At the United Nations, Pakistan has called for a renewed, comprehensive and proactive global response to terrorism.

The call was made by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, while speaking at the Security Council briefing on “Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts: Twenty-five years after 9/11: Renew the Security Council’s Fight Against Terrorism”.

The Ambassador underscored the need for active and effective international cooperation and regional synergies for a united, collective front against the global threat of terrorism.

He said Pakistan itself played its role as a frontline state in the global counter-terrorism endeavour.

The Ambassador highlighted that the most notable successes in the international campaign against Al-Qaida were achieved through Pakistan's efforts and active cooperation. He said this success came with immense sacrifices as over 90,000 Pakistanis, including brave security forces and innocent civilians, lost their lives.

The Ambassador urged addressing gaps in the UN Security Council's current sanctions regimes as they are proving insufficient to combat terrorism.

He pointed out new dimensions of terrorism including the alarming rise in far-right extremist movements, the terrorist threat in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan, and the growing use of modern technologies for terrorist activities.

He said perpetration of state terrorism in situations of foreign occupation must also not be ignored and the United Nations must ensure that occupying powers are held to account and are not allowed to operate with impunity to suppress legitimate struggles of peoples exercising their right to self-determination.