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NFC chip: Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung:


NFC chip: Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung:

The danger is that the semi-Hakim, the semi-mixed threat is believed by the common people on the tips outlined your life, faith and property can be deadly.   
A video on the Internet has a viral, which left many people in Pakistan and other countries too, especially smart phones, smart phones, Samsung has junk. The video, titled "Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung", two men regularly uncover a secret Abbreviated showed how determined the people are getting personal video sharing on the Internet. There are, perhaps, he would have no such upload. 

Reported that things are a scam, if it was not intentionally extreme degree is foolish. The chip in the chip detective was actually hy.ayn NFC chip NFC (Near Field Communication) makes data exchange between two devices. This data, which is very scarce, Device very close distance of a few centimeters, and is between. This chip smart phones but also used in credit cards. In developed countries in the amount of chip Payments made easier. NFC chip called the source of future payments hy.ayn FC animation to see information about 
Mobile steal personal data from the mobile phones of something dangerous if they are applications, other seek access to everything as necessary, and they even let him senseless. 
Request the same from our readers that the Internet, especially on Facebook really understands anything one must first confirm the indiscriminate spread accepts. 
"Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung”
False and misleading information being given in the video below.
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At the beginning of the change will be from Gilgit-Baltistan, Pervez Musharraf


ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf said at the beginning of the change from Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral, and then change will be occur in the whole country, people of the CHITRAL should vote to the APML.

In Islamabad, Ex-General Musharaf said in a speech Sunday, those who do wrong, they do promise nothing after the elections are missing for five years.

He said his time he presided over a number of times in Gilgit and Chitral district of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral back to visit many rental development work.

Pervaz Musharaf said the in his time he visited many time to Gilgit-baltistan and Chitral and raise more projects there and many improvements there, but he argue that those projects which he has introduced/started but could not completed so far.

The former President said that every Pakistani do play its role for the development of their country is a obligation and shouldn’t give any chance to those who peoples who didn’t produced any results for Pakistan and for its development.

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Kiren Rijiju : Pakistan must get serious against terrorism

In India terrorist mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi asking Pakistan to hand over the US and the UK, in the context of the neighboring country on Tuesday on the good sense must prevail and that terrorism must be serious.
"Pakistan. It is necessary to get serious on the issue of terrorism Pakistan should understand this and good sense must prevail against it," the home minister Kiran Rijijutold reporters. were answered.
"This is a very good thing. The US and UK then we must get serious on the issue of terrorism understand that," said cord. Islamabad High Court bail yesterday, according to the statement of the case, the prosecution "write the extradition of both countries were India," he said.
Pakistan government's detention extended for another month, according to the statement after the public until February 18 (MPO) will remain in prison. Lakhvi and six others - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmedand Younas Anjum - accused of plotting and left 166 people dead in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks has been followed.


Lakhvi was arrested in December 2008 and November 25, 2009, along with other accused were convicted.
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Pakistan backing proxy war in Kashmir, Indian Army chief says

New Delhi: Indian General Army chief Dalbir Singh said Tuesday that Pakistan was supporting a proxy war against India in Jammu and Kashmir and security challenges were growing due to the "active frontier".
At the annual press conference before the Day of the Army, General Dalbir Singh said the Chinese border was peaceful and measures of confidence-building have been effective.
He said the recent attacks in Jammu and Kashmir showed that terrorist camps in Pakistan were intact.
"Pakistan is supporting a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties within their country. Recent terrorist strikes reflect their despair. It also indicates that the infrastructure or camps [terrorist] across the border are intact" said.


