Youm-e-Takbeer is not just a day but a story of our nation’s challenging but remarkable journey towards establishing credible minimum deterrence: PM Shehbaz  

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif  has said that Youm-e-Takbeer is not just a day but a story of our nation’s challenging but remarkable journey towards establishing credible minimum deterrence.

In a statement issued on twitter on Sunday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that the day represents how the consensus between all elements of national power achieved what once looked like an uphill task. Shaheed Zulifkar Ali Bhutto was a visionary who initiated the nuclear program. In a show of bold leadership, my leader Mian Nawaz Sharif firmly rejected the policy of stick and carrot and made sure that the country became nuclear, he said. All along, our armed forces remained a guardian and protector of the program in the face of malign intentions of our enemies.    

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that on this day, Pakistan set a redline for its defence and laid down rules of the game for peace and stability in the region. On the Silver Jubilee of Youm-e-Takbeer, I pay rich tributes to the political and military leadership, scientists, engineers and all those who remained associated with our nuclear program, he said. Their hard work, commitment and determination made it possible for our people to guard their independence from any physical threat, he said.