“Unfortunate and biased”: Pakistan on US sanction on its entities involved in long-range missiles programme

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday termed as “unfortunate and biased” the US decision to sanction its commercial entities for alleged involvement in ballistic missile programme.

After the US designated its four entities for sanctions, a statement from the Foreign Office (FO) statement said the sanction defies the objective of peace and security by aiming to accentuate military asymmetries and claimed that “double standards and discriminatory practices undermine the credibility of non-proliferation regimes.”

In light of the alleged continuing proliferation threat of Pakistan’s long-range missile development, the United States on Wednesday designated four entities for sanctions which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, the State Department said.