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Pakistan extends stay for Afghan refugees’ by 3 months

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The Pakistan badly-needed breathing space.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, chairing a meeting of the federal capital in Islamabad, approved the three-month extension, pushing back the previous deadline.

Islamabad had previously set the December 31 for Afghan refugees, who can now legally live in Pakistan until March 2017. .

Around 2.5 million legal and undocumented Afghan refugees are currently living in Pakistan, which has recently intensified pressure on them to go back to their homeland.

The cabinet meeting reviewed the . . .

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