Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
2002 Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- PAKISTAN/INDIA IRNA 30 Dec 2002 -- Pakistan was ready to use nuclear weapon against India, says
- PAKISTAN/POLITICS VOA 30 Dec 2002 -- Pakistan's newly elected prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali has won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament
- YEARENDER: PAKISTAN POLITICS VOA 26 Dec 2002 -- As Pakistan became more closely allied with the United States in the war on terrorism, it found itself facing attacks at home. At the same time, the military government of President General Pervez Musharraf has encountered mounting criticism for not giving up control to a civilian administration.
- PAKISTAN/CHURCH ATTACK VOA 26 Dec 2002-- Police in Pakistan have detained three Islamic militants in connection with a deadly Christmas day attack on a church
- PAKISTAN / IRAN PRESIDENT VOA 23 Dec 2002 -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has arrived in Pakistan on a three day official visit focusing on regional security issues. The two countries hope to improve relations after years of tension over the issue of Afghanistan
- PAKISTAN / IRAN PRESIDENT VOA 23 Dec 2002-- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami arrives (has arrived) in Pakistan on a three day official visit focusing on regional security issues
- PAKISTAN/U-S VOA 17 Dec 2002-- A senior U-S official says Washington is satisfied with Pakistan's efforts to counter terrorism in the region
- PAKISTAN / U-S VOA 16 Dec 2002-- A top U-S diplomat is in Pakistan holding talks on bilateral and regional issues with officials of the newly elected government
- PAKISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY VOA 16 Dec 2002-- Pakistan's newly elected government says there will no change in the policy of supporting U-S led anti-terrorism efforts in the region
- PAKISTAN / AFGHAN / REFUGEES VOA 10 Dec 2002 -- Hundreds of Afghan refugees have demonstrated outside the United Nations office in Islamabad against human rights abuses in Afghanistan. The protest comes as the Afghan minister for refugees arrived in Islamabad to discuss repatriating Afghans living in Pakistan
- PAKISTAN/ SAARC VOA 09 Dec 2002-- Pakistan has postponed a meeting of South Asian leaders scheduled for next month in Islamabad
- PAKISTAN / U-S VOA 04 Dec 2002 -- An advisor to President Bush has held talks with leaders in Pakistan. This is Washington's first high-level contact with Pakistan's new civilian government, elected in October
- PAKISTAN/POLITICS VOA 27 Nov 2002 -- Pakistan's return to democracy last week climaxed with Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali becoming the country's 16th elected prime minister. But Mr. Jamali will be walking a tight rope. He has a very thin majority and faces strong opposition in the parliament on the one hand and a strong president on the other
- U-S / Pakistan / North Korea VOA 26 Nov 2002 -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says he has told Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf there would be "consequences" if the United States finds that Pakistan is helping North Korea's nuclear program. Pakistan has denied recurring reports of such cooperation with Pyongyang
- ENDANGERED PAKISTAN VOA 25 Nov 2002 -- Analysts warn a U-S war with Iraq could have unforeseen consequences in the region. One possibility is an angry popular explosion in Pakistan that might jeopardize President Musharraf's rule and his U-S alliance. How serious is this threat and what is the potential for terrorism in the country?
- PAKISTAN/POLITICS VOA 23 Nov 2002 -- Pakistan is again to be run by an elected civilian government after three years under military rule, as the recently-elected Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, is sworn into office today (Saturday). The General who led the military coup will be watching over the new government's shoulders
- PAKISTAN/JAMALI PROFILE VOA 22 Nov 2002-- Pakistan has a new prime minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali,who is seen by some as a pro-military politician unlikely to challenge the military ruler, President Pervez Musharraf.
