Tag: INGOs

All NGOs to undergo security audit

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has initiated a security audit of all local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating across the country in accordance with the...

Foreign secy reaffirms commitment to mutually beneficial framework on INGOs

ISLAMABAD: As part of outreach to discuss mutual concerns related to the registration and operations of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Tehmina...

EU welcomes govt’s offer for dialogue on INGOs registration issue

ISLAMABAD: European Union Thursday welcomed the offer for an open dialogue by the government of Pakistan on the issue of the cancellation of the...

Expulsion of aid groups could affect 11m people

--Interior Ministry confirms rejecting appeals of 18 INGOs that had been allowed permission to operate till decision was made on appeals   ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s expulsion of...

Pakistan clears fresh applications of 74 INGOs amid int’l pressure

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan approved fresh applications of 74 International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) out of total 141 outfits who submitted applications for fresh registration, showing a...

INGOs be told of reasons for their non-registration: Senate body

ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Functional Committee on Human Rights on Monday directed the interior ministry to inform international non-government organisations (INGO) the reasons why they...

Senate panel demands explanation for ban on INGOs from interior secretary:...

The Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights Chairman Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has directed the interior secretary to appear before the committee on November 5...

US, EU nations demand explanation for Pakistan’s crackdown on aid groups

--In letter written to PM Khan, foreign diplomats say INGOs did not get any explanation why govt had ordered them out   ISLAMABAD: Western nations, including...

18 INGOs asked to shut down operations after due process, EU...

---Interior minister tells EU Pakistan’s security won’t be compromised ---Sources say INGOs were involved in anti-state activities ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday told the European Union (EU)...

Govt orders more INGOs to pack up and leave Pakistan

--ActionAid says move is part of  'worrying escalation of recent attacks on civil society' in Pakistan --Interior Ministry's letter to INGOs says they can re-apply for...

INGOs registration process likely to remain unchanged

Prime Minister Imran Khan's government is unlikely to relax the registration process for international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), and carry on with the policy adopted...

Capital police ordered to shut down 11 INGOs: report

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have been ordered to shut down operations of eleven international non-government organisations (INGOs) after the interior ministry denied them permission to function...

PCSF expresses concern on baseless, one-sided trial of NGOs

LAHORE: Expressing perturbation on sweeping statements by parliamentarians quoted in some newspapers, the Pakistan Civil Society Forum (PCSF) has questioned how such ‘generalised allegations’ of...

Banned INGOs free to work until final decision is taken: Ahsan...

  ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday allowed previously disbarred International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to keep working until a final decision is taken on...

Civil society expresses concerns over shrinking spaces for civil actions in...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Civil Society Forum (PCSF) and other civil society organizations noted the attempts for curbing the voices of civil society activists; mainly international...

Nisar orders immediate geo-mapping of Karachi, Quetta

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) for immediate geo-mapping of Karachi and Quetta to counter terrorism footprints in...

Senate body for restructuring laws to check INGOs

Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistic and Privatization Senator Saleem H Mandviwala on Thursday said that the committee would...