islamabad pakistan order 27 international aid group shut work unauthorized areas spur human right campaigners denounce swell constraints free speech humanitarian work ministry interior give 27 ngos 90 days conclude operations accord list see reuters among expel action aid world vision plan international trocaire pathfinder international danish refugee council george soros open society foundations oxfam novib marie stop talal chaudhry pakistan minister state interior affairs tell reuters reason shut ngos work pakistan beyond mandate legal justification decline give specific examples say target ngos spend money administration work say work areas authorize pakistan humanitarian forum phf represent 63 international aid group say ministry issue 11 members letter rejection say appeal reason rejections provide forum say plan international work pakistan since 1997 say support 1.6 million children across pakistan plan say give reason ministry decision would appeal organization hopeful appeal process make possible work vulnerable marginalize children especially girls continue pakistan say statement ngos list respond query reuters also say give reason force shut must reason every ngo reason share organizations say representative one ngo decline identify chaudhry say number ngos country balloon sept. 11 2001 attack unite state many organizations arrive provide humanitarian assistance islamabad ally unite state know global war terror also number ngos use knowingly unknowingly activities conflict pakistan national interest chaudhry say add registration procedures commonplace countries pakistan harden stance towards domestic international ngos recent years require undertake painstaking registration process clear multiple bureaucratic hurdle continue work country 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 january interior ministry order dozen domestic group work women issue human right halt operations move late overturn court pakistan hardly alone crack foreign charities indian prime minister narendra modi government since 2014 tighten surveillance non-profit group say act india national interest thousands foreign-funded charities license cancel misreporting donations china law go effect jan. year grant broad power police question ngo workers monitor finance regulate work shut offices clampdown ngos come number activists disappear year hear reuters estimate least 14 people pick interrogate major urban center include journalists political workers social media activists three members human right commission pakistan hrcp also disappear past year chairperson mehdi hasan tell reuters human right campaigners say crackdown ngos disappearances civil society activists part wide campaign quell free speech signify shrink space free expression activism pakistan diminish tolerance pakistan state saroop ijaz representative pakistan chapter human right watch tell reuters yusuf formerly serve hrcp chairperson say pakistan feel impunity deal right group activists reposition pakistan security state perceive form dissent security challenge yusuf say create lot fear society pakistan close 27 ngos activists see widen crackdown