Pakistan has effective nuclear command: PM

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Source: Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has an effective command and control structure for its nuclear weapons and they are fully safe and secure, the country's new prime minister said on Thursday.

Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed Muslim nation and is a staunch ally of the United States in its campaign against al Qaeda and Taliban.

An unprecedented wave of suicide bombings by the Islamist militants in recent months, particularly after the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a gun and bomb attack on December 27, raised concerns among its western allies about the safety of its nuclear weapons.

Pakistani officials have repeatedly rejected such concerns as unfounded.


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