Islamabad, August 31: Pakistan has categorically rejected the US accusations that it illegally modified design of the anti-ship Harpoon missile to make them capable of hitting land-based targets.
”The accusations made in a New York Times are incorrect and based on wrong intelligence,” Pakistan Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani said.
”We will make sure that the US understands the correct picture and we will fight back periodic efforts to falsely blame Pakistan which remains a critical US ally in fighting terrorism,” Mr Haqqani said, urging the American media to help Pakistan in its vitally important anti-terrorism efforts and desist from making false accusations.
”Instead of false accusations, the US media should help Pakistan secure the help it needs to fight our common enemy: terrorism,” he added.
The foreign office also contradicted the report. Rejecting the accusation, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basir said in a statement ”No modification has been made to the missiles.”
—-Agencies