Pakistan, UK agree to expand cooperation on counterterrorism, narcotics
Dawn · Iftikhar A. Khan ·
Agree to convene meeting of working group established between the two interior ministries.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Friday agreed to enhance cooperation in the areas of counterterrorism, anti-narcotics, cybercrime and immigration, according to the interior ministry.
The understanding was reached during delegation-level talks between Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and visiting British Minister of State for Security Dan Jarvis at the Ministry of Interior. Minister of State for Interior Tallal Chaudry also attended the meeting.
According to the interior ministry, the two sides decided to finalise at the earliest a memorandum of understanding on anti-narcotics cooperation, which would fully operationalise cooperation between the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).