DHAVAL DAVE PAKISTAN,JULY 19 Asking Pakistan to hunt down and prosecute more people behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the two coun- tries had agreed to “address the situation with the serious- ness it deserves” and he was returning home “with the conviction that this will be done”. To try and reduce the trust “deficit”, both sides sought to be present a united front against the terror. Pakistan Interior minister Rehman Malik prom- ised a logical end to the 26/11 trial currently under way in his country. And Chidambaram said: “We are both agreed that the outcome will be good for both the countries. No- body is questioning the intentions. We are looking at the outcomes. We are looking at the outcomes. Outcomes alone will decide if we are on the right track.” Addressing the media with Malik at the conclusion of the SAARC Inte- rior Ministers’ Conference, Chidambaram listed the “out- comes” as vigorous investigation and follow up of 26/11 leads, bringing to book the masterminds and the handlers of the attack, and ensuring that the terrorists don’t have a free run. Malik said that the FIA of Pakistan and CBI of India will interact on terror and the 26/11 attacks. Chidambaram did not say whom New Delhi wants to be prosecuted in Pakistan. But Indian authorities had earlier pointed to Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed. “We know that seven people are being prose- cuted in the case. How far the prosecution has pro- gressed is for the Pakistan government to say.” Observing that the trial was adjourned for a week today, Chi- dambaram said: “We think more people behind the at- tacks and more people should be prosecuted. That point has been made to the Pakistani government and as I said, I wish to remain positive on the outcome of the meeting with Rehman Malik.” Rawal, Sampat address a ‘burning need’, pledge to donate skin PAGE1 Rawal, Sampat made the pledge recently SOURABH DAS MUMBAI, JULY 20 As an actor, Paresh Rawal, with his vast repertoire, is a role model for many. Now hi and his wife Swaroop Sampat ae hoping t set an example in the real world, by taking the rere pledge of donating skin. Rawal and Sampat, a for- mer actor, have been closely associ- ated with the National Burns Institute’s skin bank in Mumbai since it was setup a year ago. Brand am- bassadors of the bank, they signed up to donate their skin a few month ago. “Ever since I got t know how easily skin donaton can save the lives of serious burns patients, I have felt strongly about the issue. Since I was already associated with the skin bank, this was the natural progression,” says Rawal. Skin grafting-the process of laying a donor’s skin on a burns patients-has been shown to work wonders in the gravest of injuries. Probe a bit further, the Rawal admits his cause has a per- sonal angle. Rawal saw “A close friend” suffer from a severe burns in- jury. “It was a harrowing experience. The person had 60% burns. Trust me, its excruciating to watch people suffer like that”, he trails off. Sampat, a former the- atere, tv and film actor who now holds a Ph. D in higher education, believes if person like Rawal step forward, they can help remove a big hurdle in the way of medical wonder. “People are simply aware that they ca donate their skins and save mil- lions of lives. There are thousonds of Indians pledging their organs. I’m sure we wil see a lot volunteers if this message is carried to the masses by those they love”, she says. Apart from hoping to changing the mind sets, “In my own small way” Rawal is also plannong to make a series of documentary films, in partnership with the National Burns Institute’s skin bank, to ex- plain the process of skin donayion and its mail fold benefits. The shoot- ing will begin by September. NEWS BRIEFS Child Dead In Bldg Collapse MUMBAI: A four-storeyed building in Kurla’s Qureshi Nagar collapsed on an adjoin- ing chawl lote on Wednesday, killing a six-year-old boy and injuring four others. Locals al- lege the building was originally a ground-floor structure to which four floors had been added illegally. Konkan Railway- Services Affected MUMBAI: Severe rain on Mon- day prevented Konkan railway fron resorting services by July 30. Nine trains were cancelled as the regon recieved 220 mm of rain. Services have been disrupted since July 17. Nepal top court confirms Sobhrj conviction KATHMANDU: The Supereme Court of Nepal confirmed the conviction of Charles Sobhraj by two lower courts, and uheld the life sentence awarded to himfor the murder of a tourist in 1975. ‘1 in 2 Pakistanis think India greatest threat’ WASHINGTON: An opinion poll by Pew Research Centre shows 53% Pakistanis con- sider India the greatest threat, much more than Taliban(23%). Dinakaran transfer- rred to Sikkim High Court NEW DELHI: Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Di- nakaran, facing impeachment over charges of corruption, has been moved to Sikkim HC. FREDDY SINGRAJA KASHMIR The protest wave that gripped the Kashmir