Islamabad [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): The Pakistan authorities on Friday doubled down on its coverage to evict all unlawful immigrants, together with round 1.7 million Afghan refugees, from the nation. The authorities mentioned the choice was according to worldwide practices, Dawn reported.

Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper.

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As Pakistan’s legislation enforcement companies have continued their crackdown on folks they name ‘unlawful aliens’, a sizeable variety of households have been crossing the border into Afghanistan over the previous week.

Pakistan caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani: “No country allows illegal people to live in their country whether it is Europe, whether it is countries in Asia, in our neighbourhood.”

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Jilani made the remarks throughout an interview with Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV on the sidelines of a discussion board in Tibet.

“So, accordingly this is in line with the international practice that we have taken this decision.”

Pakistan’s determination to ask unlawful immigrants to go away the nation by October 31 or face forcible expulsion has drawn criticism from inside and with out, with organisations equivalent to UNHCR and Amnesty International calling on the federal government to rethink its plans. The Taliban authorities in Kabul has additionally expressed its reservations over the transfer, as per Dawn.

Jilani in the course of the interview mentioned: “Whenever there was any problem, people would immigrate to Pakistan, take refuge in Pakistan.”

“But now I think it has been more than 40 years, so the government of Pakistan has taken a decision,” he mentioned, noting that the scenario in Afghanistan had stabilised.

The caretaker overseas minister mentioned Pakistan had been discussing the migrant subject with Afghanistan “for a very long time” and known as on worldwide humanitarian companies to assist with the method.

Meanwhile, caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi whereas talking to reporters on Friday night, known as on all overseas nationals illegally residing in Punjab to depart voluntarily, saying that provincial authorities had collected preliminary information on overseas residents.

He was stern in his warning, saying that any foreigner discovered staying unlawfully within the province wouldn’t be permitted to stay, and confused that unlawful immigrants ought to go away Punjab of their very own accord. In case they did not, he cautioned, a complete crackdown would ensue, as per Dawn. (ANI)

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