Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s history, citing smuggling, export‑control violations, secret partnerships and the AQ Khan network.
- India said it has taken note of President Trump’s 60 Minutes assertion that Pakistan is testing nuclear weapons.
- A senior Pakistani security official told CBS News that Pakistan has not resumed tests and would not be the first to do so.
- Trump’s comments have spurred speculation linking April–May quakes near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border to covert tests, but no independent evidence of recent detonations has been produced.
- The exchange comes as Trump defends a US move to resume nuclear testing; neither India nor Pakistan has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.