Islamabad, July 18: International chemical inspectors recently conducted their second industrial inspection in Pakistan but the country kept the visit a secret, a media report said today. The inspectors representing the Hague-based Organisation of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inspected Nobel Wah (private) limited last month, 'The News' daily quoting sources said today. However, the foreign office is believed to have kept the visit covert to avoid unnecessary media speculation, the daily said. It said that the foreign office was of the opinion that the OPCW inspectors in April got unnecessary media hype and created needless alarm. On April 29, a three-member OPCW team inspected the Fauji Jordan fertilizer in Karachi.


The inspectors gave a clearance report to the unit they visited now and in April, the report said.


Pakistan is a signatory to the UN's Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC) Treaty, which bounds member countries to destroy their chemical weapons and open their sites for inspection of the US inspectors to ensure they are not producing chemical weapons.
Bureau Report