The report stated, “Pakistan reviewed and revised its 2015 National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism, reducing the NAP from 20 points to 14 key points, but made minimal progress on the most difficult aspects, namely its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay or discrimination.”

Separatirsuret militant groups conducted terrorist attacks against diverse targets in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. The militants employed a variety of methods, including IEDs, VBIEDs, suicide bombings, and targeted assassinations, to attack diverse targets.

Under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Pakistan was designated a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) in 2018. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, it was redesignated as a CPC.

In 2018, FATF identified Pakistan as a country with strategic AML/CFT system deficiencies. In 2021, Pakistan remained on the FATF grey list.

In Pakistan, religious minorities confronted significant threats from terrorist groups in 2021. On January 3, ISIS-K militants claimed responsibility for the deaths of eleven Shia Hazara coal miners in the Balochistan district of Kachi. On April 21, a VBIED suicide attack occurred in the parking lot of the Serena hotel in Quetta, Balochistan, killing five people. The investigation revealed that the assault targeted both local and foreign officials. According to the Bureau of Counterterrorism’s report on terrorism in Pakistan, TTP claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the targets woere police and law enforcement.

A prominent Pakistani journalist was murdered in an explosion in Hub, Baluchistan, on 10 October 2021. The device, according to law enforcement, was affixed to his vehicle. The BLA has taken credit for the attack.

On December 30, assailants ambushed North Waziristan security officials. In the subsequent gunfight, four security personnel were slain. The TTP has claimed responsibility for the incident.

According to the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Pakistan’, the Pakistani government continued to implement the Antiterrorism Act of 1997, the National Counterterrorism Authority Act, the 2014 Investigation for Fair Trial Act, and major 2014 and 2020 amendments to the Antiterrorism Act, all of which provide law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts with expanded authority in terrorism cases.

Throughout Pakistan, military, paramilitary, and civilian security forces conducted CT operations against anti-state militants. According to the official report, Pakistani law permits preventive detention, authorises the death penalty for terrorism offences, and establishes specialised courts to hear terrorism cases.

Some madrassas in Pakistan were teaching the extremist doctrine.

According to the official report, many madrassas failed to register with the government, provide documentation of their funding sources, or comply with laws governing the admission of foreign students, despite the government’s efforts to increase madrassa regulation.

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The report stated, “Pakistan reviewed and revised its 2015 National Action Plan (NAP) to counter terrorism, reducing the NAP from 20 points to 14 key points, but made minimal progress on the most difficult aspects, namely its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay or discrimination.”

Separatist militant groups conducted terrorist attacks against diverse targets in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. The militants employed a variety of methods, including IEDs, VBIEDs, suicide bombings, and targeted assassinations, to attack diverse targets.
Under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, Pakistan was designated a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) in 2018. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, it was redesignated as a CPC.

In 2018, FATF identified Pakistan as a country with strategic AML/CFT system deficiencies. In 2021, Pakistan remained on the FATF grey list.

In Pakistan, religious minorities confronted significant threats from terrorist groups in 2021. On January 3, ISIS-K militants claimed responsibility for the deaths of eleven Shia Hazara coal miners in the Balochistan district of Kachi. On April 21, a VBIED suicide attack occurred in the parking lot of the Serena hotel in Quetta, Balochistan, killing five people. The investigation revealed that the assault targeted both local and foreign officials. According to the Bureau of Counterterrorism’s report on terrorism in Pakistan, TTP claimed responsibility for the attack and stated that the targets were police and law enforcement. A prominent Pakistani journalist was murdered in an explosion in Hub, Baluchistan, on 10 October 2021. The device, according to law enforcement, was affixed to his vehicle. The BLA has taken credit for the attack.

On December 30, assailants ambushed North Waziristan security officials. In the subsequent gunfight, four security personnel were slain. The TTP has claimed responsibility for the incident.
According to the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Pakistan’, the Pakistani government continued to implement the Antiterrorism Act of 1997, the National Counterterrorism Authority Act, the 2014 Investigation for Fair Trial Act, and major 2014 and 2020 amendments to the Antiterrorism Act, all of which provide law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts with expanded authority in terrorism cases.

Throughout Pakistan, military, paramilitary, and civilian security forces conducted CT operations against anti-state militants. According to the official report, Pakistani law permits preventive detention, authorises the death penalty for terrorism offences, and establishes specialised courts to hear terrorism cases.

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Some madrassas in Pakistan were teaching the extremist doctrine. According to the official report, many madrassas failed to register with the government, provide documentation of their funding sources, or comply with laws governing the admission of foreign students, despite the government’s efforts to increase madrassa regulation. (ANI)

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The deadly blast happened around 1:40 pm, during afternoon prayers, in the Police Lines area of Peshawar. Several people were taken to the hospital in very bad shape, and the number of people who died in the attack is likely to go up.

