Sultan Afridi News Today

Thousands of illegal migrants, including Pakistanis, take the risky land route through Balochistan to reach the West.

Although the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has not resulted, so far, in the kind of massive refugee influx that Pakistan feared, thousands of refugees are still willing to brave harsh uncertainties in Balochistan’s remote lands to find their way, eventually, to safety in Iran or Europe. But what do they hope awaits them on the other side?

ABDUL Ghaffar, a Tehsildar (local official), was recently posted to Nushki, a town south-west of Quetta.

Some guesstimates put number of illegal immigrants handed over by Iranian authorities every year to Pakistan at 10,000-12,000.