| Pakistan test-fired a short-range nuclear capable missile in its fifth missile test this year despite ongoing peace talks with nuclear rival India. It was the third test of the "Ghaznavi" or Hatf-III missile, a surface-to-surface projectile with a range of 290 kilometres (180 miles), the military announced in a statement. Most of this year's tests have been seen as bids to ease domestic fears that Pakistan may be pressured to dismantle its atomic programme, after it emerged key nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had been involved in proliferation. |