US bangs permissions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country’s missile programme
ISLAMABAD: The US has slapped permissions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country’s missile programme.
An certified notification by the US Department of Commerce said that the entities added to the Export Administration Regulations list have been determined by the US government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US.
All seven have been located on the entity list under the destination of Pakistan.
They are identified as Air Weapons Complex, Ahad International, Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Maritime Technology Complex National Engineering, New Auto Engineering,and Scientific Commission and Universal Tooling Services.
However,Pak has always denied any misconduct in connection with its nuclear or missile programme, and the paper said it was unable to verify if the names and addresses given were correct or in any way linked to the country’s missile programme.
As per the notification, the US govt determined that there was reasonable cause to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that these govt parastatal, and private entities in Pakistan are determined to be involved in doings that are contrary to the national security and/or foreign policy of the United States”.
