Pakistan offers arms to Nepal

Pakistan offers arms to Nepal Saturday 01 Saffar 1426

KATHMANDU: Pakistan was ready to supply arms Nepal needs to fight Maoist rebels, it’s envoy to Kathmandu said on Friday, a move that could upset India and Britain who have stopped military supplies to the Himalayan nation.

India and Britain stopped military aid to Nepal after King Gyanendra sacked the government and declared emergency on February 1, saying political leaders had failed to restore peace.

“We have offered possibilities of training. We are also ready to provide arms if required by Nepal,” outgoing Pakistani ambassador Zamir Akram told state-run The Rising Nepal daily. Akram did not give details of arms Islamabad was willing to give Nepal which needs anything from boots for its 80,000 soldiers to helicopters to ferry troops and attack guerrilla hideouts in rugged hills and jungles. reuter

http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-3-2005_pg1_6

While Hindustan thinks turning a blind eye to Nepal now will somehow (after 20/30 years of sanctions) will help the Nepalese people, however Pakistan is willing to and ready to help the Nepalese people in whatever way necessary.