He said ceasefire violations by Pakistan have moved towards the international border (IB) in Jammu region from the Line of Control (LOC).
"The grid counterinsurgency is very strong in the LoC. Now the focus [has] shifted to the IB" he said.
Infiltration attempts have either been frustrated by the Line of Control, or infiltrators have infiltrated, who have been in trouble, he said.
Gen. Dalbir Singh said there were streams and creeks along the IB that people across the border may try to use to infiltrate.
Answering another query, he said Indian military commanders had free rein to retaliate for cross-border fire.
"Commanders have a free hand to operate, to retaliate so they think is right," he said.
Gen. Dalbir Singh said the army has "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. "Otherwise [there is] no restriction."
He said security challenges were growing "because of the active borders we have."
"The army is prepared, well trained, motivated, equipped, focused on promoting the national interest and meet any threat that is on the way," he said.
In reference to the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the high turnout, General Dalbir Singh said that happened because of the improved security situation.
The army chief said areas like Tral and Sopore had recorded less than five percent of the vote in the 2008 election, but this time recorded about 39 percent of the vote.
"It was because of the security situation created the locals felt safe going out to vote," he said.
The army and other security forces had created a safety net for a "stable security situation."
Said 110 militants were eliminated last year, of which 104 were killed by the army. The army chief said 65 militants were killed in 2013.
He said the "spillover from Afghanistan due to the evolving situation was being watched carefully."
He said the Chinese border was peaceful. "We are following a policy of constructive engagement as China is concerned."
Gen. Dalbir Singh said that trade-army-to-army between the two countries have improved mutual understanding and helped in resolving disputes.
Referring to the situation in the Northeast, said it was "stable".

"People friendly operations being carried out to complement development efforts," he said.
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Why did Malala have a fight with his father today morning???

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In the Noble Prize distribution where Malala was rewarded with that prize one of my very close friend who is a journalist by profession was also there.  I am not giving his name because he has my words that I would not tell his name.  Yesterday night he was on skype with me and we were discussing some personal issue.  We were laughing on some point when he told the whole story of that noble prize distribution with a laughter.  He said for the last one week I am with Malala.   When I arrived at the Norway Reninge Heliport, Malala and his father come to welcome me out there.  When we were on our way I felt there is very little conversation is going on between Malala and his father and even they were not showing any gesture to each other.  Malala liked to sit on the back seat of the car besides sitting with his father with this Ipad and she started reading the speech which she had to deliver on that ceremony.  I was talking to Malala’s father on Pakistan’s current political conditions and the Dharna situation in Pakistan, I had a joke and he laughed on that joke as well with me.  Malala saw him laughing and she gave him an angry look why he is laughing and after that he did not speak too much.  When we reached home there a British woman who was waiting for Professor Malala out there.  Malala met her and they sat in a room and starting talking.  She asked Malala to read out that speech, but Malala was not able to even speak it up properly.  That lady said this is not that diary that your father got on rent in Sawat, this is not a joke.  If you could not read this out properly then that day you will be ashamed all of us.  Malala said If Kalah Bandi can give his speech in Pastho, then Why cannot I give my speech in Pasto?  On that Malala’s mother and his father come to Malala and tried to have her understand that if she did not work hard our Agenda will be finished and we will all dead.  On that Malala replied to father strictly you don’t feel any shame, first you made drama attacking on me and then you blamed Talibaan for all of that, don’t you feel any shame father? Because of you people whole is Pakistan is abusing me.  After listening this Malala’s mother started crying.  Malala loves her mother a lot so she was not able to see her crying and she promised her mother that she will try her best to prepare that speech only if this speech is written in simple English and only it will be written by that reporter who wrote my Gull Makai Waali Diary.  Malala’s father listened and got angry and he said that reporter is already demanding his share from Noble Prize.  Somebody told Malala’s father about that reporter that he is going to release all the secrets of that Diary and the Noble Prize reality after Malala will get the noble prize.  He was afraid and he called that reporter and requested him to prepare a speech for Malala.  That reporter came into the house and prepared a simple word speech for Malala.  She was taught everything how to speak, how to smile, how to pause when people are clapping, etc.  I was seeing all that scenario and was thinking how America used his agents, makes them a leader in a third world.  I was also told that in Pakistan many media houses are being hired who will show Marathon transmission at that time.  So my dear fellows this is the prize of Abdul Sattar Edhi, which was deliverd to Malala.   Think & Decide what are the realities.  Think and bring a change in yourself, in your home, in your town, in your city and in our Pakistan.
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24 militants Killed by Pakistan Army


