Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said Pakistan had noted with serious concern the reports about seizure of more than 7kg natural uranium from unauthorised persons in India . Photo courtesy RadioPak/File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday expressed serious concern over illegal possession of a large quantity of uranium by two unauthorised persons in India and pointed to gaps in state control mechanisms there.
“We have noted with serious concern the reports about seizure of more than 7kg natural uranium from unauthorised persons in India,” Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said.
Indian authorities had on Wednesday seized 7.1kg of natural uranium and arrested two persons Jigar Pandya, 27, and Abu Tahir Afzal Husain Choudhary, 31 in Nagpur. The seized uranium is worth $2.9 million.
Pakistan calls for probe into seizure of uranium in India
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Pakistan on Saturday expressed serious concern over illegal possession of a large quantity of uranium by two unauthorised persons in India and pointed to gaps in state control mechanisms there. We have noted with serious concern the reports about seizure of more than 7kg natural uranium from unauthorised persons in India, Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said.
Indian authorities had on Wednesday seized 7.1kg of natural uranium and arrested two persons Jigar Pandya, 27, and Abu Tahir Afzal Husain Choudhary, 31 in Nagpur. The seized uranium is worth $2.9 million.
Pakistan expresses concern over uranium seizure in India
Safeguarding nuclear arsenals should be the top priority for all countries, says FO
Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. PHOTO: APP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan on Saturday expressed serious concerns after reports emerged of uranium seizure from unauthorised persons in India.
On Friday, Indian police said it had seized over seven kilograms (15.4 pounds) of natural uranium and arrested two men in the western Maharashtra state for “illegally possessing” the highly radioactive substance.
Safeguarding nuclear arsenals should be top priority for all countries, said Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri in a statement.
In this file photo, FO spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri speaks to the media during his weekly briefing. DawnNewsTV/File
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would continue supporting the Palestinian people in their struggle for right to self-determination and attaining the goal of establishment of an independent state, said Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Thursday.
Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) on ‘Dynamics of Muslim World & Future of Palestine: Time to Fight Back’, the spokesman said: “We will continue to extend our full support to the Palestinian people in their struggle for the realisation of their inalienable rights and for the establishment of an independent state.”