EU Delegation to Study Pakistani Nuclear Trade Laws

Pakistani officials will field questions about the nation’s nuclear export controls from a visiting European Union delegation next month, the Pakistani Business Recorder reported yesterday (see GSN, Mar. 21).

Western nations have been concerned with Pakistan’s trade rules following the disclosure that top nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan headed an international nuclear smuggling ring for many years (see GSN, Nov. 27). 

Pakistani officials plan to describe measures Islamabad has taken to prevent similar activity from recurring, according to sources

“We have restricted the export of goods which can be used in proliferation and we will remove the concerns of the EU, if they have any,” said one source (Business Recorder, Nov. 28).

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