Pakistan believes in minimum deterrence for peace: Gilani

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Pakistan believes in minimum deterrence for peace: Gilani​

Friday, March 28, 2008

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday said Pakistan believes in maintaining a credible minimum deterrence to ensure peace and stability in the region.

Gilani was talking to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, who called on him at PM Secretariat to felicitate him on assuming the office of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister said Pakistan was a peaceful country and its defence policy was based on peaceful coexistence.

He said as a responsible nuclear state Pakistan believes in maintaining a credible minimum deterrence to ensure peace in the region.

The Prime Minister said the armed forces have an important responsibility to protect the security and territorial integrity of the country.

He appreciated the role of armed forces during national calamities.

The Chief of Army Staff said defence of the country had been made impregnable by adopting innovative training and induction of modern equipment.

Pakistan believes in minimum deterrence for peace: Gilani

 

[mujahideen]

Our military policy has always been one where we maintain minimum deterrence. No matter how mush our political parties critize the Army and its budget, the fact is they will never lower the budget because even they know how important the Armed Forces are for the security of the country.

 

[asaad-ul-islam]

i see him as another weak leader. from what i know, being on the defensive never lasts. we must always be on the offensive and be aggressive. the only way to have a voice in the world is to obtain power, no matter what the cost. soon we will have a much more powerful india on one side of our border and an already super-duper power on the other side of the durand line. they only way to survive is to become a great power, if not a super power. there is simply no other way.

Pakistan has already survived so far against the threat of the Soviet Union, which was a superpower. we managed to rise up to the occasion and WE DEFEATED them. even as we speak, we are holding out on our own against about six powerful intelligence agencies. yet, our own people are fighting each other for selfish reasons. now we have the media claiming they have had a victory for the people and Azaadi.

i may sound crazy to some, but the irani's are crazy enough to think that. on top of that we have nuclear weapons, yet we are the only nation that is threatened to be invaded. we are too busy fighting ourselves and taking care of our own problems. we cannot unite as one nation and stand up to a threat. democracy is not going to do that, it is only up to us. I believe Allah will help us, but only if we are ready.