Decision to award citizenship to Bengali, Afghan refugees open for debate: PM

[PakSword]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his announcement of awarding citizenship to Bengali and Afghan refugees is open for a parliamentary debate, ARY News reported.

During his speech in the National Assembly session, the PM maintained that no international law allows any country to forcibly repatriate refugees while children born in a particular country are naturally considered citizens of that country worldwide.

Bengali refugees, for instance, are here (in Pakistan) for more than 40 years and generations have spent their lives here without basic rights, when are we going to take a final decision regarding their future?,” asked the PM.

The premier maintained that during his visit to Karachi, he was told that these refugees, deprived of basic rights, are turning towards crime.

He implored the NA to think of refugees like fellow human beings not aliens.

As Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Nafisa Shah objected upon his announcement, the PM clarified that no final decision has been taken in this regard and the decision is open for debate.

“I invite you to give suggestions on this matter and it is open for debate but my question remains: when, if not today?,” said the PM.

In his maiden visit to Karachi on Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan hand announced that Afghans and Bengalis living in the country for many decades would be issued National Identity Cards and passports, which would effectively make them formal citizens of Pakistan.

The announcement has since been criticised by opposition leaders across the country.
https://arynews.tv/en/citizenship-bengali-afghan-refugees-debate/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Too much credit given to opposition it was internal party pressure that forced him to change it from a position to a suggestion
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Being vocal on wrong moves is pre requisite of a functional democracy

I am only against Afghans.. not Bengalis and Burmese.. This is my principle stand.

 

[Menace2Society]

Bengalis are our brothers they are ideologically Pakistanis. Give them a passport.

Deport all afghans and their offspring. Terrorist f**kers done enough damage already.

 

[truthseer]

It was a great decision but people here are too stupid to see it. If people don't have jobs, they'll commit crime. If they have nationality, they won't.

The idea that we have the machinery to send them all back when our police can't even catch Muhallay ke Chor is hilarious. This isn't something the Army/ISI will do, in case people invoke them.

Oh well, U-Turn time.

 

[Verve]

All I know is that we should not be cruel towards the refugees.

Out of a few million, if a few thousand are against us that doesn't justify us being cruel to them all.

A lot of the issues we are also responsible for. Now that sh!t has hit the fan, we are looking for quick fixes (deporting) - were we sleeping all these years before!? We never bothered to secure our western borders during peace time.

Last thing we need is a mass deportation landing many of these refugees in the hands of ISIS that's preparing to attack. I don't think the army desires to fight a larger number of ISIS fighters.

 

[truthseer]

All I know is that we should not be cruel towards the refugees.

Out of a few million, if a few thousand are against us that doesn't justify us being cruel to them all.

A lot of the issues we are also responsible for. Now that sh!t has hit the fan, we are looking for quick fixes (deporting) - were we sleeping all these years before!? We never bothered to secure our western borders during peace time.

Last thing we need is a mass deportation landing many of these refugees in the hands of ISIS that's preparing to attack. I don't think the army desires to fight a larger number of ISIS fighters.

We can't even mass deport them except in the dreams of a bunch of people who hate the ethnicity but don't dare say it. Who has the machinery to do so? How do you discriminate between those from KPK with no nationality and Afghans?

 

[Menace2Society]

All I know is that we should not be cruel towards the refugees.

Out of a few million, if a few thousand are against us that doesn't justify us being cruel to them all.

A lot of the issues we are also responsible for. Now that sh!t has hit the fan, we are looking for quick fixes (deporting) - were we sleeping all these years before!? We never bothered to secure our western borders during peace time.

Last thing we need is a mass deportation landing many of these refugees in the hands of ISIS that's preparing to attack. I don't think the army desires to fight a larger number of ISIS fighters.

Thats why you bomb them as soon as they arrive back in Afghanistan.

 

[truthseer]

Thats why you bomb them as soon as they arrive back in Afghanistan.

Why don't we bomb you?

 

[Menace2Society]

Why don't we bomb you?

Ok sure at least will show you have a backbone.

You let 1.5 million Afghans come in during 80s and they produced TTP in 2005 and smuggled in 9 million more into the country.

What do you think will happen when 10 million pakistani passport afghans turn on you 25 years later? You will have civil war.

Afghans are animals who are not fit for purpose in a civilized society. You will go down with them.

IK is a well meaning kind man but we all know reality of the situation.

 

[truthseer]

Ok sure at least will show you have a backbone.

You let 1.5 million Afghans come in during 80s and they produced TTP in 2005 and smuggled in 9 million more into the country.

What do you think will happen when 10 million pakistani passport afghans turn on you 25 years later? You will have civil war.

Afghans are animals who are not fit for purpose in a civilized society. You will go down with them.

IK is a well meaning kind man but we all know reality of the situation.

I don't see why I should reply to anyone who can call a whole race as animals

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Hint: It's name starts with a P and ends with an N.
Secondly, stop generalizing, not every Afghani is a terrorist, the same way how every Muslim is not a terrorist.
They should have a nationality test for these people and the only the ones that pass get to become Pakistani citizens after they take an oath to the constitution with their hand on the Quran

Every Afghan is not terrorist but every terrorist act in Pakistan since 9/11 is traced back Afghanistan. NDS/CIA/RAW use refugees camps inside Pakistan with impunity. 60k Pakistanis are dead in this forigen sponsored terrorism launched from Afghan soil.

They shouldn't be granted Pakistani citizenship until Afghanistan is free from forigen occupation, NDS/cia/raw have been uprooted from Afghan soil and we have got a friendly government in Kabul.

 

[Menace2Society]

Every Afghan is not terrorist but every terrorist act in Pakistan since 9/11 is traced back Afghanistan. NDS/CIA/RAW use refugees camps inside Pakistan with impunity. 60k Pakistanis are dead in this forigen sponsored terrorism launched from Afghan soil.

They shouldn't be granted Pakistani citizenship until Afghanistan is free from forigen occupation, NDS/cia/raw have been uprooted from Afghan soil and we have got a friendly government in Kabul.

Afghanistan never recognised Pakistan. They are ideologically against concept of Pakistan so they hold you in disdain. This is cornerstone of their mindset. You cannot change this or bargain with it. Only solution is to put a friendly govt in Kabul and kill them off.

 

[Rusty]

I don't understand this "debate"
Pakistani law says that if a person is born in Pakistani soil, they can get citizenship.

Follow the F***ing law and give them citizenship.
Pakistan is no longer run by God father and his family.

 

[war&peace]

That's good, but he should change habit of thinking after speaking, He is Prime Minister of country now and his words carries consequences nationally and internationally.

On this I totally agree, he needs to be more politically correct. Select very particular diction that does not get misinterpreted.

 

[Menace2Society]

I don't understand this "debate"
Pakistani law says that if a person is born in Pakistani soil, they can get citizenship.

Follow the F***ing law and give them citizenship.
Pakistan is no longer run by God father and his family.

TTP and proxy warfare didnt exist when this law was made.

 

[truthseer]

Every Afghan is not terrorist but every terrorist act in Pakistan since 9/11 is traced back Afghanistan. NDS/CIA/RAW use refugees camps inside Pakistan with impunity. 60k Pakistanis are dead in this forigen sponsored terrorism launched from Afghan soil.

They shouldn't be granted Pakistani citizenship until Afghanistan is free from forigen occupation, NDS/cia/raw have been uprooted from Afghan soil and we have got a friendly government in Kabul.

Every terrorist act in Pakistan is also traced back to Pakistan.