Prime Minister Imran Khan said: “the moment there is a settlement in Kashmir, the two neighbours would live as civilised people. There will be no need to have nuclear deterrent”
While being interviewed by Jonathan Swan on Axios, PM Khan declared the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan as a deterrent for protection against India.
Swan asked: “Intelligence analysts say Pakistan has the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal anywhere in the world. Why?”
“I don’t know where they have come up with this. Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is simply a deterrent to protect ourselves. As far as I know, it’s not an offensive thing. Any country which has a neighbour seven times its size would be worried”, the PM responded.
He added that “I am completely against nuclear arms. We had three wars against India, and ever since we have nuclear deterrent, there has been no war, only border skirmishes.”
PM Imran Khan said that once the Kashmir issue was settled, there won’t be a need for nuclear deterrents.