RAWALPINDI − Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) GeneralNadeem Raza said unnecessary and unfounded views on the country’s nuclearprogram should be avoided, the military media wing said Monday.
General Nadeem Raza reiterated the significance of country’s nuclearcapability as the guarantor of deterrence and defense of the motherland,adding that Pakistan is a responsible nuclear power.
General Nadeem Raza who is also the deputy chairman of the National CommandAuthority, maintained that Pakistan’s nuclear program enjoys across theboard support of all political parties and the people of Pakistan.
He made the statements during a keynote on the seminar “RegionalEnvironment and Imperatives of Security” at the NUST Institute of PolicyStudies (NIPS) which was attended by students, academics and distinguishedexperts.
Senior Pakistan Army official added the nuclear program enjoys across-boardsupport and the NCA, with all its political and military leadership, standsfirm for the strategic program.
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He asserted that national security is indivisible and assured that under nocircumstances shall Pakistan allow a compromise on its nuclear program.
“Pakistan is a confident and responsible nuclear power. It pursues thepolicy of full-spectrum deterrence within the precincts of credible minimumdeterrence. Our national security and safety architecture meets allnational and international obligations and caters for all kinds ofscenarios,” CJCSC was quoted by ISPR.
