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Deadline for voluntary return of refugees extended

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan has extended the deadline for the voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees to June 30.

Since the resumption of the voluntary repatriation process, about 2,000 refugees had returned to Afghanistan in March, a UNHCR spokes was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

Speaking to The News, Qaiser Khan Afridi hoped the process would be stepped up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces in coming months.

UNHCR's voluntary repatriation centres in Quetta . . .

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