The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday categorically rejected the recent assertion by US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard alleging a potential threat from Pakistan’s missile capabilities.In a statement, FO Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi emphasised that Pakistan’s strategic capabilities are exclusively defensive in nature, aimed at safeguarding national sovereignty and maintaining peace and stability in South Asia.
Andrabi made the remarks while responding to media queries seeking Pakistan’s response to the statement made by the US Official.
A day earlier, the US spy chief Gabbard had identified Pakistan among countries posing a growing strategic concern, warning that Islamabad’s evolving long-range missile capabilities could potentially bring the American homeland within range.
Presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard had also named Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea as nations actively developing new missile delivery systems, including both nuclear and conventional warheads, which put the US within range.
