PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM

The present age is an atomic age. Atomic energy is playing a very important role in the scientific progress. Nearly all the developed countries are doing their best to prepare war weapons. For their defence purpose and even they purchase them from other countries.

There are some countries on the world which do not make weapons for their defence but for destructive purposes. India is a perfect example of such country. Pakistan has joined prestigious nuclear devices on 28th may 1998. It was a historic day in Pakistan's 51 year span, Pakistan denoted its five nuclear devices to show her ability in response to India's explosions on 11th and 13th May. India tested its devices already once in 1974.

At that time Mr.Z.A.Bhutto(late) was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He girded up to take over this uphill task for the sake of self-defence. So he brought  Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was working in a foreign country to Pakistan and thus, at kahuta, journey to join nuclear club started. Pakistan was very much capable of detonating a nuclear device in 1983. But we kept ourselves calm and cool.

But after defiant Indian explosions Pakistan was left with no choice but to restore the military balance by exploding her nuclear devices. We do not want war in the area i.e. why to prevent war we have to develop a nuclear deterrent.

Apart from the economic concern s, we are to prepare ourselves according to our enemy's strength. As a matter of fact India and Israel are very much involved in bringing anarchy in Pakistan. Before the tests were conducted, it was confirmed that India and Israel were ready for pre-emptive strike on Pakistan's nuclear sites. But a stern warning by our defence forces froze such an action.

Though the U.S. president offered a shield of economic and security measures that he thought would allay Pakistan's fear of India's new atomic might but for Pakistan it was too little, too late. We were compelled to make the test. We have not done it for the sake of fun. News of the atomic explosions sent whole Pakistani nation into a frenzy of patriotism. Some of them fired weapons in the air;others handed out sweets to passers by. It was the first time that from scholar to a layman everybody was united like a fist to go for nuclear tests. This gave us a new fighting spirit. After these explosions whole nation bowed his head in front of God for this blessing.

Now whole the nation is willing to cope up with the difficult economic situation developed after our nuclear explosions. Every citizen of Pakistan is happy to pay a high price to hold his head high in comity of nations. Pakistan's Nuclear Tests were a massive effort comprising  3000 scientists working on 30 different establishments. They all are being credited by the whole.

Pakistan's Nuclear Tests were a massive effort comprising 3000 scientists working on thirty different establishments. They all are being credited by the whole nation. Their posters and placards with jubilant remarks in processions was a prominent sight. There are numerous other factors to count, which gave us pride as an atomic power but this episode in our national history is one of the brightest chapter of all.  

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