- PAKISTAN/POLITICS VOA 21 Nov 2002 -- Pakistan's National Assembly has elected Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali as the country's first civilian prime minister since the 1999 military coup
- PAKISTAN POLITICS VOA 19 Nov 2002 -- Legislators in Pakistan have selected a speaker for the National Assembly. But efforts to put together a coalition to form the government have so far failed, more than a month after national elections
- Transcript: Bush Administration Working for Major Debt Cancellation for Pakistan
Washington File 19 Nov 2002 -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the Bush administration is working to have $1 billion in Pakistani debts cancelled, as Pakistan and the United States work for closer cooperation in trade, investment, and anti-money laundering
- PAKISTAN / POLITICS VOA 16 Nov 2002 -- Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has been sworn in for a new five-year term as president. Shortly after the swearing-in ceremony, the newly-elected National Assembly held its inaugural session, beginning the process of an eventual return to democratic rule
- PAKISTAN / POLITICS VOA 05 Nov 2002-- More than three weeks after national elections in Pakistan, it is still not clear which parties will form a coalition government.
- PAKISTAN / COMMONWEALTH VOA 01 Nov 2002-- Pakistan remains suspended from full membership in the 54-nation Commonwealth following a ministerial meeting today (Friday) in London. An eight-member team of Commonwealth foreign ministers has concluded Pakistan needs to make more progress toward restoring democracy
- PAKISTAN/INDIA TROOPS VOA 17 Oct 2002-- Pakistan says it will withdraw its forces from its border with rival India. The announcement comes a day after India made a similar pledge
- PAKISTAN/ELECTIONS/E-U VOA 12 Oct 2002-- European Union observers say Pakistan's government interfered in the election process, leading to "serious flaws." The government denies the allegations. Thursday's elections for the national assembly and four provincial assemblies were the first since the military seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.
- PAKISTAN ANALYSIS VOA 12 Oct 2002-- Pakistan is headed for a deadlocked parliament following the just-completed general elections. For the first time, no single party was able to secure an outright majority. From Islamabad
- PAKISTAN ELECTIONS VOA 11 Oct 2002-- In Pakistan, ballot counting continues, following Thursday's general election. The polls were the first since a bloodless military coup three years ago swept away civilian government
- PAKISTAN ELECTIONS VOA 10 Oct 2002-- At least three people were killed and several dozen injured in election-related violence as voters in Pakistan chose national and provincial assembly members.
- PAKISTAN ELECTION MOOD VOA 09 Oct 2002-- In Pakistan, parliamentary elections are set for Thursday - the first since the military seized power in 1999. Voters, however, say they care little about the election, and critics accuse the government of widespread poll rigging to ensure victory for parties that support President Pervez Musharraf
- PAKISTAN MISSILE VOA 08 Oct. 2002-- Pakistan says it has successfully carried out the second test in
less than a week of its medium-range surface-to-surface missile
- PAKISTAN MISSILE VOA 04 Oct 2002-- Pakistan says it has successfully test fired a new medium-range surface-to-surface missile of the Hataf series. India's response to the news was mild, with New Delhi saying that the test appeared to be intended to influence Pakistan's general election next week
- PAKISTAN/U-S DEFENSE VOA 25 Sept 2002-- A high-level American delegation is in Pakistan to renew defense cooperation for the first time in five-years. The United States broke off such ties after Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998
- PAKISTAN ARRESTS VOA 28 Aug 2002 -- Authorities in Pakistan are said to have arrested 12-members of an outlawed Islamic organization linked to the al-Qaida terror network.
- Armitage Holds "Very Full Discussion" With Musharraf Washington File 26 Aug 2002-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage described his mission to
Pakistan as "broad," and as one that "encompasses the full range" of
U.S. – Pakistani relations.
- PAKISTAN/ARMITAGE VOA 24 Aug 2002-- A top U-S diplomat says tensions between India and Pakistan have eased somewhat since his last visit in June. However, the two South Asian nations remain in a military standoff over the disputed region of Kashmir, with nearly a million troops deployed along their border
- Indians suffer heavy casualties in attack on Pakistani Post Associated Press of Pakistan 23 Aug 2002 -- Pakistan Friday termed the use of Indian air force in an attack on its post in Northern Kashmir as "highly escalatory" and said Pakistani Army successfully defended the post causing heavy casualties to the enemy. (...) " Unable to make any headway, despite losing dozens of personnel, the Indians in their frustration resorted to a highly escalatory act by bombing the area using the Indian Air Force," he said.
