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Pakistan rules out extending Afghan refugees’ stay

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan has ruled out another extension for registered refugees to stay in the country, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

“There will be no extension after January 31 and they will have to go to their country,” Dawn quoted an unnamed official in the State and Frontier Region (Safron) Ministry as saying.

After the registered refugees lost their legal status on Dec 31, the federal cabinet extended their stay in the country for a month. But the refugees and the government in