Dismissing any thoughts of freezing or rolling back of the country's nuclear programme, Musharraf said such considerations were "irrelevant, outdated and totally false."

Chairing a meeting of the National Command Authority (NCA), he reiterated Pakistan's resolve not to enter into an arms race with anyone while ensuring consolidation of the country's minimum deterrence needs, The News reported on Thursday.

The NCA meeting reviewed the progress of Pakistan's strategic programme and expressed complete satisfaction over the operational readiness of the strategic forces and the ongoing pace of development work.

Participants at the meeting also gave their approval to a number of recommendations put forward by the NCA secretariat and the Strategic Plans Division. Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, the three service chiefs and other senior military and civil officials attended the meeting.

Musharraf also warned that there was a inspired and malicious campaign being carried out by a section of the international media in connection to Pakistan's alleged assistance to Iran's nuclear programme.

About the non-proliferation policy, he described it as having matured over the years, and that it would continue to be a top national priority.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has been invited along with 35 other countries to attend a Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) conference in Moscow from September 18-20. Experts from Iran, Russia, United States, North Korea, China, Britain, Germany, France, Pakistan and India are also expected to attend the moot.

PTI from Washington reports US President George W Bush will meet Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali of Pakistan at the White House on October 1 for talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues, official sources said.

The leaders will also discuss "the close cooperation between the United States and Pakistan in the war against terrorism," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement on Wednesday.

Meanwhile Reuters from Jammu reported that two militants and a woman were killed and three children wounded, when guerrillas tried to raid an Indian army camp in Kashmir on Thursday, a defence official said.

The attack is the latest in a rising wave of violence across J&K, which threatens a tentative peace bid between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.

The pre-dawn attack took place in Kounser in Poonch district, the state's winter capital, the official said. It is 250 km north of Jammu.

The guerrillas were shot dead by soldiers outside the gates of the army camp. Whereas the woman and her children were caught in the cross fire, he said.

Meanwhile PTI from reported that a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant was arrested from a South West locality here on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.

On a tip off, Special Cell of the Delhi Police arrested Abdul Karim, wanted in connection with some cases in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, from Mahipalpur area, they said.

Karim, a resident of Mendhar in Poonch, was suspected to be trying to set up a base for the outfit in the Capital, the sources said.

He was staying in a rented house and had introduced himself as a student.