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After seeing Pakistan as a country being pressurized by the whole world to act against Taliban, but despite all the pressure, still managed to get almost the “clean sheet” and getting HUGE aid from everywhere especially US, doesnt it (the detail in following article) look like more of an effort to get things complicated for Pakistan? I’ve a strong doubt that it is a result of Indian propaganda or the efforts of Indian lobby in washington. Though I dont have anything to prove my point, I admit, but I would certainly believe that its an attempt to get a blockage in the supplyline of all aid which will be given to Pakistan in near future. Share your views!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/18/world/asia/18nuke.html?ref=world
**Pakistan Is Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, U.S. Says **
By THOM SHANKER and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: May 17, 2009
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while racked by insurgency, raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pakistan’s nuclear program.
(http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/carl_levin/index.html?inline=nyt-per) of Michigan, the committee chairman.
“Unless Pakistan’s leaders commit, in deeds and words, their country’s armed forces and security personnel to eliminating the threat from militant extremists, and unless they make it clear that they are doing so, for the sake of their own future, then no amount of assistance will be effective,” Mr. Levin said.
A spokesman for the Pakistani government contacted Friday declined to comment on whether his nation was expanding its nuclear weapons program, but said the government was “maintaining the minimum, credible deterrence capability.” He warned against linking American financial assistance to Pakistan’s actions on its weapons program.
“Conditions or sanctions on this issue did not work in the past, and this will not send a positive message to the people of Pakistan,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because his country’s nuclear program is classified.