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Pakistan dismisses US magazine report

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Nov 6, IRNA -- Pakistan on Sunday termed as 'baseless and motivated' a US magazine report that the country's nuclear weapons are 'transported in delivery vans on congested and dangerous roads.'

The US magazine titled 'The Atlantic' has reported that Pakistan has begun moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans.

Responding to a question pertaining to an article in the latest edition of the journal 'The Atlantic,' the Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson dismissed it as 'pure fiction, baseless and motivated.'

'It is part of a deliberate propaganda campaign meant to mislead opinion,' said the spokesperson in a statement.

According to the US magazine's report Pakistan wants to hide part of its growing arsenal from the US itself and Islamabad actually funds much of Pakistan's military budget.

After the US raid on the city of Abbottabad in Paksitan which killed Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan's military chiefs were aware that America's military has developed plans for an emergency nuclear-disablement operation in their country, the report says.

But instead of moving their deadly arsenal in well-defended armored convoys, Pakistan's Special Plans Division (SPD) prefers to move it around in civilian-style vehicles virtually without security, the US report said.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement that the surfacing of such campaigns is not something new.

'It is orchestrated by those that are hostile toward Pakistan,' she said.

She said that no one should underestimate Pakistan's will and capability to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.

The US magazine report say that after the raid on the city of Abbottabad which killed Osama Bin Laden on May 2, Pakistan's military chiefs were aware that America's military has developed plans for an emergency nuclear-disablement operation in their country, the report says.

But instead of moving their deadly arsenal in well-defended armored convoys, Pakistan's Special Plans Division (SPD) prefers to move it around in civilian-style vehicles virtually without security, the magazine claimed.

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