PM rebuts propaganda against nukes; Space Programme 2040 approved

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PM rebuts propaganda against nukes; Space Programme 2040 approved

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PM says Abbottabad and Mehran base attacks raised false concerns about safety of nukes.

14 July,2011 05:34 pm

He pointed to the simultaneous propaganda onslaught against Pakistan and its nuclear programme.Chairing the 19th meeting of the National Command Authority (NCA), Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani reviewed issues of national importance and developments in the regional and global security environment.The NCA expressed satisfaction at the security and safety of Pakistan’s strategic programmes and facilities, besides approving the National Nuclear Programme 2050 and the Space Programme 2040.Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani in his statement expressed government’s firm resolve to protect the country’s strategic and nuclear assets at all costs. “Such baseless, and certainly motivated, campaign against Pakistan will neither deter us from proceeding ahead.”He said the strategic programme forms the core of Pakistan’s national security paradigm.The Pakistan Armed Forces, and in fact the whole nation, takes its responsibility for national defence as a sacred duty. No one should ever under estimate our capability and resolve in this regard.He said concerns have also been expressed internationally over potential threats from non-state actors to the security of strategic assets and facilities. While media reports have speculated on the possibility of sabotage and existence of contingency plans to take over Pakistan’s nuclear assets.“Any such nefarious designs shall be thwarted effectively by the armed forces with full support of the people of Pakistan.”The PM also pointed to the several developments that have taken place at the national, regional and international levels in the last few months.