The federal government has made the significant decision to deport 1.1 million Afghan refugees who have illegally resided in Pakistan.
Pakistan send back million Afghan refugees: Despite the absence of an official declaration, the sources claimed that the choice was based on a summary that the interior ministry had distributed.
According to the reports, the interior ministry developed the strategy after consulting with all relevant parties, including the Afghan government.
The authorities will implement the repatriation plan in phases, starting with Afghans who are illegally residing in Pakistan and whose visas have not been extend. The second step will target Afghans who still hold Afghan citizenship, while the third stage will focus on Afghans who have residency documents.
According to the authorities, they discovered that the unlawful Afghan refugees were allegedly engaging in terrorism and drug trafficking in Pakistan.