Pakistan: Refugees returning to Afghanistan on a large scale, locks on shop-shop of Afghanis
Rawalpindi:
Rawalpindi, April 8: Government of Pakistan is sending Afghan refugees back to their country on a large scale. Its results are also visible now. The businesses of Afghans have started closing in commercial centers in Rawalpindi city and cantonment areas. According to local media reports, Pakistan expedited the exile process after the end of March 31 deadline. Thousands of Afghan refugees have been sent back to Afghanistan.
This effort of the government has brought a lot of trouble for the Afghans living in Pakistan for decades. Many of these people are also born in Pakistan and never lived in Afghanistan. According to the country’s major daily ‘The Express Tribune’, Afghan shopkeepers in Rawalpindi are engaged in selling their goods and closing their shops. Many of them have disappeared.
The shops of many Afghans in different areas of the city have either been closed or sold. Many famous Afghan hotels in the city and cantonment are no longer operational. Some deported people said that while working, he was arrested by the Pakistani police and sent to Afghanistan while his family was left behind.
“I used to run a small hotel business in the fruit market. The police raided me, raiding me, kept me in custody for four nights in Haji Camp of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Afghan Media Outlet Tolo News quoted me.
Pakistan’s chief Dainik Dawn quoted an official report as saying that a total of 4,966 Afghan refugees left for Afghanistan on Sunday night. Meanwhile, officials associated with the repatriation process said that since the exile process continued till late night, the number of Afghan refugees who left on Monday will be revealed later.
Many international organizations of Pakistan’s exile policy have condemned this act. He expressed concern over the serious risks faced by the refugees on the return of refugees amid uncertainties in Afghanistan. The Pakistani government dismissed the concerns raised by the United Nations Refugee High Commissioner (UNHCR) and other agencies regarding the large -scale return of Afghan refugees.