The following article was contributed by Masood Khan, Sherpa of Pakistan for the Nuclear Security Summit, on the occasion of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. ― Ed.In April 2009, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would host a Global Summit on Nuclear Security within the next year. Since then, nuclear security diplomacy has assumed a distinct character and created a new deliberative process. The objective of this newly energized diplomacy is to enhance nuclear security

Discussions to center on HEU minimization, international convention ratification, financial contributionsThe Nuclear Security Summit, first held in Washington in 2010, takes its origin in U.S. security strategies to prevent nuclear terrorism. Since taking office in 2009, U.S. President Obama has tackled global threats stemming from nuclear terrorism in a multilateral scheme.During his speech in Prague in April 2009, Obama singled out nuclear terrorism as the most serious threat to international

The following is a message from Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.March 23 is a landmark day in the history of Pakistan when the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent adopted the historic Lahore Resolution put forth by A.K. Fazal-e-Haq on March 23, 1940 at the famous Minto Park (now Minar-e-Pakistan. This resolution at the 27th annual meeting of the All-India Muslim League provided the Muslims with an ideal, and united them in the

The following is a message from Shaukat Ali Mukadam, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.I would like to express my deepest appreciation and thanks to The Korea Herald for bringing out a supplement on the occasion of Pakistan Day for March 23. Korea has developed under the dynamic leadership of President Lee Myung-bak and Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik. Pakistan and Korea enjoy very cordial relations which are deep-rooted in history

The following is the message from Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the occasion of Pakistan Day, March 23, 2012. ― Ed.Seventy-two years ago on this day the Muslims of the subcontinent formally committed through a Resolution to work for achieving a separate homeland for themselves. With the blessings of Allah and through the heroic struggle of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah and the founding fathers, the Muslims of the subcontinent achieved their objective on Aug. 14, 1947, within a short span

Located in the heart of Asia, Pakistan is the gateway to the financially liquid Gulf states and the economically advanced Far Eastern tigers. This strategic advantage alone makes Pakistan a marketplace teeming with possibilities.A large part of the workforce is proficient in English, hardworking and intelligent. Pakistan possesses a large pool of trained and experienced engineers, bankers, lawyers and other professionals, with many having substantial international experience, which is available

Pakistan is a very beautiful country as it is a land of splendors and a great tourist destination. The landscape changes from high mountain ranges like the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindukush in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in the North to the Punjab plains and deserts onward to the Arabian Sea. There are a myriad mountain peaks in Pakistan, the tallest being K-2 which is the second-highest peak in the world (8,611 meters), after Mount Everest in Nepal. The 806-kilometer-long Karakoram highway

An Indian nuclear expert said India is not likely to commit much in terms of enhancing nuclear security at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, considering that in its view the U.S. and Russia are not doing enough to subsequently reduce nuclear materials.“I don’t think it’s going to do very much at this summit. Since the last summit, they have started an international center but that’s easy,” Ramamurti Rajaraman, co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, told The Korea Herald. The