Pakistan Updates National Control Lists Under SECA-2004

Overview

• The government published the revisions in the Gazette as S.R.O. 1977(I)/2025 dated October 13, 2025, with the lists available on secdiv.gov.pk.
• Exporters must obtain licences from the Strategic Export Control Division for listed items related to nuclear and biological weapons or their delivery systems.
• Officials frame the update as continued harmonisation with international non-proliferation regimes, including the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Missile Technology Control Regime and the Australia Group.
• SECDIV says the changes follow consultations with relevant ministries to keep national controls effective, up to date and internationally aligned.
• The control lists were first issued in 2005 and previously revised in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2022.