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  • Past military leadership considered surrendering Kashmir and missile Program, mulled recognizing Israel: Mushahid Hussain

    Past military leadership considered surrendering Kashmir and missile Program, mulled recognizing Israel: Mushahid Hussain

    Mushahid Hussain Syed, a veteran politician and serving senator from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), recently appeared on a talk show at 92 News channel and alleged that past military high command “was willing to compromise on Pakistan’s missile program, give up Kashmir along with recognition of Israel.”

    When he was asked by the journalist Irshad Ahmad Arif whether relations between Pakistan and China are well, the senator said, “No, because Pakistan’s previous military establishment sent mixed signals despite Chinese support at every international forum, it was playing a double game with China and the US.”

    Hussain stated that the US had clearly given out a statement in its national security strategy in 2022 that India was its strategic partner in this region and China was its enemy.

    According to the senator, “If they [US] consider the Chinese their enemy then how could we play a double game with China despite their consistent support throughout our history?”

    The PML-N leader said that the Chinese are not “children” and they know what Pakistan did to them.

  • Pakistan notifies revised export control lists of goods

    Pakistan notifies revised export control lists of goods

    Pakistan has notified revised control lists of goods, technologies, materials, and equipment subject to the Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) license for export.

    This was done in accordance with the Export Control on Goods, Technologies, Materials, and Equipment related to Nuclear and Biological Weapons and their Delivery Systems Act of 2004.

    “The act empowers the government to control the export, re-export, trans-shipment, and transit of goods, technologies, materials, and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems,” it added.

    According to the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) revised/updated the control lists in consultation with other relevant ministries and departments as part of the regular review process.

    In the Pakistani Gazette S.R.O. 551(I)/2022 dated April 12, 2022, the revised control lists were announced. The control lists were first published in 2005 and later updated in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2018, the statement said.

    According to the notification, the updated lists are in compliance with the standards and lists of these export control regimes. Over the years, Pakistan has improved its export control system, streamlined and strengthened it, and increased its interaction with international export control systems like the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Australia Group.

    The notification emphasises Pakistan’s continued commitment and strategy as a responsible nuclear state to advance the common cause of non-proliferation and strictly uphold its commitments, the statement said.

  • VIDEO: ‘Moment when Ukraine plane was hit by Iranian missile’

    VIDEO: ‘Moment when Ukraine plane was hit by Iranian missile’

    A newly-surfaced video released by The New York Times and CNN among other foreign media outlets, appears to show the moment a Ukrainian airliner was hit by a missile before crashing not far from Iran’s airport in Tehran on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.

    Ukrainian International Airlines’ Kyiv-bound flight PS752 crashed minutes after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Wednesday amid escalating tensions between the United States (US) and Iran.

    All 176 passengers on board were killed in the crash that came as Iran fired missiles at US forces in Iraq.

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    The video is consistent with statements made by Canadian, US and UK officials, who said intelligence indicated that an Iranian missile brought down the airliner. They, however, say it may have been a mistake.

    Iran, on the other hand, rejects the same and blames engine failure for the crash.

    While it is unclear why the person was recording a video at the time, reports say it is possible that two missiles were fired, prompting the person filming to start recording. The New York Times also reported that the person started filming after hearing “some sort of shot fired”.