Has Imran Khan delivered an inswinger at Pakistan military?
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 IST
NEW DELHI: Recently sworn-in prime minister Imran Khan said Pakistan would grant citizenship to all Afghan and Bangladeshi refugees born in the country.
Pakistan is home to over 1.39 million UNHCR-registered Afghan refugees and more than 200,000 ethnic Bangladeshis, including many Rohingya. UN surveys suggest that around 60% of Afghan refugees were either born in Pakistan or were minors when their parents migrated to Pakistan.
This is a marked departure from the country’s previous stand wherein it saw the refugees as unwelcome and has consistently pushed Afghanistan for repatriation. In fact, only a day earlier, Khan’s foreign minister had "underlined the need for dignified, sustainable repatriation of Afghan refugees to their homeland through a gradual and time-bound plan”.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
HIGHLIGHTS
*Bank MD and CEO Ravindra Marathe, his predecessor Sushil Manhot, executive dire...
Recently posted . 535 views . 3 min read
As said some genius exists on this planet who are actually school dropouts. Sometimes qualifications have nothing to do with business and creating unique business...
Recently posted . 501 views . 4 min read
Two-wheeler riders who are not wearing a helmet, or if their pillion is without a helmet, will be not given fuel at fuel stations starting June 1, 2019.
Recently posted . 477 views . 1 min read
The mob asked Shaukat Ali if he had the licence to sell beef and whether he was from Bangladesh
Recently posted . 583 views . 1 min read
The Union Home Ministry has advised the Chandigarh Administration to follow the notification issued by Delhi Government to exempt Sikh women who wear turbans, from ...
Recently posted . 528 views . 2 min read
Trending News & Articles
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (Marathi: श्री. खाशाबा दादासाहेब जाधव, January 15, 1926 – August 14, 1984) was an Indian athlete. He is best known as a wrestler who...
Recently posted . 6K views . 60 min read
There's a scene in the movie 'Captain', a freshly-minted Malayalam biopic on former India defender VP Sathyan, which tries to capture the conflict rag...
Recently posted . 2K views . 1 min read
These are exciting times for Indian football.
India is set to host a FIFA World Cup and participate in it for the first time. The under-17 World Cup begins ...
Recently posted . 2K views . 2 min read
Virat Kohli is one of the fittest players in Indian cricket team but he is not the fittest of all.
Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
More in Global
Recalling the moment when the mob entered the campus, one of the students, said, 'There were middle-aged men jumping over the fence over the high walls. The f...
Recently posted. 470 views . 1 min read
No doubt, India has shown good progress in many fields but when it comes to “Hunger”, it is seriously lagging behind. This claim has been backed by a pr...
Recently posted. 921 views . 14 min read
BJP leaders, including party president Amit Shah, launched on Tuesday a concerted attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, questioning his commitment to deve...
Recently posted. 478 views . 5 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 787 views
Recently posted . 1K views
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank will on August 25 issue new Rs 200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of RBI Governor Urjit Pa...
Recently posted. 1K views . 22 min read
In London Rahul Gandhi says, "Come to me with whatever questions you want, and then judge what I am"
Recently posted. 488 views . 0 min read