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HONG KONG — India and Pakistan compete — often angrily, and usually at full volume — in just about everything. Cricket. Nuclear weapons. They dispute a marshy creek that runs between their two countries. And they spend fortunes to bivouac military units on a glacier so high, cold and forbidding that it is sometimes called “the third pole.” That standoff at 22,000 feet has famously been likened to “a struggle of two bald men over a comb.”
Another Indo-Pak competition is the fight against polio, and Indian girls mobile numbers is the hands-down winner. No new cases have been reported in India in more than a year, while Pakistan remains by far the most-afflicted country, with about a third of all cases worldwide last year.
Polio should have been gone by now — the crippling disease is fully preventable with a few drops of inexpensive oral vaccine — and public health experts expected it to have been wiped out a dozen years ago. It almost seems to be a disease from a distant era, like smallpox or bubonic plague.
But Taliban hard-liners have kept vaccination teams from reaching a quarter-million vulnerable Pakistani girls mobile numbers children under 5. In recent weeks gunmen in Karachi girls cell numbers attacked a United Nations doctor and his vaccination team, and saboteurs have harassed teachers and health care workers.
“New polio cases are the lowest they’ve ever been and there are currently just three countries, down from 125 in 1988, where polio is still endemic: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan,” said Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder who has made global polio eradication a focus of the philanthropic foundation that he established with his wife.
“India has defeated polio and Angola has defeated it twice,” Mr. Gates said on Tuesday. “We have never been this close.”
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Mr. Gates is due to speak Thursday at a United Nations gathering to raise funds and awareness for vaccination efforts. The leaders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are scheduled to attend.
Mr. Gates and other polio campaigners have used India’s successes to spur on Pakistan.
“When it comes to polio,” Mr. Gates said, “the Pakistani Girls Mobile Numbers and the Indians want the same thing we all do — a world in which no child ever gets this preventable disease again.”
Earlier this summer, Taliban chiefs in the tribal areas of North and South Waziristan said further vaccinations would be banned until the United States halts drone strikes against Taliban and Qaeda insurgents.
“They know we don’t have any control over drone strikes,” Dr. Bruce Aylward, the polio-eradication chief of the World Health Organization, told my colleague Donald G. McNeil Jr. “And I’ve yet to meet a parent who prefers a paralyzed kid. The Taliban commanders face these same issues — but they have grievances that need to be addressed.”
In July, Declan Walsh of the Times’s bureau in Pakistan wrote:
The Taliban also claimed that the vaccination campaign was a cover for American espionage, and referred to Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor hired by the Central Intelligence Agency to help track Osama bin Laden in early 2011, who had also worked on polio vaccination.
The Pakistani government tried to negotiate with the Taliban to allow vaccinations in the area, without success; health officials now say that as many as 250,000 children will miss out on vaccinations this week.
“There could hardly have been a more stupid venture, and there was bound to be a backlash, especially for polio,” Dr. Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, a vaccine specialist at Aga Khan University in Pakistan, Karachi Girls Mobile Numbers told Donald in reference to the C.I.A. scheme.
“In Pakistan, heroic health workers often have to surmount obstacles, and even risk their lives to reach children who are unprotected,” Mr. Gates said before heading to New York this week. “Vaccine teams are enlisting the support of religious leaders to help counter misperceptions about immunizations and suspicions that they are part of a plot.”
Donald reported that polio vaccinations do have “a long history of controversy among Muslims in many countries.”
“Rumors about polio vaccine abound: that it is a Western plot to sterilize girls, that it is unclean under Islamic law, that it contains the AIDS virus,” he wrote.
“The W.H.O. and the United Nations Fund for Children, which oversee the campaign, have asked Islamic scholars, including top Saudi clerics, to issue fatwas saying the vaccine is safe and should be given.”
It’s the clash everyone waits for. It’s a match-up which is marked out the moment the dates of a tournament involving these two teams are announced. It’s a contest for which tickets sell like hot cakes in any part of the world where they can pronounce ‘cricket’.
On Sunday night, India, cornered into a desperate situation, simply have to win their game against a Pakistan side riding high after securing a come-from-behind win against South Africa. Unless they meet again in the summit clash, both teams may enjoy a different fate from here.
No one understands this better than India skipper MS Dhoni. His team just suffered a royal thrashing at the hands of the marauding Aussies on Friday night. His batsmen were exposed yet again against the vagaries of pace and bounce. He played five bowlers but except Zaheer Khan, all of them were left embarrassed by the murderous opening duo of Watson and Warner. His excuse that the spinners were hampered by a wet ball seems lame.
To multiply Dhoni’s worries, his decision to exclude his most experienced batsman, Virender Sehwag, for the game against the Aussies, is threatening to drown India’s entire campaign here into a big controversy. Many are questioning his reasoning behind leaving a class batsman like Sehwag out of his plans, more so after the way the Indian batting struggled against the Aussie bowlers.
