ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Office has cancelled the foreign visits of topgovernment officials acting on the instructions of Prime Minister ImranKhan.
The Foreign Office on Saturday aborated a travel plan of top governmentofficials due austerity drive launched by PM Khan.
Seven Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and three Interior Ministryofficials were scheduled to leave for Vienna, Austria, at 3am on Saturdayto seek “training” four four days (September 3 to September 7), but werestopped over a letter to the interior secretary written by ForeignSecretary Tehmina Janjua, cautinong the Interior Ministry.
The officials were reportedly invited by the International Centre forMigration Policy Development (ICMPD), a non-governmental organisation. Inthe letter, the foreign secretary expressed reservation over the NGO,saying that despite reminders details of the NGO had not been shared withthe Foreign Office. “The NGO is not registered in Pakistan and ForeignOffice does not have information about it.”
She advised that such tours should be avoided in the future. The officialswho were going abroad included top Wajid Zia, FIA Immigration DirectorMuhammad Rizwan, FIA Interpol Director Tariq Nawaz Malik, FIA TrainingDirector Javed Soonharo Jiskani, FIA Punjab Director Munir Ahmed Sheikh, ADInvestigation Muhammad Tahir , Interior Ministry Additional SecretaryMuhammad Siddique Sheikh, Joint Secretary Dilshad Babar, Section OfficerMahwish Riaz and a focal person of the FIA whose name was not mentioned.