FO rejects report claiming Pakistan nuclear arsenal is fastest growing
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday strongly rejected a report published by a US think tank, which claimed that Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world.
“The report is utterly baseless,” said Qazi Khalilullah, the spokesperson for the Foreign Office (FO).
“Such reports have the effect of diverting attention from the exponential increase in India’s fissile material stockpiles,” added the spokesperson.
Read: Pakistan's nuclear stockpile could become world's third largest, says report
He also added that India’s stockpiles have grown as a result of deals with Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries which will have destabilising consequences for the region.
The spokesman stated that as a nuclear state, Pakistan’s policy is characterised by utmost restraint and responsibility.
“Pakistan strictly abides by the concept of credible minimum deterrence and our nuclear programme is only aimed at maintaining peace and stability in South Asia. Pakistan has no desire to engage in nuclear arms race,” stated Khalilullah.
It was also said that Pakistan remains committed to the global objective of disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.
Also read: Pakistan still ahead of India in arms race
Pakistan has put forward several initiatives to promote conventional and strategic stability in South Asia, including the proposed Strategic Restraint Regime but India has failed to respond positively towards Pakistani initiatives, according the FO spokesperson.
Earlier, the Washington Post had reported that Pakistan could become the third largest nuclear stock pile within the next five to ten years, behind only the United States and Russia, quoting reports published by two American think tanks.
The report was published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Stimson Center, said that Pakistan, out of its fear of India, was far outpacing its rival neighbour in the development of nuclear warheads and may be building 20 nuclear warheads annually.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:12pm
Well said.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:12pm
God forbids if some thing wrong happens, both countries will regret and then it will be too late. This non sense nuclear race needs to be stopped. Both countries need the spend that money on providing basic human needs to people.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:13pm
This totally makes sense because Pakistan's reactors have way less capacity than India's. Pakistan's nuclear deterrence doesn't lie in number of warheads but in its strategy of first strike in a situation that threatens its existence.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:15pm
Not surprised - the president, vice-president @ secretary of the Carenegie Endowment are Askenazi Jews so what else would this organisation say?
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Aug 28, 2015 09:18pm
With fragile echo system and on edge environmental indicators, any nuclear exchange will have grave implications for the whole world. By encouraging Indian nuclear ambitions through NSG membership and prompting India for possible permanent seat at the UN security council, the western world is committing a blunder. Choosing petty economic interests over the world peace is regrettable.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:21pm
@Naeem very well said, Pakistan and its people MUST understand as to who are the real and hidden enemies.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:24pm
something is there so need to defend them
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Aug 28, 2015 09:29pm
How does this Think Tank know so much inside information, for me a Think Tank = we have not idea, lets make things up and publish them so we start a conversation. What a sad lief they lead.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:29pm
Why cant we be brave enough and say so what mind your own business
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Aug 28, 2015 09:36pm
Will not accomplish anything with nuclear weapons but destruction.
Wise up both country's before to late. Peace is the only way to prospect.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:40pm
We know what the propaganda is aimed to achieve!
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Aug 28, 2015 09:47pm
US think tanks and their myopic view of the world - from the cocoon they live in! That is all I have to say. Stop giving them any credibility.
