July 3, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia

[Pritam Rohila]

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July 3, 2009: Peace & Harmony News from S. Asia
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IN THIS ISSUE

*Poll: Pakistanis view Taliban as threat to country, Ryan Lucas, AP,
July 1, 2009
*Pak, India diplomats to meet on 14th THE HINDU | July 02, 2009
*Pak hands over list of Indian prisoners DAILY TIMES | July 02, 2009
*Bhutanese PM meets Manmohan in Delhi LITTLE ABOUT | July 02, 2009
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*Poll: Pakistanis view Taliban as threat to country, Ryan Lucas, AP,
July 1, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_poll

ISLAMABAD – More than 80 percent of Pakistanis view the Taliban and al-
Qaida as a critical threat to the country, an opinion poll released
Wednesday said, marking a turn in public opinion that stands to
bolster the army's ongoing offensive against militants close to the
Afghan border.…The military says the recent shift in opinion has made
its job easier. Residents in areas affected by offensives have become
more cooperative, sharing information on militant positions, army
officials have said. And in some spots, such as the Dir region, local
tribesmen have launched their own militias to root out insurgents.

*Pak, India diplomats to meet on 14th THE HINDU | July 02, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=591289&category=frontend&Country=main&pro=0

NEW DELHI: With the two sides failing to agree on a common date or
venue, the much-vaunted ‘preparatory’ meeting on terrorism between the
Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will now take place during
the NAM summit later this month, only hours before the proposed
interaction between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani
counterpart that it was meant to precede.

*Pak hands over list of Indian prisoners DAILY TIMES | July 02, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=591293&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan handed over on Wednesday a list of Indian
prisoners in Pakistani prisons to the Indian government through the
Indian High Commission here. The two sides are supposed to exchange
lists of each other’s nationals in their custody twice a year, as per
the May 2008 consular access agreement aimed at facilitating early
release of these prisoners…

*Bhutanese PM meets Manmohan in Delhi LITTLE ABOUT | July 02, 2009
http://www.southasianmedia.net/index_story.cfm?id=591366&category=Frontend&Country=MAIN

NEW DELHI: Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley held meeting with
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday evening at Hyderabad House
here. Both the leaders believed to have discussed about ways and means
to take the bilateral relations to new heights. The focus of
discussions was to look for ways and means to strengthen special
bilateral relations…