Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has clarified that Pakistan is not selling nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia under the recently signed landmark defence agreement, stressing that “we are responsible people”. During an interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan for Zeteo, the defence czar was questioned about the recently signed defence pact. Mehdi asked, “How much of it is a reaction to the Israeli bombing of Qatar?” In response, Asif clarified that the agreement was not a reaction to the Qatar attack. He emphasised that discussions on the pact had been ongoing for a considerable period of time. He further said that the pact had “formalised” a relationship between the two countries that was previously “a bit transactional”.
