Pak Afghan Ties
Over 7,000 more voluntarily return to Afghanistan via Torkham, Angoor Adda; 168,000 immigrants have left via KP since mid-Sept.
Updated 05 Nov, 2023 10:29am
Afghan government sets up temporary transit camps for deportees; UN agencies call for protection of refugee families seeking safety in Pakistan.
Updated 03 Nov, 2023 06:50pm
Living there has never been an option for me. I will come back on a valid visa,” says Younas.
Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:58am
Around 80 illegal Afghan nationals will be handed over to KP police at Swabi interchange today for transportation to Torkham border.
Updated 03 Nov, 2023 11:15am
Authorities on the Afghan side of the border have been overwhelmed by the scale of the exodus.
Updated 02 Nov, 2023 09:06pm
More than 500 patients examined in two days at Torkham camp.
Updated 02 Nov, 2023 10:35am
Prisoners among 7,300 Afghan nationals deported via Torkham; Taliban govt terms policy "cruel".
Updated 02 Nov, 2023 07:43am
Say govt's move to expel illegal immigrants "obviously targeted at millions of Afghan refugees" compelled to live in Pakistan.
Published 01 Nov, 2023 10:42pm
Taliban govt calls for more time in deadline as authorities across the border overwhelmed; FM Jilani terms concerns "huge misperception".
Updated 01 Nov, 2023 09:43pm
Deadline for voluntary return of foreigners expires tonight but hundreds of people still in process of leaving.
Updated 31 Oct, 2023 08:20am
Statement in response to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calling on govt to "suspend forcible returns of Afghan nationals".
Published 30 Oct, 2023 01:21pm
Interior minister says process of deportation for such people would begin anywhere between one to four weeks.
Updated 30 Oct, 2023 07:42am
Police have already begun raiding communities and detaining Afghans, with lawyers reporting indiscriminate arrests and extortion.
Updated 28 Oct, 2023 10:57am
Punjab government identifies 33,000 illegal foreign residents; sites picked for temporary "holding centres" in KP, Punjab and Balochistan.
Updated 28 Oct, 2023 10:04am
Caretaker minister says immigrants who procured fake ID cards will be expelled in next phase, warns their "local facilitators" of action.
Updated 27 Oct, 2023 08:21am
Around 3,000 Afghans were evacuated two years ago to be provided residence in the UK.
Published 27 Oct, 2023 07:21am
GB, Balochistan govts warn "illegal foreigners" to leave before Nov 1; Quetta corps commander meets tribal elders.
Updated 27 Oct, 2023 07:33am
Going back to Kabul means "certain death", folk singer fears; 141 Afghan artists have moved PHC against govt's decision to expel illegal immigrants.
Updated 27 Oct, 2023 10:45am
Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti says govt has "complete know-how" of where such individuals are residing.
Updated 26 Oct, 2023 04:51pm
For starters, the deadline must be pushed ahead to allow Afghans enough time to leave with dignity.
Updated 26 Oct, 2023 09:20am
Nine-member team includes members from IB, MI, ISI; committee passes “The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023”.
Updated 26 Oct, 2023 07:51am
Number of refugees worldwide jumps 1.2m in just six months; record 114m people displaced globally by end of September.
Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:57am
Rebuffs notion that there is any ethnic angle to the issue, says no proposal at the moment to extend deadline.
Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:11pm
Police detain 27 Afghan nationals.
Updated 25 Oct, 2023 10:39am
Meeting held between the border authorities of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:29am
Govt's apex committee decided last week that any crossing at the Afghan border will require a valid passport and visa from Nov 1.
Updated 22 Oct, 2023 08:31am
Balochistan information minister says there are approximately 1.3m illegal Afghan nationals residing throughout the country.
Updated 19 Oct, 2023 10:09am
The precarity experienced by Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan has risen alarmingly in the last year.
Updated 15 Oct, 2023 06:10pm
Says the state will keep fighting TTP for 100 years, assures of a "rationalised policy" for expulsion of undocumented immigrants.
Published 13 Oct, 2023 10:19pm
Pakistan, due to its own national security, economic and political crises, is no more in a position to sustain millions.
Updated 13 Oct, 2023 09:28am
