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yes it could, but not this particular missile.
Shaheen-2 can reach 2500-3000km.
I think I tried to post this earlier. They are being VERY SMART about the world politics when this test was conducted. They knew that putting a 5000 or above to test will cause world backlash and after all that's been going on, this was the last thing they wanted to do. Here's what got tested:
1) Extended range & certain stealthy features
2) Ability to target sea based slow moving targets
3) Testing & switching of GPS as / when needed, from general GPS to Chinese
4) New / upgraded solid fuel tech & management systems
5) Some features of re-entry vehicle as this went hundreds of miles up, way more than anything before.
Now here's the common sense conclusion. If you take systems that were tested, put the tech from above into an extended fuel two stage Shaheen II or add another rocket / fuel stage to make it III, you just moved Shaheen III capable of around 5-6 k kilometers. Pak has designed some long range capability but they'll keep testing the technology on the smaller ones dubbed "as improvements" to avoid bad press and bit-cing from all sides