- PAKISTAN / TERRORISM VOA 14 Aug 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to intensify efforts to crush Islamic extremism -- blamed for a series of recent attacks on Western and Christian targets in the country. In a speech marking the 55th anniversary of Pakistan, the military leader also urged neighboring India to begin talks to resolve the long-running dispute over Kashmir
- PAK / ATTACK VOA 09 Aug 2002-- At least four people have died and more than 20 were injured in a grenade attack on a Christian missionary hospital near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad
- PAKISTAN/INDIA/MONKS VOA 06 Aug 2002-- A group of Buddhist monks have started a three-month peace march across Pakistan and India to urge the rival South Asian nations to avoid the dangers of nuclear war. The beginning of their peace demonstration coincides with the August 6th anniversary of the U-S atomic bomb attack on Japan in 1945
- PAK / ATTACK VOA 05 Aug 2002-- Unknown gunmen in Pakistan have attacked a Christian school, killing at least six-people
- CHINA/MUSHARRAF VOA 02 Aug 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has conferred with his Chinese counterpart during a brief stopover in Beijing
- PAK /U-S/INDIA VOA 28 Jul 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell has ended his peace mission to India and Pakistan, urging the rivals to work towards dialogue to resolve their tensions over Kashmir
- Powell Briefing with Pakistani Foreign Minister Inam Ul Haq Washington File 28 Jul 2002-- Powell: As I have stressed in my meetings today, the United States is doing
everything it can to build a vibrant bilateral relationship with
Pakistan. The United States' interest in Pakistan is not just for
today or tomorrow, but for the long haul.
- PAK / INDIA / US VOA 26 Jul 2002-- U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell begins a trip to India and Pakistan Saturday -- his second this year -- in the latest effort to push both countries toward a resumption of dialogue over the disputed region of Kashmir. The two South Asian nations are locked in a tense military standoff, with nearly a million troops stationed along their common border
- PAK / BRITAIN VOA 20 Jul 2002-- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has called on Pakistan to do more to end infiltration by Islamic militants across the disputed border in Kashmir. He has also urged India to improve human rights conditions in the two-thirds of Kashmir it controls. The British leader has made the statement at the end of his second visit to the region since May
- BUSH/KASHMIR VOA 16 Jul 2002-- India is stepping-up pressure on Pakistan to crack down on Islamic militants following Saturday's killing of 28 people in Kashmir
- INDIA/KASHMIR VOA 16 Jul 2002-- India says Pakistan must dismantle militant training camps in its territory, but has not directly blamed Islamabad for the weekend killings of 28-civilians in Indian Kashmir
- POWELL-MUSHARRAF VOA 24 Jun 2002-- The State Department says Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has reiterated a pledge to the United States to permanently halt the infiltration of Muslim militants across the "line of control" into Indian Kashmir. Interview remarks by the Pakistani leader seeming to pull back from that stand prompted a telephone call to Mr. Musharraf from Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday
- PAK/RELIGION VOA 19 Jun 2002-- Pakistan's government is tightening control over Islamic seminaries in the country, barring them from receiving foreign financial aid and ordering them to register with authorities
- PAK / INDIA VOA 17 Jun 2002 -- Pakistan says it will withdraw troops from along the tense border with India if India takes such a step.
- PAK / INDIA VOA 17 Jun 2002 -- Pakistan says it will withdrawal troops from along the tense border with India if India takes such a step.
- PAK/INDIA VOA 17 Jun 2002 -- Pakistan says it would reciprocate if Indian forces withdraw from border areas to reduce chances of another conflict between the countries.
- PAK/BLAST VOA 15 Jun 2002 -- American officials are helping Pakistani authorities piece together clues from Friday's car-bomb attack outside the American consulate in Karachi that killed 11 people and wounded 50 others.
- PAK/U-S/INDIA VOA 13 Jun 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has concluded a peace mission to India and Pakistan, saying there are indications tensions between the two countries are easing
- RUMSFELD/PAKISTAN VOA 13 Jun 2002-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Pakistan for talks with President Pervez Musharraf. It is Mr. Rumsfelds's second stop on a trip to South Asia aimed at cooling tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir
- PAK/U-S/INDIA VOA 13 Jun 2002-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says that India and Pakistan have made some progress towards easing border tensions in recent days
- Rumsfeld Sees No Evidence of al-Qaida in Kashmir Washington File 13 Jun 2002-- Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the United States has no verifiable
evidence that al-Qaida forces are operating in Kashmir.
