Pakistan said on Thursday that it considers India's on-going efforts to build ballistic missile system as a destabilizing development.
Responding to a question at the weekly news briefing here‚ Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said Pakistan has constantly drawn attention of the Indian Government to this issue through composite dialogue process.
About Pakistan's short range missiles‚ he said these are meant to address 3 major concerns emanating from India. These include increasing conventional weapons' asymmetry; India's offensive doctrine and development of ballistic missile system.
He said development of Nasr and Cruise missiles by Pakistan should be seen in this context.
The spokesman made it clear that Pakistan's entire nuclear and missile programmes are defensive in nature and we have no aggressive designs. Pakistan wants to have minimum credible deterrence.
The spokesman said arrangements have been made to bring body of Sanaullah from Chandigarh through special plane. Two family members of Sanaullah are also in Chandigarh and post-mortem of the body has been completed.
He said the manner in which Sanaullah was attacked was unfortunate and matter of deep concern for Pakistan. Pakistan has conveyed its concern to India in this regard and demanded investigations to help perpetrators of this heinous crime bring to justice.
He said Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has also called upon India to ensure safety and security of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jail.
To a question he said according to an estimate there are 5 to 6 hundred Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails and 47 of them have completed their sentence.
The spokesman said a Pakistani UN peacekeeper was killed in action while performing his duties in eastern Congo. Government of Pakistani sympathises with the family of peacekeeper who laid down his life for safeguarding global peace and security.
He said Pakistan condemns such acts of aggression against UN peacekeepers and is calling for investigation into the attack and strengthening of measures for safety of UN peacekeepers.
When his attention was drawn towards a host of anti-Pakistani moves by Kabul‚ the spokesman said Pakistan has shown maximum restraint as it wants to promote peace and stability in Afghanistan‚ which is also in the interest of the region.
About President Karzai's statement on Durand Line‚ the spokesman said this is a settled issue. Pakistan considers statement of the Afghan President as a distraction from more pressing of peace and security.
To a question he said so far India has not approached Pakistan in connection with its joining the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
The spokesman said in all 350 foreign observers from 12 countries would be in Pakistan to monitor general elections.