A few highlights (relating to the Nuclear weapons, delivery systems and Space program):
1. He clearly stated that Pakistan
already possesses the 4th largest Nuclear Weapons arsenal.
2. During the 2002 military standoff b/w Pakistan and India, Pakistan was testing its Shaheen-1 missiles. The international parties were very active those days and monitored the tests. They were able to determine the accuracy of the missile (falling within a couple of tens of meters) and they also detected a cold nuclear test of the warhead (which is normally the approval-for-production test in Pakistan). This caused a great deal of panic, although it was a test launch.
3. Possession of nuclear weapons by Pakistan has deterred possible military conflicts (on a large scale) during the Kargil Conflict, the 2002-2003 Military Standoff and after the Mumbai Attacks.
4. If Dr. AQ Khan proliferated Nuclear Weapons technology, Iran and Libya would have made Nuclear Weapons by now. It has been 22 years, but both countries haven't made any significant advancement towards Nuclear Weapons.
5. Dr. Munir Ahmad Khan had the vision for a nuclear weapons project. He rightfully deserves the "father of the bomb" title, instead of AQ Khan. AQ Khan had contributions in only the centrifuges and enrichment technology. Dr. Munir didn't get the due credit because he kept a low profile which was necessary, unlike AQ Khan who went for publicity.
6. Shaheen-I has THREE versions. (in a previous interview of his with Hamid Mir, Dr. Samar stated that first Shaheen-I version 1 was developed. Then in 2002, Shaheen-1 version two was tested with a range of 700 km). Now the version 3 which has a range of 1000-1200 km has been tested (which is Shaheen-IA IMO).
7. He said that we have worked very responsibly, and we do not have aims of developing an ICBM-class missile because our target of minimum credible deterrence is being achieved for now. We had the capability, but made a mature decision of not pursuing development of very long range missiles.
8. He said that that Pakistan has the capability to build an SLV, for both LEOs and GEOs, but has yet to materialize one. We should develop an SLV now because we have already developed a satellite. An addition of a 2.5 m long third stage on the existing Shaheen-II can do the job.
9. SUPARCO has indigenously developed only 40-50% parts of the recently launched satellite. However, it is a significant advancement, and SUPARCO has also started work on the imaging satellite.