Pakistan expels aid agency Save the Children

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Source: The Washington Post

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistani authorities expelled the U.S.-based aid agency Save the Children from the country on Thursday, sealing its office in the capital and giving staff members 15 days to leave due to “anti-Pakistan activities,” according to the Interior Ministry.

The move, which could have a chilling effect on dozens of charities that work in Pakistan, was carried out after extensive monitoring of the group’s members and activities, a ministry official said in an interview.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter, declined to discuss the specific reason for the action. But the move appeared to be related to long-standing allegations of Save the Children’s ties to the Pakistani physician recruited to help the CIA gain information about Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts prior to the 2011 U.S. military mission that killed him in northwestern Pakistan.

Pakistan’s Express Tribune newspaper published a photograph of the eviction order directing all “expatriates” in the organization to leave the country within 15 days. It was dated Thursday.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistan-expels-aid-agency-save-the-children/2015/06/11/5ff94be0-1079-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html

[Skittles]

1. lovely country

[geek tragedy]

2. Same country that freed the animals who shot Malala.

[samsingh]

3. pakistan is a dangerous country. many aid workers have been murdered there

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Pakistan reverses decision to close Save the Children charity

Pakistan has suspended moves to close the national branch of the charity Save the Children.

The move by the interior ministry comes days after the charity's main office in the capital Islamabad was shut down by police.

No formal reason was given for the action and there has been no official comment on the reversal.
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Save the Children said at the time it "strongly objected" to the closure and it was "raising serious concerns at the highest levels".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-33126864