New Delhi: Rejecting Pakistan's suggestion for de-nuclearisation of South Asia, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee asserted that India's nuclear programme was not Pakistan-specific, while the reverse was the case with Islamabad's.

Intervening in a debate on Indo-Pak ties in the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister said, "Pakistan's atomic programme is India-specific. But India's nuclear programme is not Pakistan-specific. We have to keep in mind developments in other neighbouring countries as well."

Vajpayee said India has adopted a nuclear doctrine, which categorically states that it will not be the first to use such weapons while Pakistan is yet to come out with this type of commitment.

On Pakistan's offer for a no-war pact, he said instead of no-war pact it should be a declaration against any proxy war by Pakistan.

Furthermore, Prime Minister Vajpayee allaying Opposition apprehensions that India has softened its stand said cross-border terrorism has to end and the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan be dismantled.

PTI