India Slams Pakistan Over Alleged Secret Nuclear Tests After Trump’s Remark

India on Friday hit out at Pakistan over allegations of secret nuclear weapons testing, describing Islamabad’s “clandestine and illegal nuclear activities” as consistent with its past record.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, responding to questions at a weekly press briefing, said Pakistan’s nuclear history was marked by “decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, and the AQ Khan network.”

“Clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s history, which is centered around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, AQ Khan network, and further proliferation,” Jaiswal said.

He added that India has consistently drawn the attention of the international community to these issues. “In this backdrop, we have taken note of President Trump’s comment about Pakistan’s nuclear testing,” he said.

Former US President Donald Trump, in an interview with CBS News’s 60 Minutes last Sunday, claimed that while the United States had refrained from testing nuclear weapons for over three decades, several countries — including Pakistan — continued to carry out underground tests.

“We’re going to test because they test. And certainly, North Korea’s been testing. Pakistan’s been testing. They don’t go and tell you about it. They test way underground, where people don’t know what’s happening. You just feel a little vibration,” Trump said.

Islamabad swiftly rejected Trump’s allegation, stating that Pakistan “was not the first to carry out nuclear tests and will not be the first to resume them.”

Trump also suggested that other major powers, including Russia and China, were conducting secret tests while avoiding public acknowledgment.