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the test programme. Hailed as heroes on their arrival at Islamabad's airport, they said they were pleased with the success of the testing and felt proud they had not disappointed their nation. SHOWS: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN. 31/05. Islamabad Airport: Arrival back from Chagi - test site of two scientists involved in nuclear testing, VS crowds welcoming them, throwing flower petals, cheering, chanting slogans; VS placards, one saying "These are our heroes"; Two scientists seated at airport; Scientist covered with flower garlands; SOT Samar Khan, scientist, in English: "We are very grateful to God for giving us success finally and we all have worked very hard for many years, thank you very much"; Scientists emerging from airport building, Scientists leave, Crowds of people at airport; VS people embracing; WS Pakistan air force plane on tarmac; SOT Dr Anwar Ali, Director for Computation at Atomic Energy Commission, in English: "Pakistan has successfully detonated the device and we have made a series of experiments and they have been very successful and the results were as we were expecting and in this series there were six experiments"; VS Dr Ali and others walking away; SOT Retired Air Marshall Afghar Khan, "I think it is most unsatisfactory with these experiments India and Pakistan have brought the situation to a crisis and I think it is highly dangerous"; SOT Dr Munir Ahmed Khan, former chairman Atome Energy Commission, in English, "I think this is very troublesome and it could get out of hand. I believe the time has come for both sides to announce a formal moratorium on any further testing"; SOT Nawaz Malik, Management Consultant: "I think after India exploded this device, the ideal situation would have been for the foreign office of Pakistan to have tried to persuade a few more members of the G7 to impose sanctions on India, such as Japan, Germany or Britain. If they had imposed sanctions on India, that way we could have benefitted economically and have been detrimental for India. But because the foreign office could not achieve this objective, probably the only option left was to go for this explosion option"; SOT Dr A H Nayyar, Physics Professor, Quaid-I-Azam University, in English, "The two countries are now going to remain extremely fearful of each other. They may have entered in a state of deterrence, but it is very delicate and unstable, which can lead to a very jittery situation, where both countries being fearful of each other may have permanently fixed their finger on the button"; 4.01 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/7d404fb19ef5b832d060f091f93ea6d4