Pakistan has ruled out any extension the March 31 deadline for the expulsion of Afghan nationals residing illegally in the country. The decision came at a meeting held at the interior ministry in Islamabad on Thursday, The News International reported, citing unnamed sources. The newspaper said the federal government had decided to strictly enforce the More

Nearly 9,000 migrants died on long migration routes across the world last year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says. In a new report, the IOM said 8,938 migrants lost their lives on migration routes in 2024 — the deadliest year for migrants. The data collected by the organisation  shows that 8,747 migrants had died More

Pakistan has reaffirmed its firm stance on the deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders and undocumented foreigners to leave the country, dismissing concerns raised by United Nations agencies about the repatriation process. “There is no change in the deadline,” said Foreign Office spokesman Shafqat Ali Khan during a weekly media briefing, Dawn.com reported. Pakistan More

There is no list barring the resettlement of Afghans who worked with American forces in the United States, says the State Department. The transfer of such individuals to the US remained Washington’s policy, a spokesperson for the State Department told a media briefing on Monday. On March 15, Reuters reported that the Trump administration was More

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has voiced his resentment at the treatment being meted out to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. “Afghan refugees have been humiliated,” the chief minister claimed, while taking a dig at the federal government’s policy towards the migrants. Gandapur told a news conference here on Sunday refugee should not be More

An Afghan couple has been gunned down in the Sohrab Goth area of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. Police said Mohammed Azam, 50, and Gul Bibi, 40, were shot dead inside their house in Afghan Camp neighbourhood on Wednesday. A lone gunman entered the house and killed the couple, whose bodies were taken to the More

At least 181 people, including women, have been missing after two boats capsized in waters off Yemen, says the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). The boats carrying more than 180 migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen’s Dhubab district in Ta’iz Governorate on Thursday, IOM said in a statement on Friday. Two crewmembers were rescued, but More

The Afghan consul general in Pakistan’s Karachi city says 12 refugees have been released from different jails in Sindh province. In a video clip, Consul General Abdul Jabbar Takhari said the released individuals returned to their homeland vial the Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing. A small number of Afghans were still imprisoned in Sindh and efforts were More

In line with its repatriation campaign, the Pakistan government has asked Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders to leave the country by March 31. The Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Programme (IFRP) is being enforced since November 1, 2023, says the Interior Ministry. In a statement on Friday, the ministry said: “In continuation of the government’s decision to More

About 132 Afghan nationals have been flown on a charter flight from Pakistan to Germany, a media report said on Thursday. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported another 25 Afghan citizens, who were supposed to be shifted to Germany on the same flight, were not allowed to fly due to flaws in their documents. The report explained: More