Pakistan extends Afghan refugees stay until end of 2016

[Side-Winder]

ISLAMABAD / PESHAWAR: Pakistan has extended Afghan refugees’ stay in Pakistan, top Afghan ambassador in Islamabad said on Wednesday.

The period of the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards that allow Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan was to be expired on June 30.

“The period of the PoR cards that was to be expired tomorrow [Thursday] has been extended on the directives issued by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from London on Wednesday,” the Afghan ambassador Omar Zakhilwal told The Express Tribune.

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According to Afghan officials, they had requested Islamabad to extend the PoR cards for two more years so they are able to make arrangements to accommodate the returnees. Initially, the PoR cards were expired on December 31, 2015. However, the government had extended it until June 30, 2016.

Pakistan hosts nearly 1.6 million registered and 1 million unregistered Afghans, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

UNHCR spokesperson Duniya Aslam Khan confirmed the development, saying the decision was only an interim one “The Proof of Registration cards of the Afghans residing in Pakistan have been given an extension till December 31, 2016.”

An official of the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR) in Peshawar said the proposal for the extension of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan was under consideration for the last few days.

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The UNHCR officials said that Pakistan had itself suggested last year to extend the refugees stay by the end of 2017. However, the federal cabinet will take a final decision.

Zakhilwal said extension in the refugees stay will provide an opportunity for Pakistan and Afghanistan as well as the world community to hold negotiations about the repatriation of the refugees.

The government has also confirmed extension in the refugees stay in Pakistan.

“The prime minister of Pakistan was pleased to approve the extension of Proof of Registration cards issued by Nadra [National Database Regulatory Authority] to registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan till 30th June 2016 which is near to expire,” said a notification issued by the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions. The Express Tribune has received a copy of the notification dated June 28.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1132923/pakistan-extends-afghan-refugees-stay-says-ambassador/

 

[Areesh]

Lanat is the only word that comes in mind when you read such kind of news.

 

[sady]

Gut less and ball'less! Knowing fully we have a big security risk staring down our throats.

 

[leuitenentcolonel]

Lanat is the only word that comes in mind when you read such kind of news.

I second that its dissapointing but i think they want to avoid any unrest or trying to.counter/avoid any NDS miss adventure in disguise but nevertheless these hamarkhors should.be kicked out asap

 

[Pandora]

Hope this hanja stays out of the country permanently. A leader who cant reciprocate wishes of majority should be hung upside down untill all his nihari comes out

 

[Areesh]

I second that its dissapointing but i think they want to avoid any unrest or trying to.counter/avoid any NDS miss adventure in disguise but nevertheless these hamarkhors should.be kicked out asap

There would always be misadventures till these filthy people from a filthy country would stay in this country.

Get ready for more attacks on your children Pakistan. Your PM has just allowed it.

 

[somebozo]

In ka baap ka mulk ha....refugees Pakistan ma..tatta choosi india ki..!

There would always be misadventures till these filthy people from a filthy country would stay in this country.

Get ready for more attacks on your children Pakistan. Your PM has just allowed it.

Each attack..linking back to Afghanistan...we should bomb one of their city to rubble..Pakistan should start converting transport aircrafts to the dual role of heavy bombers...

Hope this hanja stays out of the country permanently. A leader who cant reciprocate wishes of majority should be hung upside down untill all his nihari comes out

Why not hang him upside down and feed him really spicy Nihari from his anus and leave him hanging upside down until nihari comes out of his nose...

 

[IceCold]

Real enemies of this country are people like Nawaz Shairf and his ilk. They need to be kicked out, trial for treason and hanged. BC ka bacha In Bastards Afghans na baraghark ker diya ha is mulk ka, terrorism sa la ker her illegal kaam main yeh involve hain, or upper sa rehta yahan hain or chupta Hinduyoon ka hain or yeh Dalla Wazir Azam london main bhat ker extend ker raha ha stay despite the fact that KPK government had sent their recommendations of not extending the stay. Because of PML animosity with PTI they are extending this stay. Politics are being played at the expense of Pakisan.
KPK government should start sending them towards Punjab. Let Ganjas handle them. Why should KPK bear the brunt alone.

 

[Kao Boy]

I rather think Afghan refuges face mis behaviour in *** as most of them are settled there... Is that true or picture is something else... Also does the extention also applied to left out terrorists who gave up arms from Haqqani networks an other groups?

In ka baap ka mulk ha....refugees Pakistan ma..tatta choosi india ki..!

Dekh lo duniya waalon.. Yeh wahi log hain jinki biryani mein ek boti bhi kam nikal jaaye to India aur RAW ko blame karte hain... Kalko ise kisi kutte ne kata gali mein to tab bhi RAW ko blame karega to conspire against him..

Abe India ne kya kar diya bhai... ijaazat tere wazir aazam ne di hai...

 

[Genghis khan1]

Pakistan should get open mining right anywhere in Afghanistan for hosting their refugees a day longer. It time to do a deal, if Pakistan pay their bill than Pakistan should have right to use their resources too.

 

[Areesh]

Each attack..linking back to Afghanistan...we should bomb one of their city to rubble..Pakistan should start converting transport aircrafts to the dual role of heavy bombers...

I am preparing myself mentally for more APS, Bacha khan and Gulshan Park attacks.

 

[Max]

shameless bastard govt..

 

[karakoram]

Nooray tere jane ke din pore. Very sad indeed. But 6 month stay will provide our government machinery to take appropriate and final step to send back those refugees back. I am 100 sure no more extension after this.

 

[Jf Thunder]

now im regretting why i prayed for NS when he was having open hear, he should have died that day.

 

[Kao Boy]

Pakistan should get open mining right anywhere in Afghanistan for hosting their refugees a day longer. It time to do a deal, if Pakistan pay their bill than Pakistan should have right to use their resources too.

Nice attempt but Afghanistan is too dangerous to work in for any foreigner for any economic benefit.. It will unstable the security apparatus too... something which is on a bit track..