Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2005 Pakistan Special Weapons News
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- Pakistan-India secretary-level talks to start Sept 1 IRNA 31 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan and India are poised for secretary-level talks on bilateral matters from September 1 in Islamabad, less than two weeks before a meeting between President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Premier Manmohan Singh, reports and officials said.
- Pakistan acquires 8 US-made P-3C Orion aircraft IRNA 31 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan Navy has acquired eight P-3C Orion aircraft from United States, Pakistan Navy (PN) said on Wednesday.
- India, Pak may change format to carry forward dialogue process IRNA 30 Aug 2005 -- India and Pakistan may consider a changed format to carry forward the dialogue process to address all outstanding issues at the Foreign Secretary-level talks in Islamabad on September one, two weeks ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf in New York.
- India, Pakistan Agree to Prisoner Exchange VOA 30 Aug 2005 -- India and Pakistan have agreed to release a number of civilian prisoners held in each other's jails. It is the latest goodwill measure aimed at strengthening a peace process between the nuclear rivals.
- Kashmiri groups, Pakistan & 'spy' release IRNA 28 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan-based Kashmiri groups demanded of Pakistan government to seek clemency for a Kashmiri who has been sentenced to death in India on the charges of attack on Indian parliament in 2001.
- "Noticeable progress" in Indo-Pak dialogue; prisoner case gets moving IRNA 26 Aug 2005 -- Ahead of the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary-level talks, India today said there has been "noticeable progress" in the Composite Dialogue process and it will need to be carried forward to address specific important issues, reports PTI.
- Court Sentences 5 to Death for Assassination Attempt on Pakistani President VOA News 26 Aug 2005 -- A military court in Pakistan has sentenced five men to death for their roles in a 2003 plot to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf.
- Pakistan, India & Convicted Spy VOA News 26 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan will allow Indian diplomats to visit a man sentenced to death for spying.
- Pakistan fighter plane crashes, pilot safe IRNA 25 Aug 2005 -- A French-made Mirage fighter plane of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed on Thursday in southern Sindh province, a PAF spokesman said.
- South Asia: Pakistan Pushes Ahead With Refugee Camp Closures Near Afghan Border RFE/RL 25 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan has rejected a request from Kabul to delay the closure of Afghan refugee camps within Pakistan's tribal areas.
- PAKISTAN: Terror suspects disappear IRIN 24 Aug 2005 -- Fifty-two-year-old Anwari Mai keeps an old black and white photograph of her son on the kitchen shelf of her house in the tiny village where she lives with her family, close to the industrial town of Gujranwala in the central Pakistani province of Punjab.
- Tripartite Commission Meets in Islamabad AFPS 24 Aug 2005 -- The Tripartite Commission, comprised of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States, held its 12th meeting in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, today.
- Pakistan, Afghan, US military officials discuss security IRNA 24 Aug 2005 -- Top Pakistani, Afghan and US military officials met in Rawalpindi on Wednesday and examined ways to deepen their level of military-to-military relationship in the interest of long term regional stability, officials said.
- Pakistani President Confirms That Rogue Scientist Passed Nuclear Centrifuge Knowledge to North Korea VOA 24 Aug 2005 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed for the first time that his country's former top scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, transferred centrifuges and their designs - the type used to make fuel for nuclear weapons - to North Korea
- Main agent behind Pakistan president's suicide attacks hanged IRNA 20 Aug 2005 -- An army man, accused of masterminding failed attacks on Pakistan's President General Musharraf, was hanged early Saturday in a prison, jail sources said.
- Pakistani Soldier Hanged for Plot to Kill President Musharraf VOA 20 Aug 2005 -- Authorities in Pakistan say a soldier convicted of plotting to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf was hanged on Saturday.
- Pakistan Army unearths 'terror den' in religious school IRNA 18 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan law enforcement forces have unearthed a network of terrorists working in North Waziristan Agency during an operation on a religious school near Miranshah, military and local correspondents said.
- British military attache leaves Pakistan IRNA 18 Aug 2005 -- Britain has removed its military attache from his post in Pakistan after he lost confidence of the British High Commission.
- UK removes military attache from Pakistan amid 'spy scandal' IRNA 17 Aug 2005 -- Britain was reported Wednesday to have removed its military attache from his post in Islamabad following reports of his "inappropriate relationship" with a suspected Pakistani spy.
- Pakistan supports Iran's peaceful N-program IRNA 15 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan has supported Iran's right to pursue its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.
- Pakistan to continue missile program: PM IRNA 14 Aug 2005 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced on Sunday that Islamabad would continue the process of improving the country's nuclear and missile capabilities.
- Pakistan developing longer-range cruise missile: official IRNA 14 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan is developing a new cruise missile with a longer range of 1,000 kilometre, said a Paksitani minister here Saturday.
- Cruise missile test major milestone: Pakistan IRNA 13 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf says that the successful test of cruise missile is a "major milestone" in the country's quest for strengthening and consolidating minimum deterrence, it was officially announced.
