The United States recently imposed sanctions on Pakistan, targeting its missile program and several related entities. Among the organizations sanctioned is the National Development Complex (NDC), a significant player in Pakistan’s missile and nuclear ...

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Baloch responds to revelations by a White House official regarding ‘emerging threat’

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed as unfounded and "devoid of rationality" assertions by a senior U.S. official that its missile programme could eventually pose a threat to the United States.

The U.S. is committed to maintain the global nonproliferation regime,” said Deputy Spokesperson Patel. “However, we have been clear and consistent about our concerns with Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missile program.

The United States has imposed sanctions targeting four Pakistani firms accused of being involved in Islamabad's ballistic missile program as the Biden administration targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction.

A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States.

Analysts caution that the incoming Trump administration could put Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missile program under scrutiny, building upon sanctions imposed by Biden.