- By Shivangi Sharma
- Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:27 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Pakistan has strongly rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim that Islamabad has been secretly conducting underground nuclear tests, reiterating that it remains committed to a long-standing moratorium on nuclear explosions. The response comes after Trump, during a televised interview, alleged that multiple world powers, including Pakistan, Russia, China, and North Korea, were quietly testing their nuclear arsenals.
A senior Pakistani security official, speaking to CBS News, dismissed the assertion, stating, “Pakistan was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will not be the first to resume nuclear tests.” The official emphasised that Islamabad continues to uphold a unilateral moratorium in place since its last nuclear test in 1998.
Trump’s Allegations On Global Nuclear Testing
During an interview aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes, Trump defended his recent announcement that the United States would resume nuclear testing, claiming other countries were already doing so in secret. “Russia’s testing, and China’s testing, but they don’t talk about it,” he claimed, adding that North Korea and Pakistan were also allegedly conducting underground blasts.
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When pressed on how such tests could go undetected, Trump suggested that these countries conduct them deep underground, creating vibrations that are “not easily traceable.”
The remarks came just days after the US president’s own nominee to lead STRATCOM, the US military command overseeing nuclear weapons, told lawmakers there was no evidence that Russia or China were conducting nuclear explosive tests.
China And Others Deny Claims
China became the first country mentioned by Trump to publicly deny the allegation. Beijing stated it remains committed to its international obligations and called the US claims “groundless.”
Russia has not yet responded directly to the latest remark, though President Vladimir Putin previously revoked Moscow’s ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), citing Washington’s failure to do the same.
Nearly 180 countries, including the United States, have signed the CTBT, which bans all nuclear test explosions. However, the US has never ratified the agreement, preventing it from entering into full legal force.
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