ISLAMABAD: government has decided to expel all illegal immigrants including Afghans from Pakistan, Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said. Sarfaraz Bugti in briefing to Senate standing committee for interior, said that government announced about people illegally staying in country, but it was misinterpreted.

“We talked about expulsion of people illegally staying in Pakistan, while message went that we are only expelling Afghans,” he said. “Message was not only for Afghans but all people illegally staying in country,” he explained.

“It is not happened that person illegally arrives and settles in any country,” he said. “If foreign national have refugee card or arrived on visa, is our guest,” he said.

“Government also going to expel Iranian Baloch, staying illegally here,” he further said. “We are talking about all people illegally staying in country,” he added.

In an interchange with Agha Rafiullah, Minister said that he was unaware about issue of Biharis. “You visit Interior Ministry, we will further brief you,” he told committee’s member. “We will tell you today, what is permissible under law and what government can do,” he added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 26 2023

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