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  • Shaukat Aziz's Visit to China
    .    ·   03 Jan, 2005    ·    #1605    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since the first high-level contact between Pakistani and Chinese Prime Ministers Mohammad Ali Bogra and Zhou En-Lai at the Bandung Afro-Asian Conference in 1955, the two countries have formed ties that have been consistently friendly. Earlier, ...
  • Pakistan's Nuclear Safety Bill
    Garima Singh.    ·   29 Oct, 2004    ·    #1548    ·    Commentary    
    The National Assembly in Pakistan passed a new legislation in September calling for the tightening of the export of nuclear and biological weapons technology and missile delivery systems. The legislation titled "Export Control on Goods, Techno ...
  • Disarming Development
    .    ·   08 Sep, 2004    ·    #1489    ·    Commentary    
    Since separation in 1971, Bangladesh and Pakistan have pursued different strategies for development, which in turn have had not only differing results for development but also for the security issues each nation has faced. Bangladesh has generally ...
  • The Prospects of Pakistan-India Relations
    .    ·   28 Aug, 2004    ·    #1479    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan is a peace loving country; its foreign policy is directed by its desire to live in peace through friendly relations with its neighbours, especially with India, maintaining Islamic identity and promoting regional peace and cooperation. ...
  • Suicide Attack on Shaukat Aziz: Some Preliminary Questions
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1454    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 July 2004, a suicide bomb attack was carried out against Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's Finance Minister and Prime Minister-in-waiting. The attack occurred when Aziz was finishing his election campaign in Jabbar, a village ten kilometers ...
  • Pakistan Two-Times the United States in the War Against Terror
    .    ·   17 Jul, 2004    ·    #1437    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan post-9/11 stands extolled generously by the United States as a steadfast ally in America’s global war on terrorism. But Pakistan’s record in terms of implementation of the campaign against al Qaeda and the Taliban indicat ...
  • Shaping Nuclear Confidence
    Reshmi Kazi.    ·   07 Jul, 2004    ·    #1429    ·    Commentary    
    India and Pakistan got involved in a broad-based engagement on 19-20 June 2004 for evolving nuclear CBMs aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear confrontation. Tariq Osman Haider, Pakistan’s additional secretary in the Foreign Office, hea ...
  • Military Operation in South Waziristan: International Dimensions and Fallout (Part IV)
    .    ·   07 Jul, 2004    ·    #1425    ·    Commentary    
    The commander of the American coalition forces in Afghanistan David Barno has sent messages of felicitation to the authorities in Pakistan after the killing of Nek Mohammad who had emerged as the supreme leader of tribal militants. Even durin ...
  • Military Operation in South Waziristan: Internal Dimensions (Part III)
    .    ·   07 Jul, 2004    ·    #1424    ·    Commentary    
    Saner elements among the authorities and a huge constituency of peace-loving tribals  and other citizens of Pakistan kept their fingers cross for the sustainability and durability of the Shakai agreement (24 April-11 June 2004) which wou ...
  • Common Nuclear Doctrine for India Pakistan and China
    .    ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1413    ·    Commentary    
    With the change of guard at New Delhi, new policy pronouncements are the order of the day. Ministers in charge of various departments, soon after taking over, have also announced their priorities. The focus however, remained on the foreign, ...
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