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Week of April 17, 1998
A HATF 5 (SWORD OF THE PROPHET) MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILE with a 700-kg payload was successfully test-fired on Apr. 6. The indigenously built weapon has a range of 1,500 km, can reach deep into India and is believed capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.Week of April 3, 1998
Islamabad vowed it would not give up its nuclear program and urged India to peacefully end the dispute over Kashmir which has caused two wars between the rivals. "We consider that the acquisition of nuclear energy is necessary for the national progress and development," President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar told a joint services national day parade on March 23.Week of February 27, 1998
Sino-Pakistan Nukes On Ice
As Chinese and U.S. relations slowly warm, Pakistan's defense posture might be left in the lurch. When PM Nawaz Sharif visited Beijing for a week earlier this month, nuclear and military issues topped the agenda. Over the years, the two countries have jointly developed ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities, all arguably within the range permitted by the international Missile Technology Control Regime of 1987. When Sharif's entourage passed through Hong Kong after China, Pakistanis living there were told to expect some news about "a big development related to defense" - most likely a new jointly-developed medium-range missile that might be displayed on National Day, March 23.But that might mark the end of such Sino-Pakistan cooperation. After Sharif's trip, officials privately admitted that, given the nuclear restriction agreement China and the U.S. signed in October last year, it will not be possible for Beijing to continue its level of support to Islamabad's nuclear and missile programs. But the Pakistanis have few misgivings. They feel they have developed an indigenous capability by now which is sufficient for their national defense.
Week of February 13, 1998
CHINA-PAKISTAN PM Nawaz Sharif will make an official seven-day visit to China, starting Feb. 11. Beijing calls Sharif "an old friend of the Chinese people." The two countries have maintained good ties to counterbalance Indian influence in the region.Week of January 23, 1998
THREE-NATION SUMMIT Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were scheduled to begin a tripartite summit in Dhaka on Jan. 15. Political chaos in India and Pakistan stalled the talks in November 1997. Trade relations are at the top of the agenda for the one-day meeting, but the issue of Kashmir was expected to take up much of the time in side sessions between the Indian and Pakistani delegations.News from Pakistan in 1997
News from Pakistan in 1996
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