Pakistan denies BBC report on nuke dumping

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly denied an allegation by Afghan Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Farouq Wardak that it dumped its nuclear waste in Afghanistan's Kandahar and Helmand provinces in the mid-1990s.
Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said, “We have to ascertain first credibility of the statement. So far Afghan government has not made any complaint or charge against Pakistan on this issue.''
He said the report aired by BBC, said Pakistan had dumped its nuclear waste inside Afghanistan in 1996. At that time Pakistan's nuclear facility at Chashma near Afghan border was not commissioned.
“I have spoken to the BBC and told them this allegation is like Pakistan attacking Great Britain in 1935.'' He said the ministry could not make further comments on the issue until veracity of statement is ascertained.