ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday again made it clear that the Afghan nationals living in Pakistan without visas would be sent back home and they were not going to concessions any more.
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“People ask the question until when the government will continue dealing with the burden of Afghan refugees,” said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif who was chairing a meeting on the issue of sending the Afghans back home after decades of hosting millions of them.
Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, the chief ministers of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan as well as top federal cabinet members and officials were among those attending the meeting.
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However, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi opted to skip the meeting.
It’s a developing story. Details to follow