islamabad pakistan tell least 10 foreign-funded aid group close umbrella agency say wednesday include charity found hedge fund billionaire philanthropist george soros group say pakistan toughen stance towards domestic international non-governmental group recent years accuse use work cover espionage january order dozen group work women issue human right halt operations representative pakistan humanitarian forum phf represent 63 international aid group say ministry interior issue 10 members letter rejection mean applications register reject forum identify 10 group two international group pakistani branch soros charity open society foundations actionaid say tell close obviously find happen disappoint surprise urgently seek clarification executive director open society pakistani office saba khattak say statement group spend 37 million grant relief assistance pakistan since 2005 say interior ministry respond request comment however ministry letter one 10 group see reuters say registration application deny wind operations/activities say ingo within 60 days ministry say letter give reason group stop work ministry list 139 international non-governmental organizations ingo website submit registration applications 72 still process list whose applications deny lengthy ingo registration process provide information document require confident comply necessary rule regulations actionaid country director iftikhar nizami say statement year medical charity medecins sans frontieres order stop work three facilities violence-plagued ethnic pashtun areas border afghanistan although interior ministry list group approve ingo save children aid group fell afoul government 2011 link pakistani doctor recruit cia help hunt lead kill al qaeda militant leader osama bin lade town abbottabad save children foreign staff expel pakistan soon accusations surface 1,000 local staff continue operate charity deny link doctor cia pakistan order george soros foundation aid group close