Pakistan Foreign Office clarified media reports linked with PM Khan’s statement over Nuclear use Policy
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Office clarified media reports linked with PM Khan’s statement over Nuclear use Policy.
Pakistan Foreign Office tweeted that there was no change in Pakistan's nuclear policy and that Prime Minister Imran Khan's comments were 'taken out of context'.
PM Imran Khan was quoted saying by Reuters that Pakistan wouldn’t use ‘nuclear weapons first’.
Pakistan will not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region.
"We both are nuclear-armed countries. If these tensions increase, the world could be in danger," Khan said addressing members of the Sikh religious community in eastern city of Lahore. "There will be no first from our side ever," he said.
Panda's translation would suggest that Khan said that Pak wouldn't be the 'one to start things', where things doesn't necessarily mean 'nuclear weapons'.
Incidentally, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had said: "Till today, our nuclear policy is 'No First Use'. What happens in future depends on the circumstances."
