UNITED NATIONS: India has ruled out the possibility of joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon state but said it remains "committed" to a unilateral voluntary moratorium on nuclear explosive testing, courtesy Times of India "The question of India joining the NPT as NNWS ...

UNITED NATIONS, United States: With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday were to sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers.The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted ...

New Delhi: The Nuclear Suppliers Group NSG plenary session is being held in Switzerland next month where Indian application for the membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group is pending before the member states.The next plenary session of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is likely to be held in ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Pakistan Tuesday said its offer to India for bilateral non-testing arrangement of nuclear weapons was reflective of its policy of promoting restraint and responsibility in South Asia."The bilateral non-testing arrangement, if mutually agreed, could become binding immediately ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): Pakistan would continue cooperating with efforts to promote "fair and equitable" solutions to disarmament and  nuclear non-proliferation challenges, a top Pakistani diplomat has said, while working to prevent proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) to states as well ...

NEW DELHI: India blamed China for blocking its entry to NSG after the Seoul meeting. India’s foreign ministry official claimed that NSG states decided granting membership to India immediately but only one country opposed the bid. “The NSG plenary in Seoul earlier in the day decided against ...

ISLAMABAD, June 23 (APP): Pakistan has all credentials for NSG membership: FO Pakistan has all credentials to become member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group and it is absolutely essential for the NSG to consider the Indian and Pakistani applications simultaneously and even-handedly. Foreign Office ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Director Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Zahir Kazmi has said that Pakistan desires a fair and unbiased consideration of its application for the membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) alongside that of India."Pakistan wants simultaneous entry into the Group with other non-NPT ...

ISLAMABAD, June 21 (APP): Director General South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI) Islamabad Dr Maria Sultan Tuesday said Pakistan's credentials for the membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) were much stronger than India.Addressing the participants of a round table ...

ISLAMABAD: (APP) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) - the cartel of 48 nuclear supplier countries - would take up the membership cases of Pakistan and India in its annual plenary meeting, commencing from Monday in Seoul.During the week-long deliberations, the Group would take up the matter for according ...