The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday commented on United States President Donald Trump’s claim that Islamabad was secretly testing nuclear weapons, saying that such “ clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan’s history”.

“India has always drawn the attention of the international community to these aspects of Pakistan’s record,” ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, adding that New Delhi has taken note of Trump’s comment.

New Delhi alleged that Islamabad’s nuclear activities are “centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, the AQ Khan network and further proliferation”.

The AQ Khan network was a secretive operation led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan from the late 1970s to the early 2000s

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