Refugees will be sent back to their country with dignity: Jan Achakzai.

QUETTA -- Balochistan Caretaker Minister for Information Jan Achakzai said on Wednesday that Pakistan will deport all illegal Afghan immigrants by November 1.

While talking to media here, he shared over 1,000 Afghan families have left Pakistan so far, and around 250 families are returning to Afghanistan via the Chaman border daily,

The minister also said that the government has compiled complete data on where illegal immigrants are living in the province.

Achakzai said that refugees have been treated with hospitality for the last 40 years, and now they would be sent back to their country with dignity. He added that no political pressure will be tolerated in that regard and illegal migrants will have to leave Pakistan.

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