ISLAMABAD: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a two-day official visit, during which he is scheduled to meet key political leaders, attend seminars, and visit a nuclear power generation site, the foreign office said.
The IAEA is the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, overseeing global efforts to promote safe and peaceful applications of nuclear technology. Pakistan has cooperated with the agency since 1957 and maintains an active civil nuclear power program under its safeguards.
While Pakistan is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has voluntary safeguards agreements with the IAEA and actively engages with it on nuclear security to ensure its facilities meet international safety standards.
“Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano @rafaelmgrossi, has arrived in Pakistan on a two-day official visit,” the foreign office announced on X, formerly Twitter.
“Pakistan is one of the largest recipients under IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Program, covering nuclear energy, health, water resource management, food & agriculture. His visit deepens Pakistan-IAEA partnership on peaceful uses of nuclear technology.”
During his visit, Grossi will hold talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
He will also participate in seminars hosted by the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA) and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). Grossi’s itinerary includes visits to the Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station (CNPGS) and Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology Lahore (INMOL), a medical facility that offers free cancer treatment.
Pakistan, which is a member of the IAEA Board of Governors, has been advocating for inclusion in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), arguing that its nuclear program meets international safeguards criteria.
The country actively engages in IAEA conferences, policy discussions and technical workshops, reinforcing its commitment to peaceful nuclear applications.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief arrives in Pakistan to discuss nuclear cooperation
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International Atomic Energy Agency chief arrives in Pakistan to discuss nuclear cooperation
- Pakistan is has benefitted from IAEA’s technical cooperation program covering nuclear medicine and energy
- Pakistan seeks inclusion in Nuclear Suppliers Group, says its atomic program meets global safeguards criteria
Pakistan says nine militants killed in security operations in northwest
- The intelligence-based operations were conducted in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Military says the counterterrorism campaign is being pursued under the framework of the National Action Plan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan said on Saturday they killed nine militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan refers to fighters of the TTP, an umbrella group of various armed factions, as “khwarij,” a term from early Islamic history used to describe an extremist sect that rebelled against authority. The military also alleges the group receives arms and funding from the Indian government, a charge New Delhi denies.
The two operations were carried out on Dec. 5 in the volatile districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat, according to a statement from the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“On reported presence of khwarij, an intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in Tank District,” the statement said. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven khwarij were sent to hell.”
“Another intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat District,” it added. “In ensuing fire exchange, two more khwarij were effectively neutralized by the security forces.”
ISPR said weapons and ammunition were recovered from the militants, whom it described as “Indian sponsored” and accused of involvement in attacks on security personnel, law enforcement agencies and civilians.
It said follow-up “sanitization operations” were under way as part of the country’s counterterrorism campaign under Azm-e-Istehkam, approved by the Federal Apex Committee of the National Action Plan, which aims to eliminate what it called foreign-supported militant threats in the country.
