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Islamabad, June 5
Asserting that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are "200 per cent safe" despite a series of terror attacks on military installations, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the country has strong monitoring and control mechanisms in place to protect its atomic programme.
Though the recent attack on the PNS Mehran naval airbase in Karachi and detection of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad triggered fears that there could be rogue elements in Pakistani military, Malik told Newsweek magazine that the country's "nuclear weapons are 200 per cent safe."
"The assets are well protected and tightly monitored. We should be wary of the disinformation being spread against our nuclear programme, including the suggestion that the US may move to denuclearise Pakistan," he said. US Senator John Kerry, during a recent visit to Pakistan, addressed this "misperception and categorically denied any intention on the part of the US" to take any step against the country's nuclear assets, Malik said. —
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
Asserting that Pakistan's nuclear weapons are "200 per cent safe" despite a series of terror attacks on military installations, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said the country has strong monitoring and control mechanisms in place to protect its atomic programme.
Though the recent attack on the PNS Mehran naval airbase in Karachi and detection of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad triggered fears that there could be rogue elements in Pakistani military, Malik told Newsweek magazine that the country's "nuclear weapons are 200 per cent safe."
"The assets are well protected and tightly monitored. We should be wary of the disinformation being spread against our nuclear programme, including the suggestion that the US may move to denuclearise Pakistan," he said. US Senator John Kerry, during a recent visit to Pakistan, addressed this "misperception and categorically denied any intention on the part of the US" to take any step against the country's nuclear assets, Malik said. —
The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
