Stay updated with breaking news from Feroz Jamal. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday were set to open a series of centres across the country to begin processing hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans ahead of mass deportations. A spokesman for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government said holding centres where Afghans would be held for one or two days for processing, would open from November 1.
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan faced the threat of detention and deportation on Wednesday, as a government deadline for them to leave sparked a mass exodus.
Police have already begun raiding communities and detaining Afghans, with lawyers reporting indiscriminate arrests and extortion.
TORKHAM: Maroza Bibi and her children are among hundreds of Afghans waiting at the Pakistani border, hurriedly leaving a country she has called home for decades in fear of arrest.Islamabad has...
Police have already begun raiding communities and detaining Afghans, with lawyers reporting indiscriminate arrests and extortion.