South Asian Newsline Update

SAN-EPISODE # 2836 DATED 26 NOVEMBER 2008 WELCOME TO SOUTH ASIA NEWS LINE. I AM ARJUN CHAUDHURI WITH THE DAY’S NEWS….. THE TOP STORIES … HEADLINES PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES IN NEW DELHI…. REITERATES RESOLVE TO IMPROVE BILATERAL TIES 500,000 INDIAN TEXTILE WORKERS MAY LOSE JOBS IN THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS AND……CYCLONE NISHA TO HIT SOUTHERN COAST OF INDIA TONIGHT… THOUSANDS EVACUATED PTC 1: NOW THE NEWS IN DETAIL…… NEW DELHI AND ISLAMABAD ARE SEEKING TO ADVANCE THEIR FOUR YEAR OLD PEACE PROCESS AS PAKISTAN FOREIGN MINISTER SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI HOLD TALKS WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART PRANAB MUKHERJEE IN NEW DELHI. VO1: Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi and Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee held discussions on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues including Kashmir. Earlier, on arriving in the capital, Qureshi said his visit will help bridge the trust deficit that exists between the two nations and aimed for more “confidence-building measures,” through sports and greater people to people contacts. UPSOUND/ SHAH MEHMOOD QURESHI Foreign Minister, Pakistan TRANSCRIPTION: We are here to build bridges, am here with the positive note. Indian (Cricket) Team is welcome to Pakistan, Indian are welcome to Pakistan, our doors are open and we want more people to people contact to enhance. VO3: The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors have been seeking to improve ties since 2004, after they came close to fighting a fourth war the previous year. This is the first high-level meeting between the two sides since September this year when India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Asif Ali Zardari met each other on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. PTC 2: BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE TO INDIA, QURESHI ALSO MET BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID MILIBAND IN ISLAMABAD. MILIBAND WHO ARRIVED FROM AFGHANISTAN WELCOMED THE "REFORMING ZEAL" OF PAKISTAN'S CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AND SAID IT WAS TURNING THE COUNTRY INTO AN OUTWARD-L...