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army’s jets and ground forces killed 24 militants as part of ongoing operations in the country’s troubled tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, the military and a government official said Tuesday.
Seventeen local and foreign “terrorists” were killed in airstrikes on Tuesday in the North Waziristan tribal region, where the military has been carrying out a major operation since June, a military statement said.
It provided no details and the identity of the slain militants was not known. The airstrikes were launched hours after more than 50 militants attacked a military checkpoint in the Khyber tribal region, triggering a shootout late Monday in which seven militants were killed, said Iqbal Khan, a government official.
The assailants fled when the troops returned fire, he said, adding that security forces were searching the area to trace and arrest the attackers.
North Waziristan and Khyber tribal regions are closed to journalists and there is no way to independently confirm the information.
The Pakistani army says it has killed about 1,200 militants since launching the operation in North Waziristan in mid-June. The push is aimed at eliminating those Pakistani and foreign militants accused of launching attacks in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan.
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Pakistan and its Democracy

Pakistan and its Democracy: 
The annual meeting of All India Muslim League for the year 1930 was organized at a big Haveli in Allahabad. When the official proceedings of the meeting began, there were less than 75 people in the enclosure, causing panic among the ranks of party officials. According to the party laws, the minimum requirement for meeting quorum at an annual meeting had to be at least 75 people. As a last resort, a famous Urdu poet was tasked with reciting one of his long poems until new members could be recruited by the officials—a process that took two hours. Finally, the official meeting commenced and the Presidential address was read by a Punjabi poet and politicians. The presidential address contained six references to democracy and all of those arguments were against the democratic system of governance. That particular address has been quoted ad nauseum by right-wing commentators and writers of Pakistan’s textbooks—very often the same people—as the first time that the idea of Pakistan was flouted in public by a politician.

A few years after Independence, a scheme was hatched by one of Pakistan’s top generals to stage a coup and form a military council to rule the country. The coup plan was called ‘Rawalpindi Conspiracy’ and it was hatched in 1949-1951 by Major General Akbar Khan. In his view, one of the compelling reasons for staging a coup was:“The People are not fully ready for a democratic state”. Seven years after the Rawalpindi Conspiracy, General Ayub Khan and Iskander Mirza, commented that democracy is not suitable for warmer countries such as Pakistan. The duo was responsible for staging Pakistan’s first successful coup. Ayub Khan tried to bypass the traditional democratic system by establishing a “Basic Democracy” setup. It was nothing but a salad dressing, strengthening Ayub’s iron grip on the country.

A former dictator, in his latest interview, opined that ‘Western Democracy’ cannot be enforced on Pakistan. For the record, the disgraced dictator is heading a political party that contested the parliamentary elections in 2013. Like most disgraced dictators, Mr. Musharraf seems to suffer from dementia. He probably forgot his role in instituting reforms in the local government system, a bed-rock of “western” democratic systems.

Before questioning the assertion regarding practicality of “western democracy” for Pakistan, one needs to first understand what democracy stands for. Democracy is a form of government that evolved in Europe after the renaissance and evolved differently in the United States and in various European countries. Democracy involves upholding the rule of religious equality, tolerance, rule of law, social responsibility, gender equality and the right to vote. If one charts the history of democratic process in Pakistan, there are multiple skeletons in our closet. For a start, we have been directly ruled by military dictators for much of our history. In the intervening periods, people have been given the right to vote without any concern for human rights or gender equality or social responsibility whatsoever.

In the very beginning, there was the Objectives Resolution, a document that contradicted the principle of religious equality, condemning non-Muslims to second-rate citizens in the eyes of the constitution. Religious elements have hijacked the state since they were empowered by the Objectives Resolution. One might advise the former dictator to take a look at India, a country that has successively nurtured democracy, despite having similar history, norms and troubles faced by Pakistan at Independence. One can be tempted to ask the retired military man about millions of people who have voted in elections over the last four decades and their opinion on ‘western democracy’. The consensus on democratic system has reached such heights that even the renegades(PTI-PAT Dharnistas) had to pepper their speeches with paeans of democracy.

