MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT
PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
DAILY PRESS SUMMARY (03-06-1998)
The Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister has decided to cut by half spending of non development expenditures; import of tea , edible oil and milk will be reduced; TA/DA, phone ceiling slashed to half; austerity steps will be finalised today. (News). Chalked out strategy to cope with the sanctions. (Nation). Holidays have been reduced form 20to 11. (N.Waqt).
The Prime Minister in an interview published by US magazine 'Time' has said, Pakistan was constrained to make the nuclear tests, and for him, it was a very painful decision. (Pak.Observer/APP). Detonation was a very painful decision. (News/APP).
Pak-Iran bilateral dialogue on June 2,98 vowed to boost economic relation; also focussed on Afghanistan, wide ranging issues; Iran offered role on reducing Pakistan-India tension. (Nation). Iranian Foreign Minister met the Prime Minister on June 2-98 and discussed regional issues. (News). Iran has offered oil on credit to Pakistan, reports the daily. (Jang).
Iranian President and spiritual leader of Iranian Islamic revolution in their separate messages to the Prime Minister have assured to stand with Pakistan against international economic sanctions (N.Waqt).
The Prime Minister has directed Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report about the performance of the staff appointed in Pakistan missions abroad. (Al-Akhbar).
United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, telephoned the Prime Minster inviting him to participate in an international conference, being organised by the United Nations in New York from June 8 to 10. (Pak. Observer).
The Prime Minister will address the nation over Radio and TV networks tomorrow.(June 4).(N.Waqt).
The Prime Minister on June 2-98 launched a national self-reliance fund to take the effects of the international sanctions on Pakistan due to the nuclear tests. (Nation/News).
The President during an award giving ceremony at the National Defence College in Islamabad on June2-98 said, Dr. Qadeer Khan is "pride of the nation". (Pak.Observer). President said Pakistan went nuclear to restore strategic balance in the region after overt weaponization of the Indian nuclear programme.(News).
Gohar Ayub Khan says, Pakistan would welcome third-party mediation on Kashmir as reports suggested that United Nations and Japan have offered their good offices to help resolve the lingering dispute; Indian Prime Minister has rejected mediation to resolve the problems between India and Pakistan.
Sartaj AZiz has appreciated the role of the management of the stock exchanges and expressed his confidence that the overall impact of the sanctions on the national economy would be manageable.(Nation).
Judge Dniel Devaud of a Swiss court at Geneva indicted Jens Schlegelmilch, a close confident frontman and agent of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and Nusrat Bhutto on charges of corruption and money laundering in Switzerland. (News). The Judge also confirmed his intention to proceed with indictment of Asif Ali Zardari the Ehtesab Bureau termed it a major breakthrough.(News).
Farooq Leghari says, Pakistan's nuclear programme was never ever under the control of the Prime Ministers but the office of the President, who was also the Supreme Commander of the armed forces.(Nation/News).
The Foreign Office spokesman on June 2, 98 welcomed the statement made by the US State Department spokesman , James P.Rubin, which said that it was time to get on with reduction of tensions, arising out of nuclear tests and the Kashmir issue.(News).
Qazi Hussain Ahmad says we will extend cooperation if Nawaz Sharif adopts right path; OIC meeting should be convened to combat the European economic sanctions.(N.Waqt).
Imposition of emergency has been challenged in Supreme Court and LHC.(News).
President Clinton abruptly cut short his trip and returned from Texas to Washington to meet with advisors to discuss, what the State Department called, a "deteriorated situation" in South Asia.(News/APP).
The US government knew that Pakistan feared an Israeli attack on its nuclear sites but concluded that such an attack was unlikely, the State Department said.(News/AFP).
Israel has planned to attack Pakistani nuclear installations; US made bomb `saram` will be used for the purpose, disclosed an Egyptian newspaper.(Khabrain/KPI).
The US has no reason to believe Pakistan is now about to transfer any of its capability to other countries, State Department spokesman said in Washington while commenting on the current visit of Iranian Foreign Minister to Pakistan.(Nation).
46 states have asked Pakistan and India to end N-tests and join treaties.(News/AP).
Pakistan had no option but to respond to Indian nuclear explosions to safeguard its national defence, said experts in a discussion on June 2, 98. They said Pakistan harboured no aggressive designs but could not ignore its security needs.(News).
The environmental experts have termed the Pakistani nuclear tests as environmentally safer than the Indian ones. Experts said on June 2, 98 that Pakistani tests were conducted in rocky hills and the Indian tests were done in desert's sand dunes. No sign of radiation have been reported so far at the site of Pakistani nuclear tests in Chaghi district, where as there are authentic proofs of leakage of radio-active material at Pokhran, India, Dr Pervaiz Naim, Director of International Union for Conservation of Nation(IUCN) said an Iranian team visiting along Pak-Iran border areas for investigations to find out the effects of Pakistan nuclear tests, says that no fallout of radiation was detected in the border areas of Iran.(News).
Former Indian Ambassador Dr. S.K. Sing has acknowledged that Pakistan has better atom technology than India.(ASAS/APP).
The five `official` nuclear powers are on the defensive as the UN Security Council prepares to resume discussions on a formal reaction to Indian and Pakistani tests, diplomats said on June 2, 98.(Nation/AFP).
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