Pakistan, Dec. 6 -- Director General Arms Control and Disarmament at the Foreign Office Kamran Akhtar on Thursday emphasised on changing the narrative about Pakistan's nuclear programme from that of deterrence to one for peaceful uses.

He was speaking at a daylong conference on 'Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology - Pakistan's Achievements', which had been organised by Strategic Vision Institute (SVI) - an Islamabad based think tank specialising in strategic stability issues'. The seminar had been held to showcase the progress made by Pakistan towards using nuclear technology for civilian purposes and analysing the current status of the programme with a view to charting future course of action.

The seminar was attended by diplomats, thi...