- Pakistan to beef up security along Afghanistan border: Army IRNA 12 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan will beef up security along the porous Pak-Afghan border in the run up to the upcoming polls in Afghanistan, said a local army official here Friday.
- Pakistan Denies Terror Links to London and Egypt Attacks VOA 12 Aug 2005 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says his country has no links to the recent deadly bombings in London and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, and has vowed to continue to fight terrorism at home.
- Pakistan/Afghanistan: Islamist Opens Pandora's Box RFE/RL 12 Aug 2005 -- During a press conference on 7 August, one of Pakistan's most influential religious and political leaders claimed that while his country is telling the West that it's fighting terrorism, it is actually supporting the infiltration of militants into Afghanistan
- Pakistan Tests First Cruise Missile VOA 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan has successfully tested its first ground-fired cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional weapons.
- Pakistan launches cruise missile IRNA 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful test flight of its first ever cruise missile Hatif-VII or Babur, the Army announced on Thursday.
- Pakistan vows to continue missile program IRNA 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan on Thursday said it was determined to continue the country's missile program
- Cruise missile test to improve regional military balance: Musharraf IRNA 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf said that the successful test fire of 50-kilometer range cruise missile will improve the existing military balance in the region.
- Pakistan Tests First Cruise Missile VOA 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan has successfully tested its first ground-fired cruise missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional weapons.
- Pakistan: Islamabad Test-Fires Cruise Missile, Igniting Fears Of New Arms Race RFE/RL 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan says it has test-fired its first cruise missile capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear weapons. Cruise missiles fly close to the ground and are able to slip beneath most antimissile systems.
- Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missile RFE/RL 11 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan's military says it today successfully test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.
- Pak-India nuclear hot-line to be upgraded IRNA 10 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan and India will upgrade the nuclear hotline further to top political level of heads of two governments and their top diplomats.
- Pakistan: Musharraf Tells Britain To Get Its Own House In Order RFE/RL 10 Aug 2005 -- The president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has hit back at critics who claim the 7 July London bombers drew their ideological inspiration from extremists and religious schools, or madrasahs, in Pakistan.
- Pakistan says US, UK deny exercises in Indian Kashmir IRNA 09 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan said on Tuesday that the United States and Britain have denied reports that they have planned joint military exercises.
- Pakistan's President Walks Tightrope Over Terrorism VOA 09 Aug 2005 -- After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 on U.S. soil, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf pledged to clean out terrorist sanctuaries in his country
- Pakistani President Says U.K. Soft On Radical Clerics RFE/RL 09 Aug 2005 -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says Britain has been too lenient with radical Muslim clerics and must clamp down on them after last month's bomb attacks in London.
- 'THE PAKISTANI CONNECTION': FACING TERROR'S 'CONTRADICTIONS' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 08 Aug 2005
- Pakistan, India vow to continue ceasefire IRNA 08 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan and India have decided to continue ceasefire across the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region, Foreign Office Spokesman Naeem Khan said.
- India, Pakistan agree to continue with ceasefire on LoC, IB IRNA 08 Aug 2005 -- India and Pakistan today agreed to continue with the border ceasefire as part of the confidence building measures between the two countries.
- India and Pakistan Agree to New Steps to Reduce Conflict VOA 08 Aug 2005 -- India and Pakistan have agreed to a series of new measures to reduce military tensions and the risk of a nuclear conflict.
- Pakistan, India agree on N-hotline, missile tests IRNA 07 Aug 2005 -- The India-Pakistan Expert Level Dialogue held on Nuclear Confidence Building Measures in New Delhi on August 5-6 agreed on establishing nuclear hotline and notification of missile tests, it was officially announced here.
- Talks with India on nuclear issues 'cordial': Pakistan IRNA 05 Aug 2005 -- Pakistan said on Friday that first round of Pakistan-India expert-level talks on nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) were held in a cordial atmosphere in New Delhi.
- India, Pakistan begin nuclear confidence-building talks IRNA 05 Aug 2005 -- The issue of prior notification of missile tests is expected to be atop agenda of talks between Indian and Pakistan on nuclear issue and of confidence building measures here Friday.
- Pak team leaves for Delhi for talks on nuclear, conventional CBMs IRNA 04 Aug 2005 -- A nine-member Pakistani delegation left for New Delhi on Thursday for two-day experts-level talks with Indian counterparts on Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), beginning on August 5.
- Five Pakistani soldiers killed in landmine blast IRNA 04 Aug 2005 -- At least five Pakistani troops were killed and two others injured in a landmine blast in the country's North Waziristan tribal region, military sources said.
- Pakistan, India to hold talks on nuclear, conventional CBMs IRNA 03 Aug 2005 -- A nine-member Pakistani delegation leaves for Delhi on Wednesday for two-day experts-level talks with Indian counterparts on Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs), beginning on August 5, it was officially announced here on Wednesday.
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