Pakistan has accelerated the process of geotagging and tracking illegal Afghan migrants in the country, and a survey has also been issued for their return home.
On Tuesday, Acting Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said Pakistan had given a November 1 deadline for foreigners living in the country illegally.
His statement came after the national apex committee meeting in which important decisions were taken regarding the law and order situation in the country.
Significant progress has been made in this regard and a survey has been conducted to track and return illegally residing Afghan nationals.
Punjab
A recent Punjab Fourth Program mapping by police and security institutions has identified 2,291 trained Afghan extremists, while 541 people released from Afghan jails have also been included in the watch list.
According to police records, the number of cardholders and registered Afghans documented in Punjab exceeds 275,000, while there are no records of overstayers or illegal Afghan residents. Of them, 88,295 are holders of Afghan citizen cards, while 186,904 have a registration card.
According to Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr. Usman Anwar, they were trying to systematically repatriate illegal Afghans as per government policy.
In exclusive conversation with same tv, the IGP said terrorism cannot be attributed to any country and added that the suicide bombers, their financiers and their masterminds must be arrested. Neighbors could not be changed, while cardholders and illegal residents would be dealt with according to the law.
Karachi
On the other hand, it has been decided to take strong action against Afghan migrants residing illegally in Karachi.
According to sources, a major operation will be launched against illegal Afghan migrants, in which the details of migrants living in the slums will be checked.
According to a police report, there are one million Afghans in Sindh, most of whom live in Karachi.
Sources say that the major operation in Karachi will be based on information and that Afghans who arrived illegally in Pakistan will be deported. In this regard, sensitive institutions, police and Federal Investigation Agency officials will share information.
The presence of those immigrants in possession of an immigration card, the reasons and details will also be checked.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KP authorities are also collecting data on unregistered Afghans, according to which the number of registered Afghan residents in the province is 700,000 and Afghan citizenship card holders are 650,000.
According to estimates provided by the authorities, there are 500,000 unregistered Afghans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while 26 Afghans were arrested by the police this year for street crimes, 28 Afghans were found allegedly involved in murders and a large number of 331 were arrested during involvement in drug trafficking.
Balochistan
Furthermore, the number of registered Afghan refugees in Balochistan is 327,224 and the proportion of unregistered Afghan refugees is 14.3%.
According to the commissioner of Afghan Refugees in Quetta, most of the refugees are settled in residential areas outside the refugee camps. A large number of refugees do business with the national identity card and the OPF.
Five centers for the registration of Afghan refugees have been established across Balochistan, including the provincial capital Quetta.
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