There is a need to identify other elements that despise democracy and are actively working to sabotage the system, apart from our military. It is not a surprise that terrorist organisations such as the TTP and Al-Qaeda share Master Musharraf’s views on ‘western’ democracy. Incidentally, in the same interview, Musharraf admitted that he had given permission for US-led drone strikes in tribal areas(against TTP and Al-Qaeda).
Political Scientist Professor Mohammad Waseem is of the view that Pakistan is the most democratic country in the Muslim World and that Pakistan’s population at large is inclined towards electoral politics as opposed to most other Muslim-majority countries. The evolution of democracy in Pakistan has been a gradual process and because of unexpected intermissions from adventurers like Mr. Musharraf, the train to democracy has been derailed on numerous occasions.

What charlatans like Mr. Musharraf fail to publicly announce, inherent in the opposition to democracy: Quest for Dictatorship. Political Economists agree upon the fact that dictatorial regimes leave behind a toxic legacy and it takes decades to wipe out the after-effects. Pakistan is still struggling with policies instituted during Zia’s regime and generals are pining for a rerun of the same opera. Democracy can be messy, it can lead to demagogues ruling the roost, internecine conflicts among political factions and lack of development. This transient phase can be controlled and progress guaranteed only if saboteurs like Musharraf are kept in check.
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Sardar Ali Takkar to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
PESHAWAR: 
We may have been cheering about the performance of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at the Nobel Prize Ceremony but now the Pashto music legend Sardar Ali Takkar has also given us a reason to own the ceremony.
Takkar, who hails from the same province as Malala Yousafzai will be performing Ta Bibi Sheerina Ye on the first day of the ceremony, a song which he made as a tribute to Malala’s bravery after she was attacked by the Taliban.
On the second day, Takkar will perform the famous poem by Ghani Khan, A zama watan, in which Ghani Khan expressed his love for the country.
“This is the moment of pride and honour that a Pakistani and a Pashtun singer will perform at the Nobel Prize award ceremony,” Takkar told The Express Tribune.
“I will be performing Pashto songs for all the Pakistani girls, the language does not matter because the message is to get well educated and be a part of a larger movement towards peace,” said Takkar.
Takkar is one of the most popular names of Pashto music who is particularly known for converting many of Ghani Khan’s melodies into soothing musical compositions.
In the late 2000’s, he was amongst the likes of Harron Bacha, musicians who had to flee their country after receiving death threats from the Taliban.   These days Takkar is based in Washington DC and works as a music producer for Voice of America Radio Deewa.
The music composition of both songs he would performed there were also made by Takkar himself in his studio, he has made for himself in the USA.
Takkar had initially made Ta Bibi Sheerina Ye for a show of the same name that aired on Voice of America Radio Deewa . Initially the show was about Malala and her heroics but the later on both the show and the song became so popular that they shifted the focus of the show on girls’ education in general.
“Initially the song was only the title track of the show but later due to its universal message of spreading awareness about the importance of education, it became the song of every girl out there,” Behroz Khan, the lyricist of the song and producer of the show, told The Express Tribune.
Takkar has been allotted five minutes each on the two-day-long event and he is equally excited about performing both of the songs.
A zama watana is a famous poem by Ghani Khan which has sung by many popular singers like the legendary Gulzar Alam, Bakhtiar Khattak and relatively new faces like Humayun Khan. A Zama Watana so popular amongst the Pashtun population that many even consider it the anthem of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Both songs have been composed by Takkar.
“The song has been selected after consultation with the Nobel Peace Prize commetie,” Behroz told The Express Tribune.  “The song has been written for Malala, a girl who truly is the voice of all the Pashun women around the world and I am more excited to watch her receive the award rather than the performance itself”.
Takkar is equally overwhelmed by Malala’s achievement and considers it a moment of so much pride and honour that can’t be expressed in words.
“I am short of words, all I can is that he all the Pashtuns around the world are proud of her achievement,” said Takkar.
Translation of Ta Bibi Sheerina
Fulfilling the capacity of mother, wife, sister and daughter, you incarnate love by all,
O Pakhtun sweetheart, learning is your right.
You are the real Bibi Shirin
Allow her to learn and she will help your country thrive.
She will raze down the idols of ignorance
She is the origin of life and she is the sign of grace and respect
You can bring prosperity and peace, if your strengths are utilised
You are a burden only in the snare of others grip
Do not consider yourself inferior, you are second to none,
Your wisdom and physical strength is unrivalled,
Your pride is your reason and hard work
You may be heartbroken, but your aspirations speak of strong determination
You are the real Bibi Shirin.

