from foreign countries, the minister said he had a very positive meeting with the delegates of the European Union and the visiting Commissioner of EU for Migration had acknowledged Pakistan’s reservations on the deportation of Pakistanis from Europe and other countries.
The minister said if any Pakistani in any foreign country was found guilty in any terrorist activity, the respective country should provide criminal evidence before deporting him to Pakistan.A formal meeting with the EU will be held in January to define modalities for the issue, said Nisar.
The minister also said hundreds of Pakistanis were being deported from Saudi Arabia, Iran and the UAE and in majority of cases the Pakistani citizens had been found guilty of overstay.“We have no objection to it, as thousands of Pakistanis go to Saudi Arabia on Haj and Umra visas and overstay their visas. We want to secure the integrity of Pakistan and Pakistanis abroad,” said Nisar.
The minister said a crackdown was going on human smugglers and their accomplices. He said during the last two weeks, 234 human smugglers had been arrested.“Among them, 48 were proclaimed offenders, four most wanted human smugglers, 13 absconders and 165 accomplices,” the minister said.
Talking about the arm licenses, he said the Interior Ministry was committed to designing a strict policy on illegal arms and the verification process for armed licenses was going on across the country to rid the country of illegal arms.
Responding to a query, the minister said the first local government elections in history of Islamabad were arranged peacefully and no major complaint related to poor law and order was received.
He said security arrangements were satisfactory, as the Islamabad administration had called in Rangers to avert any untoward incident.Replying to another question, the minister said he will have an important meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) after his return home from London.All the provincial governments are cooperating with the federal government on NAP and it is necessary to identify all the loopholes in the implementation of the National Action Plan.