Saudi Arabian authorities disclosed that they’ve efficiently retrieved over 12,000 Pakistani passports from Afghan nationals, Specific Information reported.
In keeping with particulars, authorities in Riyadh have knowledgeable Islamabad in regards to the matter which has raised questions on the efficiency of nationwide establishments.
Sources disclosed that these spurious passports had been allegedly procured by Afghan residents by way of a number of passport centres working inside Pakistan.
The Ministry of Inside has constituted a high-level committee devoted to scrutinising the matter.
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Comprising representatives from the Inside Ministry, the Federal Investigation Company (FIA), and delicate businesses, the committee’s mandate encompasses the identification of people concerned within the issuance of pretend passports and the compilation of a listing of these concerned.
Subsequent authorized proceedings might be initiated towards these people in accordance with the nation’s legal guidelines, the sources added.
The event follows the federal government’s issuance of an ultimatum, instructing all unlawful international residents in Pakistan to depart the nation by the tip of October.
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The transfer prompted the Human Rights Fee of Pakistan (HRCP) to take exceptions with regard to Afghan profiling with “slim view of nationwide safety”.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of States and Frontier Areas (SAFRON) stated that the Afghan nationals staying legally in Pakistan will neither be harassed nor arrested.
Final week, the evacuation of Afghan residents residing illegally in Pakistan commenced, with 16 vans transporting 20 households arriving on the Torkham border. As soon as authorized necessities are met, these 20 households, comprising 350 folks, might be allowed to enter Afghanistan.
Islamabad has hosted thousands and thousands of refugees for many years and at one level 5 million Afghan refugees had been residing in Pakistan. Some estimates urged that there have been nonetheless near 4 million Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan. Nonetheless, the depend of people possessing legitimate refugee playing cards, as per official information, is significantly decrease.