It seems that Pakistan intends to actively pursue the mad nuclear race and prove to the other nuclear powered nations that it has the will and the capacity to beat them in this matter. According to this article, Pakistan may be able to build up to 350 nuclear bombs in a decade time. It raises a few intelligent questions in my mind. What is the purpose of hoarding so many nuclear bombs and at what cost? Yes, Pakistan feels threatened by India. But do they really need 350 nuclear bombs to defeat and crush India? One should not forget what happened when USA threw only two bombs in Japan during WWII, the Japanese government right away surrendered. Also, it is to be noted that those bombs were not even near having the destructive power what these modern nuclear bombs have. So what is the gimmick here? Also, I think that Pakistan is not utilizing their financial resources in a proper fashion. Instead of using its financial resources for the uplift and betterment of its citizens towards development of educational system, infrastructure and manufacturing etc., it is channeling its funds in a destructive way. The other reason of accumulating a large number of bombs could be that they have the intention to sell them - a finished product - to other Muslim countries which eventually may end up creating a nuclear holocaust. In either case, the nature of this venture is very destructive both for the Pakistani nationals as well as for the world to face.  India has a declared policy of not to use nuclear arsenal 'first'.  If Pakistan attacks India with its nuclear power, does any one think that India will take it with its hands down?  With its own mighty nuclear power, India will decimate Pakistan within no time.  Therefore, it is in the interest of Pakistan not to provoke India by violating ceasefire at the LOC and stop its proxy war in Kashmir, failing which the consequences could be very destructive.  The ball is in the court of Pakistan.