Pakistan’s big success on diplomatic front

A big success for Pakistan’s diplomacy as Norway has removed Islamabad from its list of National Threat Assessment.

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) issued the National Threat Assessment (2024) report on Sunday.

Earlier, students and researchers were facing a lot of hardships in Norway due to Pakistan’s inclusion in the list.

Norwegian Police Security Service is Norway’s national domestic intelligence and security service subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness.

The PST report has identified and assessed the possible threats related to intelligence sabotage, terrorism and extremism, spread of weapons of mass destruction as well as threats to government officials in Norway.

The assessments will contribute to the design of policy and strengthen political decision making processes.

The said report is stated to be independent assessments of Norwegian security agency without any reflection on/of Norway’s bilateral relations with the countries perceived to be posing threats.

The study is recommendatory/warning in nature but are given significant weightage in political and administrative policy-designing and decision-making processes.

For instance, the country’s Export Control Regulations takes into account the security agencies’ periodic risk/threat assessments, guiding in turn Norway’s decisions about security agreements for defence equipment trade/ collaboration with other countries.