Catholic Church sues Pakistan to block expulsion of three nuns in country's...
Islamabad, Pakistan: First, Pakistan nearly forced one of the world's most recognised charities, Save the Children, to stop doing business in the country. Then, it announced that thousands of charities...
View ArticleIs Pakistan putting its reputation as an Al Qaeda safe-haven at risk?
The killing of Nasiruddin Haqqani, an important fundraiser for an Al Qaeda aligned militant network in Pakistan that bears the name of his father, the notorious warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, in an...
View ArticleFirst salvo against INGOs
FINALLY, the axe has fallen on Save The Children. The international non-governmental organisation had been under a cloud of suspicion ever since the alleged involvement of its employee Shakil Afridi in...
View ArticlePakistan will not allow NGOs working against national interest: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said that all Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) operating in Pakistan should respect the laws of the land and that no...
View ArticleAid group Save the Children closes all its Pakistan offices
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The international aid group Save the Children has shut down all its offices in Pakistan after the government shuttered its main office in the capital, a local worker said Saturday,...
View ArticlePak calls Modi 'irresponsible, shameful' for call to attack Islamabad to...
Islamabad, April 30: Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has called Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's statement regarding attacking Islamabad to...
View ArticlePakistan reverses decision to close Save the Children charity
14 June 2015 From the section Asia Police sealed off Save the Children's office in Islamabad last week Pakistan has suspended moves to close the national branch of the charity Save the Children. The...
View ArticleGovt to streamline working of international NGOs
ISLAMABAD: After days of uproar surrounding the banning of an international non-governmental organisation, the government has decided to streamline overall working of the sector. However, the...
View ArticleINGOs get three months to re-register themselves
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to give international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) working in the country three months to get themselves re-registered under the new regime of...
View ArticlePakistan to monitor foreign aid groups
Islamabad: Pakistan's interior ministry will monitor the activities of international aid agencies, the government announced Monday, after authorities sealed the offices of Save the Children and...
View Article‘Renegade’ NGOs to be investigated
TAXILA / ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting will be held on Tuesday to hammer out a comprehensive deal with international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) who were operating outside their remit....
View ArticleProvinces asked to scrutinise NGOs’ sources of funding
ISLAMABAD: The federal government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it had asked the provincial governments as well as the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to strictly monitor...
View ArticleOnly Islamabad office of 'Save the Children' to remain closed, says Nisar
London, June 16: Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has reportedly said that the decision to ban international aid group ' Save the Children' from operating has not been withdrawn,...
View ArticleAfghan-Pakistan ties 'never better', Nisar tells Kerry
WASHINGTON: Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have never been better, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said Thursday, adding there had also been “a quantum leap in trust” between...
View ArticlePakistan halts ordered closure of Save the Children office
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's Interior Ministry has halted an order it made closing the office of international aid group Save the Children in Islamabad, an official said Sunday. The senior Interior...
View ArticlePakistan shuts down 'Save the Children' offices
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ordered international children's aid agency 'Save the Children' to shut down its operations in the country as authorities today said no NGOs "working against the country" will be...
View ArticleSave the Children a victim of a wider Pakistani crackdown on NGOs
Pakistan's expulsion of Save the Children is the latest turn in a months-long crackdown on international aid organisations operating there, with some suspending operations in the face of government...
View ArticlePakistan halts order to shut international charity
Pakistan's interior ministry has halted the decision to close the office of international aid group Save the Children in the capital Islamabad, according to local media and an official. Pakistan...
View ArticlePak shuts down 'Save the Children' offices; warns foreign NGOs
Pakistan today said it will ban foreign NGOs "working against the country", a day after it sealed the office of international children's aid agency 'Save the Children', a charity that was embroiled in...
View ArticlePakistan says aid groups can operate for another 6 months
Reprints + - A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside a sealed office of international aid group Save the Children , in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Pakistan's Interior Ministry...
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