Islamabad plans to expel 1 million illegal migrants by January

Balochistan’s caretaker information minister Jan Achakzai said phase two of Islamabad’s crackdown on illegal foreigners has started and the aim is to expel at least one million undocumented migrants by January.

So far, almost 350,000 illegal migrants, mostly Afghans, have left Pakistan, either voluntarily or forcibly since the government’s announcement in early October.

Addressing the media early Thursday, in Quetta, Achakzai said all government agencies were involved in the crackdown.

“Those under any delusion that they will dodge crackdown live in fool’s paradise,” he added.

He said however, the process of repatriation of Afghan nationals through Chaman border crossing had slowed down in the past few days. No reasons for this were given.