Press Release
Pakistan Must Never De-Nuclearize, Even if the Deceiving Hindu State Ever Indicated it Would

Imran Khan has voiced a dangerous commitment regarding our nuclear weapons, which demands rejection, rather than silence so that a treacherous narrative does not become established. On 24 July 2019, Fox News’s Bret Baier asked Imran Khan, “If India said we would give up our nuclear weapons, would Pakistan?” Without hesitation, Imran irresponsibly answered, “Yes because nuclear war is not an option. And between Pakistan and India, the idea of nuclear war is actually self-destruction.” Regarding US concerns over Pakistan’s nuclear capability, Imran Khan reassured the Americans by saying, “We share our intelligence with US about the way we have the safety measures about our nuclear program.” Thus, instead of strong deterrence messaging to our enemies, the regime naively declares readiness for nuclear disarmament, in an environment where there is a global arms race in advanced nuclear and missile capabilities.

O Muslims of Pakistan and their Strategic Community in Particular!

We must account the regime harshly and demand that it retracts its dangerous stance. Nuclear weapons did not prevent the belligerent India from Cold Start and similar aggressive war operations planning. India is undertaking detailed planning to fight a conventional war under the nuclear over-hang against Pakistan. As for the regime’s hopes in Trump’s mediation with his firm ally, Modi, the post-Pulwama Indian air strikes revealed the extent of the US tilt to India. India’s massive arms buildup is occurring with full US support, as it assists the US in countering China and suppressing Muslims in the region. Alarm bells must also ring at the suspension of missile testing for the last two years, which includes the Bajwa-Imran regime’s first year in power and also the last year of the previous regime it now denounces as being Modi ka Yaar (Friends of Modi). As for the intelligence sharing with the US, an objective of the US presence in Afghanistan, which the regime is facilitating through talks with the Taliban, is to be within striking distance of our nuclear assets and therefore such intelligence sharing on our nuclear weapons program is nothing short of treachery against Islam, Pakistan and Muslims of the region. Allah (swt) said,

(وَأَعِدُّوا لَهُمْ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ مِنْ قُوَّةٍ وَمِنْ رِبَاطِ الْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَآخَرِينَ مِنْ دُونِهِمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ)

“Make ready against them all you can of force including steeds of war, to cast terror into the hearts of your enemy and the enemy of Allah and besides those whom you do not know but Allah knows.” [Surah Al-Anfal 8:60]. Our Great Deen mandates the acquisition of cutting edge military capabilities, including nuclear weapons, indigenous space flight capability, stealth technology and artificial intelligence, to deter our enemies. Our nuclear deterrence and shield should not be against the Hindu State alone, but against all our enemies, including the US and the Jewish entity. Our military superiority should not be for rivalry with a single state, but its objective should be to support Islam’s foreign policy of ensuring Islam’s dominance in the world. It is the Khilafah (Caliphate) on the Method of the Prophethood that will augment our hard earned deterrence capabilities to rid us of the American Raj, unify the Ummah and march firmly on the path of being the world’s leading state, as it was for centuries before.

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Pakistan