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Senate opposes forced expulsion of Afghan refugees

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghan refugees living in Pakistan should not be forced into returning to their homeland, a Senate Panel has suggested.

The Senate Functional Committee on the Problems of Less Developed Areas floated the recommendation on Tuesday after a presentation by a senior bureaucrat.

Earlier, Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Saleem Khan shared figures with lawmakers about the number of Afghans living in Pakistan.

He informed the parliamentary panel that 2.8 million Afghans were living in Pakistan, with each refugee family consisting of 7 . . .

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