FO feels let down by US report on terrorism.

ISLAMABAD -- The Foreign Office on Tuesday expressed its disappointment over Pakistan-related observations in the US State Department's Country Reports on Terrorism and called for constructive engagement between the two countries for advancing counter-terrorism goals.

A rejoinder to the report issued by FO asked for recognition of Pakistan's sacrifices in its fight against terrorism, and emphasised that those contributions made the 'world a safer place'.

'Pakistan is disappointed with assertions made in the US Department of State's Country Report on Terrorism 2018, concerning its counter-terrorism efforts. The report completely overlooks the factual situation on the ground and the tremendous contribution made and sacrifices rendered by Pakistan over the last two decades in the international struggle against terrorism,' the statement said.

The annual report released on Nov 1 looked at the global counter-terrorism trends during the past year and reviewed progress made by the US and other countries in dealing with the terrorism threat. The report contains sections on various countries confronted with the problem of terrorism and profiles of terrorist organisations involved in high-profile attacks.

In the section on Pakistan, the report alleged that the country's law enforcement agencies did not act sufficiently against terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, which carry out attacks outside the country and did not stop the Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network from using Pakistani soil.

The report further...