It seems India’s 90-run win over England last Sunday happened a long time ago. To win, Dhoni again has to solve the ‘Sehwag jigsaw’ first. Sehwag, who was dropped against Australia, may not be in a purple patch but numbers favour his case against Pakistan.
The attacking opener has logged 1276 runs, including a triple hundred, in nine Tests at an outstanding average of 91.14 against the arch-rivals. In ODIs, this 33-year-old has been comparatively less successful, having taken 1036 runs off the Pakistani bowlers in 29 games at an average of 35.72. Saeed Ajmal and Co must be silently praying for Viru to be benched again.
Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag at the top give India a terrific chance to take the game away from Pakistan before they realise it. With the in-form Virat Kohli and a bunch of strokeplayers following, Indian Girls Mobile Numbers have a good chance of batting their neighbours out of the game.
It would make sense for India to go in with a spinner less for this match. Medium-pacer L Balaji’s variations should be preferred over Chawla’s leg spin, which is unlikely to cause the Pakistan batsmen, used to playing quality spin, any trouble. Zaheer rediscovering some of his ‘nip’ should give Dhoni some heart, though deep inside, he knows it is the batting which must win him the battle on Sunday night.
Pakistan, on the other hand, look sorted out. They did suffer a batting malfunction against South Africa on Friday but were bailed out by paceman Umar Gul’s heroics. It is unlikely that Hafeez and Co will be rattled in a similar manner by India’s bowlers. It will be interesting to see whether Pakistan play four spinners. India, after all, play spin slightly better than SA!
LAHORE - The Indian government, on Friday, released 46 Pakistani fishermen. Indian authorities handed over the prisoners to Pakistan’s Rangers at the Wahga Border, Rangers’ sources said. The prisoners had been arrested for violating Pakistan’s maritime boundary, the sources added. The Edhi Foundation provided them food and cold drinks at the Wahga Border.
Those who have pressurized President Putin into postponing his Pakistan visit have done no good to the prospects of a peaceful Afghanistan after draw-down of foreign troops. This is a disservice even to a graceful exit for the NATO forces. According to media reports, President Vladimir Putin was to attend the quadrilateral summit of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Russia and Pakistan in Islamabad which was scheduled for the 2nd of October. According to the statement issued by the Foreign Office, the quadrilateral summit has also been deferred and the new date will be announced later. The statement further says that the Russian President has written a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari and expressed his desire to boost economic ties with Pakistan. The letter also expressed hope that both the leaders will hold meetings in future.
Americans and Indians were unhappy from the day Putin had announced his intended trip to Pakistan, first ever after his reelection as the president. His trip could open avenues for repair of Pak-Russia ties after a bitter past of the Cold War era when Pakistan was in American camp and India was Soviet ally. Americans and Indians had their own reasons to be wary of this high profile visit of the Russian leader. American could clearly see that with this trip, there were strong expectations of the four major stakeholders forging an alliance. This could mean that Afghanistan would slip out of American hands, for a longer period of time if not for ever. This could also mean loss of a frontline state that has been ready to serve American interests for any price, even on gratis basis. The only quid pro quo for serving American interests was supply of military hardware. Pakistan had realized a long time ago that this source of supply was drying up and was therefore, looking towards China for military supplies including fighter jets and naval platforms. Pakistan’s further alliance with Russia and supply of Russian hardware would free Pakistan from American clutches which Americans would not allow at any cost.
Indians are doing for the US what Pakistan has so far been doing from the days of Cold War. Additionally, India has always been active to isolate Pakistan internationally and has been jubilant at worsening ties of Pakistan and the US. It had even funded insurgents in restive tribal areas on Pakistani soil to create problems for China. Russian overtures to Pakistan and Pakistan being a part of quadrilateral summit would frustrate Indian designs on Pakistan. It refuses to recognize any role for Pakistan in post-NATO Afghanistan and has invested heavily in reconstruction of Afghanistan to acquire some foothold in that war-ravaged country.
Though India may not be wary of any Russian role in future Afghanistan, by pressuring Putin to postpone his Pakistan visit, India has undermined Russian interests in the region. Some analysts believe that Indians might have managed to frustrate Russian efforts to reach out to Pakistan and Central Asian states at the behest of the US. This is something American could not have done itself. It is believed that they used Indians to exert pressure on Russia. They have achieved twin objectives; keeping Russia away from Afghanistan and Pakistan thus safeguarding American interests and isolating Pakistan from rest of the world. For Americans, it is a good punishment for Pakistan for reaching out to Russia.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani girls mobile numbers and India Friday agreed to encourage two-way investment and to enhance investor confidence on both sides and stressed the need for simplification of its procedures.
Both sides also signed three agreements related to redresal of trade grievances, mutual assistance in custom matters and bilateral cooperation agreement.
