City administration and law enforcement in Karachi on Friday started the \u2018forced repatriation\u2019 of an estimated 16,138 Afghan Citizenship Card (ACC) holders, with over 150 so far detained as part of the government\u2019s policy to deport all undocumented foreign nationals, officials said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The interior ministry, in a statement on March 6, stated, \u201cAll illegal foreigners and ACC holders are advised to leave the country voluntarily before 31 March 2025; thereafter, deportation will commence wef 1 April 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n
On February 13, the interior minister instructed the Sindh government to initiate the repatriation of all ACC holders to their country of origin under the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan (IFRP). As part of the plan, voluntary return until March 31 ended and \u201cforced repatriation\u201d from April 1 has begun.<\/p>\n
As per the IRFP prepared by the Sindh Home Department and seen by Dawn.com, a control room has been set up at the department while \u201cholding points\u201d have been set up in Karachi and Jacobabad, with a \u201ctransit point\u201d in Sakrund, Shaheed Benazirabad housing a total capacity of 1,500.<\/p>\n
The plan added that the main repatriation centre has been set up at Ameen House in Sultanabad in Karachi\u2019s Keamari area.<\/p>\n
South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza told Dawn.com on Friday that so far, 162 ACC holders have been brought to the holding facility as some of them were returned or released as being Proof of Registration (POR) holders.<\/p>\n
\u201cA total of 196 Afghans from different areas were brought to the camp on April 3,\u201d the DIG said. \u201cOf those, 20 were released as they held POR.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimilarly, a total of 90 Afghans arrived at the camp on April 4 (Friday), with 10 being released. Thus, a total of 242 Afghans have been brought for repatriation to Afghanistan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
DIG Raza said that a joint mapping exercise conducted by the police\u2019s Special Branch, in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, found a total of 16,138 ACC holders in Karachi, with most of them living in the East and West districts.<\/p>\n
Giving a breakdown of each district, South police said that there were 11,233 ACC holders in the East district, 2, 792 cardholders in the West district, 910 in Korangi, 396 in Malir, 406 in the Central district, 203 in Keamari, 120 in the South district and 78 in the City district.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Keamari Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Captain (retired) Faizan Ali visited the Ameen House holding camp on Friday, a statement issued by the Keamari Police Media Cell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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