Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar
Ali Khan met the British Home Secretary Ms. Amber Rudd here on Monday.
The Interior Minister is on a three-day visit to London where he is
holding meetings with senior British government dignitaries.
The two leaders discussed a host of issues ranging from cooperation in
counter-terrorism, illegal immigration, organized crimes, narcotics
control, money laundering, and other issues of mutual interest. During
the meeting, the Interior Minister also apprised his counterpart about
new cyber crime legislation which would help the government for
controlling cyber crimes. He said that new cyber law would also help the
state agencies in limiting hate material on the internet and address
the issue of cyber terrorism.
The Interior Minister observed that British Government’s technical support would
be quite useful for Pakistani institutions dealing with cyber terrorism.
British Home Secretary while condemning recent terrorist incidents in Pakistan
expressed her condolences over the loss of precious lives as a result of terrorists activities.
During the course of discussion, the British Home Secretary Ms. Amber Rudd
underscored the importance of regular exchange of views on security cooperation
and other areas. She said that she looks forward to visiting Pakistan to
further enhance multifaceted cooperation existing between the two
countries.
Recalling his excellent working relationship with her predecessor Ms. Theresa
May, the then British Home Secretary and now the Prime Minister of
United Kingdom, the Interior Minister observed that momentum created by
Ms. May should be carried forward to forge stronger ties and mutually
beneficial partnership in all fields. He said that such high level
visits serve as value addition to the efforts aimed at further
strengthening bilateral relations and enhancing mutual cooperation.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan pointed that resilience of
Pakistani people and continued efforts of its law enforcement agencies
have significantly helped the state to establish its writ and improve
law and order and peace in the country.
Comparing the law and order situation of 2013 with today’s Pakistan the
Interior Minister said that present government remains fully committed
to denying space to any desperate elements who target innocent citizens
and disturb the peace of the country.
The two sides also reviewed progress on various agreed areas of
cooperation including security, counter-terrorism, capacity building of
law enforcement agencies of Pakistan besides strengthening of Joint
Intelligence Directorate by sharing of expertise and knowledge.
Over the issue the organized crimes, the Interior Minister said that
Pakistan looks towards UK for greater cooperation in dealing with
organized crimes and fighting the menace of human and drug trafficking.
The Interior Minister also recounted successes Pakistan has achieved in dealing
with the human traffickers.
The Interior Minister informed his counterpart that thousands of human
traffickers and fake travel agents and phony rackets were busted during
countrywide campaign against this crime.
Ms. Rudd welcomed continued cooperation between the two countries in the
areas of counter-terrorism, organized crime, illegal immigration, human
trafficking and anti-narcotics.
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