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Govt set to appeal verdict in NAB tweaks case

by Nasir Iqbal in Dawn, October 13th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The federal government has, in the wake of top judiciary’s verdict upholding the Practice and Procedure Act 2023, decided to challenge the Supreme Court’s Sept 15 ruling in which it had declared as illegal the amended National Accountability Ordinance (NAO). Talking to Dawn, Attor­ney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan said the appeal is likely to be moved early next week. Permission may also be sought…

‘Illegal’ Afghans to be housed in Karachi, Sukkur for deportation:

By Imtiaz Ali Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2023KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to set up ‘housing facilities’ in Karachi and Sukkur to lodge illegal Afghan immigrants before their deportation, it emerged on Thursday. Sources told Dawn that a meeting, held here at the Sindh home department on Thursday, decided to form a high-level committee comprising officials of civil and military representatives to oversee repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees from Sindh. The sources said…

‘External factors’ seen behind fake CNICs to aliens

by Iftikhar A. Khan | Kalbe Ali in Dawn, October 12th, 2023• Nadra chief tells Senate body illegal residents succeed in becoming part of native family trees by offering bribes• PTA, FIA raid franchise selling SIMs to Afghans ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority on Wednesday told a Senate panel that some Nadra staff and external factors were involved in the issuance of fake CNICs to aliens. “Additionally, illegal…

Wardag supports govt’s policy on illegal Afghans:

Report in The News, October 09, 2023LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Istiqlal President Rehmat Khan Wardag has supported the government’s policy of sending illegal Afghans back to their country, saying peace and order in Pakistan can be restored only when illegal aliens living here are sent to their respective countries. Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Tehreek-e-Istaqlal Central President said that the incompetent rulers in 1978 did not contain the Afghans, who had left their country and taken refuge…

Only illegal immigrants to be deported: Pakistan

by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges con­fronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all il­legal immigrants including Af­ghan refugees to leave the coun­try or face forceful expulsion. The government took the deci­sion after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Af­ghan nationals. According to a statement re­leased…

Islamabad, Kabul discuss peace amid strained ties

by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…

Joint panel starts working on Afghan deportation plan

By Shakeel Anjum in The News, October 07, 2023ISLAMABAD: A joint committee has started working on the deportation implementation plan (DIP) and is compiling data on the legal and illegal immigrants living in Pakistan, sources in the interior ministry confided to this correspondent. The committee comprises representatives from the Afghan Commissionerate, interior ministry of Pakistan, provinces, FIA, IB, police and Pakistan Administrative Service and other relevant institutions. The committee would deal with the deportation of…

Afghan artists in Quetta protest against possible expulsion

report in Dawn, October 6th, 2023QUETTA: Afghan musicians, singers and artists staged a protest in front of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees office, expressing serious concerns over Pakistan’s decision to expel illegal foreign nationals, including those from Afghanistan. They were carrying musical instruments, banners and placards as they chanted slogans. When contacted by Dawn, Humera Karim, an official of the UNHCR Quetta office, confirmed a group of Afghan artists had gathered to express their…

Only illegal immigrants to be deported: Pakistan

by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges con­fronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all il­legal immigrants including Af­ghan refugees to leave the coun­try or face forceful expulsion. The government took the deci­sion after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Af­ghan nationals. According to a statement re­leased…

Islamabad, Kabul discuss peace amid strained ties

by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan foreign ministers met in Tibet on Thursday amid tensions as the Foreign Office clarified that the crackdown against illegal immigrants was not against a particular nationality. As tensions deepened between the two neighbours, caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani met his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi in China’s Tibet Autonomous region. Both were there to attend an international conference. A brief statement…

Pakistan to deport 1.1 million Afghan refugees

by Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, Oct3, 2023The Pakistani government announced on Monday that it is deporting 1.1 million illegal immigrants from the country. According to the state news agency Associated Press Pakistan, this decision includes “Afghans with residence permits.” According to Pakistani media outlets, the deportation plan will be implemented in three stages. In the first stage, all undocumented immigrants will be deported, and in the subsequent stages, Afghan immigrants with residence permits will…