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"New visa module for Afghan nationals, people can apply in six categories"
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India has recently resumed issuing visas to Afghan nationals after a four-year hiatus, following the Taliban's takeover in August 2021. This move allows Afghan nationals to apply for various visa categories, including student, business, medical, medical attendant, entry, and UN diplomat v
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Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, det
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379 officially reported new cases of enforced disappearance, two extrajudicial killings of persons suspected of blasphemy and 4,864 staged po
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Pakistan imposes ban on accommodation, employment for 'illegal' Afghan imm
Updated : 11 months 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 : 11 months 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: 1458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards deported from Khyber
Updated : 11 months ago IST
As many as 1,458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards were repatriated from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Afghanistan through the Torkham border.
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At least 5,236 Afghan nationals repatriated through Torkham border: Pakist
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Of those repatriated, 3,865 Afghan nationals voluntarily reached Landi Kotal transit camp, according to the officials. In addition, 107 Afghan nationals apprehended in Punjab were taken to Torkham for deportation.
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UN experts urge Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations, warn of rights viola
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to immediately stop the mass deportation and forced return of Afghan nationals, warning of serious rights violations amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They called on Islamabad to uphold international obligations and protect vulnerabl
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Pakistan begins deportation of Afghan nationals as ACC deadline expires
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks 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 : 11 months, 2 weeks 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 : 11 months, 3 weeks 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 asks Afghan nationals to leave country by March 31
Updated : 1 year 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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Pak wants to extradite all Afghan refugees from Islamabad, Rawalpindi: Afg
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The embassy issued a strongly worded statement, saying Afghan nationals in both cities have been subjected to arrests, searches and orders from the police to leave and relocate to other parts of Pakistan, as per Al Jazeera.
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