‘Govt should seek civil nuclear technology’
In a statement, LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said that the US should provide civil nuclear technology to Pakistan, as it has to neighbouring India. He said the decision to provide civil nuclear technology to Pakistan will not only strengthen relations between the two countries, but will also cement economic ties.
“Pakistan has more than 35 years of experience in running nuclear powered plants. With a trained workforce and a strong nuclear safety and security culture, Pakistan fully qualifies for participation in civil nuclear cooperation at the international level,” the LCCI President said. “We ask the government to urge all relevant forums to increase Pakistan’s access to nuclear technology for peaceful uses, in a non-discriminatory manner, to meet its growing demand for energy,” he said.
The LCCI President said that increasing power consumption has resulted in surging in unemployment and contraction in industrial productivity.
Sheikh said that Pakistan has failed to derive benefits from its sizable coal resources due to one reason or the other.
He said the only way out of this conundrum is seeking civil nuclear technology, which he hopes the United States will provide.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 10th, 2012.
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such a joke .... our N tech is stolen and main scientists are either under house arrest or been probed by international watchdogs, we have the worst possible record in history of N proliferation to rogue states, our entire country is breaking apart on violence, and these guys dare to ask for tech. Have some shame atleast and stop begging forever. No one cares about pak and its problems, 100% of which are self created.