(NATIONAL) Pakistan hosting Afghans without any monetary benefit in return: UNHCR.

ISLAMABAD -- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that Pakistan has been hosting Afghan refugees for the last over 40 years without receiving any funds in return, according to an information on Sunday.

On the other hand, the European Union Agency of Asylum and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have termed the presence of millions of illegal immigrants on Pakistani soil a threat to the country.

The report says that 1.7 million Afghans are living in the country illegally without any proof and registration. "Pakistan is not the only country which has decided to evict illegal Afghan nationals," it says, adding...