This was stated in a joint statement issued here after the 7th round of India-Pakistan talks on commercial and economic cooperation held on September 20-21 here between commerce secretaries of India and Pakistan.
Pakistan side appreciated the recent measures which have been taken by India to remove its earlier restrictions on inbound and outbound investments to Pakistan.
Pakistan side sought clarifications from Indian girls mobile numbers authorities on investment through “Government Route” and its implications for investment by Pakistani investors in India. It was also decided that outreach programs may be held with the business communities on both sides, regarding the new investment opportunities, application procedures and regulatory issues.
The Commerce Secretaries of both the countries appreciated that better trading opportunities provided through land route would enhance mutual prosperity of the business communities and consumers of both sides of the border.
They however, noted that there is need to further strengthen infrastructure on both sides. They directed the customs and the port authorities to resolve all the issues through mutual cooperation, harmonization of customs procedures, provision of laboratory facilities, scanners, weigh bridges, cold houses, containerized services and automation of the business processes.
For this purpose, they said that meetings of the Customs Liason Border Committee would be held on monthly basis. The CLBC would also explore the possibilities of organizing meetings between the relevant importers and exporters at Wagah-Attari border. It was decided that this Land Customs Station would operate seven days a week.
According to the joint statement, the need for more trade traffic to be carried through the Railways was emphasized and for this purpose, it was agreed that the Railway Ministries would hold joint coordination meetings on a monthly basis, at the appropriate levels. Issues on availability of sufficient number of rakes for interchange was also highlighted by the Pakistan Railways. It was noted that the earlier agreed provision of 3-4 interchanges a day has not been adhered to due to current trade patterns.
A viable solution is to allow High Capacity Wagons (HCW) from Pakistan which carry three times more load than the regular wagons.
The Indian girls mobile numbers for friendship Railways agreed that specifications already provided by the Pakistani girls mobile numbers Railways for HCW would be examined and conveyed accordingly within two months.
On exploring the possibilities of opening new land routes for trade, Pakistani girls mobile numbers side informed that a working group on Munabhao- Khokhrapar has been constituted. Indian side has already conveyed constitution of working group. It was agreed that meeting of the JWG on Munabhao-Khokhrapar would be held in 4th week of October, 2012 at New Delhi.
Both sides appreciated the recent signing (September, 2012) of the new liberalized bilateral visa regime.  This fulfill a long pending demand of the business communities of both sides to ensure a better enabling environment for bilateral trade. On the issues relating to removal of Non-Tariff Barriers, Secretary Commerce Pakistan highlighted that certifications/ licensing/ lab testing/ are not the only NTBs but issues like delays in customs clearance, non availability of railway wagons for cargo transport, absence of direct flights or any problem which delays the clearance of goods with no end results or change, faced by importer/exporter is an NTB.
He reiterated that concrete solutions of all such issues are crucial for ensuring market access in the Indian markets for Pakistani exporters.
Commerce Secretary India while noting the views expressed by Commerce Secretary Pakistani girls mobile numbers, emphasized the need for elimination of such NTBs on both sides. Both sides expressed satisfaction on signing of the three agreements i.e. Redressal of trade grievances agreement, Mutual Recognition Agreement and Customs Cooperation Agreement and directed the relevant authorities to frame rules and procedures to fully implement these agreements.
These agreements are expected to substantially facilitate bilateral trade mechanisms. It was agreed that on the same pattern as Mutual Recognition Agreement between BIS and PSQCA, another agreement between Export Inspection Council of India (EIC) and PSQCA will be signed. Both sides have already exchanged the draft texts and it was agreed to complete the internal approvals before the next meeting of the Commerce Secretaries.
The JWG on Customs Matters has held one meeting in August 2011. In order to frame rules and procedures to implement the two agreements signed between the Customs Authorities, it was agreed that JWG on Customs would meet in the following month either at Karachi or Mumbai.
It was reiterated that the road map drawn in the earlier Ministerial meetings, for liberalized and preferential trade regimes would be scrupulously adhered to.
Pakistan side informed that summary for removal of restrictions on trade through land route has been moved to the Cabinet and assured that decision to this effect is expected to be notified before end of October, 2012.
The Pakistan side expressed appreciation of the steps taken by India to reduce its SAFTA sensitive list by 30% from 878 tariff lines to 614 tariff lines as agreed earlier during the 6th Round of Talks.
The Indian side explained that out of 264 tariff lines which have been removed from India’s girls mobile numbers SAFTA sensitive list, 155 tariff lines pertain to agricultural commodities and 106 tariff lines relate to textile items.
To further deepen the preferential arrangements under SAFTA and to provide level playing field to Pakistani exporters in comparison to concessions allowed by India under SAFTA to rest of the countries in the SAARC region, both sides developed a long term plan. It was noted that Pakistan now has a total of 936 tariff lines at 6 digit under its SAFTA Sensitive List, as against 614 tariff lines at 6 digit of India.
