The shame in Chicago
ahmed sabirMunir Akram A surprise awaited at the summit. President Obama refused to meet the Pakistan president 'one-to-one' unless Pakistan agreed to the immediate release of all the 'held up' cargo…
Seminar by Rabita Forum International FMCT & International Relations
Dr. Huma Baqai FMCT & international relations • Nuclear weapons were always a threat to mankind. They are seen as game changers now • The emergence of conflict between state…
Tactical nuclear weapon Deterrence stability between India and Pakistan
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal Associate Professor School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad India and Pakistan relations have been fraught with conflict since 1947. New Delhi's recent doctrinal…
FMCT (Fissile Material Cut Off Treaty) Problems and Prospects Is it discrminatiorory and Pakistan specific?
Dr. Zafar Iqbal Cheema FMCT: an introduction The fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) is a proposed multilateral treaty to prohibit the future production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. The…
Quest for an equitable FMCT
Dr. Tanvir Ahmad Khan (This article is an edited version of the transcript of a presentation made at the Rabita Forum International seminar on FMCT-Problems and Prospects held in Islamabad…
Why Pakistan should not sign FMCT?
Dr. Shaista Tabbasum After the use of nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Nagasaki the policy of nuclear non-proliferation was introduced mainly by the United States. The policy was meant to discourage…
Pakistan’s political whodunit
Ishtiaq Ali Mehkri Politicians in Pakistan are back to their erstwhile business of foul-mouthing. The marriage of connivance is, thus, unravelling. The so-called political reconciliation, which was thrust upon the…
No to FMCT – Fissile Material Cut off Treaty
Nusrat Mirza American policy has changed and America intends to press us from left to right and from east to west. America is not willing to accept us as Nuclear…
FMCT A discriminatory Pakistan specific ploy
Dr. Huma Mir The scientifically orchestrated bogey of 'ISLAMIC BOMB' spanning almost 25 years failed to prevent the nuclearization of Pakistan. Alhamdolillah, we entered the select group of Nuclear Weapons…
Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty
Ikram Sehgal On December 16, 1993, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for the “negotiations of 'a non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning…