{"id":60246,"date":"2026-02-25T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=60246"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:43:45","slug":"pakistan-italy-to-cooperate-in-combating-narcotics-human-traficking-illegal-immigration-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-italy-to-cooperate-in-combating-narcotics-human-traficking-illegal-immigration-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Italy to Cooperate in Combating Narcotics, Human Traficking, Illegal Immigration, Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60248\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Italy-Visa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Italy-Visa.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pakistan-Italy-Visa-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Rome\/ Italy : 24 Feb 2026 &#8211; \u200eFederal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, in Rome. During the meeting, both sides reviewed internal security cooperation between Pakistan and Italy, as well as measures to curb illegal immigration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eThe Italian Interior Minister stated that, in order to promote legal migration, Italy will issue 10,500 work visas for Pakistan\u2019s skilled labor force. At the request of Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, holders of Pakistani diplomatic passports will be granted visa exemption for Italy. The Italian Interior Minister recalled that this matter had been raised in a previous meeting regarding visa exemption for diplomatic passport holders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eThe two ministers also discussed enhancing cooperation in combating narcotics trafficking, human smuggling, and terrorism. Both sides appreciated the ongoing measures to prevent illegal immigration and human smuggling.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eInterior Minister Mohsin Naqvi briefed his counterpart on the effective steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to curb illegal immigration. He highlighted that strict monitoring at airports and maritime borders has led to a significant reduction in illegal immigration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eThe Italian Interior Minister praised the effective policies of Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Interior in addressing illegal immigration. He further commended the achievements of Pakistani institutions in tackling illegal immigration, human smuggling, and drug trafficking.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eBoth sides agreed to enhance mutual cooperation to promote legal migration. The Italian Interior Minister reaffirmed Italy\u2019s readiness to expand cooperation with Pakistan in areas of shared interest.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200eDuring the meeting, officers of the Punjab Police briefed the participants on the utility and effectiveness of the Police Khidmat Markaz Global initiative, which was highly appreciated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200e<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u200ePakistan\u2019s Ambassador to Italy, Ali Javed, Director General FIA Dr. Usman Anwar, Managing Director Punjab Safe City Authority, Ahsan Younas and senior police officers Abid Khan and Sohail Chaudhry were also present on the occasion.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome\/ Italy : 24 Feb 2026 &#8211; \u200eFederal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, in Rome. During the meeting, both sides reviewed internal security cooperation between Pakistan and Italy, as well as measures to curb illegal immigration. \u200e \u200eThe Italian Interior Minister stated that, in order to promote legal migration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[388,493,210,338,48,8098,142],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60249,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60246\/revisions\/60249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}