Afghan govt seeks extension in stay of refugees in Pakistan

[Imad.Khan]

I wish we could make these refugees citizens of Pakistan. The whole problem would be solved easily.
If only we could filter the good ones from the bad.

Are you serious, you want to give citizenship to people that hate you. why don't we give citizenship to all the indians and isrealis as well

 

[Arsalan]

@A-Team
Just thought your feedback or response to this will be a good read.

 

[A-Team]

@A-Team
Just thought your feedback or response to this will be a good read.

Wrong policy of Afghanistan and the NUG should ask for the return of the refugees asap like yesterday. They have already been there long enough.

 

[Arsalan]

Wrong policy of Afghanistan and the NUG should ask for the return of the refugees asap like yesterday. They have already been there long enough.

what about this "policy"
https://defence.pk/threads/add-paki...states-afghan-mps-urge-united-nations.432740/

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

http://www.dawn.com/news/1261597/afghan-govt-seeks-extension-in-stay-of-refugees-in-pakistan

PESHAWAR: The Afghan government has formally requested Pakistan to give four years extension to 1.5 million registered refugees to legalise their stay till 2020.

“The legal stay of the registered Afghans will expire by the end of June,” sources said.

A well-placed source said that a high level delegation headed by Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, Afghanistan’s Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, had requested to extend the stay of refugees for another four years.

The government had yet to decide whether to accept or reject the Afghan’s government request, the source said. “Afghanistan wants its citizens to remain in Pakistan till 2020,” he added.

Official says Pakistan ready to give extension to registered refugees till 2017
The request for yet another extension from the Afghan government came at a time when relations between the two countries are uneasy because of mutual suspicions, especially border disputes and cross-border activities of the militant groups.

Pakistan, which is hosting more than three million documented and undocumented Afghan nationals, had been granting stay to the registered refugees since 2009 on the request of Afghanistan.

Another official said that Pakistan was ready to give extension to registered refugees till 2017. He said that the offer was made during tripartite commission meeting in Kabul that discussed draft strategy for the repatriation of refugees. The ministry for state and frontier region had prepared the strategy.

Legal stay of registered refugees had expired in December 2015 and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while using his discretionary powers gave six months temporary extension to refugees in January.

Afghanistan and UNHCR favour that refugees should not be forced to return to their country and that the process should be completed through UN-sponsored voluntary repatriation programme. However, officials said that four to five families were returning under the voluntary repatriation plan on daily basis. It would take decades to complete the process if it was left to voluntary repatriation, they added.

Officials said that prime minister was likely to extend stay of the refugees for another six months by using his discretionary powers if the case was not referred to the cabinet for approval.

“On the one hand the deadline is approaching while on the other hand Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in London for treatment. If the government does make final decision then 1.5 million refugees would become illegal after June 30,” said the official, adding that prime minister had powers to give extension for another six months period without the approval of the cabinet.

The government had adopted tough policy regarding Afghan refugees after terrorists attack on Army Public School and College Peshawar on December 16, 2014. Under the 20-point National Action Plan, the government had decided to formulate a comprehensive policy to deal with the issue of Afghan refugees.

It was decided that undocumented Afghan nationals would be registered by the end of 2015 and National Database and Registration Authority was tasked to conduct the exercise throughout the country.

The plan could not the executed apparently due to differences between Safron and Interior Ministry. In the meantime, the government authorised law enforcers to start crackdown against undocumented Afghan nationals and deport them to their country after completing legal formalities. Thousands of Afghans had been arrested under the NAP.

Why the heck are we giving them more extension ?

Lol......lol......lol..............this has been going on since 1990.......lol. These are also the same people who say Pakistan is the most evil force on earth. Yet they want their own people to scrounge and take advantage of all the benefits and goodies of living in Pakistan. When the success of CPEC reaches an apex in 15-20 years then watch/expect millions more Afghans coming to Pakistan. Make no mistake about it, the VAST majority of Afghans who come to Pakistan or who are thinking of coming in the future have NO intention of ever returning to Afghanistan. The situation today is proof of that.

