Afghan nationals who don’t have any authorized paperwork to remain or these holding Afghan Citizen Playing cards had been warned by Islamabad to return dwelling or face deportation by March 31, a deadline which was then prolonged to April 30.
The April 30 deadline is ultimate, Talal Chaudhry, an inside ministry adviser instructed a press convention in Islamabad, underlining that solely these Afghans who maintain legitimate visas to be in Pakistan could be allowed to remain.
The repatriation drive is a part of a marketing campaign known as the Unlawful Foreigners Repatriation Plan launched in late 2023.
Pakistan has previously blamed militant assaults and crimes on Afghan residents, who type the most important migrant group within the nation. Afghanistan has rejected the accusations, and has termed the repatriation as pressured deportation.
Chaudhry was talking only a day earlier than Pakistan’s International Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to steer a high-powered delegation for talks in Kabul. “The talks will cowl your entire gamut of the Pakistan-Afghan relationship, specializing in methods and means to deepen cooperation in all areas of mutual pursuits, together with safety, commerce, connectivity, and people-to-people ties,” a overseas workplace assertion mentioned. Pakistani authorities say they’ve arrange non permanent centres in varied cities to deal with the Afghan nationals earlier than transporting them to the Torkham border crossing in northwest Pakistan.
