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Turkiye inks pact to enhance anti-terror cooperation

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Khan, I. A. (2026, October 10). Turkiye inks pact to enhance anti-terror cooperation. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2036075/turkiye-inks-pact-to-enhance-anti-terror-cooperation

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Dawn · collected 2026-10-10 · by Iftikhar A. Khan

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Pakistan and Turkey signed an agreement in Istanbul to boost collaboration against terrorism, drug trafficking, and organized crime. The pact was sealed during a meeting between Pakistan’s Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi at the Turkish Ministry of Interior. They agreed to form a Joint Working Group and enhance cooperation through technical assistance and expert exchanges in areas like cyber policing and anti-narcotics efforts. Turkey's interior minister noted that illegal immigration from Pakistan to Turkey had dropped significantly, from 70% to 17%.
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On Friday, Pakistan and Turkiye signed an agreement in Istanbul to boost cooperation against terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and organized crime. This pact was inked during a meeting between Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi of Pakistan and his Turkish counterpart Mustafa Çiftçi, where both agreed to establish a Joint Working Group for interior ministry collaboration. They also discussed enhancing technical assistance in cyber policing, anti-narcotics efforts, and police training initiatives. Notably, Çiftçi acknowledged the decline in illegal immigration from Pakistan to Turkiye, reducing from 70% to 17% due to recent crackdowns by Pakistani authorities.

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ISLAMABAD Istanbul Pakistan Turkish Turkiye

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Pakistan GPE · 4× Turkish PERSON · 3× Turkiye GPE · 3× Istanbul GPE · 2× Naqvi PERSON · 2× Anti-Narcotics Force ORG · 1× ISLAMABAD GPE · 1× Mohsin Naqvi PERSON · 1× Mustafa Çiftçi PERSON · 1× a Joint Working Group ORG · 1×

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Pakistan and Turkiye on Friday signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in combating terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organised crime and agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to strengthen collaboration between their interior ministries.
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2026-10-10 · Dawn
Turkiye inks pact to enhance anti-terror cooperation · assertive framing

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Pakistan and Turkiye on Friday signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in combating terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organised crime and agreed to establish a Joint Working Group to strengthen collaboration between their interior ministries. asserted
Pakistan → sign → ministries
The decisions were taken during a meeting between Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and his Turkish counterpart Mustafa Çiftçi at the Turkish Ministry of Interior in Istanbul, according to information received here through the interior ministry’s media wing. uncertain
decisions → take → wing
Both sides agreed to further strengthen cooperation through technical assistance, exchange of experts and joint initiatives in the fields of cyber policing, Anti-Narcotics Force, National Police Academy and other relevant areas. asserted
sides → agree → policing
During the meeting, Mr Naqvi briefed his Turkish counterpart on the positive results of Pakistan’s crackdown against the illegal immigration mafia. asserted
Naqvi → brief → mafia
The Turkish interior minister said that the rate of illegal immigration from Pakistan to Turkiye had declined from 70 per cent to 17pc, appreciated Pakistan’s measures and acknowledged the remarkable reduction. asserted
rate → say → reduction
Both interior ministers reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation. asserted
ministers → reaffirm → cooperation
Earlier, Mr Naqvi arrived in Istanbul on an official visit to Turkiye, where he received a warm welcome at the airport. asserted
he → arrive → airport
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