China-Pakistan Civilian Nuclear deal: 1 Gig Plant in Chasnupp
From the Blog pakistanledger - China-Pakistan Civilian Nuclear deal: 1 Gig Plant in Chasnupp November 8th, 2010 President Musharraf confirms a 1G China Pakistan deal which he signed. Wikipedia President Musharraf speaking to about 500 people in Edison NJ reiterated that he had signed an agreement with China for a 1G Civilian Nuclear Plant with China called Chasnupp-5 or C-5. President Musharraf also said that Pakistan has Uranium which it can and does mine for its own usage. Pakistan’s indigenous Uranium gives it a definite advantage over Bharat which is dependent on supplies from Australia and the US . This should put Pakistan in the Nuclear Supplier’s Group (NSG)!. World analysts have already said that President Obama’s high profile trip to Bharat pushes Pakistan into a tighter embrace with China. A recent story in Al-Jazeera had Chinese officials declaring openly that “Pakistan is China’s Israel”. Pakistan is hoping to join the SCO with China and build a new organization with Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Russia to build local regional structures. Road and Rail links with Central Asia are on top the agenda with the Central Asian Republics (CARs). America’s pressure on Pakistan is limited. While the Indo-US Civilian Nuclear deal has languished in paperwork for a decade, China is ready to start work on the 5th Nuclear plant. C-1, and C-2 are in production and C-3 nears completion, C-4 is being constructed. In addition Pakistan is also working on a Plutonium plant in Kushab. The Indian Financial Times chose to report this old news its current edition–on the eve of President Obama’s visit to Delhi. China plans to supply Pakistan with a fifth nuclear energy reactor, accelerating Beijing 's commitments to its energy-starved south Asian ally, according to Pakistani government officials. Beijing's growing support for Pakistan, including military hardware, poses a dilemma for Barack Obama, the US president, who arrived in India on Saturday. New Delhi is also becoming more concerned about Pakistan's close relationship with China. The supply of a fifth nuclear reactor to Pakistan comes after confirmation this year of Beijing's agreement to build two 650MW nuclear energy reactors at Chashma, in the central part of Pakistan's Punjab province. China has already built one nuclear energy reactor at Chashma and is expected to complete a second at the same site next year. The Pakistan government declined to comment further on the plans for the fifth reactor. "We have an ongoing programme of co-operation for the peaceful use of nuclear energy with China," said Ahmed Mukhtar, Pakistan's defence minister. Washington's relationship with New Delhi was cemented with an agreement in 2008 to supply civil nuclear reactors, even though India has yet to ratify some of the international safeguards to prevent proliferation. The US has waffled on a similar civil nuclear agreement with Pakistan, but is reluctant to say no. Analysts said Mr Obama was unlikely to criticise China's supply of nuclear reactors to Pakistan publicly because Washington is probably sensitive to Islamabad's desire for civil nuclear co-operation after the US-India civil nuclear deal. A Chinese official said in September there had been discussions between the two countries about building a 1GW plant in Pakistan, in addition to the two 300MW plants that Chinese companies are expected to build at Chashma. Not only is China keen to boost its ties with Pakistan, a long-standing ally, but the new deals also reflect Chinese commercial ambitions to become a significant player in the nuclear industry. Mark Hibbs, an expert on the nuclear industry at the Carnegie Endowment think-tank in Washington, said China could export smaller 300W reactors using technology that it controls. However, if it wanted to sell Pakistan, or any other country, 600MW or 1GW reactors, it would probably need the consent of western companies that have licensed Beijing to use key technologies. That would give those companies and their governments a certain amount of leverage, he said. Although China has been talking publicly for the past two months about its intention to build at least two more reactors in Pakistan, Chinese officials have not yet specified how they intend to get around the rules that bar the sale of nuclear technology to countries such as Pakistan that have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. One option would be to argue that the initial agreement with Pakistan was signed in 2003, before China joined the body that regulates nuclear commerce. China plans fifth nuclear reactor for Pakistan. By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad, James Lamont in New Delhi, and Geoff Dyer in Beijing. Published: November 8 2010 02:59 | Last updated: November 8 2010 02:59 Dr. Maleeha Lodhi and Senator Mushahid Hussain clearly said that the Civilian Nuclear dial between China and Pakistan is an internal matter between the two countries and the US cannot do much about it. 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How India Stopped Obama From Raising Kashmir
From the Blog Pak1stanfirstcom - How India Stopped Obama From Raising Kashmir November 8th, 2010 Indian politicians, military officials, businessmen, journalists, civili society activists and even intellectuals pride themselves on how they block their guests/hosts from raising the international dispute over Kashmir. And so was the case during US President Barrack Obama's visit. Dvija Jee and others like him stopped Mr. Obama and his high-powered delegation from raising this issue. How India did it? Dvija Jee gives us this unique insight. Pakistan First
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