Pakistan has notified revised control lists of goods, technologies, materials, and equipment subject to the Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) license for export.
This was done in accordance with the Export Control on Goods, Technologies, Materials, and Equipment related to Nuclear and Biological Weapons and their Delivery Systems Act of 2004.
“The act empowers the government to control the export, re-export, trans-shipment, and transit of goods, technologies, materials, and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems,” it added.
According to the statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) revised/updated the control lists in consultation with other relevant ministries and departments as part of the regular review process.
In the Pakistani Gazette S.R.O. 551(I)/2022 dated April 12, 2022, the revised control lists were announced. The control lists were first published in 2005 and later updated in 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2018, the statement said.
According to the notification, the updated lists are in compliance with the standards and lists of these export control regimes. Over the years, Pakistan has improved its export control system, streamlined and strengthened it, and increased its interaction with international export control systems like the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Australia Group.
The notification emphasises Pakistan’s continued commitment and strategy as a responsible nuclear state to advance the common cause of non-proliferation and strictly uphold its commitments, the statement said.
