Strategic concerns drive Pakistan's nuclear plans
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- Foreign support
- Islamabad's motivations
- Countering India
- China's power
- Unpredictable Gulf
- Price of the nuclear programme
- Damage to civilian nuclear energy plans
- Risk of Western intervention
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_350.jpg "Pakistan's PM Gilani speaks to India's PM Singh during the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)")