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Aug 28, 2015 09:51pm
Put resources to a better use and generate electricity
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Aug 28, 2015 09:53pm
Keep marching be the best In the world we love pakistan
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Aug 28, 2015 10:01pm
World is terribly biased against Pakistan and always acts negatively. Otherwise, common sense tells that, to be hounded and bullied on the slightest pretext, India is acting crazy-bull to exterminate Pakistan. So, self defense is the only safe defense.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:03pm
Agree. This is typical Indian propaganda as usual bash Pakistan.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:16pm
@Pk : Agreed. But, let us see a single Indian post showing the same feeling.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:16pm
@Ghaznavi ,I agree,SAADAT.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:27pm
I would support using nuclear energy to produce electricity and work for the welfare of the state but how can you when you have a hostile neighbor. Protection from external threats will always be a priority regardless of what anyone says. So deal with it.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:31pm
Pakistan is a Nuclear Power now.It should now concentrate on "Corruption", Poverty, Diseases and social problems. Pakistanis are brave people, they do not need to prove anything, to anyone.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:40pm
@M.Saeed : india already declared no first use policy for its nuclear weapon. Moreover, india never threaten or flaunted its nuclear weapon to any other country. What more proof you need that we indian never in favour of any nuclear race.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:41pm
Whenever diplomatic pressure needs to exert, these type of agencies start come into picture. Remember there was a time these agencies start propaganda war that Taliban are going to take nukes or Pakistan has almost 110 warheads and Taliban will take control very soon. All rubbish. We need to rely on our security agencies.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:56pm
There is no need of war, both are destroying themselves
specially Pakistan.
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Aug 28, 2015 10:57pm
even if its fastest growing,its none of ur business,we have all the rights to do so.
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Aug 28, 2015 11:08pm
Shame on both India and Pakistan.
They are building nuclear stock pile and are bent on destroying each other 10 times over while they cannot kill all the flies and mosquitoes in their countries.
Hunger,abject poverty,illiteracy,shortage of job opportunities,clean drinking water ,epidemics and endemics....these are the real enemies of the two countries . . ,
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Aug 28, 2015 11:14pm
@Mohammad Akhtar
"God forbids if some thing wrong happens, both countries will regret and then it will be too late. This non sense nuclear race needs to be stopped. Both countries need the spend that money on providing basic human needs to people."
I doubt that. If something wrong does happen there won't be anyone alive to regret anything.
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Aug 28, 2015 11:15pm
The same Jewish dominated think tanks were saying Iraq had wmd's which turned out to be a complete lie and the West used that lie to destroy Iraq. Now they are using the same tactics against Pakistan.
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Aug 28, 2015 11:41pm
@Tahir well said tahir bhai
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Aug 29, 2015 12:06am
We only believe in reports created by our iron brother. I can't imagine how bad the world would be for us without them.
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Aug 29, 2015 12:07am
Absolutely spot on. India growing stockpile of fissile material due to the large number of nuclear reactors it operates, is not only a threat to Pakistan but to the whole world. Even back in the year 2002 India had 8 tons of processed Plutonium, enough for thousands of Hiroshima style bombs.
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Aug 29, 2015 12:53am
If our beautiful country hanged all the politicians. And brought in honest God fearing pakistanis who love their homeland more than the brubes they get by foreign governments
Our country would be number 1 in everything.
Allaahu akbar
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Aug 29, 2015 01:00am
@Raja Hindustani "India already declared no first use policy for its nuclear weapon. Moreover...."
With numeric and qualitative military superiority over Pakistan , of course it is in Indian interest not to instigate a nuclear showdown. I don't believe India will adhere to "no first use" policy with China.
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Aug 29, 2015 01:46am
@Taimoor Khan There is always timing to put this kind of news out specially as recently PM inagurated the ground breaking of two large nuclear plants 1100 MW each
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Aug 29, 2015 01:49am
Report of Carnegie / Stimson is extremely biased and myopic in many aspects. Pakistan's nuclear capability is defensive response to the host of challenges posed to its national security by India - both by way of growing conventional and strategic asymmetries. Instead of casting preposterous aspersions against the credible minimum deterrence capability of Pakistan, authors of the report should have objectively analysed the offensive posture, huge budget fire defense and hegemonic designs of India vz Pakistan. Strategic stability in South Asia is threatened by India's bellicose approach and arrogance of power. Pakistan's nuclear capability, minimal in scope, is to deter the war India wants to unleash to dismember Pakistan. Surprising, the authors have not talked of the need of conflict resolution to ensure strategic stability in South Asia.
