New Delhi, May 15 -- Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday sought an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, questioning if the same was 'safe' in the hands of an "rogue and irresponsible nation".

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal should be brought under the surveillance of the UN's nuclear agency, Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, following last week's conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi.

"I wanted to raise this question for the world: are nuclear weapons safe in the hands of a rogue and irresponsible nation?" Rajnath Singh told troops at a base in Srinagar in Kashmir.

"I believe that Pakistan's atomic weapons should be brought under he surveillance of IAEA. I want to say this very cl...