Word: pakistan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pakistan-backed terrorist is arrested in Punjab...
Islamabad -- A staunch advocate of family planning in her overpopulated homeland, Pakistan's Prime Minister, BENAZIR BHUTTO, appears not to be heeding her own advice. Although the steamy tropical summer has arrived, Bhutto, 40, has taken to wearing coats or heavy gowns in an effort to hide her eight-month pregnancy; the baby is supposed to "announce itself" later this month. Not surprisingly, Pakistan's favorite pun plays off Bhutto's party initials, P.P.P. (Pakistan People's Party): with three children already, she's known as the "Perpetually Pregnant...
...when he said that "North Korea cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb; we have to be very firm about it." That resolve has apparently been replaced by a recognition that the seepage of nuclear know-how is relentless. After surveying atomic-weapons programs in North Korea and Pakistan, the Administration has concluded that both countries have almost certainly succeeded in barging their way into the nuclear club -- if only as junior members. Rather than continuing to try to strip them of their atomic status, Washington has decided to accept the new entries -- but not without first exacting...
...Washington will stand up at a lectern and announce such a policy change. But its outlines have begun to emerge in recent weeks, at least regarding these two nations. Pakistan will be asked to prove that it no longer builds nukes -- and to limit its arsenal to the 10 or 15 weapons the U.S. believes it now has. In exchange, Washington will deliver the 38 American-made F-16 jets Islamabad has paid for but hasn't received because of its suspected A-bomb efforts. In North Korea's case, the Administration is willing to live with...
Just in the past year CIA information helped: the French government prevent the shipment of missile-related graphite cylinders to Pakistan; the Germans to interdict a shipment of Scud-missile production equipment being transferred to Syria; Italian authorities to block the delivery of excavation equipment en route to Libya for possible use in construction of an underground chemical- weapons plant; and the Swiss to stop the sale of equipment ordered by a nuclear-related Pakistani company...