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April 2000 - Pakistan Special Weapons News

  • U.S. Policy in South Asia: The Road Ahead Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Remarks, Foreign Policy Institute, South Asia Program Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies The Johns Hopkins University Washington, DC April 27, 2000 -- A concern that has bedeviled Pakistan-American relations lately is the idea circulating in Pakistan that if events spiral further downward in Kashmir toward all out military conflict, it would somehow compel the U.S. to mediate that conflict and on more favorable terms.
  • THREE BOMBS DETONATE IN QUETTA April 25, 2000 -- Three bombs detonated in Quetta inside Balochistan Government facilities on April 24 in an apparent statement of dissatisfaction by an unknown group, calling themselves "The Balochistan Liberation Army,"
  • PAKISTAN - HUMAN RIGHTS Voice of America 21 April 2000 -- Pakistan's military leader, General Pervez Musharraf, has announced major steps to improve the country's human rights record.
  • SHARIF APPEAL Voice of America 12 April 2000 -- Lawyers representing Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have filed an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction and life sentence for hijacking and terrorism.
  • PAK - VERDICT - REACT Voice of America 07 April 2000 -- Reaction to the conviction and sentencing of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been subdued around the country.
  • PAK / SHARIF VERDICT Voice of America 06 April 2000 -- Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to life in prison.
  • WORLD COURT CONCLUDES HEARINGS ON ISSUE OF JURISDICTION IN CASE OF 10 AUGUST 1999 AERIAL INCIDENT (PAKISTAN V. INDIA) Press Release ICJ/598 -- 6 April 2000 -- The Court has to decide whether it has jurisdiction to deal with the merits of the dispute. India has challenged that jurisdiction by raising preliminary objections.
  • PAK / SHARIF DECISION Voice of America 05 April 2000 -- The fate of Pakistan's deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be decided Thursday after a three-month trial.



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