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US pressures Pak to prove missile fraud |
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09.01.2009 |
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After rejecting the US government’s allegations that it illegally modified American-made missiles, Pakistan has now said that it is ready to conduct any investigation on its part into the matter.
Pakistan's claim comes after increasing US pressure for a joint probe into the alleged modification of Harpoon missiles.
Earlier, a report in the New York Times said that the Obama administration had made a diplomatic protest to Pakistan's prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over the alleged alterations to the anti-ship missiles Islamabad bought in the 1980s thus making them capable of hitting land based targets and posing a threat to India.
Pakistan has now rejected US government claims that it illegally modified American-made missiles and said the accusations were part of a campaign to "malign it” and its armed forces.
The denial was in response to a news report that the Obama administration made a diplomatic protest to Pakistan's prime minister over the alleged alterations to the anti-ship missiles Islamabad bought in the 1980s thus making them capable of hitting land based targets and posing a huge threat to India.
A statement from Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said that it "categorically rejected" the article in The New York Times and that there were no modifications made to the missiles under reference.
The US has sold a total of 165 Harpoon missiles to Pakistan. The missiles were provided to Pakistan by the US administration as a defensive weapon in the Cold War era.
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Source:www.timesnow.tv |
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