ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Government Assurances on Wednesday was informed that the federal government was formulating rules for registration of illegal and unregistered Afghan refugees in the Country.
The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) had finalized legislation in that regard which was now with the Ministry of Law and Justice for final approval, the additional secretary SAFRON said while briefing the Committee.
The additional secretary SAFRON sad that over 600,000 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland in 2016 while over 2,000 were going back to Afghanistan daily from the April 1.
Furthermore, he said that the Ministry of SAFRON was aware about the presence of unregistered Afghan refugees in Karachi and in that regard the legislation had been finalized and sent to the Ministry of Law for the final approval to register the illegal Afghan refugees.
The secretary said that after the legislation the government would give six months to the Afghan refugees for registration.