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Call to normalize trade ties between Pakistan, India

ISLAMABAD: Dr Vaqar Ahmed, the Deputy Executive Director, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad, has stressed the need for normalizing trade relations between Pakistan and India to benefit both the local manufacturers and consumers besides technology transfer and greater export surplus.
He was speaking at a two-day regional consultation on `Deepening Economic Cooperation in South Asia: Expectations from the 18th SAARC Summit' organized by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) in cooperation with SDPI in Kathmandu.
The programme was organized as a side-event to the 18th SAARC Summit to provide useful recommendations to deepen economic cooperation in South Asia.
"The Government of Pakistan must take a lead in expediting SAARC-level pending agreements on transport, energy, connectivity and dispute resolution," Dr Vaqar said, adding that the current free trade agreements in the region should be revised to include investment and technology clauses. He suggested that trade and investment barriers can be addressed only by increasing people to people interaction and moving towards a more open visa regime.
Earlier, In his inaugural remarks, Nepalese Foreign Affairs Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey said that South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has long dreamed of deeper regional cooperation for economic growth and prosperity, and has undertaken initiatives to facilitate trade and investment, and improve regional connectivity. However, financial and investment-related constraints largely affect the efficient implementation of trade and transport facilitation measures.
He expressed the hope that SAARC would undertake necessary steps to promote intra-regional investments and attract foreign direct investments (FDIs).
Expressing dissatisfaction over most of the countries' failure in implementing Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region, he emphasized that the SAARC Development Goals should be aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals in line with the post-2015 development agenda.
Further, he highlighted the necessity to take mitigation and adaptive measures to address the threat of climate change, which is going to impact, among others, food security of the region. Strengthening of regional cooperation on this front is essential, he added. He expressed hope that the 18th SAARC Summit would be able to send across a strong message that SAARC leaders are ready to revitalize and implement all past initiatives undertaken by SAARC to deepen regional integration.
Adil Khattak, CEO of Attock Oil Refineries, said as to how regional supply chains in energy sector could alleviate the various forms of power and gas deficits in Pakistan and South Asia. He said Pakistan had significant potential of trade in energy and petroleum products with South Asian countries, which should not go wasted due to the slow cooperation in SAARC region.
Former President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industries Zubair Ahmed provided an account of the barriers faced by the business community when conducting trade within South Asia, and stressed the need to go beyond trade in goods and also look at how to exploit the untapped potential of the services sector.
He called upon the Government of Pakistan to grant MFN status to India.
SAWTEE Executive Chairman Dr Posh Raj Pandey said that despite the existence of SAARC, progress in deepening regional integration has been frustratingly slow and gains have only been modest. "What is needed to move SAARC forward is political will and sincere commitments at the highest level," he suggested.
He further said that informal trade in the region being substantially higher than formal trade is testimony of policy-induced trade barriers, which need to be overcome to make SAARC a truly economically integrated region.
More than 60 participants, including researchers, policy makers, private sector representatives and media, among others, from different South Asian countries participated in the regional consultation.
They deliberated on issues such as trade and transport facilitation, and transit; non- tariff barriers; trade, gender and technology transfer; India-Pakistan trade relations; intra- regional investment cooperation; and regional cooperation for energy security.


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IBSF World Championship: ‘Countries still reluctant to come to Pakistan’

KARACHI: Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association’s (PBSA) Alamgir Sheikh has said that European countries are reluctant to travel to Pakistan for next year’s World Championship.
PBSA is expected to host the championship, which includes 6-Red, ladies event, team championship, in August 2015 and Sheikh said that the association is working on getting rid of the feeling of fear among the delegates.
Sheikh is currently in India for the ongoing IBSF World Championship and is expecting a positive outcome after the executive meeting of snooker’s world body.
“My main purpose for traveling to India is to try and get the finalised dates for the World Championships,” Sheikh told The Express Tribune. “The month of August is final so the dates are the only issue. In addition, there are some reservations among the European countries regarding traveling to Pakistan next year as per their travel advisory. However, I’ve spoken on a one-to-one basis with various delegates as we want to host a successful and secure championship.”
The official hoped that this issue will be settled after IBSF’s executive body meeting.

