The South Asian Strategic Stability Institute Islamabad Director General Dr Maria Sultan said on Wednesday that recent NATO attack on a Pakistani checkpost that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers entails that Pakistan should review its policy towards United States otherwise there would be chances of more attacks in all the provinces.
While delivering a lecture in a seminar titled “Nuclear Non-proliferation: emerging trends and the implications for Pakistan” held here on Wednesday at National University of Modern Languages (NUML). Maria Sultan expressed the view that the NATO attack was deliberate and not unintended and that it was aimed at judging the response of Pakistan with a view to pursue its future plans. The attack continued despite the fact that proper identification of Pakistan security posts was made, she said. On nuclear non-proliferation, Maria Sultan said that the Obama administration had made nuclear disarmament the cornerstone of its non-proliferation policy which had resulted in a global zero campaign. She said the US administration had the ambition of a nuclear-free world which was facing a number of restraints.
On Pakistan’s nuclear programme, she said that it had a strong safety and security system in place for its nuclear facilities. She also highlighted the concept of ‘haves and have-nots’, bilateral treaties and conventions, the US National Security Strategy for 2010 as well as the Kerry-Lugar Bill and its complications for Pakistan. Quoting figures, she said Pakistan had spent more on coalition support programmes than it had received from the United States. The seminar was largely attended by the students, faculty members, heads of departments deans and high officials of the university, including Rector Maj Gen (r) Masood Hasan, and NUML Director General Brigadier Azam Jamal.
