Pakistan on Thursday denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile program as “discriminatory” that put the region’s peace and security at risk.

The US Department of State stated that one of the sanctioned groups, the National Development Complex in Islamabad, was involved in obtaining materials for Pakistan's long-range ballistic missile programme,

Washington on Wednesday announced the restrictions that aim to target 'proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery'

The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing new sanctions related to nuclear-armed Pakistan's long-range ballistic-missile program, including on the state-owned defense agency that oversees the program.

Pakistan’s foreign ministry warns sanctions have ‘dangerous implications’ for the ‘strategic stability of the region’.

Pakistan has also accused the United States of "double standards" for waiving licensing requirements for advanced military technology to other countries.

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.

Foreign office responds to US move, terming strategic programme a "sacred trust" entrusted by 240m citizens to its leadershipWarns such discriminatory practices undermine credibility of global

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.

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