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Trumpet of War

For a President who proclaimed an anti-war stance to win the election President Trump is trying his level best to do otherwise. From bombing Afghanistan with the mother of all…

Time To Denuclearise The World

Time to denuclearise the world

The pernicious tentacles of war, death and destruction are likely to grip our planet following the recent lethal missile tests by Russia. According to media reports, the missile, also known…

The Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock

In 1947 members of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) developed the symbolic Doomsday Clock after the horrific US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — which remain the greatest…

Al-Quds And The Muslim World: Part – I

Al-Quds and the Muslim world: Part – I

We have come to expect anything from President Trump, as we did from President Bush. The latter showed his character by attacking Iraq (together with PM Blair) on flimsy grounds,…

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday clock

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced its latest nuclear Doomsday Clock. In so doing they moved the symbolic minute hand ahead thirty seconds to two and one-half minutes till midnight.…

Looking For Wimps

Looking for wimps

IN a recent experiment at Harvard University, scientists have discovered a technique that not just slows down the ageing process, but reverses it. OK, the experiment was conducted on mice,…

The 28th May Tests

The 28th May tests

Here follows the remainder of Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s letter to Zahid Malik: “Some foreign countries, with a resolute agenda for establishing a non-proliferation regime globally, took serious note of this…

The Nuclear Summit

The nuclear summit

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Syed Tariq Fatemi will attend a two-day Nuclear Security Summit being held in Washington D C at the end of this…

Nuclear Security And The IAEA

Nuclear security and the IAEA

“No system of safeguards that can be devised will of itself provide an effective guarantee against production of atomic weapons by a nation bent on aggression.” – Harry S Truman…