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| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to expel nearly 300 Afghan clerics |
| 2015-02-26 |
| [DAWN] The Home and Tribal Affairs Department of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... on Wednesday ordered all commissioners and DIGs to expel Afghan holy mans from the province and submit a report over the implementation within seven days. A home department source old Dawn that there were 294 Afghan peshimams (prayer leaders) in the province and their documentation had been sent to relevant commissioners as part of the National Action Plan. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government is taking a tough stand against registered and unregistered Afghans after the killing of 150 people, including 134 children, in the December 16 terrorist attack on Army Public School in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. . There are fears that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government's approach to the Afghan refugee crisis will result in the harassment and exploitation of Afghan refugees at the hands of the police. Just this week, a New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... report described the mistreatment meted out to Afghan refugees in Pak camps, with some forced out if they couldn't pay the police. |
| Posted by:Fred |