Staff writer
Japan should lift the economic sanctions it imposed on Pakistan following Islamabad's first nuclear test in May 1998 if it wants the country to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Pakistani Ambassador to Japan Touqir Hussain told The Japan Times in a recent interview.
Commenting on the prospect of Pakistan signing the CTBT, a global agreement to ban nuclear tests, the ambassador reiterated that lifting sanctions should come first.
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