Nuclear program: PTI blasts Dar for ‘playing with Pak security’

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly criticized finance minister Ishaq Dar, accusing him of ‘playing with security of Pakistan’.

The reaction from PTI came just a day after Ishaq Dar, speaking in the upper house of the parliament the other day, asserted there would be “no compromise” on the country’s nuclear and missile programmes.

“Let me assure you that nobody is going to compromise anything on the nuclear or the missile program of Pakistan — no way,” Dar said during the Senate’s session.

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Dar was responding to concerns raised by ruling coalition partner, PPP Senator Raza Rabbani, who had spoken of some kind of pressure on the country regarding its nuclear assets. In a letter which went viral on social media, Senator Raza Rabbani spoke of people’s right to information, to know if Pakistan’s nuclear assets are under pressure.He asked “the people have a right to know if, our nuclear assets are under pressure or is our strategic relationship with China under threat or our we being called up to play role in the region which will facilitate the military presence of a Imperialist power?

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Taking to Twitter on Friday, senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry alleged that “after ruining Pakistan’s economy, Ishaq Dar was now playing with security of Pakistan by accusing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of making demands on restricting strategic Defence development programs.”

After ruining Pak economy Ishaq Dar is now playing with security of Pak by accusing IMF of making demands on restricting strategic Defence development progs, our relationship with int institutions and even our friends are at the lowest…

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 17, 2023

Fawad Chaudhry said “our relationship with int institutions and even our friends are at the lowest.”