Balochs hold protest against Pak's 1998 nuke tests

ANI  |  Gottingen [Germany] 

The held a protest demonstration in Germany's Gottingen against five simultaneous underground nuclear tests conducted by the Government in area of in 1998.

was Pakistan's first public test of nuclear weapons. Its timing was a direct response to India's second nuclear tests, on 11 and 13 May 1998.

By testing nuclear devices, became the seventh nation to publicly test nuclear weapons.

Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II, followed on 30 May 1998.

According to the reports, in 1998, on a clear and bright day in the district, carried out a series of nuclear tests.

Pakistan's is reported to have said "All praise be to Allah" and pushed the button, causing the mountain to shake in a vast explosion.

People have resorted to the usage of and used #NukeAftermathInBalochistan to highlight it.

"@BNMovement_ activists held a protest in #Gottingen #to highlight impacts of #Pakistani #Nuclear in #Chagi area of # #NukeAftermathInBalochistan #NoToPakistaniNukes," tweeted one user.

"protest in Gottengon against Pakistani nuclear tests in Balochistan," a handle, which goes by the name Current Balochistan, posted.

"It's disgusting. The Unite Nation and other human rights organizations have taken the oath of silence on nuclear tests of Pakistan in occupied Balochistan after which hundreds of the deadly diseases emerged in the region," another user wrote on the

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First Published: Sun, May 27 2018. 23:39 IST