A group of activists are setting up another political party to campaign for Hong Kong’s independence. Calling itself the Alliance to Resume British Sovereignty over Hong Kong and Independence, the extreme localist group is the second political party formed within three months that advocates Hong Kong’s independence. The first was Hong Kong National Party, formed in late March. Among the core leaders of the new party is activist Billy Chiu Hin-chung, 31, who said the…
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ISLAMABAD: Former permanent representative at the United Nations in Geneva Zamir Akram said on Tuesday that Pakistan was only opposed to “exclusive membership” of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for India. He was speaking at a roundtable discussion organised by the Strategic Vision Institute (SVI), a think tank, on the implications of the upcoming plenary session of the NSG, which is expected to deliberate on membership for non-NPT states, including Pakistan and India. The NSG…
ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua on Tuesday viewed American efforts to include India in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as part of a ‘greater design’ to contain China on the one hand and to prevent the resurgence of Russia on the other hand. Speaking at a seminar on ‘Pakistan’s case for NSA membership’, Janjua said the current move by the US to induct India into the 48-nation exclusive nuclear club should be…