Amnesty calls Pakistan’s Afghan deportation plan ‘Unlawful’

In an open letter addressed to PM Shehbaz Sharif, Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of the global human rights...

Pakistani forces shut Afghan refugee camps in Balochistan

Camps in Loralai, Gardi Jungle, Saranan, Zhob, Qala-e-Saifullah, Pishin, and Muslim Bagh have been affected.

UNHCR expresses concern over widespread return of Afghan refugees

UNHCR head in Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, said that the country is not well prepared to receive this influx of...

Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge for resumption of USRAP

Afghan refugees in Pakistan have urged the US to resume the USRAP resettlement program, noting that the delays have...

Pakistan delays deadline to deport Afghans due to Eid holidays

The Pakistani government initially set a deadline of March 31 for Afghans with specific documentation to leave the...

Human rights watchdog Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan depor

According to the Dawn, citing a statement issued on Wednesday by Amnesty, the organisation criticised Pakistan's...

Afghanistan presses for resolution of migrants issue

Taliban's acting minister of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs has called for decisions regarding the migrants...

Amnesty International laments Pak over Afghan refugee deportation

In October last year the Pakistani administration had announced 'Illegal Foreigners' Repatriation Plan' which stated...

Pakistan grants extension of residency for Afghan refugees

The caretaker government of Pakistan reportedly approved the extension of residency for 1.3 million undocumented...

Pakistan: Over 260,000 immigrants leave for Afghanistan via KP

Over 260,000 illegal Afghan immigrants have left Pakistan for Afghanistan using the border crossings in Khyber...

Pak: PTM appeals to UN for immediate release of Manzoor Pashteen

In a letter penned to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the PTM has "strongly condemned the abortive...

At UNHRC, activists condemn inhumane treatment of Afghan refugee

Activists of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Europe staged a protest outside the United Nations Human Rights...