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Abid Hussain

EXPLAINED: Will us sanctions make any difference to pakistan s missiles programme | Rare Historical Photos

Pakistani military personnel stand beside a Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan on March 23, 2019 [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States government has announced a new round of sanctions targeting a Pakistan company and several Chinese “entities and one individual” for supplying equipment and technology for what it claims is the development of ballistic missiles in Pakistan.

Thursday’s announcement marks the sixth round of such sanctions to be levied by the US on Chinese and Pakistani companies since November 2021. Under these sanctions, the US-based assets of those named can be frozen, and US citizens or anyone within (or transiting) the US are banned from doing business with any group or person named.

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