Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Pakistani police have detained 121 Afghan nationals while executing an enforcement operation in Lahore.According to the authorities, 28 out of the 121Afghan nationals were released later as they possessed valid residency documents, while the 93 others were transferred to a holding centre in Lahore, Khaama Press reported.This operation is part of an ongoing nationwide campaign by Pakistan. Islamabad has detained and deported hundreds of thousands of Afghans since late 20…
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Islamabad, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior has ordered the immediate arrest of any Afghan national found living in the country without a valid visa from July 10, local media reported on Monday. In an order issued to the Chief Secretaries of all provinces and the Islamabad Capital Territory, the ministry said that the directive has been issued as per the decisions taken during a review meeting on the Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP) on June 1, the daily Dawn reported….
Geneva, May 2 (IANS) The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed grave concerns over Pakistan’s mass deportation of Afghan refugees, including children, following the adoption of the 2023 Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan, citing the absence of individual assessment of protection needs and risks of refoulement. In its recent findings on Pakistan’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Committee rai…
Quetta, Feb 24 (IANS) At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, leading human rights organisations said on Tuesday.These latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings across the province.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that 33-year-old Ghulam Sarwar, a labourer from Abdullah Bizenjo Goth area in Hub district, was forcibly disappeared from his l…
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Police has intensified its crackdown on undocumented foreigners in Pakistan, with 5,439 illegal Afghan nationals detained in a holding centre in Rawalpindi, local media reported on Thursday. Furthermore, 19 individuals have been reported missing from the centre since the government’s deadline of March 31 last year to leave Pakistan voluntarily expired. The police has stepped up drives against undocumented immigrants in the federal capital territory with action aimed to a…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Senior US lawmakers have warned that lapses in the security screening of Afghan evacuees following the 2021 withdrawal from Kabul could leave the United States vulnerable to further attacks.Participating in a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on border security and immigration, Republican lawmakers accused the Biden administration of misusing humanitarian parole to allow large numbers of Afghan nationals into the United States without proper background checks.Top Re…