ISLAMABAD, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Pakistan's army Monday rejected as absurd remarks by an American journalist that Washington is making plans to help secure Islamabad's atomic weapons.

    In his article in The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh alleged that the United States has a covert team ready to fly into Pakistan at a moment's notice and defend nuclear installations from attack.

    "We do not need any help for security of nuclear assets," Chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majeed.

    Hersh also said he has evidence the U.S. administration has been working on "highly sensitive understandings" with Pakistan's military that would let the U.S. military provide "added security for the Pakistani arsenal in case of a crisis."

    Majeed said Pakistan has an effective safety system for its nuclear assets and reports that Islamabad is seeking U.S. help for its arsenals are misleading.

    Hersh also claimed that a "highly classified" emergency response team had already been activated within the past few months in response to a report that a Pakistani nuclear component had "gone astray".

    "We can not share sensitive information with anyone," the Pakistani General said. He added that Pakistan's security institutions can meet any challenge.

    Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Sunday that no compromise would be made on national interests, security and the nuclear program of the country.

    A spokesman for the Foreign Office said that it was "simply preposterous" that Pakistan would allow any country direct or indirect access to its nuclear arsenal, which are safe under "multi-layered custodial controls."

    Calling the media reports regarding alleged Pak-U.S. negotiations on Islamabad's nuclear arsenal "false and baseless", U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson on Sunday also said U.S. had no intention of seizing the country's nukes.