Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) A 15-member Afghan family, including minor children, were detained by law enforcement agencies in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi as authorities continued their crackdown against illegal Afghan nationals, local media reported on Wednesday. Sources said more than 5,673 illegal Afghans have been repatriated to Afghanistan since the deadline for voluntary return has ended. The law enforcement agencies have been asked to maintain accurate, comprehensive and consolidated data of all …
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Kabul, April 15 (IANS) Police in Pakistan’s Quetta has arrested over 20 landlords and shop owners for renting properties to undocumented Afghan migrants, local media reported on Wednesday. The crackdown launched on Tuesday targetted those who “violated rental laws”, with cases lodged against those arrested under existing legal provisions governing housing and foreign residency, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.Hundreds of undocumented Afghans were identified and arrested d…
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Members of the transgender community in Pakistan’s Faisalabad have expressed concerns over the discrimination and the non-implementation of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018, especially the failure to implement the three per cent job quota in government and semi-government institutions, local media reported on Wednesday. A Victim Support Officer at a Police Service Center, Dr Farri, said that individuals from transgender community continue to face …
London, Jan 28 (IANS) Violence against the transgender community has surged in Pakistan, a report stated on Wednesday while highlighting the recent attack on Bindiya Rana. Rana was attacked at her home while she was having tea with Zehrish Khanzadi, another trans woman who works for the Gender Alliance Interactive (GIA), an organisation that advocates for transgender rights.”Within seconds of Rana unlocking the door remotely from the kitchen, three shots rang out. The men fled and she narrowly e…