Pakistan panics over threat to arsenal: ‘Fears of fundamentalist upheaval in Pakistan have aroused concerns in Washington that part or all of Islamabad’s arsenal of nuclear weapons may have to be moved to China for safekeeping from foreign attack.

Pakistan’s military establishment was said last week to have been shaken by reports that America, India or Israel might be planning pre-emptive strikes on nuclear sites to prevent weapons falling into fundamentalist hands. “The generals are panic-stricken,” said one Pakistani source.’ Sunday Times of London