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Aug 29, 2015 01:50am
@Pk It is only deterrent and vey potent one stopping Indians from military adventure against Pakistan but inspite of it Pakisatn has enough non-conventional militray assets to denfend itself .Modi's is mostly saber ratting and bellicose
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Aug 29, 2015 01:55am
@FAISAL BAJWA We have taken Plutonium route since 1998 to make smaller lighter weapons, theatre based that are game changer and because of this all that noise is coming from
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Aug 29, 2015 01:58am
Why did we issue this rejection? This impression was essential to keep Modi frightened of what might befall his country unless he keeps the borders quiet.
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Aug 29, 2015 02:01am
What really is Pakistan going to do with all this most costly arsenal. Just two or most 5 nuclear Bombs if used at any country would be more than enough; before of course there is retaliation; when naturally major portion of Pakistan will also be obliterated. What with the other hardware?. and do not forget Taliban and ISIS are both striving to lay their hands on your bombs. Sell the other lot to Muslim Brother countries (Sunis) buy some badly needed Electricity; pure water; build a working Railway and Air lines; roads and a better life for the poor down-cast lot.
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Aug 29, 2015 02:03am
@ProudPakistani Its strange that no one is complaining about indian stockpile of materials?
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Aug 29, 2015 02:11am
This report by U.S. think tank will increase the nuke race in the region.
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Aug 29, 2015 03:51am
Prove it. Sue them.
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Aug 29, 2015 03:55am
@ProudPakistani
BTW you somehow neglected to tell us just WHERE we can all read that "in the year 2002 India has 8 tons of processed plutonium"!!!
From isis-online.org, 2004 Indian inventory estimate is just around 345 Kilograms (1/2 Ton!) of processed plutonium suitable for weapons!
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Aug 29, 2015 04:10am
@sm - Appreciate your wise thinking. Somehow no one seems to understand this.
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Aug 29, 2015 04:34am
@Tahir
Well said Tahir
Instead of dwceloping more nucleur war heads pakistan should cincentrate on
Econmyfrom 15 billion to 15 trillions in
9 years
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Aug 29, 2015 04:39am
This is very bad news we have millions of people die every year because we can't feed them can't give them clean water any here is our corrupted
government making missile every day you Mr. prime minister we don't need arms and nukes we need ROTI KAPRA & MAKAAN friendly with our neighbours.
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Aug 29, 2015 05:03am
@Changez_Khan is it a indian think tank sayig this?..
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Aug 29, 2015 05:09am
Reaction to reaction to reaction. Drama continues. Arm race continues. Nuclear power ensures that there is no war between these two countries. Without war, the only way to self-destroy is terrorism. Guess who is ahead in this? Hint: the country where no politician is safe. There are few more in India and I hope all extremists in India who use religion as pretext to weaken the society would continue to be ridiculed and punished. Pakistan has a long way to go in this regards, but they are in the right track, it seems. Once both countries are developed, all these propaganda and conspiracy theory will die and the K-issue and other will be solved amicably.
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Aug 29, 2015 06:08am
People from both sides dont want war but Modi looks ready
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Aug 29, 2015 06:45am
@ Raja Hindustani, who started nuclear race in subcontinent, enlighten yourself with facts and knowledge brother
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Aug 29, 2015 07:59am
I see Pakistan's FO office as the toughest place to do a job because they had to reject everything without offering a logic and bring India into question when Pakistan was questioned. Criticize US and at the same time, try to get Aid from it. Very tough !!!
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Aug 29, 2015 11:11am
Whatever the disputes between the two countries, a nuclear arsenal does not solve it. But it requires constructive forethought, and an end to this regional rivalry that will not lead anywhere. Why not accept that Pakistan and India are both here to stay and why not think what will help us coexist. Let's stop talking about wiping each other off the map.
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Aug 30, 2015 08:13am
@AhmadJ what u think the Indian govt fool so they fear abt nuclear weapon I hope nuclear bombs start explode then see what happened India still in world but what about Pakistan no land remain in world in the name off pakistan
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