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Country Profile: Pakistan

BASIC FACTS

Pakistan is a Member Country of the NAM Movement since 1979

Islamic Republic of Pakistan located in the Southern Asia between India, Iran, Afghanistan, and China. The country and its territory were claimed by several ancient cultures over time. The disputed Kashmir territory marks one of the key deputes that continues to cause tensions between Pakistan and India to this day. Pakistan conducted its own tests in mid-1998, in response to Indian nuclear weapons testing.  

Capital: Islamabad

Regardless of Pakistan’spossession of nuclear weapons, the countryremains outside NPT regime.A.Q. Khaninternational nuclear smuggling network in the mid-1970s is known as a crucial factor for the country's success in its nuclear weapon program. Pakistan first nuclear power plant (KANUPP) was constructed in 1966. All responsibility regarding nuclear power belongs to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC). As of 2023, Pakistan has total of six nuclear power plants, supplies by China,position in Chashma andKarachi. 

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • IAEA Membership (1957)

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BTWC) (1975) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) (1987) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) (1997) 

  • Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare (Geneva Protocol) (1928)  

  • International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) (2007) 

  • Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1970)  

  • Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and under Water (Partial Test Ban Treaty) (1963)  

  • Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (Sea-Bed Treaty) (1972)  

  • Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (2014) 

  • The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2010)  

  • Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) (1983) 

  • Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Mine Ban Convention) (1999)  

  • Treaty on Open Skies (2002) 

  • Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty ) (1967) 

 

AGREEMENTS (In Force):

  • Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the IAEA (1963) 

  • Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2000) 

  • Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (2016)  

  • Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1989) 

  • Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1989) 

  • Convention on Nuclear Safety (1997) 

  • Revised Supplementary Agreements Concerning the Provision of Technical Assistance by the IAEA (RSA) (1994) 

  • Regional Co-operative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017 (2017) 

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of Pakistan for Assistance by the Agency to Pakistan in Establishing a Research Reactor Project (1962) 

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of Pakistan for Assistance by the Agency to Pakistan in Connection with the Establishment of a Nuclear Power Reactor Project (1968) 

  • Application of safeguards (1969, 1976, and 1977) 

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for application of safeguards in connection with the supply of a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor from the People's Republic of China (1991) 

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Nuclear Power Station from the People's Republic of China (1993)  

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of a Nuclear Power Station from the People's Republic of China (2007)  

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Application of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Application of Safeguards in connection with the Supply of Two Nuclear Power Stations from the People's Republic of China (2011) 

  • Agreement between the IAEA and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Application of Safeguards in Connection with the Supply of two Nuclear Power Stations from the People's Republic of China (2017) 


REGIONAL GROUPS

  • Member of the G-77
  • Member of the Asia-Pacific Group
  • Member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  • Member of the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition
  • Member of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism


RECENT REPRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

  • Held Chairmanship of G-77 in 2007
  • Mr. Ansar Parvez, Governor from Pakistan, held the IAEA Board Chair in 2010-2011
  • IAEA Board of Governors for 2019-2020


LINKS

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Membership in International Organizations Related to Disarmament

Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Pakistan Mission to United Nations

Country List (Office of Legal Affairs): Pakistan (iaea.org)