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Over 200,000 Afghans leave Pakistan amid deportation drive
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Over 200,000 Afghans have left Pakistan since April amid a government deportation drive. Afghan Citizen Card holders must leave by March 31, 2025, or face deportation. The UN warns rising deportations from Iran and Pakistan strain Afghanistan's fragile systems. Around 3 million Afghans still
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1.3 million Afghan refugees repatriated from Pakistan since November 2023:
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Approximately 1.3 million Afghan refugees have been repatriated by the Pakistan government in a deportation drive launched since November 2023, Parliamentary Secretary Mukhtar Ahmad Malik said.
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Pakistan imposes ban on accommodation, employment for 'illegal' Afghan imm
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan has implemented a ban on offering accommodation, employment, renting properties for business, or allowing hotel stays to Afghan nationals residing in the country illegally, according to a report by ARY News.
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JUI-F chief condemns repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, urges
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Rehman said, "Pakistani authorities are trampling on the human rights of Afghan refugees by hauling them like chattels in vehicles. Islamabad is unhappy over something else but taking revenge on Afghan refugees. This is a sentimental type of
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Pakistan begins deportation of Afghan nationals as ACC deadline expires
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The law enforcement in Pakistan's twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has been instructed to arrest and deport Afghan nationals involved in criminal activities, along with their families, as the Pakistan government's deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country exp
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Pakistan to begin deporting Afghan nationals, ACC holders after March 31 d
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Food and healthcare arrangements were made for Afghans returning to home. The authorities have warned of strict punitive action against them after the deadline. Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has asked Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders, staying in Pakistan, to leave the country by March 31.
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Human rights watchdog Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to the Dawn, citing a statement issued on Wednesday by Amnesty, the organisation criticised Pakistan's March 31 deadline for Afghan refugees to leave, stating that forcibly expelling Afghan nationals--many of whom are asylum seekers--would only worsen their suffering.
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Pakistan: Six killed after roof collapses at Afghan camp in Karachi
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to police, four people were injured in the roof collapse. The impacted family belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu. Authorities have been conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the incident.
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6 die as Afghan camp roof collapses in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The incident occurred in the wee hours of Sunday at the Janjal Goth Afghan Camp in the Gulshan-e-Maymar area, as per ARY News.
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Pakistan asks Afghan nationals to leave country by March 31
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan's Ministry of Interior has asked Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country themselves otherwise, they will be deported from April 1,
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Pakistan starts preparations to launch second phase of repatriation of Afg
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
An official aware of the development said directives have been issued to district administrations and police to expedite the mapping of Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders.
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