Concern about aid group crackdown

Western nations, including the United States and European countries, have expressed “serious concerns” to Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan about a crackdown on aid groups, diplomats said.

At least 18 aid agencies, most of them working on human rights issues, were ordered to leave Pakistan in recent months after being refused registration. The countries have written a letter saying the groups did not get an explanation for why the government wanted them out. (Reuters)