ISLAMABAD, 04 July (TON): Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that 40 per cent work on fencing along the Pakistan-Iran border had been completed.

Addressing a public meeting outside his secretariat, Lal Haveli, in connection with Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, the minister said “peace and progress in Pakistan were linked with stability in Afghanistan.”

He said that 88pc work on fencing along the border with Afghanistan had been completed and Pakistan wanted to give a message to the Afghan foreign minister that it wanted peace in the region.

He said “Pakistan would not allow using its land against any country and Prime Minister Imran Khan had already announced that he would not give its airbases to the United States.

He added “Imran Khan wanted to make the country stronger and bring it out of all crises.”

Says FATF retained Pakistan on grey list because it’s a nuclear state.

He further said “despite implementing all recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), except one, it has decided to keep Pakistan on its grey list because Pakistan is a nuclear state.”