‘We should not contemplate’ escalation to nuclear level as both India, Pakistan are ‘responsible’ nations: Islamabad envoy

WHILE Kashmir has been called a “nuclear flashpoint", Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has said that "we should not contemplate a situation like that" as both Pakistan and India are responsible countries.

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"Kashmir is often termed as a ‘nuclear flash point’ but I believe that, you know, Pakistan is a responsible nuclear weapon state. I assume that India also exhibits that same kind of responsibility, and we should not contemplate, you know, a situation that would move in that direction," he said on Friday.

However, he did not deny that Pakistan does not subscribe to a no-first-use nuclear policy.