Asad Majeed welcomes Nuclear Threat Initiative index for year 2020

WASHINGTON (92 News) – Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed has welcomed the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) index for the year 2020. In a Tweet, the Pakistani envoy said, “We welcome that Nuclear Threat Initiative on weapons of mass destruction has categorized Pakistan as most improved country for nuclear security measures in its Nuclear Security Index 2020.” He said Pakistan’s improvement is also the second largest ever by a country since the NTI Index was launched in 2012.   Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Nuclear Security Index 2020 has ranked Pakistan as the most improved country in nuclear assets security, among the countries with weapons-usable nuclear. According to a NTI Nuclear Security Index report, Pakistan was the most improved country in the theft ranking, improving its overall score by seven points. “The majority of Pakistan’s improvements are in the Security and Control Measures category (+25) because of its passage of new regulations. Pakistan also improved in the Global Norms category (+1),” noted the report. “Pakistan has steadily improved in the Security and Control Measures category over time with the passage of new regulations, improving by eight points in 2014, two in 2016, and six in 2018. Its score in 2014 improved owing to new regulations for on-site physical protection.” Pakistan scores high (67-100) in Domestic Commitments and Capacity, medium (34-66) in both Security and Control Measures and Global Norms, and low (0-33) in Quantities and Sites, owing to its continued increases in quantities of weapons-usable nuclear materials, and low in Risk Environment. The 2020 Index also noted two new subscriptions to nuclear security INFCIRCs that led to the countries increasing their score this year.