Agency sources have said that entities of the Pakistan Energy Commission (PAEC) have been continuing to supply restricted items such as 'Monel' and 'Inconel' material to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions.

Along with global spy agencies, Indian intelligence agencies are tracking the nuclear trade between Pakistan and North Korea.

Top government sources told India Today that Indian agencies have got active after they received information that nuclear missile materials were being transported by Pakistan to North Korea through the sea route using cargo ships.

The agencies are also keeping an eye on the white shipping emanating from Pakistan towards South East Asia to track the nuclear trade, sources revealed.

The American spy agency CIA has been saying that Pakistan continues to sell nuclear materials to North Korea at a time when Islamabad has been urging the international community to accept its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

Agency sources said that entities of the Pakistan Energy Commission (PAEC) have been continuing to supply restricted items such as 'Monel' and 'Inconel' material to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions.

The sources said that nuclear materials supplied to the PAEC by Chinese entities have also found their way to North Korea, with the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) recently receiving a written complaint that supplies of a Chinese company, Beijing Suntech Technology Company Limited, to Pakistan were being diverted to North Korea by the Pakistani authorities.

Chinese government hushed up the matter as it could have consequences for Beijing's bid to support Pakistan at the NSG. However, the information leaked out of North Korea and came to the knowledge of western governments who are members of the NSG.

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