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\u2022 Caretaker minister says immigrants who procured fake ID cards will be expelled in next phase, warns their \u2018local facilitators\u2019 of action ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan ruled out an extension in the deadline<\/a> for the forced repatriation of undocumented immigrants, mostly Afghan nationals, caretaker Inte\u00adrior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Thursday revealed<\/a> foreign nationals residing in the country without identity documents would be kept at \u2018holding centres\u2019 before deportation to their respective countries.<\/p>\n At a press conference held in the federal capital, the caretaker minister shared the details of a plan to expel refugees, saying instead of keeping them in prisons, the authorities would house them in detention centres set up in all provinces, including Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad.<\/p>\n The interior minister said that provincial governments would bear the costs for such centres.<\/p>\n He assured these undocumented immigrants, especially women, children and elderly, would be kept at these centres \u201cwith respect\u201d and provided with meals and medical facilities. \u201cBut after November 1 deadline, we will not compromise on the issue of expulsion of illegal immigrants,\u201d he underlined.<\/p>\n Mr Bugti explained that those being expelled from the country would only be allowed to carry their local currency amounting to Rs50,000 per family. In the case of Afghan families, they can carry 50,000 Afghan Afghanis, he added.<\/p>\n He said that funds exceeding this number could only be wired through proper banking channels. \u201cAll modalities are being finalised in this regard,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The minister reiterated that he was talking about those individuals living in Pakistan who did not have valid travel documents. \u201cWe will expel all illegal immigrants in phases, and in the first phase, those having no valid documents will be repatriated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Fake ID cards<\/strong><\/p>\n The caretaker minister pointed out that those who illegally procured Pak\u00adistan\u2019s national identity cards or passports through the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) would also be expelled following the cancellation of their identity documents.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cash-carrying limit of 50,000 afghanis imposed on families at time of repatriation
\u2022 Army chief links security of Pakistanis with expulsion of \u2018illegal aliens\u2019; FO spokesperson rules out extension in Nov 1 deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n