Govt allays fears over nuke security

PMO says DG IAEA's routine visit for peaceful nuclear programme being portrayed in a negative light


APP March 17, 2023
Handout photograph shows launch of Pakistan’s Shaheen-III surface-to-surface long-range ballistic missile, which can carry nuclear and conventional warheads within a range of 2,750 kilometres.—Photo: ISPR

ISLAMABAD:

The government on Thursday made it categorically clear that Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme was “totally secure, foolproof and under no stress or pressure, whatsoever.”

“Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme is a national asset, which is jealously guarded by the state. The complete programme is totally secure, foolproof and under no stress or pressure, whatsoever,” a PM Office statement said.

The statement was issued in wake of all the recent statements, press releases, queries and various assertions regarding Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme, being circulated on social and print media, wherein even a traditional routine visit of DG IAEA Rafael Mariano Grossi for peaceful nuclear programme was portrayed in a negative light.

The government said that the programme continued to fully serve the purpose for which this capability was developed.

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