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The NSG has a very specific charter and guidelines - it is not just a voting bloc that takes decisions through consensus on any issue under the sun. Under the NSG charter and guidelines are very specific provisions banning trade with NPT non-signatories. Without amending the NSG charter and those guidelines to cover 'exemptions' or extend nuclear trade to all nations, any exemption is quite clearly a violation of the NSG charter and guidelines.
Where are those amendments to the Charter and guidelines that allow exemptions and outline the process that led to the Indian exemption?
The UNSC also functions within its charter - it votes on issues because under the UN charter it is authorized to vote, issue resolutions etc. There is no blatant violation of the UN Charter when a P-5 member exercises the right to veto - so your analogy simply does not work.
Where does it say in the NSG charter that every exception that will be made require a change to the charter. The change itself is that India has been given an exception. Creating an elaborate process around it makes sense if they see this granting of excpetion as a more regular phenomenon. May be they dont at this time. And just like UN is allowed to vote, so is NSG.. And its not an elected body that is responsible to all the nations of the world on its activities. Broadly its a group of Nuclear suppliers trying to prevent Nuclear proliferation.
No matter how you spin it, Pakistan has a big skeleton in the (open) cupboard in the form of the AQ Khan case. Call it hypocracy or double standards, but at this point, the our 2 countries have very different standing on the record of nuclear proliferation. And it doesnt need a metrics driven process to realize why Pakistan has a tough time getting a similar exception.