Undocumented Immigrants Deportation Operation

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2.59m illegal Afghans deported since 2023​

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter
July 13, 2026

LAHORE: The federal government and the Punjab government have deported some 2.59 million illegally staying Afghan residents back to Afghanistan since 2023.

The Punjab home department’s foreign national security cell is continuing with the eviction of the illegally staying Afghans and currently has some 53 such Afghans in its 36 functional holding centres across the province.

The Punjab government alone has detained some 138,342 Afghans in its holding centres, completed their documents and deported them to Afghanistan.

A home department spokesman has said the federal government’s policy clearly explained that anyone not having a valid visa could not stay in the country and needed to be deported.

The spokesman claimed that the home department had completed its survey and examination in markets as well as residential areas. The illegally staying Afghans were being arrested and detained at holding centres.

At holding centres, the spokesman said, the arrested Afghans were being provided with stay, registration and arrangements for deportation through the Torkham border.

The spokesman stressed that people of Punjab should report about the illegally staying Afghans at emergency call 15 and added that their identity would not be disclosed to anyone.

 

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2.59m illegal Afghans deported since 2023​

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter
July 13, 2026

LAHORE: The federal government and the Punjab government have deported some 2.59 million illegally staying Afghan residents back to Afghanistan since 2023.

The Punjab home department’s foreign national security cell is continuing with the eviction of the illegally staying Afghans and currently has some 53 such Afghans in its 36 functional holding centres across the province.

The Punjab government alone has detained some 138,342 Afghans in its holding centres, completed their documents and deported them to Afghanistan.

A home department spokesman has said the federal government’s policy clearly explained that anyone not having a valid visa could not stay in the country and needed to be deported.

The spokesman claimed that the home department had completed its survey and examination in markets as well as residential areas. The illegally staying Afghans were being arrested and detained at holding centres.

At holding centres, the spokesman said, the arrested Afghans were being provided with stay, registration and arrangements for deportation through the Torkham border.

The spokesman stressed that people of Punjab should report about the illegally staying Afghans at emergency call 15 and added that their identity would not be disclosed to anyone.

They allowed a million back in with proper visas willy nilly and all are now unaccounted for. Vanished into thin air. Someone is making bank with these visa fee collections from Afghans.

 

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An operation against illegal Afghans has also begun in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In Peshawar's Bohri Bazaar, there used to be four to five hundred Afghans' shops; now there are four or five. Either they're staying indoors, or if they venture out, the police arrest them and escort them across the border with honor and respect. Now, when any Afghan goes to meet local people, they say, "Brother, haven't you gone back yet? When are you leaving?"

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525 families repatriated as 3 Afghan refugee camps completely vacated in KP's Bannu​

PESHAWAR: Three Afghan refugee camps in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district have been completely vacated, with the successful repatriation of 525 families to Afghanistan, it emerged on Tuesday.

Speaking to Dawn, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Umar Khittab Khan said that the phased repatriation of all Afghan refugees was being carried out in line with the directives of the KP government — whether they resided in refugee camps, urban areas, or villages.

He said that under this policy, all 525 families living in the refugee camps at Bizan Khel, Ghoriwala, and Mamand Khel were repatriated to Afghanistan.

According to the ADC, the families were repatriated through the Torkham border crossing, with the government providing transportation and other necessary facilities to facilitate the repatriation process.


He added that the administration was now focusing on Afghan nationals living in rented houses or private residences across the city of Bannu and its surrounding villages.

He said that their records have been shared with the respective police stations, and, in accordance with government directives, efforts were underway to ensure their early repatriation.

The ADC further said that Afghan families willing to return voluntarily may stay at the temporary transit centres established by the district administration. From there, transportation will be arranged to take them to the Torkham border for their return to Afghanistan.

The repatriation of Afghan families via the Torkham border has gained momentum, with the federal government ordering the arrest and deportation of those living in the country without valid visas.

Officials at the Hamza Baba transit point in Landi Kotal said earlier this week that the numbers exceeded the 10,000 figure on a daily basis since Pakistan recently ordered all Afghan nationals on its soil to go back to their country until July 10.


Meanwhile, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concerns about the “forced” repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan.

525 families repatriated as 3 Afghan refugee camps completely vacated in KP's Bannu

Administration now focusing on Afghan nationals living in rented houses or private residences across Bannu city, surrounding villages, ADC says.

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