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Pakistan As An Atomic Power

Pakistan developed nuclear weapons after India's 1974 nuclear test, as it did not want to fall behind given tensions over Kashmir. In 1998, Pakistan conducted nuclear tests and became the seventh nuclear power. This corrected the imbalance of power with India, as India could no longer threaten Pakistan. It also boosted Arab countries against Israel. While sanctions were imposed on both countries, Pakistan hopes to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes like power generation and medical treatments. With further research, nuclear energy could replace fossil fuels for transportation if developed safely and for peaceful means.

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Pakistan As An Atomic Power

Pakistan developed nuclear weapons after India's 1974 nuclear test, as it did not want to fall behind given tensions over Kashmir. In 1998, Pakistan conducted nuclear tests and became the seventh nuclear power. This corrected the imbalance of power with India, as India could no longer threaten Pakistan. It also boosted Arab countries against Israel. While sanctions were imposed on both countries, Pakistan hopes to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes like power generation and medical treatments. With further research, nuclear energy could replace fossil fuels for transportation if developed safely and for peaceful means.

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Pakistan as an Atomic Power

“For us to become an atomic power was unavoidable.”


Pakistan started developing her atomic capacity (ability) after India’s successful
nuclear explosion in 1974. When India became a nuclear power, how could
Pakistan stay (lag) behind in the face of its illegal occupation of Kashmir and threats
to Pakistan? India exploded more nuclear bombs in early May 1998.
The scientists of Pakistan, with the co-operation of the successive (coming one after
another) governments, succeeded in detonating (exploding) six unclear bombs in
late May 1998. This established her as the seventh nuclear world power after the
US, UK, France, Russia, China, and India.
The status of Pakistan, as a nuclear power, has a few positive results. First of all, it
corrected the balance of power in South Asia that was in Indian’s favor after her
nuclear explosions. India could no more threaten or blackmail Pakistan into a
forced solution of the Kashmir problem. It could no more think of attacking
(invading) Pakistan across international frontiers as she had done in 1965. On the
other hand, Pakistan’s nuclear status acted as a great support to the Arabs against
Israel. Israel now could not decide to attack Middle Eastern countries like Syria and
Saudi Arabia for fear of the Islamic bomb.
Secondly, Pakistan could now oppose, in her own right, India’s claim to a seat in the
Security Council of the UN as the world’s largest democracy with nuclear capability.
After the tit-for-tat nuclear explosions, the United Nations Security Council
unanimously passed a resolution urging India and Pakistan to halt their nuclear
weapons programs. The United States and other Western states imposed economic
sanctions against both the countries. The U. N. Secretary General, Kofi Annan,
urged both the countries to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which
Pakistan agreed to sign if India did the same.
Thirdly, Pakistan’s nuclear capability gave her a golden chance to develop it for
peaceful purposes. The atomic scientists of the country are now researching on the
use of atomic energy for the production of electricity (power) at different places in
the country. Several advanced countries like France, Germany, Britain, China, and
Japan are already making use of atomic energy to produce cheap electricity on a
massive scale. When we have a nuclear power plant in Karachi for the production
of electricity, it will be possible to have further, better plants in other cities. For
this, we could arrange tours of our scientists to the advanced countries to study
and learn the techniques of manufacturing and using modern nuclear power plants
Another use of nuclear energy can be in medicine. Some dangerous diseases like
cancer and pains in the joint and eye diseases can possibly be treated and cured
through advanced atomic techniques.
Fourthly, atomic energy can be used in place of natural fuels like oil and gas. In the
advanced countries like the US and Russia, ships and submarines use nuclear
energy as fuel. The same can be done by the developing countries like ours. If cars,
buses and planes also start using nuclear or some other equally effective fuel, travel
and communication will become extremely cheap.
No doubt, atomic energy is a great blessing. It can, however, be the worst curse if
it is used for destructive purposes. Most of the world can be destroyed almost
completely by the use of atomic energy in a negative way. Let Pakistan initiate
(start) a program to show and exemplify how nuclear energy can be an answer to
many of our problems arising out of disease and shortage of natural fuels. Then
other peaceful uses of atomic energy can be suggested through continuous
research and effort.

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