ISLAMABAD – The federal government is likely to take an important decisionover the extension of stay of the Afghan Refugees.
Federal government is likely to extend the refugees’ stay in Pakistan.
The interim government had extended the stay of Afghan refugees for threemonths in June this year. The extension period ranged between July 1 andSeptember 30.
Officials privy to this development maintain that during a recent meetingof the federal cabinet, information ministry officials had contended thatthe stay would be extended until June next year. But this was notcommunicated to the donor agencies, specifically the United Nation HighCommission for Refugee (UNHCR).
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“This was discussed in the cabinet meeting by the federal minister forinformation. However, no other stakeholder was sent any officialnotification in this regard,” a senior official dealing with the issue toldmedia.
