Pakistan Expresses Concern After India Arrests Two for Trading Uranium: Pak Media

Pakistan Expresses Concern After India Arrests Two for Trading Uranium: Pak Media

ISLAMABAD : The Foreign Office on Saturday expressed “serious concern” after India arrested two unauthorised men with over 7 kilograms of uranium, a highly explosive and radioactive material widely used in nuclear weapons. The development took place in Mumbai city of the western state of Maharashtra where the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) was informed that the suspect, Jigar Pandya, was going to sell pieces of uranium, India Today reported. “Security of nuclear materials should be the top priority for all countries,” the FO said in a statement. “There is a need for [a] thorough investigation of the matter as to how such [a] sizeable quantity of uranium could become available outside any state control and identify the gaps which made this possible,” it added. Read Also:  Indian Army Issues RFI For 350 Light Tanks Independent groups and nuclear experts are sceptical about India’s ability to keep its nuclear weapons safe from extremists, but the global nuclear regulator has not raised any concerns ov…