Probably not, the likeliness of conventional conflict between the two would be much greater – nuclear weapons have deterred that.
The Pakistani acquisition of nuclear weapons was a cost of our partnership with the Government of Pakistan in countering and rolling-back the Soviet Union. We could have stopped its development had we chosen to, but it was the cost of doing business. Renegade scientists are an unintended consequence of this.
I am sure similar arguments were used against those who were in opposition to the devils-deal described above, which caused the unintended consequences you lament today.
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