Irish aid charity Trócaire has been ordered to cease its operations in Pakistan by the country’s ministry of interior. Last week the aid charity received a letter from the Pakistani Government ordering the charity to shut its operations in the country in 60 days time. The aid charity has been running programmes in Pakistan since 1973, and has had a permanent base in the country since 2007. “We don’t know yet if that is the case with the Pakistan decision,” he said. Seventeen other international aid organisations received the same letter directing them to close their operations in Pakistan by mid-December, according to a spokesman for Trócaire.

Source: The Irish Times October 12, 2018 20:48 UTC