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Online NewsHour: The Pakistani View -- June 5, 2002 |
 | | MALEEHA LODHI: I think you have to look at this issue in its proper perspective, which is my president, my government, has taken a series of steps which are, we believe, in Pakistan supreme national interests. |
 | | MALEEHA LODHI: Well, I think to begin with, a great deal of the talk about nuclear war that is going on seems to be based on the premise that because Pakistan is somehow conventionally weak, it will respond in a certain way. |
 | | MALEEHA LODHI: Because the last time at the summit when President Musharraf extended his hand and he actually took the initiative to shake hands with Prime Minister Vajpayee, we didn't think that that brought about any reciprocity. |
| www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/jan-june02/pakistan_6-5.html (1674 words) |
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