Pakistan moves closer to China as Obama misses opportunity to stabilize US-Pakistani relations

A plume of smoke rises from the background as a military official uses a phone at the entrance to the Mehran naval aviation base which was attacked by militants in Karachi. (File photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
AL ARABIYA

Islamist militants have opened Pakistan to increased nuclear scrutiny after attacking a naval aviation base in the port city of Karachi on Mon…