Karachi: During a news conference, the Interior Minister, Sarfraz Bugti, announced a deadline of November 1 for individuals residing in the country illegally to depart. He stated that after this date, “all law enforcement agencies would deport them.”
Around 1.3 million Afghans are registered refugees in Pakistan, and 880,000 more have legal status to remain, according to the latest United Nations figures. Last day, Pakistan revealed that there are approximately 1.73 million Afghan migrants residing in the country without legal recognition or permission. Furthermore, Pakistan has issued a warning of potential forced expulsion of Afghan refugees if they do not depart the country by November 1. Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Sarafaraz Bugti, claimed Afghan nationals were responsible for 14 of the 24 suicide attacks in Pakistan since January.
The Taliban has firmly rejected all claims made by Pakistan. Pakistan’s stance towards Afghan refugees is entirely unacceptable, said Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul. Pakistan should reconsider this decision. Afghan refugees bear no responsibility for Pakistan’s security problems. “As long as they leave Pakistan voluntarily, that country should tolerate them,” Mujahid said on X, formerly Twitter.
Following a meeting of army chiefs to assess the law and order situation, Pakistan has adopted a position against Afghan tenants. Pakistan has accused Afghan nationals of being involved in two suicide bombings that resulted in the deaths of 57 people in Pakistan recently.
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