{"id":14241,"date":"2023-10-14T21:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T21:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/afghan-refugees-in-quettas-little-afghanistan-fear-deportation-as-pakistan-announces-deadline\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T21:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T21:01:04","slug":"afghan-refugees-in-quettas-little-afghanistan-fear-deportation-as-pakistan-announces-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/afghan-refugees-in-quettas-little-afghanistan-fear-deportation-as-pakistan-announces-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Refugees in Quetta&#8217;s &#8220;Little Afghanistan&#8221; Fear Deportation as Pakistan Announces Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Manan Mandokhail:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quetta, Pakistan<\/strong> \u2013 In the heart of Quetta, a unique neighborhood known as Ghousabad has thrived for the past four decades, hosting Afghan refugees hailing from various provinces such as Ghazni, Mazar Sharif, Kunduz, and Kandahar. This vibrant enclave, often referred to as \u201cLittle Afghanistan,\u201d boasts Afghan-owned markets and businesses that have become an integral part of the city\u2019s cultural tapestry.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Mini Afghanistan in Pakistan, What Afghan refugees say about government decision of repatriation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1WdmigzC8K0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Deadline casts a shadow of uncertainty over Afghan Diaspora<\/h2>\n<p>However, recent developments have cast a shadow of uncertainty over the Afghan diaspora living in Quetta, as the Pakistani government has announced a one-month deadline for the deportation of Afghan refugees residing in the country without proper documentation.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement has left residents like Mohammad Azam, who has spent a staggering 42 years in Quetta, Pakistan, deeply distressed. He has ten children who were born and educated in Pakistan, with no personal recollection of Afghanistan, the land of his ancestors. For Azam and his family, the looming deportation deadline is a harrowing ordeal.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult decision for us,\u201d laments Azam<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult decision for us,\u201d laments Azam, who has invested in a business and a home in Pakistan, and has even celebrated marriages within the country. As the November deadline approaches, he faces the daunting task of uprooting his life and livelihood in a mere month.<\/p>\n<p>Situated just five kilometers south of Zero Point, Ghousabad instantly immerses visitors in an Afghan cultural experience, offering clothing, food, and other products imported directly from Afghanistan. The neighborhood exudes the rich traditions and flavors of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cPakistan gave me so much love that I felt this country was my own,\u201d an Afghan refugee said<\/h2>\n<p>Ali Maher, another Afghan migrant who relocated from Afghanistan\u2019s Kunduz province to Quetta in 1985, reflects on the hospitality and warmth he has received in Pakistan. \u201cPakistan gave me so much love that I felt this country was my own,\u201d he says, highlighting the historical camaraderie between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the abrupt policy shift has shaken the sense of security among Afghan refugees. The Pakistani government\u2019s decision to expel all illegal immigrants from the country within a month has left families like Azam facing the uncertainty of their future in a place they\u2019ve called home for decades.<\/p>\n<h2>Refugees confront this difficult challenge<\/h2>\n<p>The Afghan community in \u201cLittle Afghanistan\u201d now confronts the difficult challenge of protecting their businesses, homes, and families as they navigate these turbulent times. As they adapt to this unprecedented situation, the world watches with bated breath to see how the future unfolds for these Afghan refugees in Quetta, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manan Mandokhail:\u00a0 Quetta, Pakistan \u2013 In the heart of Quetta, a unique neighborhood known as Ghousabad has thrived for the past four decades, hosting Afghan refugees hailing from various provinces such as Ghazni, Mazar Sharif, Kunduz, and Kandahar. This vibrant enclave, often referred to as \u201cLittle Afghanistan,\u201d boasts Afghan-owned markets and businesses that have become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.quettavoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Afghan-refugees-bread.jpeg?resize=1280,720&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quetta-zila-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}