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30 Dec
The deportation of Afghan refugees is taking a massive toll on Pakistan's recycling and plastics industry, which relies heavily on Afghan laborers.
29 Dec
Indian movie stars, especially from Bollywood, have huge fan bases in Pakistan — despite the bitter political rivalry between the neighboring nations. What's driving this popularity?
16 Dec
Skilled Afghan workers are in short supply in Pakistan as the country continues its clampdown on illegal migrants. Farmers and mine owners are now paying the price.
16 Dec
Islamist militants rammed an explosive-laden truck into a police station in an attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban group.
3 Dec
The South Asian country is set to hold general elections in February 2024, but the imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and a crackdown on his party have raised questions over the vote's credibility.
21 Nov
At least 40 per cent of Pakistan children have stunted growth a year after devastating floods. The futures of a generation of children in Pakistan remain “seriously compromised” a year after devastating floods, with an estimated 40 per cent of children suffering from stunted growth.
18 Nov
The move to expel Afghan migrants from Pakistan has enraged the Taliban regime in Kabul and could push the Islamists faction to move closer to their ideological allies across the border.
11 Nov
It's estimated that nearly 300,000 Afghan migrants have fled Pakistan since the start of October. This comes after the Pakistani government announced that the 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country had just one month to leave. The decision has left thousands of Afghans, some of whom had been living in Pakistan for years, forced to flee or face deportation.
5 Nov
A caretaker government has been in place in Pakistan since parliament was dissolved on August 9, with new constituency boundaries required after the latest census.
5 Nov
Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans living in Pakistan now face arrest and deportation after the government's deadline for them to leave voluntarily expired this Wednesday, November 1. Pakistan's interior minister justified his decision, taken in early October, by the number of Afghans involved in recent terror attacks in Pakistan.
3 Nov
Pakistan had given migrants without proper papers until November 1 to leave the country voluntarily or face arrest or expulsion. Aid agencies have warned that people returning to Afghanistan are facing "dire" conditions.
30 Oct 2023
As Pakistan's deportation deadline for undocumented migrants nears, Afghans who have lived there for decades are looking for avenues towards the right to remain in the country.

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