Top Pakistani General warns towards ‘pointless and unfounded views’ on nation’s nuclear programme

A prime Pakistani basic on Monday warned that “unnecessary and unfounded views” on the nation’s nuclear programme needs to be prevented, days after ousted prime minister Imran Khan warned that if Islamabad had been to lose its nuclear deterrence, it could fragment into “three pieces”.

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) General Nadeem Raza made the remarks in his keynote tackle at a seminar on “Regional Environment and Imperatives of Security” on the NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) in Islamabad, the military mentioned in a press release.

“Pakistan is a confident and responsible nuclear power. It pursues the policy of full-spectrum deterrence within the precincts of credible minimum deterrence,” the four-star general said.

“Our nationwide safety and security structure meets all nationwide and worldwide obligations and caters for all types of eventualities,” he added.

He also said that as a norm in other nuclear-capable nations, “pointless and unfounded views on the strategic program needs to be prevented”.

“When needed, NCA (National Command Authority) is the appropriate discussion board to difficulty particular responses or views,” he said.

Gen Raza, who is also the deputy chairman of the National Command Authority (NCA), reiterated the significance of Pakistan’s nuclear capability as the guarantor of deterrence and defence of the country.

“Pakistan’s nuclear programme enjoys across-the-board help of all political events and the individuals of Pakistan,” he mentioned, including that the NCA together with all its political and army management has stood agency for the strategic program.

IMRAN KHAN’S STATEMENT

His assertion got here days after former premier Imran Khan in his typical uncontrolled outburst mentioned in an interview with a non-public information channel that if Pakistan had been to lose its nuclear deterrence, it could fragment into “three pieces”.

“Pakistan is going towards a default. If that happens then which institution will be [worst] hit? The army. After it is hit, what concession will be taken from us? Denuclearisation,” he mentioned. “If the right decisions aren’t made at this time then the country is going towards suicide.”

His interview was criticised by the federal government and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supremo of “making naked threats against the country.

“Imran Niazi is making bare threats towards the nation. If in any respect any proof was wanted that Niazi is unfit for public workplace, his newest interview suffices,” the prime minister tweeted.

Khan, who was ousted from energy in April by a no-trust vote, has been claiming that the no-trust movement towards him was the results of a “foreign conspiracy” as a result of his unbiased international coverage and funds had been being channelled from overseas to oust him from energy. He has named the US because the nation behind the conspiracy, a cost denied by Washington.

Khan was changed by PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif.