There was no room for “jihadi outfits and jihadi culture” in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said amidst intense global pressure on his government to rein in the terrorist outfits operating from its soil after the Pulwama attack.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed killed 40 CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in February 14.

He said there was no room now for any such group in the country, as Pakistan would like the world to believe that it was not only a peace-loving country but it was sincere in eradicating this culture of “jihadism” and terrorism through short-term and long-term policies.

He warned that the security risk at the Line of Control persisted until elections were held in India and asked the nation to be prepared at all times.The armed forces of the country are ever ready and would give a befitting response in case of any military aggression, the Prime Minister said.

Khan said all political parties had agreed to the National Action Plan and by now the militant groups had been proscribed. Further action was being taken against them as his government could not allow any such activity on the soil of Pakistan.

Khan said India was trying to push Pakistan in the blacklist of Financial Action Task Force and if that happened the country would face a lot of economic problems.

The international terror financing watchdog FATF last month decided to continue the ‘Grey’ listing of Pakistan for its failure to stop funding of terrorist groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamat-ud-Dawa.

In June 2018, Pakistan was placed in the ‘Grey’ list and given a 27-point action plan by the FATF. This Plan was reviewed as the last Plenary in October 2018 and for the second time in this week-long meeting.