UK nuclear report nails Pakistans lies, Chinas complicity

November 08, 2016 09:01

Pakistan's continued use of front companies and other deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods for its nuclear programme means it cannot "expect to be welcomed' into the Nuclear Suppliers Group, a new report by experts at King's College of London has said.

The report contends that the scale of Islamabad's procurement of sensitive material from Beijing is "so substantial that it must be concluded that the Chinese state is either complicit in supplying Pakistan's programmes, or negligent in its control over state-owned enterprises'.

"Pakistan's strategic nuclear and missile industries", prepared by Project Alpha of the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King's College, concluded Pakistan has a "deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods" that has been demonstrated by its "systematic use of front companies to supply its strategic industries".

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