Name: Pakistan "had no choice" but to build a nuclear weapon by BBC World Service Radio
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Description: Dr. Adil Sultan, a Pakistani nuclear expert, on why Pakistan had to pursue nuclear weapons. Listen to the full edition of Newshour Extra here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wq7nr

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Dr. Adil Sultan, a Pakistani nuclear expert, on why Pakistan had to pursue nuclear weapons. 

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Pakistan "had no choice" but to build a nuclear weapon

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Pakistan "had no choice" but to build a nuclear weapon

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