‘Unfazed’ Hersh backs his report over Pak, US agreement on nuke details

November 10th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid has rebuked reports regarding Islamabad sharing information about its nuclear assets with foreign countries ,terming them as 'absurd and plain mischief.' Referring to investigative journalist Seymour Hersh's report in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine that Washington has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani Army about the security of the country's nuclear arsenal, General Majid said no foreign entity is allowed to cross the 'red lines'. "I reiterate in very unambiguous terms that there is absolutely no question of sharing or allowing any foreign individual, entity or state any access to sensitive information about our nuclear assets," The Daily Times quoted General Majid, as saying.

November 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson has said the US had no intention of seizing the country's nukes, after media reports suggested that Washington has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani Army about the security of the country's nuclear arsenal. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reported in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine that during meetings with current and former officials in Washington and Pakistan, he was told that the agreements would allow specially trained American units to provide added security for the Pakistani arsenal in case of a crisis.

November 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Office has denied having talks with US officials on the issue of securing its nuclear arsenal, and made it clear that it does not requires any foreign assistance in this regard. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has reported in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine that Washington has been negotiating highly sensitive understandings with the Pakistani Army about the security of the country's nuclear arsenal.

November 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The relationship between Asif Ali Zardari and his predecessor Pervez Musharraf is not at all good and it was reflected in an interview when the General called the Pakistan President a "criminal", a "fraud" and a "third rater". In an interview with known journalist Seymour Hersh, Musharraf said that Zardari would go to any extent to save himself.

November 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Sunday reiterated that its strategic assets were "completely safe" and secure and that US officials had expressed their confidence about this. Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit in a statement here Sunday contested US columnist Seymour Hershs article Defending the Arsenal - In an unstable Pakistan, can nuclear warheads be kept safe? posted on the website of The New Yorker magazine.

October 16th, 2009 LONDON - A personal assistant to Britain's nuclear weapons chief has been told that she has put the national security at risk by being a part of a sex scandal. Julia Sinclair, 48, is secretary to Rear Admiral Stephen Lloyd, who is in charge of procurement and delivery of nuclear submarines.

September 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Top US nuclear scientists have shockingly revealed in a report that Pakistan is enhancing its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. According to the report, which is yet to enter the public domain, Pakistan is readying a new nuclear capable ballistic missile for deployment and two nuclear capable cruise missiles.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Describing it as a "landmark event", the US has said the end-user monitoring (EUM) arrangement agreed during Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit has brought India into the nuclear non-proliferation mainstream. "It's a very significant agreement," State Department Spokesman Robert Wood told reporters Tuesday when asked to explain how the EUM for high-tech defence equipment and technology would work.

July 23rd, 2009 Chamber backs Sotomayor as she meets with GOPWASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR'), calling her a well-qualified judge who would be fair and evenhanded on business issues.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - Men will splash out a whopping 4.2 billion pounds this year pounds on sleazy fun behind their partner's backs, according to a new UK survey. The OnePoll.com site found that men will spend 1.6 billion pounds on strippers, hundreds of millions on adult websites and saucy phone downloads.

May 28th, 2009 OTTAWA - Canada is poised to sign a nuclear technology deal with India, the country's International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Wednesday. The pact will open up the lucrative Indian market to Canadian nuclear exports for the first time in more than three decades.

May 19th, 2009 LAHORE - US journalist Seymour Hersh has contradicted news reports being published in South Asia that quote him as saying a "special death squad" created by former US vice president Dick Cheney had killed Benazir Bhutto. The award-winning journalist described as "complete madness" the reports that the squad headed by General Stanley McChrystal, the new commander of US Army in Afghanistan, had also killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafique Al Hariri and a Lebanese Army Chief.

May 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - A special death squad assassinated Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the orders of former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, an Arab TV channel has reported. "Cheney was the chief of the Joint Special Operation Command and he cleared the way for the US by exterminating opponents through the unit and the CIA.

May 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Amid consistent demands from the international community for sharing details of its nuclear establishments, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that no foreign country would be handed over any details in this regard. "We are determined to retain nuclear deterrence at all costs while ensuring foolproof security of our nuclear assets.

May 13th, 2009 Senate backs allowing guns in national parksWASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a measure that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges. Republican Sen.