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Pak N-bid may hit NSG hurdle
Washington: Pakistans bid to forge a civilian nuclear deal with the United States may get thwarted by the 44-member Nuclear Suppliers Group, which made an exception for India but might find Pakistan more unpalatable. The US-India deal itself remains to be fully implemented more than five years after it was first conceived.
Some experts have also questioned whether Pakistan has the capacity to buy or absorb any nuclear power reactor given that the country is broke.
However, even signaling a shift in United States policy is something that might mollify Pakistan for now. Georgetown University academic Christine Fair was the first to propose the idea that Pakistan deserves its own nuclear deal.
A conditions-based civilian nuclear deal may be able to diminish Pakistani fears of American intentions while allowing Washington to leverage these gains for greater Pakistani cooperation on nuclear proliferation and terrorism, the United States-based academic had argued in an article earlier this year.
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no the deal between india and u.s is still not operationalized as india had yed not passed nuclear liabilty bill which act as the biggest hurdle
in pakistan's case also i dont think u will have a tough time with nsg if u.s.a is ready for it,but the hurdle for u also will the nuclear liability bill
All Indian newspapers publishing this news but its not on any Pakistani newspaper. Have you guys start trusting TOI or Indian express?
Anyways if it is true and deal indeed goes through then it's good for Pakistan..
Nuclear liability will not be a hurdle in Pakistan. even here its a bluff hurdle to stall political process. Though I leave the discussion to other thread.
I strongly believe that this is an effort by SAM to torpedo Iran Gas Pipeline.
For economics factor, if US is costly, China can go ahead and do Nuclear trade legally with Pakistan. That is what will be a good thing for Pakistan. US deal may take a long time to operationalize and also not to mention the economic/sanctions factor behind these US reactors and fuel.
What is going to be Indias official stance if Pakistan is able to convince the US for a deal similar to that of India, Pakistan itself did not objected Indias deal, will India show the same courtesy or will we hear the usual whining?
As for the deal the reason we are even hearing such news is because of the recent IP gas pipe line inked between Pakistan and Iran otherwise deal aside US wasnt even willing to bring it in talk dismissing even the romote possibility.
Also lets say we do get successful in obtaining a similar deal, what implications will it have on IP project? My take is that the US would ask Pakistan to completely abdomen the project and well we will consider for similar deal as that of India.
well sir India and Pakistan are not equal don't compare each other
there is no comparison