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Pak all set for N-test, says paper

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (UNI) — Pakistan is believed to have made all preparations to carry out its seventh nuclear test in Chagai.

Islamabad English daily, The Pakistan Observer said the preparations come in the wake of intelligence reports that “India is all set for hydrogen bomb explosion in Pokhran very soon.’’

According to the paper, Pakistan will then sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). By signing the CTBT, Pakistan will neutralise the world reaction over the bomb explosion, the paper said.

Quoting diplomatic sources in Islamabad, the paper said “some spy satellites operating in the region had also picked up pictures showing both India and Pakistan’s preparations in this regard.’’