US sanctions on Chinese firms 'politically motivated': Pakistan
Pakistan on Saturday slammed Washington's 'double standards' for sanctioning Chinese firms allegedly linked to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program.
Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch rejected the sanctions and called them 'biased and politically motivated'. She said in the past, companies were sanctioned 'based on mere suspicion'.
'It is widely known that some countries while claiming strict adherence to non-proliferation norms, have conveniently waived licensing requirements for advanced military technologies to their favoured states,' she said, without naming any nation.
'Such double standards and discriminatory practices undermine the credibility of global non-proliferation regimes, increase military asymmetries, and endanger international peace and security.'
Earlier this week, the US State Department imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies for allegedly supplying equipment for Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme.
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