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'Save the Children' ordered to leave Pakistan
[DAWN] Authorities on Thursday ordered the international aid group Save the Children to leave the country saying the charity was "working against the country", police and government officials said.Government administration officials accompanied by police arrived at the charity's office in the heart of Islamabad after working hours and placed a lock on the door and a notice saying the building had been sealed. "We have sealed the office of Save the Children on government instructions," Kamran Cheema, a senior government official told AFP. "We don't know the reasons behind this order. We were sent a three-line notification by the interior ministry saying that this office should be sealed and all the expatriate staff be sent back to their countries within 15 days," Cheema said. Posted by: Fred 2015-06-12 |
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