US media report on N-programme deplorable: FO

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday deplored a US media report that dubbed its nuclear programme as a major challenge to the Obama administration’s policy. Commenting on David E Sanger and Eric Schmitt’s article titled ‘Pakistani Nuclear Arms Pose Challenge to US Policy’ published by New York Times on Monday, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said unnecessary alarming reporting about Pakistan’s nuclear programme continued to surface occasionally.