Pakistani Foreign Office said former Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s statement regarding President Asif Ali Zardari is quite misleading and unfounded.
Reacting to Qureshi’s statement regarding the country’s nuclear
program delivered in his Ghotki speech, the FO spokesperson said
Pakistan’s nuclear program is in safe hands.
The nuclear program functions within the jurisdiction of National
Command and Control Authority, the FO said adding the Authority
comprises Defence Minister, Foreign Minister and chiefs of all armed
services.
No comprise is acceptable on nuclear program, the spokesperson
asserted, adding that no compromise would be made on the defence of the
country.
President Zardari assigned all powers to the Parliament and Prime
Minister after the passage of Eighteenth Amendment, the FO spokesperson
said in connection with Qureshi’s statement.
The FO said that no compromise would be made for maintaining of
minimum nuclear deterrence, adding that the command and control
authority is working under the prime minister. SANA
