Leave by Nov 1, Pak tells illegal Afghan immigrants

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s caretaker government has set November 1 as the deadline for thousands of illegal immigrants to leave the country or face deportation as the government intensified its crackdown against those involved in militancy and smuggling, Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on Tuesday.

According to Bugti, 1.73 million unregistered illegal Afghans are living in Pakistan.