report in TOLOnews, Nov 18, 2023 at 8:57 PMSeveral religious scholars of Pakistan supported the expulsion of illegal immigrants from this country. During a meeting with Pakistan’s chief of army staff, General Syed Asim Munir, the scholars expressed their concerns about the use of Afghanistan’s territory against Pakistan and asked the current Afghan government to take action in this regard. “The forum unanimously supported Government’s measures to harden the State including repatriation of illegal foreigners,…
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report in Khaama Press online, Nov 4, 2023The organization Reporters Without Borders )RSF) has criticized the actions of the interim Pakistani government in expelling undocumented Afghan migrants from the country, stating that it has also put 200 Afghan journalists at risk of expulsion. In a statement, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed that they have spoken with several journalists who have reported facing extreme violence following the decision by the Pakistani government to expel Afghan…
Reuters report, Nov 1, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will start rounding up and expelling undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of people from neighbouring Afghanistan, on Thursday, the caretaker government’s interior minister said. Islamabad announced the plan earlier this month, saying Afghan nationals had been behind attacks, smuggling and other crimes in its territory. Kabul dismissed the accusations and rights groups protested, asking Pakistan to reconsider. “Only two days are left for a voluntary return,” Sarfraz Bugti…
by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, Oct 17th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday stopped authorities from expelling an Afghanistan-born Danish citizen from Pakistan after the security agencies objected to the renewal of his Pakistan Origin Card (POC). Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, a three-member SC bench also directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the premier intelligence agency, to furnish within a month a report detailing reasons for denial of POC to…
By Noman Hossain in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Around 1.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan face a mass exodus as Islamabad has given them an ultimatum to leave the country by November 1. On October 3, Pakistan’s Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said in a press conference that the government had “given them [Afghan refugees] a November 1 deadline” to leave voluntarily or face “forcible expulsion” after that date. Bugti claimed that some…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 6, 2023The Former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has strongly criticized Pakistan’s widespread expulsion of Afghan refugees, labelling it as inappropriate and inconsistent with the principles of good neighbouring and humanitarian values. Mr. Karzai asserts that Pakistan’s problems are unrelated to Afghanistan and Afghan migrants. Hamid Karzai further emphasizes that this action starkly contrasts Pakistan’s four-decade-long history of extending brotherhood and hospitality to Afghan migrants. He…