Val- ley has abated with the calling in of the army. But public anger against the killing of 15 young Kashmiris, including a 9-year-old boy, isn’t likely to vanish soon. The restora- tion of order has claimed a high price: the army had to be called into Kashmir for crowd control for the first time since the azaadi movement erupted in 1989. The Kashmir crisis has shown not just Chief Minister Omar Abdullah but the Indian state at its worst. Instead of defusing the turmoil by diplomacy and dia- logue, the Home Ministry inflamed the situation with its crude militaristic approach. Absent remedial measures, popular alienation could again generate pervasive unrest and mass insurgency in Kashmir. The recent protests were triggered by the dis- closure in May of the Machil “encounter”, in which an army major had three innocent men killed. He falsely claimed they were terrorists. About the same time, the J&K government admitted, for the first time ever, that the army had forced civilians in North Kashmir into hard labour, night patrolling and other operations, without pay- ing wages. According to independent MLA, Engineer Rashid, the entire male population of 24 villages was con- scripted into “humiliating” forced labour for up to 13 years. The International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-administered Kashmir recently claimed there are 2,700 unmarked graves in North Kashmir, con- taining 2,943 bodies. Public anger at these disclosures erupted into an Intifadah-like movement. Youth pelted stones at police and Central Reserve Police Force troops. These retali- ated by slinging stones, and worse, firing. This was im- permissible: civilised police don’t seek revenge against civilians. Real trouble started on June 11, when the police fired a teargas shell at a 17-year-old stu- dent, Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, from close range, puncturing his skull and killing him. As protests snow- balled, the CRPF became more brutal. On June 13, it beat up a 25 year-old man to death. It vengefully targeted teenagers in Srinagar, So- pore and Baramulla. On July 6, it hit a 17-year-old student in the head with rifle butts. It denied hav- ing arrested him. His body was found the next day. As mosques started belt- ing out azaadi songs on loud- speakers, Abdullah panicked and called in the army, bowing to the home ministry’s pressure. Harsh media censorship was imposed. Even Facebook messages were criminalised as “waging war” against the state. Yet, until July 12, nothing was done to soothe hurt sentiments or inquire into police excesses. Abdullah didn’t mobilise his own MLAs or eminent citizens. He be- latedly called a meeting of mainstream parties. The main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party, boycotted it. Meanwhile, the home ministry accused separatists and the Lashkar-e-Taiba of orchestrating the protests. This was a red herring. The protests may not have all been spontaneous. But they undoubtedly re- flected widespread resentment at state repression. The separatists and the PDP tried to exploit the crisis politi- cally. But they didn’t manufacture it. What triggered it was the CRPF-police brutality and the government’s cynical attempt to cover up its mistakes. Abdullah was holidaying in Gulmarg as the protests gathered momentum. He only took a one-day break. Abdullah is inexperienced in Kashmir politics and impervi- ous to advice. He hasn’t fulfilled his promise to set up elected local bodies (Kashmir has no district-level govern- ment). There’s a yawning divide between the NC-Con- gress alliance and the people. Young protesters have filled the vacuum. The situation has presented the two factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, both in a shambles, an opportunity to revive themselves. However, India’s central government is primarily respon- sible for the deterioration of the Kashmir situation. It’s the centre which has deployed 4 million security personnel in the Valley. It defines the approach to security within which the state government operates. The centre doesn’t comprehend three fundamental reali- ties: widespread disaffection in the Valley; the emergence of a young generation which grew up under militancy and PTI PAKISTAN JULY 19 The India-Pakistan peace process has hit a new low. The latest round of talks held in Islamabad last week at foreign minis- ters' level has only exacerbated the situation, with both countries drifting further apart over the modalities and content of their dialogue. The outcome was not unexpected, though it did disappoint people on both sides of the border. Given the troubled history and complex nature of India-Pakistan relations, even Paul, the octopus, would have predicted this deadlock. At the joint press conference which kept the media and people waiting for several hours, the two foreign ministers pro- duced no surprises. Following their extended "frank and candid" talks, they admitted in no less candid manner that the trust gap