Hamza moves into last-64
Hamza Akbar bagged his fourth victory in Group C after edging Scotland’s Michael Collumb 4-3, which sealed his progress into the last-64 phase.
The 21-year-old won with a scoreline of 25-61, 85-14, 81-42, 20-94(90), 60-46, 52-60 and 76-05(56).
Meanwhile, Muhammad Sajjad, who is already through to the knockout stages, beat Sweden’s Farhan Mirza in straight frames, conceding only 24 points across the four frames.
Sajjad, who was a losing semifinalists in last year’s world championship, triumphed by 67-07, 57-01, 66-09 and 50-07.
On the other hand, Muhammad Asif Toba also closed in on qualifying for the next stage after beating Iran’s Soheil Vahedi 4-1 with scores of 35-78(70), 66-56, 67-17, 54-13 and 67-60.
“Asif Toba was brilliant in a tough match against Vahedi and has played well so far,” said Sheikh. “But as far as Sajjad and Hamza are concerned, I believe they are yet to play to their best and hopefully they will improve their play as the event progresses.”


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Pakistan-India nuclear arms race unabated

WASHINGTON - Nuclear and missile arms race between India and Pakistan is showing no sign of abating even though atomic arsenals are shrinking in the rest of the world, a New American think-tank report
“Although both States claim to seek only a credible minimum deterrent, regional dynamics have driven them to pursue a range of nuclear and missile capabilities.” according to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report, entitled “Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age”. 
“While Pakistan is focused predominantly on the threat posed by India, it is reportedly also concerned by the potential for the United States to launch a military operation to seize or disarm Pakistani nuclear weapons,” the report says. 
“This concern is based in part on reported contingency planning by the US military to prevent Pakistani nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists. Pakistan’s sensitivity to such a disarming operation was heightened by the 2011 Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden because it revealed Pakistani vulnerabilities and highlighted the willingness of the United States to take unilateral military action on Pakistani soil,” CFR said
 It says the “size and composition of Pakistan’s nuclear forces appear increasingly dictated by India’s growing conventional military capabilities.” 
The report’s author Gregory Koblentz said India and Pakistan face more security challenges among nuclear powers due to a variety of factors including the decades-old Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which has existential implications for both South Asian nations. 
“India and Pakistan face more severe security challenges than those of the other nuclear weapon states due to their history of high-intensity and low-intensity conflicts, higher levels of domestic instability, geographic proximity, the dispute over Kashmir that has existential implications for both countries, and the history of cross-border terrorism.”
“The next crisis between India and Pakistan could be sparked by a cross-border military incursion, a mass-casualty terrorist attack or a high-profile assassination.
Koblentz also notes that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who entered office in May 2014, has pledged to review India’s nuclear doctrine. Since its first nuclear test in 1974, India has publicly adhered to a no-first-use policy.  
According to its 2003 nuclear doctrine, India seeks a “credible minimum deterrent” to deter nuclear attacks on its territory and armed forces and vows that its response to a first strike would be “massive and designed to inflict unacceptable damage.” 
In addition, this doctrine qualified India’s NFU policy to allow for the use of nuclear weapons in response to a major chemical or biological attack.
At the same time, CFR said Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear weapons programme in the world and by 2020 it could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices.
“Though many states are downsising their stockpiles, Asia is witnessing a buildup. Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear programme in the world. By 2020, it could have a stockpile of fissile material that, if weaponised, could produce as many as 200 nuclear devices.
The report has identified South Asia as the region “most at risk of a breakdown in strategic stability due to an explosive mixture of unresolved territorial disputes, cross-border terrorism, and growing nuclear arsenals.”
Pakistan, the report said, has deployed or is developing 11 delivery systems for its nuclear warheads, including aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
“Pakistan has not formally declared the conditions under which it would use nuclear weapons but has indicated that it seeks primarily to deter India from threatening its territorial integrity or the ability of its military to defend its territory,” the report said.
CFR said India is estimated to possess enough fissile material for between 90 and 110 nuclear weapons and is expanding its fissile material production capacity.
China, it said, is estimated to have 250 nuclear weapons for delivery by a mix of medium, intermediate, and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles and bombers.
