Won’t Give Up Nuclear Research, Pakistan Says
Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —
This country will not give up its nuclear research program, even if it has to suffer hardships through loss of foreign aid, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Saturday.
The official APP news agency quoted him as telling a rally in the northwestern town of Bannu that “foreign quarters” are accusing Pakistan of making an atomic bomb, despite its assurances that its nuclear program is peaceful.
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