which their prime ministers wanted them to bridge was too wide to be bridged. If anything, the grim reality of India- Pakistan relations was at full display at the Is- lamabad meeting and is still echoing in press statements emanating from both capitals. Mistrust and apprehensions on both sides are deep-rooted and will not evaporate simply by their trying to blow out the flames. The trust deficit will not go without the real issues being addressed. India and Pakistan cannot go right into the fire to extinguish it at its source. The crux of the matter is that India remains adamant in its refusal to return to the stalled process of the "composite dialogue" that two countries had started in June 1997 with an agreed eight-item agenda and a structured mechanism. This was the first time in their 50-year history that the two countries had agreed formally on pursuing as a process an integrated and sustained dialogue to address their outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir. The period between 1997 and 1999 saw significant developments in the India-Pakistan peace process in the form of several summit-level meetings between the two countries, on the sidelines of the UN an- nual sessions and other regional and interna- tional conferences. These high-level contacts between India and Pakistan led to the Lahore Summit in February 1999, at which Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Atal Behari Vajpayee signed the historic Lahore Declaration, a gen- uine breakthrough in the history of the two countries. They provided the needed political impetus to the peace process by deciding to "intensify their efforts to resolve all issues, in- cluding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir," through an accelerated process of their "com- posite and integrated dialogue." They also recognised that "an envi- ronment of peace and security" was in the two countries' supreme interest and the reso- lution of all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, was essential for this purpose. This, indeed, was a high-water mark in India-Pakistan bilateral relations. In a sepa- rate MoU, the two countries agreed on a 4 more swine flu deaths in Maharashtra Intentions fine, outcomes key: PC tells Pak Chidambaram giving speech at pakistan press conference OPTIMIST Reviews THE OPTIMIST ENTERTAINMENT P4 ANCHOR Couple hope thier gestures will moti- vate others to help save lives of burns victim Read the review of a master piece novel by HARPER LEE, To Kill A Mocking Bird. Utsa Shah literature critics explains the story of a ‘Whiteman defending a Blackman’ and much more sad and cold strokes of winds in it... “MOVING AND INSPIRING!” --THE NEW YORK TIMES To Sir, With Love is an all time classic schoolroom drama but. as relevant as today’s headlines..... Have a look into it with writer, Rimma Quadrus. The unending gridlock Kashmir: defusing the crisis ROHAN SALVI MUMBAI Four more people succumbed to the deadly Swine flu pandemic in the last 24 hours, with two deaths re- ported in Aurangabad and one each in Kolhapur and Nashik Districts of Maharashtra. In Aurangabad, two swine flu patients died at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). Thirtyfive-year-old Dyneshwar Bankat Kale, a resi- dent of Sav village in Buldhana district, died last night. Another victim, identified as Rambhau Damod- har Ugade (50), hailing from Ambad in Jalna district, was admitted to the special isolation ward of GMCH on Monday night. He succumbed to the disease yes- terday at 0900 hrs, official sources said adding 31 people have so far died due to the disease since April this year. At present, 20 patients were undergoing treatment at isolation ward of GMCH. 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DHAVAL DAVE
PAKISTAN,JULY 19Asking Pakistan to hunt down and prosecute
more people behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Union
Home Minister P Chidambaram today said the two coun-
tries had agreed to “address the situation with the serious-
ness it deserves” and he was returning home “with the
conviction that this will be done”.
To try and reduce the trust “deficit”, both sides
sought to be present a united front against the terror.
Pakistan Interior minister Rehman Malik prom-
ised a logical end to the 26/11 trial currently under way in
his country. And Chidambaram said: “We are both agreed
that the outcome will be good for both the countries. No-
body is questioning the intentions. We are looking at the
outcomes. We are looking at the outcomes. Outcomes
alone will decide if we are on the right track.” Addressing
the media with Malik at the conclusion of the SAARC Inte-
rior Ministers’ Conference, Chidambaram listed the “out-
comes” as vigorous investigation and follow up of 26/11
leads, bringing to book the masterminds and the handlers
of the attack, and ensuring that the terrorists don’t have a
free run.
Malik said that the FIA of Pakistan and CBI of
India will interact on terror and the 26/11 attacks.
