{"id":7226,"date":"2025-08-30T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=7226"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:40:05","slug":"saudi-envoy-interior-minister-pledge-closer-ties-crackdown-on-begging-mafia-in-saudi-arabia-highlighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/saudi-envoy-interior-minister-pledge-closer-ties-crackdown-on-begging-mafia-in-saudi-arabia-highlighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi envoy, interior minister pledge closer ties; crackdown on \u2018begging mafia\u2019 in Saudi Arabia highlighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Saturday, August 30, 2025 : Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday visited Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki and expressed deep gratitude to the Kingdom for its consistent and brotherly support to Pakistan, particularly during times of tension with India.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Saudi Arabia had always stood firmly by Pakistan \u201cwhether in war or peace,\u201d underscoring the resilience of their bilateral relations over the decades.<\/p>\n<p>The interior minister also briefed the Saudi envoy on Pakistan\u2019s crackdown against organized groups involved in sending people abroad to beg, especially in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He stressed that the government had adopted a strict zero-tolerance policy against the so-called \u201cbegging mafia\u201d to safeguard Pakistan\u2019s reputation and protect the dignity of its citizens working in the Kingdom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ambassador Al-Malki lauded Pakistan\u2019s efforts and reaffirmed Riyadh\u2019s commitment to its \u201cbrotherly and friendly\u201d ties with Islamabad. He emphasized that Saudi Arabia attaches the highest importance to its relationship with Pakistan and looks forward to expanding cooperation across political, social, economic, and security spheres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Saturday, August 30, 2025 : Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday visited Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki and expressed deep gratitude to the Kingdom for its consistent and brotherly support to Pakistan, particularly during times of tension with India. He noted that Saudi Arabia had always stood firmly by Pakistan \u201cwhether in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}