According to a new report from the United States, Pakistan has failed to take adequate measures to combat terrorism and prosecute terrorists, including the planners of the 2008 Mumbai attack, such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) founders Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT) Sajid Mir. It also stated that Pakistan has made “limited progress” in promising to dismantle all terrorist organizations without delay or discrimination.

“Pakistan has made limited progress in the most difficult aspects of its 2015 National Anti-Terrorism Action Plan, especially in its commitment to dismantle all terrorist organizations without delay or discrimination,” the U.S. State Department’s report in its 2020 National Terrorism Said in the Confucianism Report. ‘.

At the same time, the U.S. report stated that Indian security agencies were effective in dismantling terrorist threats and responded to the U.S. request for information related to terrorism investigations in a “timely” manner.

Regarding Pakistan, the United States reported that in February and November, the Lahore Anti-Terrorism Tribunal sentenced LeT founder Hafiz Saeed to five years and six months’ imprisonment on multiple counts of financing terrorism. But failed to take action against others. The terrorist leader. It then lists the terrorist attacks in Pakistan last year, including the one in Quetta that killed 15 people and injured 18 people. Islamstay claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to reports, on June 29, four Balochistan militants rushed to the security barrier of the Pakistan Stock Exchange in Karachi carrying guns and grenades. In the subsequent gun battle, eight people were killed. On October 27, a 5 kg improvised explosive device exploded in a religious school in Peshawar, killing 8 people and injuring 136 others.

The State Department’s report also stated that some Islamic schools in Pakistan continue to teach the doctrines of violent extremism, although it mentions the state the government has adopted to manage these institutions.

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