report in The Express Tribune, Nov 2, 2023The government on Wednesday began rounding up undocumented foreigners, most of them illegal Afghans refugees, in all parts of the country after a midnight deadline for them to leave the country expired. The removal of the people to temporary holding centres began a day earlier than previously announced. Moreover, the interior ministry said 140,322 people had already left voluntarily. Afghans made up the bulk of those to have…
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by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, November 1st, 2023ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: Although the government-mandated deadline for foreigners illegally residing in Pakistan to leave the country, voluntarily, technically expired at Tuesday midnight, officials across the country suggested that action against those who refused to leave would begin in earnest within the next 24 hours. Talking to reporters in the capital, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on Tuesday that the government’s crackdown against stragglers would begin…