ISLAMABAD (AP)– Pakistan on Thursday knocked brand-new united state assents on the nation’s ballistic rocket program as “discriminatory” that placed the area’s tranquility and safety in danger.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry cautioned in a declaration that the assents “have dangerous implications for strategic stability of our region and beyond.” It likewise called into question united state accusations that targeted companies were associated with tools expansion since previous assents “were based on mere doubts and suspicion without any evidence whatsoever.”
It also accused the U.S. of “double standards” for waiving licensing requirements for advanced military technology to other countries.
The sanctions freeze any U.S. property belonging to the targeted businesses and bar Americans from doing business with them.
The U.S. State Department said one such sanctioned entity, the Islamabad-based National Development Complex worked to acquire items for developing Pakistan’s long range ballistic missile program that includes the SHAHEEN series of ballistic missiles.
The other sanctioned entities are Akhtar and Sons Private Limited, Affiliates International and Rockside Enterprise.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller posted on X platform on Wednesday that the U.S. had been “been clear and consistent about our concerns” over such weapons proliferation and that it would ” remain to involve constructively with Pakistan on these concerns.”
Analysts state Pakistan’s nuclear and rocket program is mainly focused on responding to hazards from bordering India.
Security professional Syed Muhammad Ali called the assents “short sighted, destabilizing and divorced for South Asian regional strategic realities.”
Pakistan came to be a proclaimed nuclear power in 1998, when it performed below ground nuclear examinations in action to those executed by its opponent and next-door neighborIndia The 2 sides frequently test-fired their brief, tool and long-range projectiles.
The 2 South Asian competitors have actually battled 2 of their 3 battles over Kashmir considering that getting freedom from Britain in 1947. The contested Himalayan area is divided in between them and declared by both in its totality.
Munir Ahmed, The Associated Press
