Pakistan Cries Foul Over India’s Seizure of ‘Nuclear’ Consignment, Calls It ‘Commercial Equipment’

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The Pakistan Foreign Ministry has condemned India’s seizure of a consignment meant for the country’s “nuclear program” and denounced New Delhi’s “high-handedness” in the handling of what it described as “commercial equipment.” This came after Indian security agencies at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva port intercepted and seized the consignment of a Karachi-bound ship from China after it was found carrying a dual-use consignment with implications for Pakistan’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, news agency PTI reported, citing government officials. “This is a simple case of import of a commercial lathe machine by a Karachi-based commercial entity which supplies parts to the...