Pakistani Nuclear Capability Told
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WASHINGTON — Pakistan now has the components and know-how to assemble at least one explosive nuclear device, the country’s foreign secretary said in an interview here.
“The capability is there,” Foreign Secretary Shahryar Khan told the Washington Post this week.
The interview, conducted after Khan pledged to U.S. officials that his country would not explode a nuclear device or sell the technology to another country, was the first time a Pakistani official has confirmed publicly the extent of his government’s nuclear program.
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