Pakistan has repatriated over half a million foreign nationals who had been living illegally in the country in just three months, the country’s interior ministry has told the Senate.
A major deportation drive was announced by the Pakistani government in October last year, telling migrants living in the country without the required documents proving they were authorized to do so they must go home by the end of the month.
The interior ministry estimated around 1.73 million Afghan nationals had no right to reside in Pakistan and warned they would be tracked down, detained, and forcibly removed from its territory should they not comply with the request voluntarily.
Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti cited the fact that a majority of suicide bombings that occurred in 2023 were carried out by Afghan nationals — 14 of the 24 recorded attacks.
The Pakistani government revealed that 14 of the 24 suicide bombings carried out in the country so far this year were by Afghan nationals
“There are no two opinions that we are attacked from within Afghanistan and Afghan nationals are involved in attacks on us. We have given them a Nov. 1 deadline,” he told journalists last year.
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