VIENNA, Nov 1: Pakistan could become a source of hardware for terrorists planning to build a nuclear bomb, while impoverished scientists from the former Soviet Union could provide the required knowhow, the UN’s atomic watchdog fears.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), due to discuss nuclear terrorism in Vienna on Friday, has called on the world’s nuclear powers to urgently review the safety of nuclear material in their arsenals.

The IAEA message was sent to the five formally declared nuclear powers — China, France, Russia, Britain and the United States — but also to India, Pakistan and Israel.—AFP

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