KARACHI: Pakistan harbours the fastest growing nuclear weapons programme in the world and could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices by 2020, an American think tank mentioned in its report released on the other day.
A special report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), tided ‘Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age’, also identified ‘South Asia as the region “most at risk of a breakdown in strategic stability due to an explosive mixture of unresolved territorial disputes, cross-border terrorism and growing nuclear arsenals.”
Pakistan, the report said, has deployed or is developing 11 delivery systems for its nuclear warheads, including aircraft, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.
“Pakistan has not formally declared the conditions under which it would use nuclear weapons but has indicated that it primarily needs the warheads to deter India from threatening its territorial integrity and for enhancing the ability of its military to defend its territory,” the report added.
Qadri likely to go to Canada for treatment
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri may return to Canada for medical treatment soon in view of his deteriorating health. He felt cardiac problem amid high blood pressure and fever prior to his address to party workers in Bhakkar the other day.
Local doctors in Bhakkar, where he is camped these days to attend the PAT sit-in in Dullewala town (Bhakkar), have advised him to take long rest.
Party leaders say that doctors in Canada had also advised the PAT chief to take rest and avoid travel abroad. “I believe that Qadri Sahib will not go back to Canada till the conclusion of party’s scheduled rallies and sit-in in different cities, including Karachi, next month.
But if his health did not improve, he may return for his medical treatment,” PAT’s secretary (information) said. He said as per earlier schedule he would go back to Canada after December 25.
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