New Delhi, July 24: Government today said it has not received any request from Pakistan for assistance in rehabilitating the people rendered homeless and living in refugee camps due to the military action against Taliban in the country’s troubled north-western region.
The government is aware of the recent developments in Pakistan where the army is rooting out the Taliban due to which millions of Pakistani citizens have become homeless and are living in refugee camps, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
“No request has been received from the government of Pakistan for assistance in this regard,” she said.
To another question, she said the government has seen reports in the public domain that Pakistan is enhancing its nuclear weapons production capacity.
–PTI