Asylum Needed.

As expected, Pakistan is experiencing a considerable inflow of asylum seekers from Afghanistan ever since the Taliban takeover in 2021. According to the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Qaiser Khan Afridi, over 250,000 Afghans have crossed the border hoping for a better and safer life and Pakistan has always kept its doors open, and it will continue to do so in the future as well. At the same time however, the global community must come up with a permanent solution that revolves around repatriation as the ultimate goal, but this is only possible if Afghanistan is once again made safe and free for all of its people.

Pakistan currently hosts around 1.3 million documented refugees from Afghanistan, and over 1.3 million more undocumented. Most of them have made KP their home and have established roots there. The job of the federal government is to ensure that the process of registration and documentation is completed for as many refugees as possible. Meanwhile, avenues to gain employment should also be open so that they have the means to earn and sustain a livelihood. These are people who are escaping a humanitarian crisis, uncertainty and incredible hardships due to the overwhelming amount of pressure being put on their country through economic...