PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has expressed concerns over the announcement made by the federal government to allow Afghan refugees to stay on for six more months in Pakistan.
Afghan Ambassador designate in Pakistan Dr Umar Zakhail Waal called on Khattak at the CM Secretariat on Thursday. Overall law and order situation in the region, repatriation of Afghan refugees and other matters of mutual interest came under discussion.
Afghan Ambassador apprised the Chief Minister of the problems being faced by Afghan refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The meeting came a day after Pakistan allowed the 1.5 million registered refugees to stay on for six more months.
Khattak termed registration of Afghan refugees in Pakistan essential. He clarified that refugees were not issue but the basic problem was stay of non-registered foreigners at our soil wherein serious steps were required to fix it.
Afghan Ambassador appreciated the cooperation of provincial government saying that he himself wanted that all the Afghan refugees go back to their homeland with honour soon.
However, he said that the unpleasant situation of law and order in Afghanistan forced the refugees to come back to Pakistan. He assured to resolve hurdles in this respect.
He also assured all out cooperation for peace in the region, improving fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries and sorting out the problems faced by the people on both sides of the border.
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