PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has indicated Afghan refugee elders living in Pakistan for the last three decades may be granted citizenship.
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra told participants of an event in Lahore on Sunday: “Elders of Afghan refugees who have been living in Pakistan for more than three decades and have developed relationships through inter-marriages may be granted citizenship.”
The governor also urged the government to grant refugees a ‘grace period’ before their repatriation so that they could wrap up their businesses in Pakistan . . .