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From inside the mosque, a video showed pieces of the building on the ground. Because of the blast, one side of the mosque fell down. Geo News said that during prayers, a “suicide attacker” blew himself up inside the mosque. Security officials told the news agency PTI that the suicide bomber was in the front row during prayers when he blew himself up.

Officials said that those who were hurt were taken to the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. Hospital sources said that 13 of the people who were hurt were in very bad shape. According to Dunya News, the Governor of Peshawar has asked the people who live there to give blood because the number of deaths and injuries keeps going up.

The area is in a state of emergency, and the area has been blocked off. Dawn reported that Peshawar Commissioner Riaz Mehsood said, “An emergency has been declared in all of the city’s hospitals, and those who were hurt are getting the best care possible.”

Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, spoke out against the blast. Shehbaz Sharif said that the people who set off the bomb inside the mosque “have nothing to do with Islam.”

Suicide Bomb Blast in a Mosque in Peshawar Pakistan. More than 30 Dead & more than 150 people injured…#Pakistan #Peshawarblast #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/f6XJ5GyXaY

— Jyot Jeet (@activistjyot) January 30, 2023

“Terrorists want to make people afraid by peshawar blast going after those who are supposed to protect Pakistan,” the Pakistan PM said. Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, called for better intelligence gathering to “fight the growing threat of terrorism.”

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India reprimanded the statement of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto expressing strong protest. Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that Bhutto may have forgotten 1971. At the same time, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha President Tejashwi Surya said – Bilawal is called Pappu of Pakistan. Most of the countries do not want to have any kind of relation with Pakistan.

Bilawal Bhutto said on Thursday that Osama bin Laden is dead, but the butcher of Gujarat is still alive and he is the Prime Minister of India.

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi said that Bilawal is the representative of a failed country and he himself has failed. What more can you expect from people with terrorist mindset. Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said that perhaps Bhutto has forgotten 1971.

BJP workers are angry with the statement of Pakistani Foreign Minister. Angry activists protested in front of the Pakistan High Commission along with Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva. To stop them, the Delhi Police put up barricades. However, the unruly mob also broke the barricades. After this Delhi Police took several BJP workers into custody.

Tejashwi Surya called Bilawal the Pappu of Pakistan

Tejashwi Surya, president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, who was involved in the protest, said – Bilawal is called Pappu of Pakistan. Most of the countries do not want to have any kind of relation with Pakistan. Today the world is uniting against terrorism under the leadership of Modi. Bilawal’s mother Benazir Bhutto was also murdered by the terrorists. Even after this, he is standing with the terrorists.

Make in Pakistan terrorism’ must be banned

On Thursday, India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had described Pakistan as the epicenter of terrorism. After which Bilawal gave this controversial statement regarding PM Modi. India retaliated by saying that Pakistan does not have the credibility to point fingers at India. Now ‘Make in Pakistan terrorism’ has to be stopped.

The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement saying that New York, Mumbai, Pulwama, Pathankot and the city of London bore the brunt of Pakistan-sponsored and sponsored terrorism. Terrorism originated from the Special Terrorist Zones of Pakistan and spread across the world. In Pakistan, Osama bin Laden is respected as a martyr. Terrorists like Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi, Masood Azhar, Sajid Mir and Dawood Ibrahim are given shelter. There are 126 terrorists and 27 terrorist organizations declared by the UN in Pakistan.

Bilawal has forgotten 1971: Ministry of External Affairs

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the Foreign Minister of Pakistan has forgotten the day of 16 December 1971 when more than 90 thousand soldiers of Pakistan surrendered before the Indian Army. This was the result of the genocide of Bengalis and Hindus by the Pakistani rulers. Pakistan’s treatment of minorities still hasn’t changed much. Pakistan is no longer able to use terrorists. Bilawal Bhutto’s uncivilized statement is the result of this.

Pakistani foreign minister makes a personal attack on PM Modi to counter India’s terror charge against Pakistan, repeats false and baseless allegationshttps://t.co/9OJth43rCI

— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) December 16, 2022

Bilawal Bhutto should give a statement regarding the masterminds of terror present in his country. Who have made terrorism a part of the country’s policy. Pakistan has to change its attitude.

Pakistan has encouraged and protected terrorism: Anurag Thakur

Anurag Thakur said that Pakistan’s land has been used to protect and increase terrorism. His devious plans have now been exposed to the world. At the same time, Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi said that Bilawal’s statement shows that he is representing a bankrupt country and himself is mentally bankrupt.

After Pakistan’s comment on Kashmir in the United Nations, India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has responded on the same platform. S Jaishankar said that the country which hosted Osama bin Laden, which attacked its neighbor’s parliament…is not capable of preaching at a powerful platform like UN.

Pakistan again raised Kashmir issue in UN, India said – PAK is spreading lies to gain sympathy

India reprimanded Pakistan for repeatedly raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the United Nations. India termed this move of Pakistan as an attempt to spread lies. Prateek Mathur, Counselor of India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India.

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