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World should take note of Pak's nuclear bombs

World should take note of Pak's nuclear bombs

Mint12-05-2025
As I complete this article on Sunday morning, a tense peace prevails on the Northern and Western borders of the country, but clouds of tension, uncertainty, and threat still haunt the western border regions of the country. People heaved a sigh of relief when on Saturday evening, a ceasefire was announced between India and Pakistan. However, the relief was short-lived as, within a few hours, Pakistani drones violated the ceasefire.
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I hope the situation normalises quickly.
India's position, like always, is crystal clear. We don't want a war. Our fight isn't against a nation or its people, but a campaign against terrorism. The terrorists who have the blood of our citizens on their hands are now seeking refuge in their sanctuaries in Pakistan. We want to hunt them down and their masters who conspired and then gunned down 26 Indian citizens in Baisaran valley of Pahalgam, singling them out based on their religion. Their annihilation is our holy duty. New Delhi, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is pursuing this path with single-minded focus.
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While the Indian armed forces are conducting pinpoint operations, the Pakistani army is indulging in indiscriminate attacks across the residential areas, showing an opposite behaviour. I saw on a foreign TV channel that the Pakistani forces were lustily cheering religious slogans after firing every missile. They haven't been told that religion is meant to bring people together and not to tear them asunder. The Pakistani ruling elite, too, is beset by the same problem. Have a look at the names of their missiles – Ghazni, Ghauri, Abdali, etc. How can they forget that when these conquers from Central Asia entered India the first place they plundered, raped and ravaged was the land which we today call Pakistan.
It's a tragedy that the rulers of Pakistan have been betraying every overture offered to them.
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You may remember Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He once pompously claimed that Pakistan would fight with India for a thousand years. His friend turned blood-thirsty foe, General Zia-ul-Haq, wanted to bleed and weaken India with a thousand cuts. Today, that grandiose plan is biting Pakistan back. The expensive drones and missiles it fires on Indian targets are intercepted and destroyed mid-air. Indulging in such costly behaviour when within their country, people are ready to murder each other for a sack of flour, is not suicide; then what is it?
Under the watchful eye of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our armed forces have conducted successful attacks on various Pakistani installations with precision and a well-thought-out strategy. With the help of attacks on terror camps and Pakistan's military bases, India has sent a clear message to the global audience that we don't want war. We can and do exercise restraint, but we will not tolerate any attack on us. New Delhi's position is clear: our fight is against terrorism and not with any country.
I am sure that in the future, students of military science will study with pride how step by step India evolved a new security doctrine, by avenging Uri, Balakot, and the actions of May 2025.
If Pakistan doesn't mend its ways at this juncture, the consequences would be dire.
India will not be cowed down by the nuclear threats spewed by the Pakistani politicians or generals sitting in Rawalpindi. People in India and around the world are now sick and tired of listening to this loose talk for the last three decades. I think this is the point where the comity of nations will have to shed their interests and considerations and address a fundamental issue that should such an irresponsible nation be allowed to have nuclear weapons?
Never forget that Pakistan created its nuclear weapon with the financial aid provided by Libya and a few other Gulf States. Bhutto and his aids would always claim that the 'Islamic world' needs its own 'atom bomb'. I don't want to look at terrorism and people through the prism of a religion, but the truth can't be brushed under the carpet.
Israel had plans to blow up the Pakistani nuclear plant in Kahuta as early as the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, General Zia got wind of it thanks to the stupidity of some prominent Indian political leaders, and the operations had to be aborted.
Tel Aviv still maintains its right to eliminate these facilities. On October 11, 2023, Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview categorically said Israel's paramount mission is to stop any radical Islamic government from building or acquiring nuclear weapons or letting it fall into the hands of such forces. Their number one target is Iran, and the second one is Pakistan.
Right now, fear pervades the top military brass in Pakistan that after establishing a decisive dominance over Hamas and removing Assad from Syria, it would now be easy for the 'Zionist-Christian coalition' to subdue Iran this year. Once they achieve their goal, Pakistan would be the next target.
Pentagon strategist believe the way Taliban tendencies are rearing their head in Pakistani society doesn't augur well for its future. If in such a scenario their political system collapses, then there is every chance that Mr Bhutto's dream of an 'Islamic bomb' will become a reality. This does lead to an urgent need for the world to sit and take a call on Pakistan's nuclear assets and review its policies. The country has been fomenting trouble in India from behind the nuclear shield. The country that can offer sanctuary to Osama bin Laden, whose citizens have been found indulging in terror activities around the world, can't be left to plot mayhem by hiding behind its nuclear shield.
It would be better if the world awakens to this threat immediately.
Shashi Shekhar is editor-in-chief, Hindustan. Views are personal.
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