Britain: Ruckus with Pakistan on ‘cargo’ containing uranium

Pakistan has dismissed reports in the British media that a cargo package containing uranium that landed at London’s Heathrow airport last month was from Karachi, saying the report was “not factual”.

British counter-terrorism police are probing the case after border officers seized cargo contaminated with uranium at Heathrow Airport last month. It is learned that the cargo package arrived via Oman Air passenger flight ‘WY101’ on the evening of 29 December. Arrived at Heathrow Airport Terminal 4.

The flight originated from Pakistan, where UK officials believe the package was kept as cargo. The flight had stopovers in Muscat and Oman. On arrival at Heathrow, the package was detected by regular airport scanners, which alerted Border Force officers to analyze the contents.

The newspaper ‘The Sun’, which first reported the matter, said that the uranium had come from Pakistan. It was found in a ‘shipment’ of scrap metal, the news said. In response to the reports, a top Pakistani official said they were not factual. He said no information was officially shared by Britain with Pakistan.

“No information to this effect has been officially shared with us,” Dawn newspaper quoted Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra as saying on Thursday. We believe the reports are not factual. According to Pakistani officials, the consignment was not from Pakistan as claimed by the British media.

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