ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry has granted approval to 73 International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs) allowing them to operate in the country, while 23 others have been refused permission for their functioning.
The cases of 20 INGOs have been deferred and would be decided later. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Interior Minister Ch Nisar Ali Khan.
The Interior Minister appreciated the efforts of INGO Committee of the Ministry and concerned NADRA officials for their tireless efforts to finalise the registration process which has taken place for the first time in the history of the country, said the Minister.
The Interior Minister said that the registration of the INGOs was critical vis-a-vis security of the state. He said that framing rules for the INGOs and registering them for the first time is a significant achievement which would not only bring transparency in the entire system of working of various INGOs in the country but would also strengthen partnership between the government and the non-governmental sector putting this equation on solid foundation of trust and spirit to complement each other.
The minister also appreciated the role of INGOs towards making the registration process a success.
The Minister directed the Ministry that those INGOs who could not secure approval during the registration process should be given right to make appeal before the Ministry. It was decided that details of approved and non-approved INGOs along with their past projects would be placed on Ministry’s website after finalization. In another significant development regarding FIA’s efforts to arrest Most Wanted Human Traffickers, it was informed during the meeting that on the Minister’s directions FIA, with the help of NADRA, has developed a system for the processing of information received from multitude sources regarding the MWTs and has also put in place a mechanism for real-time information sharing with the relevant stakeholders and its field units.
