ISLAMABAD, Dec. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Pakistan has declared a strict ban on the export of the technologies, materials and equipment related to nuclear and biological weapons and their delivery systems, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

    "The control lists have been notified pursuant to the Export Control Act on Goods, Technologies, Materials Equipment related toNuclear and Biological Weapons and their Delivery Systems, which was adopted by the parliament in Sept. 2004," it said in a statement.

    The control lists adopted by Pakistan encompass the lists and scope of export controls maintained by the Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG), the Australia Group (AG)which relates to biological agents and toxins, and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), it added.

    The classification system is based on the European Union's integrated list, which constitutes and latest international standard in this regard, the statement noted.

    "Lists controlling the exports of Chemical Weapons related agents and their delivery system are already being maintained by Pakistan pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Ordinance 2000," it stressed.

    "The notification of the control lists further highlighted Pakistan's policy to implement its national and international non-proliferation commitments as a responsible nuclear weapons state, the statement also said, adding, "the lists are being notified to all concerned, including manufacturers of such goods and technologies as well to the enforcement agencies for effective controls at the borders.

    Pakistan, in view of growing energy needs for development and scarcity of natural fossil fuel reserves, under its National Energy Plan, plans to generate 8800 MWs of nuclear power by the year 2025 through the setting up of additional nuclear power plants, under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, according to the statement.

    The statement said that all of Pakistan's existing nuclear power generation plants were under the IAEA safeguards.

    "Effective and robust export controls should also facilitate international cooperation in the area of civilian nuclear technology under safeguards," it added. Enditem