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Baloch National Movement stages protest in Germany against 1998 Pakistan nuclear test

Baloch National Movement stages protest in Germany against 1998 Pakistan nuclear test

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The protesters from Baloch National Movement claim that the people in Balochistan are suffering from the adverse consequence of the nuclear test

The Baloch National Movement staged a protest in Germany'sGöttingen against Pakistan on Sunday for conducting nuclear tests in 1998.

Five nuclear tests were conducted by Pakistan in Chagai area of Balochistan in 1998.

The protesters claimthat the people in Balochistan are suffering from the adverse consequence of the nuclear test.

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According to reports the inhabitants and the newborn in the region are born with serious disease due to the after-effects of the nuclear test.

With the code name Chagai-I, this was the first public test of nuclear weapons.

The test was carried out immediately after India conducted its successful nuclear test at Pokhran on May 11 and 13, 1998.

Each year May 28 is celebrated by Pakistan as "the day of greatness" to mark the country's successful detonation of the nuclear device.

The people of Balochistan's Chagai, however, observe it as "Black Day".