European Union has granted GSP Plus status to Pakistan. Sergei Lavrov has said Russia will continue to assist Pakistan to bolster its counterterrorism capabilities, and the two countries will also form a commission for military cooperation. Pakistan was granted GSP Plus status after a voting where its supporters outnumbered the naysayers. In his speech at the Munich Security Conference last week COAS Bajwa described the present jihadism as a misnomer. On this will depend whether Pakistan is subjected to isolation or is accepted as a respectable member of the comity of nations who should be extended full cooperation.

Source: Pakistan Today February 22, 2018 06:11 UTC