Islamabad, September 26: Pakistan is set to replace India in the Interpol’s executive committee, elections for which will be held next month.
The director-general of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Tariq Khosa, would be the country’s candidate for one of the two seats allotted to Asia in the committee. Khosa confirmed that he was Pakistan’s nominee for the seat.
The terms of India and Korea, the current members representing Asia in the committee, end in October.
The executive committee of the Interpol has 13 members, including the president, three vice-presidents and nine delegates. While the president is elected for four years, vice-presidents and members are elected for three years each.
For the next term, Pakistan, Japan and Qatar are contesting for the two Asian seats, and the prospects of Pakistan getting in are bright.
Sources in the government said a Pakistani delegation attending the 78th meeting of Interpol’s general assembly would be led by interior minister Rehman Malik. He is also likely to meet his Indian counterpart P Chidambaram on the occasion, their first meeting after the 26/11 terror strikes on Mumbai.
The executive committee of Interpol meets three times a year, usually in March, July and immediately before the general assembly meeting. Its role, in accordance with article 22 of its constitution, is to supervise the execution of the decisions of the general assembly.
–Agencies–