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Pakistan, Türkiye Establish Joint Security Working Group After Islamabad Talks

A quarterly forum will institutionalize coordination between the two interior ministries.

Overview

  • Interior ministers Mohsin Naqvi and Ali Yerlikaya agreed in Islamabad to create a Joint Working Group that will meet four times a year to review progress.
  • The framework covers counterterrorism, anti-narcotics, border management, cybercrime, immigration control, human trafficking prevention and coast guard collaboration.
  • Both sides committed to expanded police training, intelligence-sharing and law-enforcement cooperation to support operational outcomes.
  • Pakistan pledged full support for Türkiye in the upcoming Interpol elections, signaling diplomatic backing alongside security coordination.
  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosted the Turkish delegation and reaffirmed broader cooperation, while Pakistan’s interior minister cited an official claim of no Pakistan-to-Türkiye drug trafficking cases in the past five years.