Pakistan on Friday strongly rejected India’s attempt to distort facts regarding recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, terming New Delhi’s statements on Pakistan’s nuclear record “baseless, malicious, and part of a disinformation campaign.” Responding to a media query about the Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson’s comments linking Trump’s remarks on nuclear testing with Pakistan, FO Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, said that India was clearly misrepresenting the US President’s words.
“The US side has already clarified its position to the media regarding the President’s statements,” he noted. “For the record, Pakistan’s last nuclear tests were conducted in May 1998. Our position on nuclear testing is well established and consistent.” He underscored Pakistan’s support for UNGA resolutions calling for a comprehensive ban on nuclear testing, contrasting it with India’s “ambiguous and questionable intentions” reflected in its repeated abstentions on such resolutions. Emphasizing Pakistan’s impeccable record in nuclear safety and non-proliferation, the Foreign Office reiterated that the country’s nuclear program operates under a “robust command and control structure” with comprehensive export controls.
“Allegations of clandestine or illegal nuclear activities are entirely baseless,” Andrabi said. “They are part of India’s deliberate effort to deflect international attention from its own irresponsible nuclear conduct.” Highlighting India’s troubling record, he pointed to several incidents of theft and illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials within India. “As recently as last year, radioactive equipment from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), including the highly radioactive substance Californium, valued at over USD 100 million, was found on sale in India,” he said. Such repeated incidents, he warned, “expose serious deficiencies in India’s ability to secure its nuclear facilities” and suggest the existence of a “thriving nuclear black market” within the country.
Pakistan, he said urged the international community to take serious note of these “alarming gaps” in India’s nuclear security, which, it cautioned, “pose a grave threat to regional and global stability.”
At UN, Pakistan presses India to stop ‘weaponising’ shared resources
A senior Pakistani diplomat voiced great concern in the UN Security Council on Thursday over the deliberate weaponization of shared natural resources, citing in this regard the unilateral suspension of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty by India earlier this year, as he called for New Delhi’s early return to compliance to the pact.
“Such acts do not just harm one country; they weaken confidence in international water law and set a precedent for resource-based and driven coercion elsewhere,” Ambassador Asim Iftikhar, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, said, while highlighting the crucial issue in the 15-member Council.
India suspended the major, World Bank-mediated treaty governing water sharing of six rivers in the Indus basin between the two countries after the Pahalgam incident in April.
In a wide-ranging discussion on climate and security, the Pakistan envoy called India’s unilateral action a “textbook example”of deliberate weaponization of shared natural resources.
“For more than six decades, “Ambassador Asim Ahmad said, “This Treaty has stood as a model of cooperation, ensuring equitable and predictable sharing of the Indus Basin’s waters between Pakistan and India, even in times of war.
“India’s unlawful unilateral decision to suspend this framework undermines the letter and spirit of the Treaty, threatens ecosystems, disrupts data-sharing, and endangers the lives of millions who depend on the Indus river water system for food and energy security, for their survival,” he added.
“This should be of grave concern for every member of this Council and for the international community as a whole.”
Pointing out that no provision of the Indus Waters Treaty permits unilateral suspension or modification, the Pakistani envoy said, “The Court of Arbitration’s 2025 award reaffirmed the continuing validity of the Treaty and its dispute-settlement mechanisms, upholding Pakistan’s position that all issues must be resolved within its legal framework.
“We therefore expect full respect for the Treaty and an early return to compliance and normal functioning through the established channels”.
The Council’s debate coincided with International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.