Pakistan nuclear weapons plan was always India-centric, says ‘secret’ 1980 US cable | India News

Pakistan nuclear weapons plan was always India-centric, says 'secret' 1980 US cable | India News

MUMBAI: Pakistan‘s nuclear weapons programme has always been India-centric and “geared mainly to assuring that this nation will not suffer any strategic disadvantage” vis-a-vis its neighbour, the American embassy in Islamabad reported to the state department in a confidential four-decades-old cable released on Wednesday night.The March 30, 1980 cable, bearing the number “2933” and titled … Read more

US alleges Indian plot to assassinate Sikh extremist Pannun

US alleges Indian plot to assassinate Sikh extremist Pannun

WASHINGTON: In a growing wrinkle between the US and India, American authorities thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The paper, citing “multiple people familiar with the case,” said Washington issued a warning to New Delhi over concerns it was involved in the … Read more