Amid the ongoing crackdown against illegal immigrants, the caretaker government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided to get more than 58,000 suspicious computerised national identity cards blocked by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra). The decision was made during the meeting of the provincial steering committee on repatriation of illegal foreigners held recently.
“The status of complex cases like intra marriages [inter country marriages], PoR/ACC/Fake and block CNICs were discussed in detail,” read the minutes of the meeting. It was decided in the huddle that all the deputy commissioners would convene meetings over the matter within five days. “Complex cases are not to be repatriated till the recommendation by the relevant DLC [district liaison committee]/DICC followed by Nadra implementation.”
The sources further said that the KP home department penned a letter to Nadra asking the department to block the bogus proof of registration and Afghan cards. In addition to this, the authorities concerned had completed the mapping process of 9,720 illegal refugees in Peshawar. It is pertinent to mention here that the repatriation of illegal foreign nationals including Afghans to their homeland is continuing. Thousands of Afghans are returning to their homeland on a daily basis through Chaman and Torkham borders, thanking Pakistan for its generosity.
