Pakistan fires second test missile in week

Pakistan has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile, state-run Pakistan Television reported.

Pakistan has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile, state-run Pakistan Television reported.

Today's test, the second such test in under a week, came two days before Pakistan holds parliamentary elections and as India holds the last round of a disputed state poll in Kashmir.

Last Friday Pakistan, locked in a military stand-off with India, said it had successfully test-fired a medium-range missile. Hours later India test-fired a short-range missile.