ISLAMABAD – State Minister of Interior Sheheryar Khan Afridi Wednesdaysaid that no decision would be imposed without national consensus andmatter regarding granting nationality to the refugees would be debated inthe Parliament.
He stated this while responding to a calling attention notice in Senateabout the statement made by Prime Minister Imran Khan during his visit toKarachi regarding grant of nationality to the refugees living in Pakistanfor decades.
The state minister said that decision of the Parliament would be thedecision of the government of Pakistan.
Earlier, State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan alsospoke on the issue and said that it is our responsibility to help theMuslim brothers in trouble.
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He said that Bengalis living in Karachi stood with Pakistan in 1971 at thetime of trouble and they preferred to live in Western Pakistan bysacrificing their each and everything. “They kept the flag of Pakistan upat this juncture,” he maintained.
Muhammad Ali Khan said that statement of Prime Minister for Pakistan is notfor all refugees but for the particular cases. However, the decision wouldbe made after consensus and taking Parliament into confidence, he added. -APP