Ans: Nuclear Test:
India conducted three nuclear tests in Pokhran on May 11, 1998, this
disturbed balance of power in the region. The government of Pakistan was
hard pressed to reciprocate. Nawaz Sharif made historic decision to
withstand all global pressure and go nuclear. Six nuclear tests conducted at
Chaghi (Balochistan) on May 28, 1998; made Pakistan the 7th nuclear power
of the world and the first one in the Muslim World. This historic event
shattered Indian dreams of hegemony in the region.