Pakistan became a nuclear power on May 28, 1998, when it successfully conducted its first nuclear tests in the Chagai district of Balochistan. These tests, known as Chagai-I, were carried out in response to India's nuclear tests earlier that same month, making Pakistan the seventh nation in the world to publicly test nuclear weapons. The development of Pakistan's nuclear program was primarily led by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, a metallurgist and nuclear scientist who played a central role in uranium