It was agreed that after Pakistan has notified its removal of all restrictions on trade by Wagah-Attari land route, the Indian side would bring down its SAFTA sensitive list by 30% before December, 2012 keeping in view Pakistan’s export interests.
Pakistan would transition fully to MFN (non discriminatory) status for India by December 2012 as agreed earlier. India would thereafter bring down its SAFTA Sensitive List to 100 tariff lines at 6 digit level by April, 2013.
As India notifies the reduced Sensitive List, Pakistani girls mobile numbers, after seeking approval of the Cabinet, will also simultaneously notify its dates of transition to bring down its SAFTA sensitive list to a maximum of 100 tariff lines at 6 digit level within next 5 years.
The reductions shall be notified by Pakistan in equal measure for each year so as to complete reduction to 100 lines before end of 2017.  Thus, before the end of 2017, both India and Pakistan would have no more than 100 (6 digit) tariff lines in their respective SAFTA sensitive lists. Before the end of year 2020, except for this small number of tariff lines under respective SAFTA sensitive lists, the peak tariff rate for all other tariff lines  would not be more than 5%.
The Commerce Secretaries also reviewed the progress on other issues such as enhanced trade for petroleum products, trade in power and reciprocal opening of Bank branches.  Based on this review, the Commerce Secretaries exhorted the relevant stakeholders on both sides to speed up the mutual consultations so that concrete progress is achieved within the next six months.
During this review, Indian side informed its willingness to consider export of gas up to 5 million cubic metres per day, for an initial period of five years.
Pakistan side informed that India’s offer has been received and is under active consideration. BHEL (an Indian girls mobile numbers PSU) made an offer to cooperate with the Pakistan side in setting up 500 – 2000 MW capacity in coal/hydro or Gas power plants, as per their requirements.
Indian side indicated its willingness to cooperate with Pakistan in areas of wind and solar energy. Indian side also made an offer for meeting the requirements of Pakistan Railways for up to 100 locomotives.
Pakistan side emphasized the importance of taking SMEs along in this trade normalization process.  It highlighted that sectors like surgical instruments, cutlery, fans, leather and marble products have a huge potential for trade. It was agreed that an institutional mechanism would be constituted to work out exhibitions of these products in India.
Sharing of technology, skill development, training and collaboration in development of designs would also be encouraged.
Cooperation in the manufacturing activities of the Gems and Jewellery sector would be actively encouraged.
As a part of this round of talks, representatives of the Civil Aviation Authorities of both the countries undertook discussions to ensure better air connectivity between New Delhi and Islamabad.
It was noted that against an average of about 23 flights per week between New Delhi and other important national capitals of the SAARC countries, there is as yet no direct air connectivity between New Delhi and Islamabad.
It was agreed that a Joint Working Group (JWG) would be formed before 15th November 2012, which would work out a more liberalized regime of reciprocal bilateral rights for commercial flights, to ensure economic viability of this air route. This JWG would also explore mechanisms for more efficient courier services.
The two sides noted with satisfaction the business-to-business contact which is steadily growing between both countries.  Chambers of Commerce on either side have been supporting business delegations and trade issues in each other’s countries.
This process would be supported and facilitated by the Commerce Ministries of both the countries, with the active support of the TDAP and ITPO. The Secretaries directed the two organizations to provide better guidance to chambers and business people on customs procedures, import regulations and how to organize exhibitions.
The Commerce Secretaries also noted the decision that was taken by the Commerce Ministers to form a Joint Business Council (JBC) as an additional institutional framework for regular and sustained dialogue between the business communities.  Both sides agreed to exchange names of 10 prominent business persons from each country for this JBC within a month.  The endeavour would be to have a first meeting of this JBC before December 2012 and its recommendations would be duly considered for taking forward the ongoing trade and investment dialogue.  The JBC would, inter-alia, also explore measures for increasing other related activities between the people of both countries.
Preliminary discussions were also held on possibilities of better telecommunication linkages keeping in view the requirements of business communities on both sides for international roaming facilities. It was agreed that separate sub-groups on either side would take forward this dialogue. Commerce Secretaries would review thereafter.
Both sides also reviewed the earlier discussed possibilities of greater trade cooperation in sectors of agriculture and information technology.  Relevant stake-holders would be encouraged to take forward economic cooperation in these areas. Cooperation for increasing cotton yield in Pakistan through trials of suitable Bt cotton seeds, would be given more focused attention
It was decided that the 8th round of talks would be scheduled to take place in India in April 2013. In the meantime co chairs of the JWG on economic and commercial cooperation, Joint Secretaries of Commerce, India and Pakistan would meet in December, 2012 at Islamabad. (APP)