South Asia Partnership Pakistan has been stopped from operating in Layyah district of Punjab.
According to notification, an nongovernmental organization (NGO) South Asia Partnership Pakistan has been asked to stopped from operating in Layyah district of Punjab due to its ‘anti-state agenda’.
The notification issued by District officer Social welfare and Bait ul Maal, Layyah said “It has been informed by the Ministry of Interior, Islamabad that reportedly South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK) has been observed working in south Punjab pursuing anti-state agenda alleging armed forces/LEAs for harassment of workers and curtailing freedom of action of NGOs/INGOs,”
“Towards this purpose the NGO prepared a shadow report of sharing with UN Human Rights Commission presenting a very bleak picture of human rights situation in Pakistan forgetting directly the measures taken in context of NAP and operation Zarb-e-Azab,” the government letter said.
South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK) is the only South Asian NGO working in Pakistan.
