Pakistan is a crucial country for the UK’s counter terrorism strategy. Many of the terrorist attacks and planned attacks in the UK in recent years have had links to Pakistan. Pakistan itself is also a major victim of terrorism; hundreds of people, including former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, were killed in almost 60 suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan in 2007.

To counter this shared threat, the UK and Pakistan work closely together on operational matters, and on tackling the process and the causes of radicalisation.

The UK and Pakistan also maintain an ongoing dialogue to counter the threat from the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.