DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 13: Khalifa Abdul Qayyum, senior vice-president of Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, has said that the US was exploiting the Pakistan government on Afghan issue and could, at a later stage, ask the Musharraf regime to roll back the country’s nuclear programme.

He said Muslims never bowed to pressure or accepted any insulting deal from non-Muslims and same was the case with the Taliban who would never succumb to pressure.

Talking to Dawn on Monday, Khalifa said it was a fact that whenever and whoever tried any aggression against Afghanistan, met a fateful defeat.

He said the former USSR was the most appropriate example which disintegrated after suffering heavy casualties.

Khalifa Abdul Qayyum was of the view that the government was accepting all demands of the US without putting up even a slight resistance.

He said it was high time for the government to bring changes in its policy about the ongoing operation in Afghanistan.

He said that some elements within the government institutions were trying to damage the situation to bring a political change at the present critical juncture and due to these elements peaceful and unarmed protesters faced police firing.

The Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan leader said the religious parties would not take part in this conspiracy to harm the interests of the country.

He said the people of Pakistan were united against the evil designs of the US which actually needed a base camp in this region to keep a close vigilance on our nuclear programme.

To a question about the reports whether or not Osama bin Laden had any nuclear arsenal, the SSP leader said one could not shut his eyes to the realities.

He said that after its disintegration, the former Soviet Union put its nukes and other weapons sale and on Osama might have struck any deal with the former USSR.

He said the US was also involved in providing such weapons to the anti-USSR powers during early eighties and it was possible that nuclear weapons of that time might have ended up with Osama bin Laden.