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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Monday, May 25, 1998
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Anti-Nuke Baluchis hijack Pak plane
A Pakistan International Airlines passenger aircraft was hijacked yesterday by Balochistan nationalists but the plane was intercepted by a Pakistan air force jet and forced to land in Hyderabad, Sindh. The Fokker F-27 (PIA 554) flight from Gwadar in the Balochistan coastal belt to Karachi was carrying 24 passengers and 5 crew members.
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Pak may get F-16s by early next week
The United States is gearing up to return the first Pakistani F-16s, perhaps as early as next week, even before repelling the Pressler Amendment, according to Congressional sources. The Clinton administration is reportedly examining whether a national interest waiver is possible to allow the 28 planes to move in batches of one and two while the Congress is in recess.
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EU won't go with US on curbs against India
United States-led calls for sanctions on India over its nuclear tests will be snubbed by the European Union today, despite growing concern about the threat they pose to the security and stability of the sub-continent. In a statement to be adopted by foreign ministers from the EU's 15 member states at their monthly meeting, the bloc will condemn the tests as a "grave threat to international peace and security," call for their immediate cessation and urge India to sign the CTBT, diplomats said.
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Postpone China visit, Clinton told
Chairman of the US Governmental Affairs panel, Fred Thompson, who is heading the probe into whether the Chinese funded President Bill Clinton's election campaign, has appealed to the President to postpone his forthcoming visit to Beijing.
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