PHC asks govt to restrict activities of Afghans

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to restrict the activities of Afghan refugees in the country in line with the law of the land. A bench consisting of Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar disposed of a petition filed by senior lawyer Mohammad Moazam Butt, who sought its orders for the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to regulate the life and work of Afghan refugees in the country and deport illegal refugees. In a two-page verdict, the bench ruled: “No one would disagree what the petitioner has averred in his petition that...

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