Overview
- Pakistan’s Foreign Office dismissed the charge as baseless and said the country has conducted no nuclear tests since May 1998.
- Spokesman Tahir Andrabi reiterated a self‑imposed testing moratorium and noted Pakistan has not signed the CTBT, preserving flexibility under its security policy.
- India’s MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the alleged activity clandestine and illegal and invoked the AQ Khan network as context.
- Pakistan said India distorted President Trump’s remarks and asserted that the United States has already clarified its position to the media.
- Islamabad contrasted its support for UN General Assembly test‑ban resolutions with India’s abstentions and pointed to reported nuclear safety lapses in India, including the sale of BARC equipment and the radioactive substance californium.