Prime Minister Nawaz Shrif Say "Pakistan is not in an Arms Race"

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ISLAMABAD:  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif paid a rare visit to the country’s nuclear installations on the outskirts of the capital on Friday and spent the whole day with the military leadership. He also met Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to discuss the appointment of a new chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

The premier visited the National Command Authority (NCA) accompanied by army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, outgoing Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Khalid Shamim Wynne, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Director General Strategic Plans Division Lt Gen (retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai and other senior military officers and scientists.

The prime minister made it clear that Pakistan was not engaged in an arms race with any country and reiterated his resolve for peace and stability in the region, according to a press release.  He added that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenals ‘are in safe and secure hands’, and that Pakistan’s strategic capability will continue to follow its policy of credible minimum deterrence.  “Pakistan is a peace-loving country and it harbours no aggressive designs against any country, but will maintain minimum nuclear deterrence, he said.
While the prime minister laid stress on minimum deterrence, he also said that nuclear technology was Pakistan’s basic right to meet its growing energy requirements.