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NSG to take up Pakistan, India's membership requests this week The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) 2016 annual plenary, which begins in   Seoul   on Monday, will take up membership requests from both   India   and   Pakistan   on June 23-24. According to   Dawn , Pakistan submitted its membership application on May 19, a week after India, which applied on May 12. With massive global support, India stands as a favourite to join the 48-nation group, with an active support from the United States, Russia, Britain, France and other world powers. China, however, stands as an obstacle to India's application, arguing that it would enhance a nuclear competition in South   Asia   by isolating Pakistan. China   wants   NSG   to admit Pakistan as well, pointing out that both India and Pakistan possessed nuclear weapons and had not signed the NPT. While China may not force the NSG to admit Pakistan, it can block India as new m...

Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists from Pakistan today attacked an Air Force base here, killing two air personnel while four terrorists were killed in an operation that lasted more than five hours, an attack that comes just a week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to Lahore.  The air base is located near the border with Pakistan.  “The gunbattle between terrorists and security forces ended after more than five hours,” Punjab Police ADGP (Law and Order) H S Dhillon.  “However, the area was not sanitised yet and the combing operation continues,” he said.  At least four to five militants, believed to be from the  Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group , in army uniform launched the attack at 3:30 a.m with an aim of destroying the air base, a top security official said. Security forces are on the look out for  a possible fifth terrorist so that no collateral damage is done, police said.  The terrorists, with huge q...