Pakistan never considered nuclear option during recent clashes with India, says FM Dar

Nuclear war ‘wasn’t an option’: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Fore­ign Minister Ishaq Dar has said a nuclear war was never an option for the government during last week’s escalation with India. The deputy prime minister, in an interview with CNN, said Pakistan had no choice but to launch strikes in self-defence following cross-border stri­kes by India on May 7. Terming India’s strikes “war and a wishful attempt to establish its hegemony in Kashmir,” Mr Dar said Pakistan…

Ceasefire could collapse if Indus Waters dispute is not resolved—Pakistan dy PM Ishaq Dar

In interview to CNN, Dar said India's strikes were a 'wishful attempt to establish hegemony', and use of nuclear weapons in last week’s conflict 'was never on the table'.

Pakistan never considered nuclear option during recent clashes with India, says FM Dar

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has said Pakistan never considered using nuclear weapons while recently defending aggression by neighbouring India, describing Islamabad's military strikes as “measured” and “strictly in self-defence”. In his first interview since a ceasefire took hold on Saturday, FM Dar told CNN that the situation had grown dangerously volatile after India’s cross-border airstrikes on May 7, but deni…

Pakistan changes tune again: 'Ceasefire with India won't hold if IWT issue not resolved'

The Pakistan Foreign Minister's remarks, made in an interview with CNN, came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that

The ceasefire leads to critical questions to the government of Hindu nationalist Modi. He has changed the rules of the Kashmir conflict by giving up India's "strategic restraint."

‘We hope sense will prevail,’ Pakistan’s foreign minister says as delicate India-Pakistan ceasefire holds - Egypt Independent

As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday.