Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, addressing a gathering of overseas Pakistanis at the start of his eight-day visit to Europe, stated that Pakistan’s nuclear and missile assets were completely safe, and added that even a nuclear attack could affect those assets. Reiterating his administration’s capability and intention to defend Pakistan’s strategic assets, he charged that some forces were purposefully questioning Pakistan’s nuclear programme1.

• 1. Khaleeq Kiani, “Nuclear assets completely safe, says Musharraf,” The Dawn, January 22, 2008, at http://www.dawn.com/2008/01/22/nat1.htm