The short-range robot Abdali has a range of 45 miles, according to the Pakistani military. The test aims to ensure operational readiness and several of the system's technical features, it says.
Tensions between Pakistan and India have increased over the past week, following a massacre in the Indian-controlled part of the long-disputed Kashmir region. India accuses Pakistan of having supported the perpetrators, which is denied by Pakistan.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his country's military "full operational freedom" to handle the incident and handle the threat. Pakistan, on the other hand, has warned that India is about to attack the country.
For several days, there have been regular but smaller skirmishes between the nuclear powers along the contact line that runs through Kashmir.
Kashmir is located in the western Himalayas and has been divided between India and Pakistan since the countries became independent from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Then, Kashmir's Hindu Maharaja mountain state joined India in exchange for certain autonomy. This led to a war between India and Pakistan that ended with the division.
Both countries claim the entire Kashmir and have been in open war over the territory on two occasions, most recently in 1971.
Since 1989, several separatist groups have fought against Indian soldiers in the region. Many want to see a united Kashmir, either under Pakistani rule or as an independent state.
The countries are separated by a 74-mile long and heavily fortified contact line that winds its way through Kashmir.
