- Pakistan has already launched a crackdown against organizations proscribed by the UN
- Government officials deny being under international pressure
ISLAMBAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad, days after his government began a crackdown against Islamist militant organizations.
"This government will not allow Pakistan's land to be used for any kind of outside terrorism," Khan said on Friday while addressing a public rally in southern Pakistan. "We will not allow any militant group to function in our country now."
Pakistan began a crackdown against militant groups this week amid growing international pressure in the wake of a bombing in Indian-administered Kashmir by a militant group based in Pakistan.