KARACHI: Sindh interim Dwelling Minister retired Brigadier Haris Nawaz on Monday mentioned authorities have up to now arrested 1,700 Afghan nationals “illegally residing” in Karachi.

“All unlawful immigrants residing in Sindh could be deported,” he mentioned in a media speak exterior the workplace of West Zone deputy inspector normal of police.

The event comes per week after the caretaker authorities gave an ultimatum to all undocumented immigrants, together with Afghan nationals, to go away Pakistan by October 31, or else threat imprisonment and deportation to their respective international locations.

It was determined that motion throughout the border could be topic to passports and visas, whereas digital Afghan id playing cards (or e-tazkiras) would solely be accepted till Oct 31.

After the passage of the deadline, the authorities will kickstart an operation concentrating on unlawful properties and companies owned by immigrants or these being run in collaboration with Pakistani nationals.

Following the federal government deadline, a crackdown has commenced throughout the nation on unlawful immigrants, significantly Afghan residents.

Final week, a assembly of the Sindh Apex Com­m­ittee, attended by caretaker Chief Minister ret­ired Justice Maqbool Baqar and Chief of Military Employees Gen Syed Asim Munir, was knowledgeable that pockets the place unlawful Afghan nationals had been concentrated within the province had been recognized.

The provincial authorities had knowledgeable the assembly that an motion plan to implement the federal authorities’s coverage on unlawful foreigners’ repatriation plan had been shared with the inside ministry.

Speaking to media individuals right this moment, Nawaz mentioned the Sindh authorities was making ready a mechanism underneath which registered immigrants wouldn’t be touched.

He mentioned committees led by involved SSPs and deputy commissioners had been being shaped through which representatives of all establishments could be included in motion towards unlawful immigrants.

Unlawful Afghans, the house minister acknowledged, could be despatched again residence in buses by means of the Chaman border in Balochistan, whereas registered Afghans wouldn’t be touched.

Speaking in regards to the legislation and order state of affairs within the province, Nawaz mentioned, “We now have adopted a unprecedented policing coverage”.

He added that the coverage would assist enhance the state of affairs of avenue crimes and different lawlessness.

“We might not permit any corrupt mafia to turn out to be energetic once more,” the caretaker minister vowed, including that the “system” that existed earlier wouldn’t be allowed to proceed.

The house minister additional acknowledged that a man-made water scarcity was being created in Karachi after the federal government’s current crackdown towards unlawful hydrants and water thieves.