but will achieve nothing more than that. Hence, it is better to stay out and struggle than get into a deal with the military.
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A Larger Strategic View of Balochistan Scenarios
By Forecast Pakistan
LONDON, Jan 20: From India's perspective, an insurgency in Balochistan is designed to frustrate Pakistan's attempts to build a gas pipeline from Iran and threaten India's maritime position through the Gwadar Port.
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