Nawaz Sharif shortens USA visit from five to three days

The Washington Post first reported about the discussions last Tuesday, after which several officials and experts weighed in about the effort in more detail. The report can not be ignored because of the timing and the standing of the columnist who was briefed.

The spokesman said that Kashmiris are directly affected by Kashmir dispute and therefore a party to it, trying to validate Pakistan’s stance that Kashmiris should be part of bilateral talks between Pakistan and India. However, already declared nuclear states like the U.S. are exceptions. It has deliberately fed fears of a possible nuclear clash in the subcontinent if its sense of insecurity was not addressed by receiving equal treatment from the US.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty due to constant tensions with rival India. They have said that Pakistan treats its nuclear programme as its pride and would not compromise.

Pakistan has always been a blind spot for the US. Pakistan has also reached out to the global community to help end its status as a nuclear outcast and to be treated on par with India. Pakistan also holds the key to the commencement of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference on Disarmament. While expressing concern about South Asia being a nuclear flashpoint, it has not rebuked Pakistan for periodically threatening India with nuclear arms. We have shared this with the United Nations and we will share it in America. His response wasn’t Iran but Pakistan.

The US ” s over-indulgence of Pakistan is hard to explain. Firm commitments should also be sought from Pakistan on clamping down on terrorism in the country in order to reduce the likelihood of nuclear terrorism in the region. The United States itself has been a victim of these on its own soil and in Afghanistan.

The administration of US President Barack Obama is examining ways to limit Pakistan’s nuclear weapons stockpile, considered as the world’s fastest-growing nuclear arsenal.

“Terrorism was not the issue of India alone”, he maintained.

Khan’s operation one of the most sophisticated black markets selling the equipment needed to make nuclear fuel prompted a lengthy American-led punishment of Pakistan’s nuclear activities.

Moreover, China, whose consent is necessary for admitting new members to the NSG, has consistently supported Pakistan’s entry into the NSG.