Pakistan’s nuclear assets are in safe hands, Pakistani scientist Dr. Samar Mubarakmand said.
The 17-hour siege of Karachi’s Mehran Naval Station by Pakistani Taliban militants renewed disturbing questions about the Pakistan military's ability to defend sensitive installations, including its nuclear weapons.
Four to six Taliban terrorists entered PNS Mehran on Sunday night, destroying two US-supplied maritime surveillance aircraft and killing ten military personnel during their 17-hour siege of the naval air base.
Dr. Mubarak, who played an active role in Pakistan's nuclear weapons research programme, said that the country’s nuclear power is being used for peaceful purposes since 1960, The Nation reports.
Talking to a local TV at Youm-e-Takbeer occasion, Dr. Mubarak said that the nuclear technology has helped Pakistan a lot in the agriculture sector, pointing out that it helped the nation in increasing the production of wheat and cotton. ANI
The 17-hour siege of Karachi’s Mehran Naval Station by Pakistani Taliban militants renewed disturbing questions about the Pakistan military's ability to defend sensitive installations, including its nuclear weapons.
Four to six Taliban terrorists entered PNS Mehran on Sunday night, destroying two US-supplied maritime surveillance aircraft and killing ten military personnel during their 17-hour siege of the naval air base.
Dr. Mubarak, who played an active role in Pakistan's nuclear weapons research programme, said that the country’s nuclear power is being used for peaceful purposes since 1960, The Nation reports.
Talking to a local TV at Youm-e-Takbeer occasion, Dr. Mubarak said that the nuclear technology has helped Pakistan a lot in the agriculture sector, pointing out that it helped the nation in increasing the production of wheat and cotton. ANI
