On Friday, Pakistani counter-terrorism officials said that a "large-scale terrorism project" in the nation had been thwarted with the arrest of Amin ul Haq, a top Al-Qaeda leader and close aide to the assassinated terrorist Osama bin Laden, from Punjab province.

Pakistan foils terror plot with arrest of top Al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden's close aide Amin ul Haq

US State Department report on global terrorism revealed that Pakistan made "limited progress" on the most difficult aspects of its 2015 National Action Plan to counter-terrorism as it had pledged to dismantle terrorist organisations operating inside the country without "delay or discrimination".

Pakistan didn't take action against terrorists as groups targeting India continue to operate: US report

As per a story published in Pakistani financial daily newspaper Business Recorder, China has allegedly requested $38 million in compensation from Pakistan for the deceased and injured Chinese engineers working on the Dasu Hydropower Project before resuming construction on the delayed project.

Dasu bus blast: China demands $38 million from Pakistan for the dead workers

Pakistan has a reputation as the state sponsor of terror. The country now has a new feather in its cap - it leads the pack of countries washing dirty money in Britain.

Terror code: How UK has become hub for Pakistan's dirty money

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has constituted a seven-member committee to protect the rights of journalists amidst the perception of a fast-shrinking space for dissent in the country, a media report said on Thursday.

Pakistan Bar Council forms 7-member committee to protect journalists' rights

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Tuesday met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and urged him to take actions in order to defeat terrorist organisations. "Secretary Michael R.

Mike Pompeo urges Pakistan PM Imran Khan to take action against terrorist organisations

A female suicide bomber killed six people -- including two policemen -- in Pakistan's restive northwest Sunday in an attack claimed by the Taliban, officials said.

Female suicide bomber kills six in northwest Pakistan

A Congressional report released earlier this week said that the security aid given by the US to Pakistan would remain suspended pending "decisive and irreversible" action against terrorist groups.

Security assistance to Pakistan to remain suspended: Congressional report ahead of Imran Khan's visit

Pakistan's seriousness to act against proscribed terror outfits and its efforts to curb money laundering and terror financing was questioned by members of a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at a meeting held in China, according to a media report.

Pakistan's efforts to act against terror groups, money laundering questioned at Asia-Pacific Group meet in China

Modernizing madrasa education is a thorny issue in Pakistan, a deeply conservative Muslim nation where religious schools are often blamed for the radicalisation of youngsters but are the only education available to millions of poor children.

Pakistan to bring 30,000 madrasas under its control to ‘mainstream’ education

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said, India wants to have good relations with all its neighbours but Pakistan has made terrorism a state policy. He was interacting with the Indian community at Paraguay.

Pakistan has made terrorism state policy: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at Paraguay

Amidst peace overtures from Islamabad, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Friday Pakistan cannot stay together with India as long as it is an Islamic state and if they are willing to become secular, then there is an opportunity.

If Pakistan has to stay together with India, they have to develop as secular state: Army chief

Except for designating Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, the United States is looking at all possible tools at its disposal to convince Islamabad that it is in its interest to crack down on terrorist group, a senior US official has said.

US looking at tools at its disposal to convince Pakistan to crack down on terrorist groups

Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday endorsed the death sentences of 14 "hardcore terrorists" who were convicted by special military courts. The military courts were set up soon after the Peshawar attack of December 2014 that killed nearly 150 schoolchildren for speedy trial of militants in Pakistan.

Pakistan army chief endorses death sentences of 14 'hardcore terrorists'

Expressing dissatisfaction over Pakistan's efforts to combat terror financing, a delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has asked the country to take robust steps to strengthen its legal framework if it wants to avoid being blacklisted by the anti-money laundering watchdog, according to a media report on Saturday.

FATF dissatisfied over Pakistan's efforts to combat terror financing: Report

A top Republican lawmaker has urged the Trump administration to immediately designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism and terminate its non-NATO ally status, asserting that Islamabad consistently defends Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and condemns US' counterterrorism efforts.

US Congressman seeks immediate designation of Pakistan as state sponsor of terrorism

The former Pakistan diplomat talked about Pakistan military's intervention in politics, terrorism, Pashtun uprising and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

'Military interventions in Pakistan politics have resulted in political chaos,' says ex-Pakistan Ambassador to US

Pakistan need not kill or capture militants such as members of the Haqqani network that use its territory to launch attacks in Afghanistan but could push them across the border instead, a senior US official said on Friday

Pakistan could evict, rather than kill, militants: US official

The warning comes in the wake of increasing terrorist violence, including sectarian attacks, in Pakistan

Defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan: US tells citizens

"The Secretary had very fruitful conversations about where we can find common ground," Pentagon chief spokesperson Dana White said.

Mattis meeting with Pakistan leaders was to find common ground in fight against terror: Pentagon