Pakistan's federal government has allowed all International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) in the country to continue to work for six months within specified areas of operation.
According to Dawn News, the decision was made by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while chairing a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister House in the federal capital to discuss issues relating to the working of INGOs in Pakistan.
Daniyal Gilani, a spokesman for the PM House, said it was decided that in order to streamline the functioning of INGOs in Pakistan, all INGOs will complete a fresh process of registration with the government within three months.
The INGOs have come under the government's radar after a 2012 Pakistan intelligence report linked aid group 'Save the Children' to Dr. Shakeel Afridi, who the CIA allegedly used to carry out a fake vaccination programme as they searched for Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
