Let anti-Americanism is rapidly growing greatly not only among Pakistan army but also each and every Pakistani citizen. Our rulers are paying no attention to the looming clouds of enemy planning. The interior minister is behaving like an office boy for the enemy. After the Abbotabad operation, there was an in-camera briefing. Air-Force officials said [...]
The Non-Proliferation Treaty’s (NPT) Review Conference has once again brought to the fore the differing perspectives on the Treaty, its Articles dealing with non-proliferation as well as nuclear disarmament, and the duality of approach adopted by states like the US on the overall issue of proliferation and disarmament. This time around no one has exposed [...]
During the ‘Tehran Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation’, Iran did a splendid job by citing the Supreme Leader’s edict that use of WMD’s, including nuclear weapons, is forbidden by Islam. In the course of conference, references were also cited from the Old Testament to prove that nuclear weapons were not acceptable in the major religions. [...]
Well wishers of a genuine nuclear disarmament regime are enthused about the ‘International Disarmament Conference’ being hosted by Islamic Republic of Iran. As a peaceful nation, Iran was first to float the idea of making the Middle East a nuclear weapons-free zone in the mid seventies. During the UN General Assembly meetings of 2005, 2007, [...]
These days nuclear matters are on the centre stage of international affairs. America’s ‘Nuclear Posture Review’ (NPR) and signing of ‘Nuclear Arms Treaty’ between USA and Russia had set the wheel in motion for the far more trickier event of ‘Nuclear Security Summit’ (NSS), where around forty seven states are deliberating the measures to strengthen [...]
PAK-US relations have all along followed a roller coaster profile. Presently, these are enduring a snowballing mistrust. Both sides realize that their bilateral relations as well as associated multilateral interactions are mutually beneficial. It is in this backdrop that droves of American visitors keep landing in Islamabad. When some of them go back and testify [...]
The United Arab Emirates’ plan to become the first Arab country to operate a nuclear power plant is a step closer to fruition with the announcement in December 2009 that it had selected a Korean consortium to build four nuclear-power reactors. Though other Gulf States have in recent years declared their intention to explore nuclear [...]
Last week Iran and USA held direct talks on nuclear issue that is engulfing the region already unstable due to some extent. The proximity of Iran with Iraq and Afghanistan, two countries that are already under attack makes this development extremely important. Any development which destabilizes Iran will further destabilize this region in general and [...]
Lal Jawahar Nehru at the time of Independence had envisioned Indian Navy operating with at least three air craft carriers to achieve its strategic interests in Indian Ocean. Whosoever succeeded him as the prime minister, irrespective of his political affiliations, pursued Nehru’s vision and worked towards acquisition of air craft carriers for Indian Navy. To [...]
