The US Department of State stated that one of the sanctioned groups, the National Development Complex in Islamabad, was involved in obtaining materials for Pakistan's long-range ballistic missile programme,

Pakistan on Thursday denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile program as “discriminatory” that put the region’s peace and security at risk.

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.