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U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Is it producing desired results?
Dec 2nd
Why Pakistan still needs U.S. assistance
By Jane Harman and and Robert M. Hathaway,Â
Washington Post, December 1, 2011
Pakistan will soon have the fifth-largest population in the world. It already
has the seventh-largest army and is close to overtaking Britain as the
fifth-largest nuclear power. The country’s location, demographic heft, military
might, nuclear weapons capability and links to
Fire menacing Los Alamos lab nears record size
Jul 1st
NEW YORK: Firefighters inside a nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico scrambled on Thursday to clear brush near barrels of plutonium-contaminated waste stored just a few miles from a monster blaze roaring through surrounding forests.
The so-called La…
Pakistan slated to tour India in 2012
Jun 30th
MUMBAI: Pakistan have been pencilled in to tour India for a full series of Test and one-day cricket matches next year, in what would be a breakthrough in relations that were hit by the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The International Cricket Council gove…
Saudi will seek nukes if Iran gets them
Jun 30th
LONDON: Saudi Arabia has warned NATO that it would pursue policies that could lead to “untold and possibly dramatic consequences” if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, a British newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The British newspaper quoted Prince Turki al-…
US asked to vacate Shamshi Airbase: Mukhtar
Jun 29th
RAWALPINDI: Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said Wednesday that Pakistan did not face any threat from its eastern border, a negative impact had been felt in relations with America and Pakistan had asked it to vacate the Shamshi airbase, Geo New…
West propagating against Pak N-arms: AQK
Jun 29th
BERLIN: Nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan has claimed that the fear of Pakistan”s nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is being spread by the west.
In an email interview to German paper Der Spiegel, Dr. Khan said that Pakistan was forced t…
I did not indulge in proliferation and there is no such thing as an “A.Q. Khan Network
Jun 28th
ISLAMABAD: The father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that the nuclear assets of Pakistan are completely safe, well protected by the National Command Authority and are impregnable using various tiers. …
Pakistan’s nuclear capability for peaceful purposes: PM
Jun 27th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that due to severe energy crisis in the country building and operating Nuclear Power Plants is vital to the interest of Pakistan adding that our nuclear …
Foreign Secretary level talks conclude: Dialogue way forward
Jun 24th
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Secretary level talks between Pakistan and Indian have concluded, Geo News reported. The two-day talks focused on peace and security including CBMÂ’s, Jammu and Kashmir and promotion of friendly exchanges. Three sessions of talks…
