SARGODHA:State Minister for Productions and Industries Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi on Sunday said the
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto started the
nuclear programme of the country without taking international pressure.
Talking to reporter in connection with Youm-e-Takbeer, he said Shaheed Bhutto took the brave step to
make Pakistan an atomic power.
He added that Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed continued the mission of her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
and brought missile technology to the country.
The state minister said on May 28,1998, the government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
played a vital role to make Pakistan a nuclear state after conducting successful nuclear
tests.
Tasneem said that the country was celebrating the silver jubilee of becoming an atomic power
which was a clear massage to enemies that defence of Pakistan was invincible.