Saturday's test was the second test firing of the surface-to-surface Hatf-11 Abdali missile within a month. It can travel up to 200km.

The military said in a statement: "The test was aimed at validation of the desired technical parameters which has been successfully achieved."

Last week, Pakistan test fired a nuclear-capable Hatf-V11 Babur cruise missile with a range of 700km.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan and India routinely carry out missile tests despite a peace process they launched in early 2004, and both have agreed to inform each other of such tests in advance.

Pakistan and India carried out tit-for-tat nuclear weapons tests in 1998.