Pak test-fires nuke-capable Ghauri missile

Pakistan on Saturday 8216;8216;successfully8217;8217; test-fired a 1,500 km-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads and striking most of the Indian cities.

8220;The test was aimed at improving the technical parameters of missile system. There is no other objective,8217;8217; military spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan said, adding the launch of 8216;8216;indigenously developed8217;8217; Hatf-5 Ghauri missile was 8220;successful8221;. 8216;8216;According to data collected from the test all parameters have been validated,8217;8217; Sultan said, without disclosing the area where the test was conducted. Without naming India, he said, advance information of the test-fire was given as part of the confidence building measures.