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By Sridhar Krishnaswami
WASHINGTON, APRIL 4. The Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional caucus on India and Indian Americans, Gary Ackerman, has announced legislation that would prohibit the sale of F-16 jets to Pakistan and all other military assistance unless Islamabad provided the United States Government access to nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan. "It is incomprehensible that we would provide sophisticated military equipment to Pakistan when its President, Pervez Musharraf, refuses to let us interview A.Q. Khan," Mr. Ackerman said. "After all, Khan is only the world's biggest individual proliferator of nuclear technology to two countries of President Bush's evil axis and he tried to sell to the third," the law maker from New York said. "If they couldn't control their own nuke programme, how would you expect them to safeguard our `stuff?'" Mr. Ackerman asked. The Ackerman Bill does allow for assistance to Pakistan to encourage continued cooperation on counter-narcotics, anti-terrorism as well as peacekeeping. The measure also allows military to military contact programmes. The senior Democrat in the House of Representatives expects to introduce the legislation this week when Congress reconvenes from its Easter recess. In fact, prior to the formal sale announcement Mr. Ackerman and other members of the India Caucus had urged the White House not to proceed with the sale of F-16s to Pakistan.
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