Legally though, it remains an informal grouping of like-minded states committed to nuclear non-proliferation, implemented through a system of harmonised export controls. Today, India is a voluntary adherent to NSG guidelines; as a PG, this will become a legal obligation. The exceptional waiver provided by the NSG in 2008 was an acknowledgement of India’s non-proliferation record. Given its proliferation record, Pakistan is unlikely to obtain nuclear cooperation from other NSG members but China would find Pakistan a useful ally in the NSG. The NSG (initially known as the London Club) came into being in 1974, in response to India’s peaceful nuclear explosion.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 19:07 UTC