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Home / News / World News / Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report
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    Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report

    Ramya Patelkhana
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    Last updated on Nov 09, 2016, 06:00 am
    Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report
  • A report by Project Alpha of King's College of London's Centre for Science and Security Studies stated Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed into Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

    It underlined Pakistan's continuous use of "front companies" and "deceptive" procedures to acquire dual-use goods for nuclear programmes.

    It added China "is either complicit in supplying Pakistan's programmes, or negligent in its control over state-owned enterprises".

  • In this article
    About Project Alpha Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report Deceptive techniques Deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods Pakistan's overseas operations China, the most important supplier to Pakistan's programmes Questions about China's commitment Pakistan's forty-year history of covert procurement
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    About Project Alpha

  • Project Alpha is an academic project sponsored by the British Government that works to counter illicit nuclear proliferation-related trade. It was established with the British Government's funding in 2011. Ian Stewart, seconded to King's College of London from Britain's Defence Ministry, currently heads the project.

  • 09 Nov 2016

    Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report

    Pakistan can't expect to be welcomed into NSG: report
  • A report by Project Alpha of King's College of London's Centre for Science and Security Studies stated Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed into Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

    It underlined Pakistan's continuous use of "front companies" and "deceptive" procedures to acquire dual-use goods for nuclear programmes.

    It added China "is either complicit in supplying Pakistan's programmes, or negligent in its control over state-owned enterprises".

  • Information

    Deceptive techniques

  • The report stated: "Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed into the NSG when it continues to secretly and systematically undermine NSG members' national export control systems by targeting companies through the use of front companies and other deceptive techniques."

  • Strategy

    Deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods

    Deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods
    Credits:
  • The report "Pakistan's Strategic Nuclear and Missile Industries" concluded Pakistan has a "deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods."

    It added the strategy was demonstrated by Pakistan's use of front companies to supply its strategic industries.

    Pakistan maintains and uses a network of about 20 businesses in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai to secretly "funnel dual-use goods" to its programmes.

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    Pakistan's overseas operations

  • The report said: "While the full extent of their overseas operations are not clear, these trading companies (allegedly maintained by Pakistan) probably purchase goods from manufacturers in China, Europe, the United States and elsewhere and then arrange their export to Pakistan."

  • Sensitive Information

    China, the most important supplier to Pakistan's programmes

    China, the most important supplier to Pakistan's programmes
  • Pakistan recently applied for entry into the NSG after India's bid for membership; however, Pak's close ally blocked India's application.

    The report analyzed "fragmented and uncollated" information, including trade data, contractor websites, academic papers, corporate newsletters etc.

    The report contains very sensitive material; Project Alpha only made the report's redacted version public.

    Reportedly, China is the largest supplier to Pakistan's nuclear and missile programmes.

  • China's commitment

    Questions about China's commitment

    Questions about China's commitment
    Credits:
  • The report said Pak's reliance on China for sensitive technologies raises questions about China's commitment to the "principles of the export control regimes."

    It added Pakistan wants to expand its civil nuclear programme with "external" assistance to become a nuclear exporter but doesn't accept international rules of responsible non-proliferation behavior.

    Pakistan rejected Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

  • Overseas procurement

    Pakistan's forty-year history of covert procurement

    Pakistan's forty-year history of covert procurement
  • The report stated Pakistan's large overseas procurement of dual-use goods suggested its "strategic industries aren't self-sufficient" as it claimed.

    Pakistan named some organizations involved in its programmes but didn't refer to the network of front companies used for procurement.

    The report said Pakistan "continues its forty-year history of covert procurement" to defeat national export controls in other countries and "build strategic capabilities at home."

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