- PAK/INDIA MUSHARRAF VOA 11 Jun 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says India's gestures to ease a dangerous military stand off between the countries are not enough
- India-Pakistan Crisis Shows Signs of Abatement, Boucher Says Washington File 10 June 2002-- While the India-Pakistan crisis is not yet over, the United States
welcomes signs that it is abating, said State Department Spokesman
Richard Boucher
- Armitage Sees Diminished Tensions Between India, Pakistan Washington File 10 June 2002-- Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said on June 8 that
"tensions are down measurably" between India and Pakistan. Armitage
was speaking at a media availability in Tallinn, Estonia, after
departing India.
- PAK/INDIA REACT VOA 10 June 2002-- Pakistan says it welcomes India's decision to lift air restrictions on Pakistani civilian planes flying over Indian territory
- Associated Press of Pakistan
News Summary
10- 06-2002 APP 10 June 2002-- Musharraf says India-Pakistan crisis will not derail October polls
- Associated Press of Pakistan
News Summary
08- 06-2002 APP 08 June 2002-- Pakistan has no aggressive designs but to defend its borders with all resources: Musharraf
- Musharraf Gives U.S. Assurance He Will Act to Avoid War Washington File 06 June 2002-- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says Pakistani
President Musharraf has given assurances that Pakistan will do
everything possible to avoid war with India over the disputed
territory of Kashmir.
- U.S., Pakistani Goal Is to Permanently Stop Infiltration Washington File 06 June 2002-- State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher said the situation between
India and Pakistan remains "very tense," but that some "marginal
progress" has been recorded as a result of Deputy Secretary Richard
Armitage's talks in the region.
- AMBASSADOR TERESITA SCHAFFER VOA 06 June 2002-- The dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has escalated in recent weeks to the point of possible war. It's a conflict that many fear could involve those countries' nuclear weapons
- PAK/U-S/INDIA VOA 06 June 2002-- A top U-S official says Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has given assurances he wants to avoid war with India.
- PAKISTAN / INDIA VOA 05 June 2002-- Pakistan says it is not against India's proposal for joint patrolling of the cease-fire line in Kashmir if India proposes it formally for negotiation
- PAKISTAN-INDIA-NUCLEAR VOA 03 June 2002-- The crisis between India and Pakistan has sparked international concern that a war might quickly escalate to a nuclear exchange. But there is little public concern in both countries about that prospect
- U-S / PAKISTAN INCURSIONS VOA 31 May 2002-- The United States says it has indications Pakistan has begun moving to crack down on the infiltration of militants across the "line of control" into Indian Kashmir. The Bush administration has been seeking such action to help defuse the South Asian military confrontation
- PAK/MUSHARRAF/INDIA VOA 30 May 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says he is considering moving some Pakistani troops from the Afghan border to reinforce the border with India
- PAK/JAPAN/INDIA VOA 29 May 2002-- A senior Japanese official says Pakistan has promised it will step up efforts to curb infiltration by militants into Indian-controlled Kashmir. The cross-border incursions have brought Pakistan close to war with India.
- U-N/India/Pak VOA 29 May 2002-- Pakistan's new ambassador to the United Nations says his country would not rule out the use of nuclear weapons if India attacked his country first
- PAK MISSILE / INDIA VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan has carried out another ballistic missile test, despite
international calls for restraint. The rocket launch comes hours after
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Islamabad in an effort to
defuse growing military tensions between India and Pakistan
- PAK/MISSILE/INDIA VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan has carried out another ballistic missile test, despite
international calls for restraint. The rocket launch comes hours after
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Islamabad in an effort
to defuse growing military tensions between India and Pakistan
- Associated Press of Pakistan
News Summary APP 28 May 2002-- India creating war hysteria, Pakistan not to initiate war: Gen. Musharraf
- Associated Press of Pakistan
News Summary APP 28 May 2002-- Pakistan successfully test fires Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile
- President’s address to the Nation 28 May 2002-- Musharraf: “We do not want war. But if war is thrust upon us, we would respond with full might, and give a befitting reply.”
