Foreign Office Spokesman on Wednesday said Pakistan stands with the global community on nuclear matters, adding that the report published on United States (US) newspaper Washington Post is not correct, Dunya News reported.
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“We have insisted for negotiations on all issues including the core dispute of Jammu & Kashmir”, said Qazi.
There have been concerns in the West about nuclear proliferation activities linked to Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan.
While a few regional experts have floated the idea of a nuclear deal for Pakistan in the past, most analysts are aghast at the prospect.
“We are in touch with Afghan authorities to restore a trust level between the two countries”, the FO spokesperson said, and added that Pakistan has not only supported the intra-Afghan dialogue process but also hosted the first rout of talks in Murree.
Whether or not USA would agree to Pakistan’s request over the civil nuclear deal, there’s no stopping if Pakistan and India would use their nuclear programs against each other.
Successive USA administrations both under Presidents Bush and President Obama, have knocked down the idea of a deal for Pakistan like the one Washington arrived at with India, saying the background and circumstances surrounding the US-India civilian nuclear agreement was entirely different, and pointing to Pakistan’s record of nuclear proliferation.
The meeting between the two NSAs was agreed to at a meeting between the prime ministers in the Russian city of Ufa in July.
It was the United States that persuaded the NSG to exempt India from the rules that banned nuclear trade with countries that had not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It is understood that Pakistan had pushed India for a meeting between their Foreign Ministers as a pre-condition for talks between their National Security Advisors which was turned down by the Indian side. A deal that might lead to an agreement similar to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
“Pakistan would agree to restrict its nuclear programme to weapons and delivery systems that are appropriate to its actual defense needs against India’s nuclear threat”. “Beijing’s involvement is a “new dynamic” and shows an instance where ‘US interests overlap with those of China”, Mr Ignatius wrote.
“As far as the issue of Talban attacks in various parts of Afghanistan is concerned, let me say that there is no truth in allegations that Pakistani agencies are involved in such attacks”.
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