The Ministry of Interior has allowed 50 international non-government organisations (INGOs) to operate in Pakistan. An official said that 132 INGOs had applied for registration under a new policy, of which 50 applications had been approved and cases of 15 INGOs are under scrutiny by the INGOs committee of Ministry of Interior. Decision to this affect was taken at a meeting which was presided over by Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan here on Wednesday.
According to the official, Nadra officials informed the meeting so far 1,549 Afghan national, 44 Bangladeshis, one Indian and an Indonesian had returned their Pakistani CNICs in Nadra's ongoing CNIC re-verification drive. So far, around 67.9 million CNICs have been verified by Nadra and over 48,000 aliens were identified, Nadra officials further told the meeting.
The official said that since launch of re-verification drive 92,300 citizens had themselves called on Nadra helpline for identification of aliens and verification of their CNICs record. The Interior Minister also approved the reward list of 45 citizens who helped Nadra in identification of aliens, he said. "These 45 devoted Pakistanis performed their national security duty and deserve due cash reward as per the policy," remarked the Interior Minister. Besides the reward scheme, the Interior Ministry would also give a letter of appreciation to these citizens for helping the state for pointing out aliens in Nadra's database.
The Interior Minister also issued directives for formation of a policy for issuance of armed licenses in a phased manner. "A policy should be framed by Ministry of Interior for provision of armed licences to the judges of superior judiciary (including High Courts), media houses, educational institutions (in the backdrop of APS School and Bacha Khan University terrorist attacks), armed forces officials, members of the Parliament and Provincial Assemblies," pointed out the Interior Minister. The meeting was also attended by secretary Ministry Interior, special secretary interior, chairman Nadra and other senior officers.