Is US helping Pak expand its nuclear program?

Washington: Are American lawmakers and the Obama administration unintentionally funding a runaway Pakistani nuclear weapons program that may not only mean a mortal danger to the US in the long run, but also pose a more immediate existential threat to India?
Influential American commentators and media outlets are now starting to question what they see as Washington’s indirect bankrolling of Pakistan’s nuclear program through massive infusion of aid, even as President Obama is insisting that he is confident Islamabad won’t allow its nuclear assets to fall into extremist hands.
News of Islamabad’s accelerated nuclear weapons program, exposed by US satellite imagery is being scrutinized in the light of the administration-backed Congress move to pump billions of dollars of US aid into Pakistan. Confirmation by US’ highest military official, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral Mike Mullen, that Pakistan is indeed ramping up its weapons program, had added a sense of urgency to the review, particularly since the aid package is being finalized this week.
On Monday, the New York Times reported that members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal, “raising questions on Capitol Hill about whether billions of dollars in proposed military aid might be diverted to Pakistan’s nuclear program.”
Indian officials have long maintained in private that any unconditional aid to Pakistan would result in the unstable country pumping more domestic resources into its bloated military, including its nuclear weapons program.
As a result, the administration has persuaded lawmakers to either withdraw or dilute tough conditions they had proposed for disbursal of the five-year $ 7.5 billion aid, including calling the country’s nuclear weapons program to account, access to its nuclear smuggler AQ Khan, and ending the policy of terrorism towards India.
But now, Pakistan’s drive to spend heavily on new nuclear arms has been a source of growing concern to some officials even inside the Obama administration, NYT said, because the country is producing more nuclear material at a time when Washington is increasingly focused on trying to assure the security of an arsenal of 80 to 100 weapons so that they will never fall into the hands of Islamic insurgents.
“The billions in new proposed US aid, officials acknowledge, could free other money for Pakistan’s nuclear infrastructure, at a time when Pakistani officials have expressed concern that their nuclear program is facing a budget crunch for the first time, worsened by the global economic downturn,” the paper reported in a front page story.
But President Obama himself seems confident that the US, through the Pakistani military, had a handle on the country’s nuclear weapons to the extent it will not fall into extremist hands. 
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