- ISLAMABAD (ANI) -- Pakistan
has warned that it will teach India an "unforgettable lesson"
if Delhi were to launch a nuclear attack.
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- Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was replying
to remarks by Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes that Pakistan would
be wiped out in a nuclear conflict.
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- Ahmed called Fernandes' comments the "ravings of
a crazy man" and condemned the "racialist and communal policies
pursued by the ruling Hindu nationalist clique".
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- Ahmed said: "We do not want war but if war is imposed
on Pakistan, we have the will to give a crushing reply."
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- Fernandes had told a conference in Hyderabad: "The
Pakistani leadership should not get into the idea of committing suicide
because we can take a bomb or two more."
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- He was replying to a question about Pakistani President
Pervez Musharraf's remarks on 30 December that India should expect a "non-conventional
war" if it attacked Pakistan.
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- The president's spokesman later made clear he was not
referring to nuclear weapons.
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- However, Fernandes described the comments as "irresponsible".
(ANI)
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