No government could afford to ignore Kashmir: Rashid

Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said Kashmir and nuclear programme were a matter of life and death for Pakistan.
He said no government could afford to ignore Kashmir issue. With the effort of President General Pervez Musharraf, the issue of Kashmir has been included in composite dialogue with India.
He said Pakistan was a responsible country. The government of Pakistan was aware of its responsibilities. Pakistan has proved the world that its nuclear programme was in safest among the comity of nations.
The main aim to debrief scientists was to obviate international conspiracies against Pakistan. Sheikh Rashid said it was duty of the government to save the country's interests at any cost.
He said no one was above the law and interests of the country was supreme. Pakistan would save its assets at every cost. Pakistan was dearer to us, he added.
Pakistan has acquired nuclear ability after efforts and hard work of thirty years. At the moment there were more than six thousand scientists and 60 thousand workers working in ten different institutions of the country.
Nuclear programme of Pakistan was in accordance with the aspirations of people of Pakistan and it also guarantees defence of Pakistan, he added.