Political Case for a NWFZ in South Asia

Political Case for a NWFZ in South Asia Achin Vanaik EVIDENCE from all directions is mounting that Pakistan is on the verge of achieving a nuclear weapons capability. Should India (having already shown such capability in 1974) now go in for systematic construction of a nuclear weapons system? Or are there real alternatives for resisting the process of nuclearisation of the subcontinent that should be pursued? If so, what are they?