The growth of nuclear and missile capabilities on the subcontinent since 1998 has increased the risk that such a crisis could escalate in unforeseen and dangerous ways,” the report said.
Since the conventional military imbalance between India and Pakistan is expected to grow thanks to India’s larger economy and higher Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate, Pakistan’s reliance on nuclear weapons to compensate for its conventional inferiority will likely be an enduring feature of the nuclear balance in South Asia, it said.
Another American think-tank report suggested that the US and Europe should work more closely to make Pakistan’s nuclear weapons a greater international priority as their proliferation pose a major risk to global security. 
“The United States and Europe should work more closely together to make Pakistan’s nuclear development? specifically, its development of tactical nuclear weapons? a greater international priority,” says the report, ‘A Transatlantic Pakistan Policy’.
“The proliferation of these weapons presents a significant risk to international security simply by the increased possibility of their loss, theft, sale, sabotage, or accidental use,” says the report — a collaboration between German Marshall Fund and Swedish Defence Research Agency(FOI).
The report, to be released, has been authored by Dhruva Jaishankar, Andrew Small and Daniel Twining from German Marshall Fund, US, and John Rydqvist at FOI.
It provides recommendations to US and European officials to improve cooperation on policy towards Pakistan.
The report suggests the US and Europe need to clearly divide labour on counterterrorism issues, including a clear role for the EU.
A better understanding of the implications of Pakistan’s continued support for militant proxies is needed, as well as efforts to deepen Afghan-Pak cooperation.
The transatlantic partners, additionally, can help to increase civilian role in law-enforcement in Pakistan through training programmes and development assistance, which should be directed to resource-starved police, rather than military.On civil-military relations and governance, the report notes that the US and Europe can focus their efforts on specific governance issues - such as energy and education.
“Western support could involve initiatives to empower Parliamentary standing committees and the judiciary. Better efforts can be made to shape popular narratives by supporting and educating members of the media and reforming school curricula,” it said.
The report recommends that the Pakistan government should be held accountable for human rights abuses by security forces or State-supported militias against religious and ethnic minorities, women, and other marginalised groups.
The US and Europe — the largest providers of development assistance and export destinations — have a role to play in transforming the Pakistani economy, the report said.
This would involve embracing and cooperating with a new wave of regional infrastructure initiatives and economic institutions, often driven by Gulf States and China, it said.
“The US and Europe can also use their bilateral and multilateral economic leverage to advance efforts at regional integration and connectivity. And they can use the military withdrawal from Afghanistan to reorient the relationship around economics and investment, in order to help Pakistan realise its potential as an emerging market,” the report said.
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Pakistan successfully tests Hatf-IV missile
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Monday conducted successful test-launch of Intermediate Range Shaheen-1A (Hatf-IV) Ballistic missile which is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 kilometres.
The launch was aimed at revalidating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system. According to ISPR, Shaheen-1A with its highly accurate and indigenously-developed guidance system is one of the most accurate missile systems.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah, who witnessed the launch, congratulated the scientists and engineers for their dedication, professionalism and commitment towards achieving Pakistan’s Full Spectrum Credible Minimum Deterrence Capability. He reiterated Pakistan’s desire for peaceful co-existence in the region.
The naval chief appreciated the professional attributes of all concerned towards accomplishment of the sacred mission. He showed his full confidence in armed forces’ capability to safeguard security of the motherland against any aggression.
The successful test-launch was also warmly appreciated by the president and the prime minister of Pakistan who congratulated the participating troops, the scientists and engineers on their outstanding achievement.
Monday’s launch, with impact point in the Arabian Sea, was also witnessed by Strategic Plans Division Director General Lt-Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command Lt-Gen Obaid Ullah Khan, Vice Admiral Zafar Mehmood Abbasi, Commander Pakistan Fleet, NESCOM Chairman Mr Muhammad Irfan Burney, senior officers from the strategic forces, scientists and engineers of strategic organisations.

