US-Pakistan nuclear deal possible: Hagel

[Neo]

Friday, April 14, 2006

By Shahzad Raza

ISLAMABAD: The United States might strike a deal for cooperation in civilian nuclear technology with Pakistan some time in the future as it recently has with India, US Senator Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.

Hagel also opposed the use of military force against Iran to freeze its nuclear programme.

“There may be an agreement between the United States and Pakistan in future on the nuclear issue, but I do not represent the United States government,” Hagel said at a press conference at the US Embassy following meetings with President General Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, along with US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker.

Asked to comment on the affect of the India-US civil nuclear agreement on Pakistan-US relations, he said Pakistan and China must not view it as a threat. He observed that the agreement represented cooperation in science, education and agriculture, and the nuclear aspect was just one part of the deal.

He conceded that energy was a crucial resource for a country to meets its economic and social needs. During his meeting with the president, Musharraf told the senator that Pakistan’s growing energy requirements would be met through a variety of sources including nuclear power generation.

He outlined Pakistan’s view on the US-India nuclear agreement and stressed that there were concerns about its implications for regional stability and security. The president underscored that Pakistan must have access to civil nuclear energy.

In a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Kasuri told Hagel that the denial of nuclear cooperation to Pakistan would be regarded as discriminatory by the government and people of Pakistan.

Referring to the statements of President George Bush and top US officials, the senator told journalists that he did not think the military option a viable solution to the Iran nuclear dispute. “Iran is a complicated issue. A responsible approach to these challenges is to work closely with our friends and allies including Pakistan, the United Nations and with the IAEA,” he said.

Hagel told journalists that during their meeting Gen Musharraf had assured him that the next general elections in Pakistan would be fair and transparent. He said it was not his place to comment on the president’s uniform, but the matter should be resolved by the leaders and people of Pakistan. He said the US was ready to support a resolution of the Kashmir dispute. “We can help enhance confidence between India and Pakistan. And we must.”

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\14\story_14-4-2006_pg7_1

 

[Neo]

Pakistan will strike a nuke deal with China once Mush visits Beijing in June this year.
I guess all will depend on the outcome of this visit.

 

[Spring Onion]

Pakistan will strike a nuke deal with China once Mush visits Beijing in June this year.
I guess all will depend on the outcome of this visit.

:thumbsup: it will be goooooooood news if we had a nuclear deal with china.

As far as civil nuclear deal is concerned i dont think so US is going to do that in near future untill it has to use us on some very difficult front.

Such kinds of statements are only aimed at divertign our attention and to hoodwink us we dont need to be very over-joyed

 

[Neo]

Not for another five years, but since the economy is growing we will be spending more and more on big projects and uncle would want to claim a piece of the pie.

China can help us to initiate the expanding programme, but the problem is that we need fastbreeders and China is unable to deliver them.
Any reactor from China will have max capacity of 300-350MW, wich is not sufficient and relatively more expansice since we need a lot of them.
Another problem is the availibity of chinese experts, they're needed in back home since China is growing reactors rapidly to fullfil her own needs so there's not much left for us. :embarassed:

Any nuke deal with China would be a political achievement, not a prictical one.

We need to diversify the suppliers chain.

 

[RAPTOR]

Yes, as soon as this news came out....indians working for the Discovery times channel have made a chilling documentary linking AQ Khan to the Nuclear Jihad of Al Qaeda . It mischieviously links all of Pakistan's Army and its scientists to the Nuclear walmart that sold Nuclear Technology to Libya,Iran and N.Korea.

All this when the US/india Nuclear deal is running into trouble in Congress. Trust the indians to be the most capable when it comes to harming Pakistan.

The Documentary is in the Discovery Times Channel named "Nuclear Jihad"

 

[A.Rahman]

Yes, as soon as this news came out....indians working for the Discovery times channel have made a chilling documentary linking AQ Khan to the Nuclear Jihad of Al Qaeda . It mischieviously links all of Pakistan's Army and its scientists to the Nuclear walmart that sold Nuclear Technology to Libya,Iran and N.Korea.

All this when the US/india Nuclear deal is running into trouble in Congress. Trust the indians to be the most capable when it comes to harming Pakistan.

The Documentary is in the Discovery Times Channel named "Nuclear Jihad"

how do u know that Indians are behind it? was the write Indian?

 

[RAPTOR]

how do u know that Indians are behind it? was the write Indian?

If you watch some of the documentaries on that channel you'd know. 90% of their programs are on Pakistan's links with the Taliban, Al Qaeda, OBL, extermists, Nuclear terror etc . The writers and producers are all indian...the angle is always pro indian and anti Pakistan. some of the journalists are members of SAAJA..SAAJA.com.

The pattern is the same as youd see on the BBC with all their Anti Pak crap hatched by idiot indians pretending to be british.


By the way, the timing of this documentry is interesting as it comes out when Pakistan too is asking for a similar Nuclear deal. Most of the indian newspapers are openly telling their readers to watch the Nuclear Jihad on the Discovery Times Channel.

 

[RAPTOR]

The times of india advertises a propaganda campaign to Malign Pakistan


'Nuclear Jihad' puts Pak in the spot
[ Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:06:20 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan's role in nuclear proliferation is getting fresh attention in Washington amid a fervid debate in the United States about how close Iran is to building a nuclear weapons arsenal.

Having credulously accepted the Bush administration's explanation, based on "assurances" from Islamabad, that Pakistan was not officially involved in the proliferation and it was the work of a rogue scientist, US analysts are now re-examining this claim in the light of new relevations about Iran's nuclear programme.

Based on Iranian president Ahmedinijad's assertions about advances in the programme, it now transpires that Pakistan's rogue scientist AQ Khan may have had a longer and deeper relationship with Iran than previously known.

