Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said Pakistan considers the United States’ (US) decision to impose sanctions on commercial entities over alleged connections to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program as biased and politically motivated.

In response to media inquiries about the US decision, she said similar listings of commercial entities in past were based on mere suspicion.

The Spokesperson said double standards and discriminatory practices undermine the credibility of global nonproliferation regimes, increase military asymmetries, and endanger international peace and security.