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Pakistan won't allow India to resolve Kashmir dispute its own way: Aziz

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz blamed on Saturday India for wanting to resolve the Kashmir dispute in its own way, which he said Pakistan would not allow.
“India wants to resolve the Kashmir dispute in its own way and Pakistan will not allow this Indian attempt to succeed,” he said while speaking to reporters in Islamabad.
The adviser added that Pakistan is responding to Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary in a befitting manner, adding that the Pakistan’s desire for peace should not be mistaken as its weakness.
The adviser on foreign affairs said Pakistan has been highlighting human rights violations by the Indian forces in Indian Kashmir where India has deployed 700,000 troops to suppress Kashmiris.
Referring to India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement disapproving of Pakistan’s recent move of approaching the UN to ‘internationalise the Kashmir issue’ and seeking the world body’s intervention, saying all issues could be resolved through bilateral talks, Aziz said, “UN resolutions on Kashmir cannot be ended in this way.”
“We are making efforts at an international level to make the UN Military Observers Mission more active,” he said while talking about cross-border firing by India.
“The government will send emissaries and delegations to different countries to inform them about the Indian aggression on Line of Control and human rights violations in occupied Kashmir by the Indian forces,” he added.
Kashmir to observe Black Day on Monday
Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe Black Day on October 27 to convey to the world that India has occupied Jammu and Kashmir against their will, according to Radio Pakistan.
The day will be marked with a complete shut down in Indian Kashmir and rallies in world capitals as it was October 27, 1947 that Indian troops invaded Jammu and Kashmir and occupied it.
A call for the shut down has been given by the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
Farooq criticised India for diluting the Kashmir dispute and delaying its resolution by raking up electoral and administrative issues.
Addressing a gathering at Charar-e-Sharief in Badgam he said, “Kashmir is a political issue concerning aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and unfulfilled promises on the right to self-determination by Indian leadership. Ironically, India is using all means to dilute the Kashmir dispute by linking it with electoral and administrative issues,” Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported.
The APHC chairman said that delaying tactics by New Delhi vis-a-vis resolution of Kashmir would compound the longstanding dispute. ”If India thinks that its military approach can suppress the sentiments and aspirations of Kashmiris, it is mistaken as Kashmiris have rendered unparalleled sacrifices for securing their right to self-determination.”
He added that hostilities between India and Pakistan would only end with the resolution of the Kashmir conflict.
Mirwaiz also extended complete support for the planned Million March in London, on 26 October, by the Kashmiri's living in Britain and across Europe.
He said that on this day, the Hurriyet leadership on both sides of the Line of Control would submit a memorandum to the European Union and the British Parliament demanding their intervention in resolution of the dispute.
“British government has moral responsibility to resolve the Kashmir dispute as it was instrumental in creation of this problem in 1947,” he remarked.


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Only 12% of drone victims in Pakistan identified as militants: report
KARACHI: A recent research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found that only 12% of drone victims in Pakistan have been identified as militants. Moreover, the research also stated that fewer than 4% of the people killed have been identified as members of al Qaeda.  
The research contradicts US Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim last year that only “confirmed terrorist targets at the highest level” were fired at.
The number of US drone strikes in Pakistan has hit 400 between June 2004 and October 2013.
Of the 2,370 people killed in these strikes, 704 have been identified, of which only 295 were reported to be members of some kind of armed group.

More than a third of them were not designated a rank, and almost 30% are not even linked to a specific group.
The Bureau has a project titled Naming the Dead, which has gathered the names and details of people killed by CIA drones in Pakistan since June 2004.
According to Mustafa Qadri, a Pakistani researcher for Amnesty International, the findings “demonstrate the continuing complete lack of transparency surrounding US drone operations.”
Responding to the Bureau’s investigation, US National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said that the strikes were only carried out when there was “near-certainty” that no civilians would be killed.
“The death of innocent civilians is something that the US Government seeks to avoid if at all possible. In those rare instances in which it appears non-combatants may have been killed or injured, after-action reviews have been conducted to determine why, and to ensure that we are taking the most effective steps to minimise such risk to non-combatants in the future,” said Hayden.
Leaked documents show that the US believes determining a militant is an imminent threat that “does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a specific attack on US persons and interests will take place in the immediate future.”
Moreover, according to the Authorisation for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) – a law signed by Congress three days after the September 11 2001 attacks — the president has the right to use “all necessary and appropriate force” against those behind the attacks on the US, wherever they are.
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