Much of the fresh details about the Khan scam is contained in a new documentary on the Discovery Times channel titled 'Nuclear Jihad' that is being screened nationwide today.

According to previews, the thesis of Nuclear Jihad is that Khan has hastened the day when terrorists not linked to nation-states will have access to nuclear bombs.

The documentary raises more questions than it answers though. For instance, it raises the now well known fact that the Dutch were about to arrest Khan in 1975, but the CIA asked them to back off so that they could tail him and get more details.

As it turned out, the CIA lost sight of that objective during the Afghan crisis. There are also questions about how Khan could have commandeered so much military support, including airplanes, if the Pakistani government was not in on the proliferation deals.

The Pakistani government and military role has so far gone uncensured in the US strategic community and among lawmakers, some of whom are more exercised over the proliferation prospects arising from the Bush administration's civilian nuclear agreement with India.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1494002.cms

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[Neo]

AQ khan has done tremendous damage to our soft immage and there's no way the issue will ever be forgotten.

Even if Khan dies, he's very ill at the moment, the damage can not be reversed.
For Pakistan's sake I sincerely hope that the government stays clean of fresh allegations or Pakistan could become next target for the USA.

 

[Munir]

I think we should not get attached to western media where Pakistan and Pakistani scientist are portrayed as evil. It is onesided negative pr to push Pakistan in a certain corner. If Khan is so bad then what about all western companies that sold him everything? The guy did deliver uranium enrichment idea from Urenco but that is all. At that time Pakistan was a paria state and no wonder he got into trading. Wrong I agree but if you kick a dog every time then do you accept love and tender in return?

I don't understand why no one cares about how Israel got its nukes (UK). I never hear someone about Indians using the same Khan network...

To put it simple. Khan was a hero. Khan is a hero. And Khan will be a hero. He delivered Pakistan valuable technology. Nukes are bad but why for Pakistan only? They treated Pakistan extremely bad and they expect all... And what have western nations done for earth or particular Asia? They robbed the resources. They dumped it when it was no longer needed. Now the plug the Democracy title on it if they agree with governments and they love to use terrorist title if one does not agree with them. To put it simple. Forget the onesided crap.

 

[Bull]

AQ khan has done tremendous damage to our soft immage and there's no way the issue will ever be forgotten.

Even if Khan dies, he's very ill at the moment, the damage can not be reversed.
For Pakistan's sake I sincerely hope that the government stays clean of fresh allegations or Pakistan could become next target for the USA.

The damage has benn done, but much much lesser thn what actually wud have happened. pkistan was lucky to get away with the argument that he acted on his own and thus saving the face.and thus Us ending up milking pakistan.

A country so huge and volatile cannot be just dependant on just one person musharff to deliver all the goods.

 

[RAPTOR]

Friday, April 14, 2006

By Shahzad Raza

ISLAMABAD: The United States might strike a deal for cooperation in civilian nuclear technology with Pakistan some time in the future as it recently has with India, US Senator Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.

Hagel also opposed the use of military force against Iran to freeze its nuclear programme.

“There may be an agreement between the United States and Pakistan in future on the nuclear issue, but I do not represent the United States government,” Hagel said at a press conference at the US Embassy following meetings with President General Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri, along with US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker.

Asked to comment on the affect of the India-US civil nuclear agreement on Pakistan-US relations, he said Pakistan and China must not view it as a threat. He observed that the agreement represented cooperation in science, education and agriculture, and the nuclear aspect was just one part of the deal.

He conceded that energy was a crucial resource for a country to meets its economic and social needs. During his meeting with the president, Musharraf told the senator that Pakistan’s growing energy requirements would be met through a variety of sources including nuclear power generation.

He outlined Pakistan’s view on the US-India nuclear agreement and stressed that there were concerns about its implications for regional stability and security. The president underscored that Pakistan must have access to civil nuclear energy.

In a separate meeting, Foreign Minister Kasuri told Hagel that the denial of nuclear cooperation to Pakistan would be regarded as discriminatory by the government and people of Pakistan.


http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\04\14\story_14-4-2006_pg7_1[/quote]




Pakistan does need more Nuclear Reactors for energy. The oil prices will go up in the coming years and it is already a huge burden on its economy. Civilian Nuclear energy is the answer. Pakistan is a deserving candidate for this as in the 60's ....the US provided Pakistan with 2 research nuclear reactors called PINSTECH. It also helped train pakistani Nuclear scientists at its facilities in the US. The PAEC was actually formed by an American Nuclear scientist to help Pakistan set up its Nuclear Industry back in the early 60's.

 

[Bull]

Pakistan does need more Nuclear Reactors for energy. The oil prices will go up in the coming years and it is already a huge burden on its economy. Civilian Nuclear energy is the answer.

Bhah!!! So much for your arguments and point of view,why dont you ask yor govt to tap non conventional forms of energy rather than going for nuclear energy as u had advised India.

 

[RAPTOR]

Pakistan will strike a nuke deal with China once Mush visits Beijing in June this year.
I guess all will depend on the outcome of this visit.

Chinese president Hu is in D.C this morning. He is expected to sign deals worth $12 billion with Boeing, Microsoft and GE as well as the purchase of American Nuclear Reactors. So..China gets Reactors from the US....and Pakistan gets reactors from China. :thumbsup:

 

[Bull]

Chinese president Hu is in D.C this morning. He is expected to sign deals worth $12 billion with Boeing, Microsoft and GE as well as the purchase of American Nuclear Reactors. So..China gets Reactors from the US....and Pakistan gets reactors from China. :thumbsup:

shut up.. man .:crazy2:

China is trying to sooth the criticsm in US that china runs a $ 200bn trade deficit with US mainly due to yuan been undervalued by around 40%.

Its not to get any nuclear reactor from them....