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UK home secretary calls on FM Qureshi

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ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom’s (UK) home secretary Sajid Javid called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office in Islamabad on Monday.

Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi was also present during the meeting.

“FM received British Home Secretary Sajid Javid at the Foreign Office today. FM and British Home Secretary deliberated on cooperation in areas of mutual interest, including regional security, counter terrorism, asset recovery, organized crime & money laundering,” Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said in a tweet.

 It is pertinent to mention here that British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid as the country’s new home secretary earlier this year.

Sajid Javid is a Member of Parliament (MP) from Bromsgrove, and was previously the Secretary of State for housing, communities and local government.

Javid is the first minority politician to hold one of Britain’s four top government jobs. He is the the son of a Pakistani bus driver who immigrated to the UK in the 1960s.

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