Pakistani Defense Minister rejects formation of emergency nuclear meeting
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Rejects Prime Minister’s Request for Emergency Nuclear Committee Meeting
According to a report by the English section of webangah News Agency, citing Mehr News Agency and Reuters, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Pakistan’s Defense Minister, stated that there are no plans to convene an emergency meeting of the country’s nuclear committee.
Earlier, the Pakistani military had announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif requested a session of the Nuclear Command Authority. However, Asif told ARY News: “The issue you mentioned [nuclear option] is on the table—but let’s not discuss it. We must consider it an extremely remote possibility. Under current circumstances,we haven’t even debated it.”
He added: “I believe tensions will ease before we reach that point. No meeting of the National Command Committee has been held, nor are there plans for one.”
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after an attack on tourists in New Delhi-controlled Kashmir. This marks their most severe clash as 1999 between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, prompting global intervention—including from the U.S. and G7 nations—to de-escalate tensions.
U.S.Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged restraint in calls with Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir and India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam jaishankar,urging direct communication to avoid miscalculation.
