Overview
- Pakistan’s interior minister, who visited the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters in Islamabad on Saturday, ordered a zero-tolerance anti-corruption drive and told officials to finish ongoing construction work quickly.
- He set December 2026 as the cutoff to complete the FIA’s restructuring so the agency can respond faster and handle complex cases more effectively.
- FIA Director General Dr. Usman Anwar said the agency has built a database of human smugglers and their facilitators, with new technology and inter-agency teams being rolled out to target immigration crimes and money laundering.
- Naqvi directed officials to monitor online overseas job ads to block scams and to run public-awareness efforts so job seekers can spot false or risky offers.
- After talks in Rome on illegal migration, Italy, Spain, and Greece praised what they called a 47% drop in irregular arrivals from Pakistan and backed Pakistan’s plan to expand legal migration pathways.