KARACHI: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in policing and anti-terror financing, the Pakistani interior ministry said on Friday.
The statement followed a meeting between Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and his Emirati counterpart Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit 2026 in Dubai.
Pakistan and the UAE share close defense, economic, diplomatic and people-to-people relations. The Gulf country is Pakistan’s third-largest trading partner after China and the US, and home to more than 1.5 million Pakistani expatriates.
During their meeting, the Pakistani and the Emirati interior ministers agreed to increase bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest, according to the Pakistani interior ministry.
“Exchange programs will prove beneficial in making practical use of the UAE’s policing system,” the ministry said, citing the two interior ministers.
