"If the group forms such a uniform criteria, then Pakistan has stronger credentials for NSG membership than India," he told Dawn News.Pakistan has bright chances of getting membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on merit, he claimed. "What is more important is that his (Jhadav) documentation is correct and we are preparing a proper dossier about his activities and network, so we can share it with friendly countries, the UN and the P5 countries," Aziz said. "Our strategy was to apply after India did, after which we would have immediately followed. After that nuclear fissile material was stolen from India, but such an instance has never occurred in Pakistan," Aziz claimed.He said the US has formed a policy to 'build up India' as "their entire attention is towards containing the Islamic world and China". "If you compare it with India, when our neighbouring country conducted a nuclear test in 1974, it misused the nuclear supplies given to it for peaceful purposes, which led to the formation of NSG.

Source: Economic Times June 13, 2016 08:15 UTC