Islamabad: Pakistan on March 26 test-fired a short-range missile coinciding with a missile test by India, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

It was not immediately known if the Pakistani missile test followed or preceded the launch of India's Pirthvi missile.

"We have conducted a successful Abdali missile test on March 26 and we had given prior information to all our neighbours about the test," spokesman Aziz Ahmed Khan said.

"The missile test by India came as a surprise," Khan said.

Agencies