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Ship from China to Pakistan stopped in Mumbai; Indian agencies suspect nuke link to consignment
Indian security agencies stopped a Karachi-bound ship from China at Mumbai's Nhava Sheva port suspecting a dual-use consignment that could aid Pakistan's nuclear and ballistic missile programme, officials said on Saturday, reported PTI. Customs officials, acting on intelligence input, intercepted the Malta-flagged merchant ship, CMA CGM Attila, en route to Karachi on January 23. The consignment, featuring a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine manufactured by an Italian company, was thoroughly inspected during the operation. A team from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) examined the consignment and verified its potential use in the neighbouring country's nuclear programme. Cosmos Engineering, a Pakistani defence supplier, has been under scrutiny since March 12, 2022, when Indian authorities intercepted a shipment of Italian-made thermoelectric instruments at the Nhava Sheva port.
Pakistan
Why did Nawaz Sharif rake up Kashmir issue in his speech after return to Pakistan?
Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif marked his homecoming with a mega rally in Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan. The 73-year-old Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supremo raised the Kashmir issue while addressing his party workers.
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Pakistan Army Chief Munir Threatened Wives and Children of Critics during Closed Door Meet
Former US ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday revealed that Pakistan chief of army staff General Asim Munir threatened the wives and children of his critics during a closed-door meeting held in Sialkot. Khalilzad said these comments were made during a speech made to senior army officers. “A recent speech by the Army Chief has led me to believe that things are truly dire. His closed-door angry tirade to senior officers in Sialkot has been reliably shared with me,” Khalilzad said referring to the speech made earlier this week.
Pakistan
Battlelines drawn between Imran Niazi and Gen Asim Munir in Pakistan
After the supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan Niazi targeted Pakistan Army and its spearhead institutions in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on May 9, the Shehbaz Sharif government is likely to pass a resolution on the Cabinet to try the rioters and their leaders under the Army Act and the Official Secret Act. With Pakistan President and apex judiciary overtly revealing their soft corner towards Niazi and tying the hands of Sharif government, the Pakistan Army under General Asim Munir has started the process of dismantling the PTI and isolating their mercurial leader in the past days. Feeling the heat from the Army and the ISI, described once by former PM Benazir Bhutto as a state within the state, several powerful party office-bearers close to Niazi have either left the party or are in the process of doing so in the coming days.
Pakistan
‘Good to see you Imran Khan’: Pakistan Chief Justice Bandial clarifies on criticism
Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, who was criticised by the ruling alliance for greeting former prime minister Imran Khan in the Supreme Court with the words “good to see you”, clarified on May 16 that it was part of court etiquette and carried no political connotation. Chief Justice Bandial made these remarks during Mr. Khan's appearance before the Supreme Court after his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case sparked violent protests by his supporters.
