ISLAMABAD, May 28 (APP): Leader of the House in Senate Raja
Zafar-ul-Haq on Sunday said the decision of Prime Minister Muhammad
Nawaz Sharif to conduct nuclear tests on May 28, 1998 had made
the country’s defence impregnable.
Talking to PTV, he said ‘Youm-i-Takbeer’ was a historic day
in the history of Pakistan as on that day the then Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif took the bold step of atomic explosions in
a befitting response to India.
It was an extraordinary step in face of the lingering
economic sanctions from the international community, but the
decision was taken in larger national interest, he added.
Raja Zafar-ul-Haq said if the elected government of Pakistan
Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was not toppled in October 1999, the
political leadership would have made the country an
economic power as well.
He said during the present government of PML-N, China had
made huge investment under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
in the country. All the provinces were equally taking benefit of
the CPEC projects, he added.
He said the government was taking all measures to
resolve issues, including energy shortage, terrorism and law and
order.