Pakistan and UK agree to boost work on visa fraud, cybercrime

Dan Jarvis also met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, and both sides agreed to finalise a counter-narcotics memorandum soon and convene a working group on interior ministry ties.

UK security minister Dan Jarvis visited Pakistan and agreed with Pakistani officials to expand cooperation on terrorism, drugs, NADRA, cybercrime, immigration, coast guards and training.

Talks with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi covered the situation in Afghanistan and regional security.

Both countries agreed to act against illegal immigration and visa fraud, with better sharing of information between agencies.

A counter-narcotics memorandum of understanding will be finalised soon, making cooperation between the UK's National Crime Agency and Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force fully operational.

A working group of the two interior ministries will meet soon; no dates have been given.

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