DPM strongly rejects ‘irresponsible’ fake news about nuclear strike on Israel

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar addressing a session of National Assembly on April 26, 2023. PHOTO: TWITTER/ @NAofPakistan Listen to article Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has strongly rejected what he called “irresponsible” and “fabricated” fake news circulating on social media, which falsely attributed to a senior Iranian general a claim that Pakistan would launch a nuclear strike on Israel in retaliation for any attack on Iran. Speaking in the Senate on Monday, Dar condemned the spread of false information in the wake of rising regional tensions and urged restraint amid escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. “Pakistan has made no such statement. This is an extremely irresponsible and fabricated claim,” he said. He warned that “war is no joke” and reaffirmed that the country’s nuclear and missile programmes are purely for self-defence. “ایرانی جنرل کو کوٹ کر کے کہا ہے کے اگر اسرائیل نے ہمارے اوپر پر حملہ کیا تو پاکستان اسرائیل پر نیوکلیئر حملہ کر دے گا یہ جھوٹی خبر ہے” ۔۔۔ ڈپٹی وزیراعظم اسحاق ڈار pic.twitter.com/5OPHxDTPwJ — Faisal Abbasi (@Faisalabassi) June 16, 2025 “Our nuclear and missile programme is for our own protection,” he told lawmakers. “We stated back in 1998 that our nuclear weapons are for
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