*PESHAWAR – Over the issue of **Afghan Refugees repatriation from Pakistan,the federal and provincial government takes important decision.*
*Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Minister Shaukat Ali Yousafzai onSaturday said that the government has no plans under consideration toextend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.*
The KP information minister suggested the federal government for not makinganother extension for the Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan. He urged thecentre to finalise arrangements for the repatriation of Afghan refugees.
Yousafzai in his statement asked the Afghan nationals to return to theircountry. He said, “Pakistan has hosted millions of Afghan refugees andtreated them like our brothers. We hope that they will return [to theircountry] with respect.”
He said that the time has come for Afghan refugees’ return to their countryand the government hopes for the Afghan nationals to take good memorieswith them.
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Yousafzai, however, clarified that the federal government has not yetfinalised any decision nor it has contacted the provincial government inthis regards.
He said that KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will make a final decision withconsensus if consulted for repatriation of Afghan refugees.
Earlier on April 29, Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions(SAFRON) Shehryar Khan Afridi had urged the global community to play itsdue role in the process of repatriation of Afghan refugees to theirhomeland.
