When a senior security official here was asked why Pakistan was not developing long-range missiles, unlike in India, his answer revealed how these two nuclear foes' geopolitical priorities may be diverging.
"We don't have ambitions like India has, so we don't need to develop any further long-range missiles," he says. "Our missiles cover the entire India, so that's it."
That may not be the reason. China might not have agreed to supply Pakistan with longer range missiles.
China asks Pakistan "I gave you missiles to cover all of India, why do you need even longer missiles?. I will not give you missiles which can target Beijing and Shanghai"
Pakistan doesn't have technical capability to develop advanced ballistic missiles or even basic ballistic missiles from scratch. All their missiles are copies and bought off-the-shelf from China and NK and called in different names.
Obviously Islamic Army of Pakistan would want missiles to strike terror in the hearts of infidels all over the world.