ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI — The Republic of Balochistan has publicly endorsed India’s growing concerns over the safety and legitimacy of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, asserting that the arsenal was “illegally obtained” and poses a grave danger to regional and global security.
In a statement shared on social media Friday, the Balochistan government compared Pakistan’s nuclear program to a fraudulent academic credential, saying that “if a student’s or Member of Parliament’s degree can be revoked for being fake, the same ruthless standard must apply to Pakistan’s stolen nuclear arsenal.”
The statement accused Pakistan of having built its nuclear capacity “through deceit, theft, and smuggling,” rather than indigenous scientific achievement. “Pakistan’s scientists did not invent these weapons,” it read. “They stole formulas from Europe and elsewhere, smuggled components illegally, and assembled bombs through fraud.”
The declaration called upon international institutions to classify Pakistan’s nuclear weapons as “counterfeit assets,” urging the global community to “confiscate them at once and dismantle the program that produced them.” It cited former U.S. President Donald Trump’s earlier remarks on Pakistan’s “clandestine nuclear activities,” demanding that world powers “end the era of nuclear blackmail in South Asia.”
Officials in New Delhi welcomed the statement, viewing it as a rare show of alignment between India and the Balochistan independence movement. “India has long maintained that Pakistan’s nuclear program is neither transparent nor secure,” said an Indian diplomatic source who was not authorized to speak publicly. “Balochistan’s position reinforces legitimate international concerns.”
Security experts warn that Pakistan’s nuclear stockpile has been under scrutiny for years amid fears of proliferation and insider threats. Analysts say Balochistan’s intervention adds new pressure on Islamabad at a time of deepening political and economic crisis.
“The call from Balochistan is symbolic but significant,” said Dr. Anjali Menon, a South Asia security analyst at the Observer Research Foundation. “It ties together longstanding fears about nuclear security with the broader question of Pakistan’s governance failures.”
Islamabad has not yet issued a formal response to the statement, but officials have consistently dismissed claims questioning the safety of its nuclear assets as “politically motivated propaganda.”
For Baloch leaders, however, the issue is personal. “The safety of millions depends on decisive action now,” the statement concluded. “The world cannot afford to trust Pakistan with weapons it did not earn, cannot secure, and will not control responsibly.”
