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KARACHI: President General Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Pakistan's defence strategy was based on “defensive deterrence”, both in conventional and unconventional spheres.
“We want to use our arms for peace only for defensive deterrence,” President Musharraf told participants here at the inauguration of fourth International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2006.
The President said Pakistan's defence strategy emanated from its belief that peace could only be achieved through strength and not weakness.
He said in the past Pakistan quantified its requirements and weaponry for the army, navy and the airforce to deter any aggression in the conventional areas.
However he said “when the threat grew unconventional we had to rectify the imbalance and therefore we also went unconventional.”
President Musharraf said “our strategy on defensive deterrence, both in conventional and unconventional fields is in place, in strength and is growing from strength to strength every year.”
