Pakistan is expected soon to establish a Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) to ensure and enforce safety procedures in the country's nuclear related activities, a newspaper report said on Sunday.
The proposal for NRA will be discussed at the next cabinet meeting and the ordinance for establishing the NRA will be issued thereafter, 'the news' daily reported quoting officials.

“One of the elements of the new law regarding NRA would be the enforcement of strict nuclear export control,” it said.
It said that the NRA will deal with a number of issues, including safety of nuclear plants and nuclear material, disposal of nuclear wastes, environmental protection, other peaceful uses of nuclear technology and nuclear export control.

The Pakistan government recently enacted fresh laws to enforce nuclear export control.

Officials said that the establishment of NRA had nothing to do with the international nuclear safeguards or non-proliferation regime.
Officials said, “The authority would be an independent body, though it would be assisted by a number of institutions.” Its staff will be drawn mostly from the nuclear establishment of the country as well as from the foreign office.

Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Dr Ashfaq is likely to head the authority. Bureau Report