Pakistan and Britain have agreed on the formation of a joint working group to strengthen intelligence sharing between the two countries, Pakistan's interior minister said on Saturday. Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao told a private television channel that officials from the interior ministries of the two countries would cooperate with each other to improve anti-terrorism capabilities and to stop human trafficking and smuggling.Sherpao told Geo-television that the new joint working group under intelligence sharing forum is similar to that of joint working group of the US intelligence monitoring with Britain. He said that the British experts would impart training of sensitive intelligence equipment to Pakistani officials.
About the agreement on handing over of criminals, the interior minister said that two governments have agreed on it, but said that according to government policy, any agreement is to be approved by the cabinet before signing it with another government. He said the proposed agreement has been sent to the cabinet for approval. Officials from both countries would sign the agreement.