Denuclearise Pakistan : BJP

The BJP said that the spate of attacks on military installations in Pakistan points to a threat that nuclear facilities there may fall into wrong hands and demanded de-nuclearisation of the country in the global interest. “BJP believes that the internal security situation in Pakistan is alarming. The Mehran naval base in Karachi was attacked despite being well-protected. In the last two years, several military installations there, which are highly guarded locations, have been attacked,” spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said. About 15-20 Taliban gunmen had attacked the Mehran naval base on Saturday night. Fourteen people were killed and two surveillance planes destroyed in the attack. Giving an illustrative list of defence installations that have been attacked in Pakistan in the past two years in cities like Faislabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore and Islamabad, among others, Rudy said: “We are aware Pakistan today has the fourth largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the world. We know rogues of Taliban who have been targeting military facilities will try to lay their hands on nuclear weapons in an attempt to make a dirty bomb.”