The Washington Post said the deliberate act of proliferation was part of a secret nuclear deal struck in 1976 between Chinese leader Mao Zedong and Pakistan's then Prime Minister Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto.
A Pakistani court on Tuesday directed the federal government to provide medical care and other facilities to disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan after he complained that authorities had placed a 'ban on water and medical supplies' to him under the garb of a court order.
The continuing and sustained terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including the recent attack on its army headquarters, and the past record of the nuclear black market operated by the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb A Q Khan, are certainly cause for concern and remain so, but that country's nuclear arsenal is secure, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said
The company's total income stood at Rs 5,821 crore, showing an over six per cent rise, at the end of the September quarter of the current fiscal.
Force India driver Adrian Sutil will start 11th, while his team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi will be nine places behind him when Italian Grand Prix gets underway in Monza on Sunday.
The United States has asked Pakistan to first take necessary steps to address the non-proliferation concerns of the international community, especially on rogue scientist A Q Khan's clandestine network, as a basis for consideration of a request for a civilian nuclear deal.
China, one of the five recognised nuclear powers, on Tuesday said it has never engaged in proliferation, days after Pakistan's disgraced scientist A Q Khan claimed his country had helped it in enrichment technology in return for atomic bomb blue-prints.
As Pakistan remained mum on disgraced scientist A Q Khan disclosing the government and army hand in nuclear proliferation, its High Commissioner to UK said on former premier Benazir Bhutto never "indulged in that sort ofthing." Wajid Shamsul Hasan also said the publication of Khan's letter in this regard in a British daily was timed to "embarass" President Asif Ali Zardari who is visiting the US.
Airline says can't discuss dues publicly, denies grounding of planes
'In 1999, Gen Musharraf sent me along with Gen Iftikhar, who was the then chief of Air Defense Command. We were fighting India at Kargil, and we were in dire need of anti-aircraft missiles. Musharraf said we could purchase the missiles from North Korea. We went to North Korea and purchased 200 missiles from them.'
'The credit (for the nuclear bomb) goes to me and my team because it was a very difficult task, which was next to impossible. But given the US and European pressure on our programme, it is true that had the Afghan war not taken place at that time, we would not have been able to make the bomb as early as we did,' Khan told the Aaj News Television.
Formula One world champion Jenson Button will start next season with a more aggressively designed McLaren than the one Lewis Hamilton struggled with for much of this year.
"The government reserves the right to file an appeal against the High Court's decision," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told media-persons on the sidelines of an international security conference in Munich on Sunday.
The report by security expert Andrew Cockburn also says that the US ignored disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan's proliferation activities in the 1990s.
An American newspaper columnist has proposed a $100 billion buyout of Pakistan's nuclear arsenals, saying these weapons had become "an inviting target" for Jehadists."
Alleging that Khan is a "loose nuke scientist with proven ability to sell the worst weapons to the worst people", Congressman Jane Harman said on Thursday on the House floor that his legislation in this regard provides a path for the Zardari government to do the right thing.
The United States has voiced scepticism over Pakistan's claim of having put some "restrictions" on disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan after his release from a five-year house arrest, saying it will closely monitor the situation. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, a US official was quoted as saying indicating Washington's disapproval of the release of Khan who is accused of running a clandestine nuclear proliferation ring.
The rogue scientist, who confessed to having passed on nuclear know how to Iran, North Korea and Libya is not being given access to visitors and has to notify the government 48 hours in advance before leaving Islamabad. Sources close to Khan told the Dawn newspaper that a few people met the scientist after the Islamabad High Court declared him a 'free citizen' last week, but no one was allowed to enter his residence on Monday.
"The government is strong and the armed forces can tackle everyone," he said outside his heavily-guarded home while interacting with the media for the first time after the restrictions imposed on him were eased. Khan stated this when asked if he had any advice for coping with possible threats from India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
'I am the chief minister of Gujarat, and I believe I will not be removed as CM,' Narendra Modi told rediff editors in an exclusive interview.
The president is also of the view that the Gwadar port project in Balochistan will be affected if he leaves the scene and consequently, Pakistan's "time-tested relations with China could suffer a setback", official sources told the Dawn newspaper. Musharraf also believes that in his absence, no leader or party will be "able to maintain cordial relations with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement," they said.
'We have not done anything different than these six nuclear powers of today did, to attain nuclear capabilities. Why then we are being discriminated, when we bought all the supplies from these western companies and followed the same strategy to achieve the same nuclear capability like these six nuclear nations,' he asked during an interview with The News.
Disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of a nuclear war with India, accusing the West of projecting the two countries as 'irresponsible'."It's all western propaganda to put blame on us and to put blame on India and to project us as irresponsible countries. I never believe that in future there will be any war between the two countries," he said.
Former captain Kevin Pietersen is not expecting England to reach the semi-finals at the World Twenty20 in India. England have reached the final four at the Twenty20 showcase just once and that was back in 2010 when Pietersen helped them claim the trophy in the West Indies. Despite mixed results in Twenty20 internationals of late - England lost a recent series 2-0 to South Africa - a lot is expected of Eoin Morgan's men on the sub-continent as they attempt to make up for their embarrassing early exit at the World Cup in Australia in 2015 when they failed to make the knockout stages of the 50-over tournament after losing their decider against Bangladesh. But Pietersen is unsure whether England will be able to match their exploits from 2010 and has earmarked four other countries as the teams to beat in India. Speaking in a Q&A with the Telegraph newspaper, Pietersen declared India, the West Indies, South Africa and Australia as the top four teams at the World Twenty20. He also said that Morgan would have to fire if England were to go deep into the tournament. "I think England's game changer at the World Cup has to be Eoin Morgan," Pietersen said.
Senior US officials helped Pakistan steal atomic weapons secrets through Turkish agents in exchange for money and other benefits, with ISI passing on the sensitive information to the now disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan, a media report claimed in London said.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has demanded from the US a nuclear deal similar to the one Washington has made with India, assuring that the nuclear proliferation network of its scientist A Q Khan was broken and will not be repeated.
Pakistan's disgraced atomic scientist A Q Khan, under house arrest for the past four years after admitting to proliferating nuclear technology, has said that he is under 'illegal detention' and hopes that the new government will soon lift restrictions on his movement.
The Olympic torch passed through Tibet's capital Lhasa on Saturday for a one-day stop China hopes will showcase a calm city firmly back in the national fold three months after anti-Chinese protests in the remote region.
The prime focus of the hearing is to review the findings of International Institute for Strategic Studies about the Khan cartel
Taking on the Congress over the Rafale deal, the defence minister asserted that 'there is something different between defence deal and deal in defence.'
An independent nonproliferation expert has said that 'at least some parts of the network are definitely still functioning'.
The president said Syria did not know if it was an Israeli trap and refused the offer.
He was asked whether there are terrorist organisations that now have the capability of detonating a nuclear device in the United States.
Putting at rest the controversy over issuance of new telecom licenses on 575 applications, the government on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that these would be issued as per the existing policy which does not put any restriction on the number of operators.
Modi will get the maximum chunk of the session time.
'The majority of Indian Muslims abroad -- like their counterparts in India -- have kept a distance from extremist and jihadi activities.'
Moon Jae-in's visit will play a crucial role in exploring complementarities between India's Act East policy and South Korea's New Southern policy, says Dr Rahul Mishra.
A noted American scholar in New York says that it is time for the United States to shift its policy from backing the (Pervez) Musharraf regime in Pakistan to supporting democracy in that country.
Musharraf's statement backs US claims on N Korea's nuke plans
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