Chidambaram did not say whom New Delhi
wants to be prosecuted in Pakistan. But Indian authorities
had earlier pointed to Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz
Saeed.
“We know that seven people are being prose-
cuted in the case. How far the prosecution has pro-
gressed is for the Pakistan government to say.” Observing
that the trial was adjourned for a week today, Chi-
dambaram said: “We think more people behind the at-
tacks and more people should be prosecuted. That point
has been made to the Pakistani government and as I
said, I wish to remain positive on the outcome of the
meeting with Rehman Malik.”
Rawal, Sampat address a ‘burning need’, pledge to donate skin
PAGE1
Rawal, Sampat made the pledge recently
SOURABH DAS
MUMBAI, JULY 20As an actor, Paresh
Rawal, with his vast repertoire, is a
role model for many. Now hi and his
wife Swaroop Sampat ae hoping t
set an example in the real world, by
taking the rere pledge of donating
skin.
Rawal and Sampat, a for-
mer actor, have been closely associ-
ated with the National Burns
Institute’s skin bank in Mumbai since
it was setup a year ago. Brand am-
bassadors of the bank, they signed
up to donate their skin a few month
ago.
“Ever since I got t know
how easily skin donaton can save
the lives of serious burns patients, I
have felt strongly about the issue.
Since I was already associated with
the skin bank, this was the natural
progression,” says Rawal.
Skin grafting-the process
of laying a donor’s skin on a burns
patients-has been shown to work
wonders in the gravest of injuries.
Probe a bit further, the
Rawal admits his cause has a per-
sonal angle. Rawal saw “A close
friend” suffer from a severe burns in-
jury. “It was a harrowing experience.
The person had 60% burns. Trust
me, its excruciating to watch people
suffer like that”, he trails off.
Sampat, a former the-
atere, tv and film actor who now
holds a Ph. D in higher education,
believes if person like Rawal step
forward, they can help remove a big
hurdle in the way of medical wonder.
“People are simply aware that they
ca donate their skins and save mil-
lions of lives. There are thousonds of
Indians pledging their organs. I’m
sure we wil see a lot volunteers if
this message is carried to the
masses by those they love”, she
says.
Apart from hoping to
changing the mind sets, “In my own
small way” Rawal is also plannong to
make a series of documentary films,
in partnership with the National
Burns Institute’s skin bank, to ex-
plain the process of skin donayion
and its mail fold benefits. The shoot-
ing will begin by September.
NEWS BRIEFS
Child Dead In Bldg
CollapseMUMBAI: A four-storeyed
building in Kurla’s Qureshi
Nagar collapsed on an adjoin-
ing chawl lote on Wednesday,
killing a six-year-old boy and
injuring four others. Locals al-
lege the building was originally
a ground-floor structure to
which four floors had been
added illegally.
Konkan Railway-
Services AffectedMUMBAI: Severe rain on Mon-
day prevented Konkan railway
fron resorting services by July
30. Nine trains were cancelled
as the regon recieved 220 mm
of rain. Services have been
disrupted since July 17.
Nepal top court
confirms Sobhrj
convictionKATHMANDU: The Supereme
Court of Nepal confirmed the
conviction of Charles Sobhraj
by two lower courts, and uheld
the life sentence awarded to
himfor the murder of a tourist in
1975.
‘1 in 2 Pakistanis
think India greatest
threat’WASHINGTON: An opinion
poll by Pew Research Centre
shows 53% Pakistanis con-
sider India the greatest threat,
much more than Taliban(23%).
Dinakaran transfer-
rred to Sikkim High
CourtNEW DELHI: Karnataka High
Court Chief Justice P D Di-
nakaran, facing impeachment
over charges of corruption, has
been moved to Sikkim HC.
FREDDY SINGRAJA
KASHMIRThe protest wave that gripped the Kashmir Val-
ley has abated with the calling in of the army. But public
anger against the killing of 15 young Kashmiris, including
a 9-year-old boy, isn’t likely to vanish soon. The restora-
tion of order has claimed a high price: the army had to be
called into Kashmir for crowd control for the first time
since the azaadi movement erupted in 1989.
The Kashmir crisis has shown not just Chief
Minister Omar Abdullah but the Indian state at its worst.
Instead of defusing the turmoil by diplomacy and dia-
logue, the Home Ministry inflamed the situation with its