Reacting to the report of International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), he told the journalists that Pakistan had a highly effective, safe and sound command and control system which had been acknowledged by the world.
By Wajid Ali Wajid, Correspondent
Islamabad: Pakistan can meet its nuclear needs without going to any black market, said Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Waheed Arshid.
Any reported sale of nuclear technology by Dr A.Q. Khan is purely his own action which has nothing to do with the state, he said.
Talking to the media, Major General Arshid said that Pakistan is a world recognised nuclear power whose scientists, engineers and experts have the capability to upgrade nuclear technology domestically according to needs of the country without the assistance of any black market.
Reacting to the report of International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), he told the journalists that Pakistan had a highly effective, safe and sound command and control system which had been acknowledged by the world.
Major General Arshid said the IISS dossier was based on false information as far as Pakistan was concerned.
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"Any reported involvement of nuclear scientist Dr A.Q. Khan was purely his own action and it had nothing to do with the state. Several countries including EU and India had also had proven links with nuclear black market," he claimed.
Meanwhile, Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam talking to the journalists denied having received the so-called report of the IISS on secret activities of Dr Khan
She said the Foreign Office would be able to offer comments only after it obtained a copy of the report.
She dubbed incorrect the media reports suggesting that Foreign Office has formally received a copy of the report from London and that Pakistan's top military and diplomatic officials are studying its contents.
The IISS distributed the report, which has a picture of Pakistan's renowned nuclear scientist on its title, among the London-based representatives of various international media outlets.
Observers apprehend that after the distribution of the dossier Pakistan might again be in the eye of the storm.
