report in Khaama Press online, Nov 15, 2023The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern regarding the arbitrary expulsion and mistreatment of Afghan migrants in Pakistan and the destruction of their property. In a statement, Volker Türk stated that from September 15 to November 11, over 327,000 people had entered Afghanistan from Pakistan. He further added that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights had received reports claiming that Afghans while…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 12, 2023 at 10:04 PMThe Afghans who were deported from Pakistan following Islamabad’s deadline for undocumented refugees, said that they are struggling with cold weather. The deportees said that they were forced to leave everything behind in Pakistan and that they are now facing dire conditions. Pari Gul, 80, was living in Pakistan for 40 years. “We have spent 40 years in Pakistan. We have done farming. They have forcefully…
by Kamran Yousaf in The Express Tribune, Nov 13, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s chief diplomat for Afghanistan has alleged that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is under the control of the Afghan Taliban, and that the TTP-Taliban relationship is hurting the bilateral relationship between the two neighbors. “We cannot fathom the fact that the TTP people, who are living in Afghanistan, are under their (Afghan Taliban) control. They are allowed to cross the Pakistan border and conduct…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 8, 2023The United Nations Coordination Office for Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) has reported that over 20,000 Afghan migrants have returned to Afghanistan from the Turkham and Spin Boldak borders within just three days. According to OCHA, more than 60% of these returnees are children. This organization, which is associated with the United Nations, has characterized the condition of the migrants expelled from Pakistan as “heartbreaking” according to…
report in Dawn online, Nov 8, 2023Expressing condolences on the recent wave of terror attacks in Pakistan, including the Mianwali air base assault, the US State Department has affirmed that “no equipment was left behind by American forces during the Afghanistan withdrawal” that could be utilised by terrorists to target Pakistan. The US State Department’s principal deputy spokesperson, Vedant Patel, made this statement during a press briefing on Tuesday, in response to a query regarding…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 06, 2023 at 8:34 PMThousands of Afghans are returning to Afghanistan as Pakistan escalates crackdowns on undocumented refugees to leave, brushing off calls by the UN, rights groups and Western embassies to reconsider expelling over 1.73 million Afghans. The refugees meanwhile complained about mistreatment by Pakistan’s police, saying that their properties have been seized and destroyed. The refugees said that they are hiding from the police to protect themselves from…
report in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2023.In a significant development following the return of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif to the country, former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari engaged in a telephonic conversation with the ex-prime minister on Monday, extending his congratulations on Sharif’s homecoming and pledging their commitment to collaborative efforts aimed at safeguarding the state, as reported by Express News. Sources within the PML-N revealed…
report in The Express Tribune, Nov 5, 2023ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expressed misgivings about what it termed a “nexus” between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the interim government. In a statement on Saturday, PPP Secretary General Syed Nayyer Husain Bukhari sounded the alarm over the affiliation of caretaker federal ministers – Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hasan Fawad –with Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif. He further suggested the governor of Punjab’s links with…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 02, 2023 at 8:59 PMThree thousand families have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Spin Boldak crossing in Kandahar in the last two days following the start of the process of forcible deportation of Afghan immigrants from the country. Local Kandahar officials said that in addition to providing first aid, they also established the framework for the repatriates’ transfer back to their respective provinces. “A total of 2,500 to…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 2, 2023According to an American Media outlet, around 25,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have immigration cases and are waiting for approval of their U.S. visas to avoid being deported. According to Voice of America’s report, 25,000 individuals in Pakistan are eagerly awaiting relocation to the United States, and the U.S. authorities’ plan to prevent their deportation by Pakistan has been rejected. While Pakistan’s deadline for…
Illegal immigrants
Edit in Business Recorder, Nov 7, 2023Human rights outfits and aid agencies who are up in arms about the government’s decision to expel all illegal immigrants need to remember two very important points. One, the order is limited to illegal residents only, who have been living in Pakistan in violation of both local and international law. That does not in any way mean that the process of their deportation should be disrespectful, of course, but…