 

[A-Team]

what about this "policy"
https://defence.pk/threads/add-paki...states-afghan-mps-urge-united-nations.432740/

Wrong policy again we can't run from each other, we should come to our sense sooner than later. This tit for tat is just getting us nowhere.

Genuine discourse needed between us.

 

[Khan_21]

Wrong policy again we can't run from each other, afghans should come to their sense sooner than later. This tit for tat is just getting us nowhere.

Genuine discourse needed between us.

Fixed it for you.

There are 5 million refugees in Pakistan . Why should we be doing anything ?The onus is on refugees to go back .

 

[A-Team]

Fixed it for you.

There are 5 million refugees in Pakistan . Why should we be doing anything ?The onus is on refugees to go back .

We both should there are no white doves in our part of the world Peera

 

[Arsalan]

Wrong policy again we can't run from each other, we should come to our sense sooner than later. This tit for tat is just getting us nowhere.

Genuine discourse needed between us.

Agreed with both and appreciate it!

 

[Dr. Abdul Basit]

Read two posts regarding them
1. Afghanistan seeks extension in the stay of refugees in Pakistan.
2. Afghanistan wants UN to declare Pakistan a terrorist state

"Pure Hypocrisy"

 

[Khan_21]

We both should there are no white doves in our part of the world Peera

Was just listening to your tolo news experts today . I am a regular viewer of Tawade khabare now . They really make out Pakistan as some sort of second coming of iblees

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Wrong policy of Afghanistan and the NUG should ask for the return of the refugees asap like yesterday. They have already been there long enough.

You know that is not practicable. The refugees have been in Pakistan for over three decades and their actual numbers could be higher than 3 million. It would be human disaster of biblical proportions if the refugees were all pushed over to Afghanistan.

Unfortunately what lot of the members are saying about Afghan's in Pakistan is true. Some say very vicious things about the host - although I have come across many Pakistani's living in UK who also say very vicious things about their host Britain.

I see the anti Pakistan Afghan refugees as end product of a process with the blame going to Pakistan governments in particular that inept disaster zone called "Musharaf". In a sense the refugees are scapegoats for the foreign policy cock ups by Musharaf around 2001.

Now there is only hatred and frustration left with no clear way ahead.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Fixed it for you.

There are 5 million refugees in Pakistan . Why should we be doing anything ?The onus is on refugees to go back .

5 million only?????????..........That is a massive underestimate. Unofficially, some estimates put "illegal" & "legal" Afghans in Pakistan as 15 million+. Since 1979, Afghans have been sucking the blood of the Pakistanis nation and economy yet bad mouthing us and the same time. Yet we still look after them. That fully shows the hypocrisy of the Afghan government. Why can't Afghanistan's indian friends look after them? Why should we?

 

[A-Team]

You know that is not practicable. The refugees have been in Pakistan for over three decades and their actual numbers could be higher than 3 million. It would be human disaster of biblical proportions if the refugees were all pushed over to Afghanistan.

Unfortunately what lot of the members are saying about Afghan's in Pakistan is true. Some say very vicious things about the host - although I have come across many Pakistani's living in UK who also say very vicious things about their host Britain.

I see the anti Pakistan Afghan refugees as end product of a process with the blame going to Pakistan governments in particular that inept disaster zone called "Musharaf". In a sense the refugees are scapegoats for the foreign policy cock ups by Musharaf around 2001.

Now there is only hatred and frustration left with no clear way ahead.

True but still it's for Afghan government to fix the issue of providing sustenance and livelihood, instead of spending thousands on fancy cars they should start figuring out how to allocate lands resources to these returnees now.

 

[Imad.Khan]

I don't understand why every time there is something about Afghanistan someone always wants to get @A-Team point of view. This guy is too nice and i don't think he represents the actual feelings that general afghans have for Pakistan.

In my opinion, we have hosted them for 36 years but now its time to for them to go back. Preferably peacefully but by force if necessary.