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No trace of Pak soldiers 5 days after avalanche in Siachen

Five days after a huge avalanche buried their camp in high mountains of the Karakoram range, army rescuers are yet to find any trace or bodies of 138 people missing in the calamity, mostly......

China, Pak ink pact to build two highways in PoK

China, which plans to have a rail link with Pakistan through the strategic Karakoram ranges, has signed another agreement with the country for building two highways in the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan......

'Sino-Pak ties not directed against anyone'

Amid concerns voiced by India over China's plans to have a rail link with Pakistan through the Karakoram ranges, Beijing on Thursday said the Sino-Pak 'strategic' partnership was not aimed at......

The message from the India-China media battle

"The Karakoram highway is China's property," said Professor Wang Dehua, director, South Asia Studies at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences when asked about India's recent objection for Chinese......

Siachen trekking to take off

The first-ever group of 42 trekkers to Siachen Glacier will set off for the icy heights in eastern Karakoram on Wednesday as planned, the defence ministry said on Tuesday."There is no move to call......

Chinese firms operating in PoK under scanner

Chinese companies working in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are under the scanner in India and it is looking at whether the same also have links with firms active here, government sources said. "We are......

Deora to visit Pakistan; TAPI pipeline key agenda

Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora will be travelling to Islamabad next week for vital discussions on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline. The meeting would be held on......

Iran pipeline: India's loss may be China's gain

Iran could replace India with China in the $7.4 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project or go ahead with a two-nation Iran-Pakistan pipeline. "How long can we wait for India? It is not......

Pak offers to extend pipeline to China

Stating that Pakistan can serve as a 'hub of economic activity' in the region by developing energy corridors, President Pervez Musharraf has offered to extend the proposed multi-billion-dollar......

Pak offers China 'trade, energy corridor'

Pakistan is keen to act as a transit point for China by giving access to the strategic Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea to tap the Central Asian markets and vast energy sources, visiting President......

People speak for karakoram

QNA

Q. Why China withdrawn from our territory ?Is it due to FEAR ?
Anantharaman: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-china-withdrawn-from-our-territory-is-it-due-to-fear-/25551691/answers/

Q. what is - Saser Muztagh ,currently in the news
Nokister: A. nope,, they made a deal,, they wanted more control over the karakoram pass,, and they got it,, the recent land grab was a farce to do that.. they...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is---saser-muztagh-currently-in-the-news/24669692/answers/25551729

Q. Which hills bound the Deccan Plateau on the east and west? Hindu Kush Karakoram Himalaya Ghats
Sweet Swati: A. The agency said on its website that Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko's snap from the International Space Station, 230 miles above Earth, showed...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-hills-bound-the-deccan-plateau-on-the-east-and-west-hi/22895058/answers/24669729

Q. In a quiet move, Pakistan is handing over de-facto control of the strategic Gilgit-Baltistan region in the Occupied Kashmir to China in an area witnessing a simmering rebellion against Islamabad. mystery surrounds the construction of 22 tunnels in secret locations, where even Pakistanis are barred. Tunnels would be necessary for a projected gas pipeline from Iran to China that would cross the Karakorams through Gilgit.(Ref: http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article600672.ece )Indian diplomacy reactions unknown...?
Aarnika Tiwaari: A. Ghats more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/in-a-quiet-move-pakistan-is-handing-over-de-facto-control-of/22008718/answers/22895060

Web results for Karakoram

Security concerns should dominate Chinese PM visit

The recent intrusion of Chinese forces in Depsang in the Ladakh sector should mark a turn in the entire style and substance of Indian diplomacy in... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/voices/Security-concerns-should-dominate-Chinese-PM-visit/2013/05/19/article1593043.ece

China's sensitive movements

War-mongering is definitely not good diplomacy. So we must be happy that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) troops camping in Depsang Valley... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/332844/china039s-sensitive-movements.html

China scores bloodless victory over India

By Brahma Chellaney In a classic replay of its old game, China intruded stealthily into a strategic border area in Ladakh and then disingenuously... ...

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/guest-writer/ladakh-incursion-china-scores-bloodless-victory-over-india-more-intrusions-may-come/articleshow/20006435.cms

Was the Chinese intrusion really a PLA strike against Xi?

Could some frustrated Chinese generals have decided to teach India a lesson to sink Xi Jinping's world dream, asks Claude Arpi. What has China... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/column-was-the-chinese-intrusion-in-ladakh-a-pla-strike-against-xi/20130513.htm

Khurshid says no retreat by Indian troops after Chinese incursion

Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in an interview explains how the tense standoff over the position of Chinese army camps in Ladakh... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/no-retreat-by-india-over-chinese-troops-incursion-in-ladakh-says-khurshid-772539.html

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