- PAK/MUSHARRAF VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says his country does not want war with India, but is ready to respond with full force if Indian forces attack
- APP News Summary APP 28 May 2002-- Pakistan successfully test fires Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile
- Transcript: U.S. Again "Disappointed" over Pakistani Missile Tests, Powell Says VOA 28 May 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell reiterated U.S. "disappointment" over
Pakistani missile tests May 26, hours after Pakistan announced that it
had launched the second test missile of recent days.
- INDIA - PAK - SUNDAY VOA 28 May 2002-- President Bush issued a strong warning to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf during a press conference in France Sunday to halt cross-border attacks into the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan
- PAK/INDIA/TESTS VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan has carried out a second missile test as part of the series of rocket launches currently under way
- Associated Press of Pakistan
News Summary VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan successfully test fires Ghauri SSM
- PAK/MISSILE VOA 28 May 2002-- Pakistan says it has successfully conducted the first in a series of announced missile tests.
- Military Action "Must Not Be An Option" In South Asia VOA 28 May 2002-- "[R]ather than being a solution, any military action in this crisis
would create even greater problems and must not be an option in the
situation," said Reeker, speaking at the May 24 State Department
briefing in Washington.
- PAKISTAN / INDIA / MISSILE VOA 29 Apr 2002-- Pakistan on Monday condemned India's successful test-firing of a supersonic cruise missile, and also criticized Russia for helping India develop the missile and carry out the test
- PAK / ANNAN VOA 24 Jan 2002-- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has repeated his call
for Pakistan and India to engage in military de-escalation along their tense border. Mr. Annan says dialogue is the only way to find a sustainable resolution to the long-running dispute over Kashmir, which has caused two wars between India and Pakistan
- Transcript: Pakistan and India Need To Start Direct Dialogue Washington File 16 Jan 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell said the Kashmir issue would only be
solved by a direct dialogue between India and Pakistan, and the United
States was willing to play a role to help get the dialogue started.
- Transcript: Powell Praises Pakistan's Efforts for Peace with India Washington File 16 Jan 2002-- "President Musharraf's decision to confront extremism promises to
transform his country into a modern, moderate state," Powell said in a
press conference with Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar in
Islamabad January 16.
- PAKISTAN / U-S VOA 16 Jan 2002-- Secretary of State Colin Powell is urging India and Pakistan to work to avoid conflict and settle disputes through dialogue. He says the United States will do every thing possible to get the two sides talking again. Mr. Powell is in Pakistan on the first leg of a South Asian peace-making mission. He will travel to India later this week (Friday)for talks with Indian leaders
- Text: Bush Praises President Musharraf's Stand Against Terrorism Washington File 13 Jan 2002-- President Bush welcomes President Musharraf's firm decision to stand
against terrorism and extremism and his commitment to the principle
that no person or organization will be allowed to indulge in terrorism
as a means to further its cause.
- PAKISTAN / MUSHARRAF VOA 13 Jan 2002-- In an attempt to defuse tensions with neighboring India, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has promised he will crack down on militants suspected of committing acts of violence against India. In a nationally televised speech, Mr. Musharraf has also called on India to begin talks with Pakistan but he warns that any attempt to cross the Pakistani border will be met with "full force."
- Excerpt: U.S. Believes Pakistan Will Dismantle Terror Groups Washington File 07 Jan 2002-- BOUCHER: I don't know what the Indian criteria are. I would say
that, first of all, we do believe that President Musharraf, the
government of Pakistan, has continued to take steps against militant
groups over the weekend. We believe that President Musharraf is
committed to dismantling these groups which threaten Pakistan as well
as its neighbors. We note that there have been more arrests over the
weekend, for example, and that we understand that President Musharraf
intends to continue to speak out against extremism and terrorism, and
to try to set Pakistan on a course of moderation.
