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.

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -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,

After putting sanctions on Pakistan, a top White House official has said that Islamabad's sophisticated missile technology is an emerging threat to Washington.

The US sanctions come in light of the continuing proliferation threat of Pakistan’s long-range missile development.

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 weapon development.