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Irresponsible nukes: Pakistan debunks nuclear arsenal claim
By APP
Published: November 15, 2015
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NEW YORK: Pakistan has debunked a claim that it was irresponsibly building its nuclear arsenal, and called for shifting attention to India’s investment in destabilising technologies and its aggressive posturing.
“Pakistan was not the first to introduce nuclear weapons in South Asia; India was,” a spokesman for the Pakistan Embassy in Washington said in a letter published in The New York Times on Saturday.
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The spokesman, Nadeem Hotiana, was responding to a recent editorial claiming that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal was growing ‘faster than any other country’s,’ and that ‘Persuading Pakistan to rein in its nuclear weapons programme should be an international priority.’ Hotiana said, “Recent public reports confirm that India continues to grow its nuclear programme by testing missiles with longer ranges.”
A special waiver for India for nuclear trade is another destabilising step, the letter said.
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It added that Pakistan has proposed an agreement with India on nuclear restraint, including a strategic restraint regime that could address concerns raised in the editorial.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2015.
Spot onPrior to Pokran II, It was very well know in Indian circles that Pakistan had already achieved the nuclear weapons.
India conducted it's tests on the 11th and 13th May 1998. India was worried that it would have to take the full wrath of the International community. First to deflect the attention, it had identified China as the primary reason. Later not to get sanctioned alone, it had increased the tempo so that Pakistan would also come out into open and get sanctioned. There was concern in Delhi circles at that time that Pakistan might not test the weapons under pressure from International community.
The above statement was made between India's and Pakistan's nuclear tests. It needs to be taken with a huge bucket of salt.
If they are extremists then all human history is extremist.....
If kicking Hindu a$$ make them extremists in your eyes then save my name for future enrollment..........
Nope.My ancestor's a$$ was okay back then It was your ancestor's a$$ which was gifted to them.I was just reminding you of some facts and you started abusing.People who abuse online are the worthy of nothing inn my views. You are condemning RSS jra apne girebaan main to jhaank kr dekho janaab kya tum sahi ho jo dusrom pr ungli uthate ho.
btw What is definition of extremism in your Pakistani mind?
then after tests start threatening pakistan ?????????????
May 18, 1998
Advani tells Pak to roll back anti-India policy, or else...
In a stern warning to Pakistan, Home Minister L K Advani today asked Islamabad to ''roll back its anti-India policy'' immediately, adding that otherwise ''it will prove costly''.
Addressing the media along with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah after a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the state, the home minister said his government will deal with ''Pakistan's hostile designs and activities firmly and strongly''.
Apprehending a stepping up of hostile activities both in Kashmir and elsewhere by Pakistan, Advani said it would be good for that country to join India in the common pursuit of peace and prosperity in the Indian sub-continent. ''Any other course will be futile and costly for Pakistan,'' he added.
He said India's bold and decisive steps to become a nuclear weapons state has brought about a 'qualitatively new stage' in Indo-Pak relations, particularly in finding a lasting solution to the Kashmir problem.
''It signifies, even while adhering to the principle of no first strike, India is resolved to deal firmly with Pakistan's hostile activities in Kashmir,'' he added.
Asked whether India will go in for destroying militant training camps across the border, Advani evaded a direct reply, saying, ''These are matters to be looked into.'' He, however, confirmed the presence of Afghan mercenaries in the Kashmir valley, and pointed out that a majority of those killed or apprehended were foreign mercenaries.
The meeting was also attended by Defence Minister George Fernandes and J and K Governor G C Saxena.
A follow-up meeting will be held to deal with developmental issues and resettlement of migrants, he said, adding that Dr Abdullah has suggested that this meeting be held in Srinagar.
The home minister said the issue of border fencing was also discussed at the meeting
Referring to the reinduction of more troops into the state to fight militancy, Advani said there would be redeployment of security forces.
It was decided to modernise the state police force and the Central paramilitary forces and also upgrade their weaponry. The existing communication and transport system would also be improved. He said the focus of the meeting was on dealing with militancy effectively.
The minister said, since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has remained unreconciled to the non-theocratic and non-denominational principle on which Indian nationhood rested.
Having tasted three defeats, the Pakistani rulers decided to mount a prolonged proxy war on Kashmir by sending trained mercenaries into the state. India has demonstrated its resolve in Kashmir and has already succeeded in turning the tide in favour of peace, normalcy and development in the state.
The home minister also announced the formation of a high-level committee to suggest recommendations for effectively dealing with militancy in the state. The committee will be headed by the special secretary in the home ministry.
Asked whether the government has any plan to take back Pakistan Occupied Kashmir from Islamabad, he said Parliament had passed a resolution to this effect some time back. "It would not happen suddenly, these are mainly long-term objectives."
He said Pakistan's reaction to India's nuclear bomb has once again confirmed Islamabad's perpetual obsession with the two-nation theory and all the falsification it entails. He said Pakistanis are blind to the fact that Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Dr Abdullah are working hand in hand to affirm our national stand on Kashmir and also to restore peace, normalcy and development in that state.
Rediff On The NeT: Advani tells Pak to roll back anti-India policy, or else...
World is not after Pakistan only because it has nukes, but because of its glorious achievements like terrorism, clandestine export of nuclear items and lastly its off repeated threat of using TNWs.
Prior to Pokran II, It was very well know in Indian circles that Pakistan had already achieved the nuclear weapons.
India conducted it's tests on the 11th and 13th May 1998. India was worried that it would have to take the full wrath of the International community. First to deflect the attention, it had identified China as the primary reason. Later not to get sanctioned alone, it had increased the tempo so that Pakistan would also come out into open and get sanctioned. There was concern in Delhi circles at that time that Pakistan might not test the weapons under pressure from International community.
The above statement was made between India's and Pakistan's nuclear tests. It needs to be taken with a huge bucket of salt.
World is not after Pakistan only because it has nukes, but because of its glorious achievements like terrorism, clandestine export of nuclear items and lastly its off repeated threat of using TNWs.
And in return Pakistan become a permanent pain in the arss of smart arss dhotis. They have played a blind card because they were not sure about Pakistan's nuclear status whether Pakistan have the capability or just bluffing. India played India lost!
And talibans were created by Pakistan too it's just USA used them as freedom fighters against Russia....
All the world's problems are because of Pakistan.