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Islamabad : Pakistan has raised a 25,000-strong special force and put in place
extensive measures to protect and manage its strategic assets, including
its nuclear arsenal, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said.
"A special security force of 25,000 personnel, who have been specially trained and provided sophisticated weapons, has been deployed to protect (the nuclear assets)," Dar said while winding up the debate on the 2013-14 budget in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament.
Pakistan has raised a Special Response Force, a Special Escort Force and a Marine Force to protect and guard its strategic assets, he said, without giving further details. (Writer-South Asia)
"A special security force of 25,000 personnel, who have been specially trained and provided sophisticated weapons, has been deployed to protect (the nuclear assets)," Dar said while winding up the debate on the 2013-14 budget in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament.
Pakistan has raised a Special Response Force, a Special Escort Force and a Marine Force to protect and guard its strategic assets, he said, without giving further details. (Writer-South Asia)
