PESHAWAR: Amid the ongoing crackdown against illegal immigrants, the caretaker government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has decided to get more than 58,000 suspicious computerised national identity cards (CNICs) blocked by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), local media reported on Wednesday.
The decision to this effect was taken during the meeting of the provincial steering committee on repatriation of illegal foreigners held on November 17. According to the minutes of the meeting, the status of complex cases like intra-marriages [inter-country marriages], PoR/ACC/fake and blocked CNICs were discussed in detail.
It was decided that all the deputy commissioners would convene meetings over the matter within next five days. The meeting decided that the people involved in complex cases are not to be repatriated till the recommendation by the relevant district liaison committee/DICC followed by Nadra implementation.
In addition to this, the authorities concerned have completed the mapping process of 9,720 illegal refugees in Peshawar. The development comes amid repatriation of illegal foreign nationals including Afghans to their homelands. Thousands of Afghans are returning to their homeland on a daily basis through Torkham and Chaman borders.
To ensure dignified return of Afghans to their country, transit camps equipped with facilities have been established in various districts for their temporary accommodation. The federal government had announced in October that all illegal immigrants should leave Pakistan by the 1st of November or face forceful expulsion.
After the deadline expired, the authorities launched a crackdown against the illegal aliens, in a bid to send them back to their respective countries.
