Pakistan sets Nov. 1 deadline for 'illegal immigrants' to leave

October 3, 2023

By Aamir Latif

KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) - Pakistan on Tuesday gave a one-month deadline to all the "illegal immigrants" to leave the country.

Addressing a news conference in the capital Islamabad, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the government is giving a deadline to all foreigners living illegally to leave the country by Nov. 1.

After the deadline, he said, all the illegal immigrants will be deported.

The government will seize the properties of the illegal immigrants who would not leave the country by Nov 1. A special task force will act against illegally made properties across the country.

The decision was taken at a meeting with interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar in the chair. Army Chief Gen. Asim Munir and other senior officials attended the meeting.

Pakistan has decided to evict over one million foreigners illegally living in the country, alleging that some of them are involved in "funding and facilitating" terrorist activities.

The minister said out of 24 suicide bombings that have targeted various security installations and civilians in Pakistan since January this year, 14 suicide bombers were Afghan nationals.