No evidence of IS presence in Pakistan: FO
"I may also add that they are only reports," she said. Still, she said that Pakistan's policy on terrorism is clear, and "our action is across the board against all terrorists."
She reiterated Pakistan's continuing commitment to fight militancy and alluded to Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a military operation currently being fought by the armed forces against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in North Waziristan.
"Our military operation against terrorists is still going on. It is all inclusive and across the board," she said.
In recent weeks, IS has emerged as a formidable player in the civil war and Syria, and a formidable obstacle to American diplomatic efforts in Iraq, where IS has won over large swathes of territory. The militant group has taken strategically important cities and oilfields, including Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and threaten to take more.
Al Qaeda, which had disowned IS a few years ago, also made headlines as it announced a South Asian chapter earlier on Thursday.
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OK, ISIS is not YET in Pakistan, but what about Mullah Omar and Ayaman Al Zawahiri ???
Loosing all hopes in Middle East, Afghanistan both of them are searching their ground around Kakul and Muridke to fly kites with their new found love ..... Can you catch them? Otherwise, it will be a bigger embarrassment than OBL ....... :-))))))))))))
Govt isn't giving people confidence in their ability to take threats seriously, when it doesn't even acknowledge the possibility of such a threat or bother to take initiative to investigate these reports and show negligence in dismissing them outright. Just repeating the same stupid mistake of being in denial about OBL, due to small minded defensiveness or outright dishonesty...
Jihadists are slipping by secure Western nations, including Eastern nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia, where Malaysian authorities had to act against an extremist cell inspired by ISIL who wanted to take over a local area, so how is Pakistan safely air tight when operations have still not ended in fully eradicating the terrible militants we already know of and face?
No IS presence? Why have Christians fled then to Bannu and other larger cities from the tribal areas? Ask the bishops! They have sent food etc., for these fleeing families. IS has dropped leaflets as well as given threats.
No room for terrorists already army has fought and eliminated taliban and IS wouldbe destroyed in this world due to their extremist terrorist killer ideology
LoL don't know what kind of evidence Foreign office need ! Do they need evidence of any blast or suicide attack to be assured that IS is working in Pakistan.....When our state will work before the happening of something bad !
There was no evidence of OBL's presence in Pakistan either. The more they contradict the greater the chances of their presence. Does the FO know each and every terrorist in the safe havens to claim that they are all not from ISIS but other groups?