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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Mohsin Naqvi has said that there is no room for negligence in providing security to foreigners in Pakistan. He made these remarks on Saturday while chairing a meeting at the Ministry of Interior to review security measures for foreigners, especially Chinese citizens. The meeting also evaluated the overall security situation in the country. Mr Naqvi instructed …

Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti has said that the assemblies in Pakistan represented “legitimate voices” for separatists who articulate their perspective, and certain parts of the country were particularly impacted by “this propaganda”. The minister made this disclosure during an interview with programme Doosra Rukh where he provided specific insights into missing persons cases and their underlying context. “We have …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday said that the chief of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Saad Rizvi, had insisted on the closure of the French embassy in his talks with the interior minister. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the interior minister said: “[Contrary to what] one person — who is very respectable and is a major religious figure from …

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minis­ter retired Brig Ijaz Ahmad Shah on Wednesday candidly conceded that Pakistan had become a security state instead of a welfare state. During a meeting of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior, the minister agreed to brief the panel in-camera about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent remarks about ‘use of Pakistan soil against Iran’. Former interior minister Rehman …