Pakistan considers India an existential threat and will continue to pursue efforts to modernise its military, including the development of battlefield nuclear weapons, the latest World Threat Assessment report released by the US Defence Intelligence Agency on Sunday said. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Asim Munir at the passing out ceremony at the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, Abbottabad, on April 26.(Reuters) “Pakistan regards India as an existential threat and will continue to pursue its military modernization effort, including the development of battlefield nuclear weapons, to offset India’s conventional military advantage,” the report said. It added that Pakistan is modernising its nuclear arsenal and maintaining the security of its nuclear materials and nuclear command and control. Also Read | ‘India will never give in to nuclear blackmail’: Jaishankar’s strong message to Pakistan from Germany “Pakistan is modernizing its nuclear arsenal and maintaining the security of its nuclear materials and nuclear command and control. Pakistan almost certainly procures WMD (weapons of mass destruction) applicable goods from foreign suppliers and intermediaries,” …