Pakistan The Ministry of Safran said on Friday that there are currently regarding 2.2 million card holders across the country Afghan refugees There are more than 1.4 million Payo card holders while the number of Afghan card holders is more than 8 million.
On Friday, the Senate Standing Committee on Saffron discussed the issue of Afghan refugees, in which the Secretary of the Ministry of Saffron, Zafar Hassan, while giving a briefing to the committee, said that, “Afghan refugees or Proof of Registration (POR) are currently in the country.” The number of card holders is regarding 14 lakh 50 thousand.
While the number of Afghan national card holders is regarding 813,000.
Regarding the privileges given to POR card holders, the secretary of the ministry Safran said that ‘these people can open a bank account, rent a house and also get a mobile phone SIM.
“While they are given 375 US dollars by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) when they surrender the POR.”
According to the documents obtained by Independent Urdu, the number of PO card holders residing in Pakistan is the highest in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with a rate of 52 percent.
26% POR card holders reside in Balochistan, 14% in Punjab and 6% in Sindh. Three percent of POR card holders in Islamabad are Afghan refugees.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Safran said that ‘from the year 2022 until now, regarding 44 lakh 20 thousand Afghan refugees have returned. While 1734 special seats have been given in universities for the children of Afghan refugees.
In the meeting, the details regarding the annual maintenance allowance given to the states acceding to Pakistan were also shared.
According to the details available to Independent Urdu, one crore two million rupees are given to the Amir of Bahawalpur by the government.
84 lakhs annually to former Mir of Mirpur, 20,000 to dependents of former Nawab of Dir, 19,000 to dependents of Khan of Kalat and 12,000 to dependents of Nawab of Makran.
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Committee member Senator Dost Muhammad said regarding the figures that ‘whoever gave the entire Balochistan is giving 12,000 to him.’
Chairman Committee Senator John Muhammad said ‘They give 12 thousand rupees and enjoy Gwadar.’
In the meeting, Chief Commissioner of Afghan Refugees Muhammad Abbas Khan told the committee that ‘Most of them in Pakistan Afghan The refugees are residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Peshawar, while there are currently 3 million refugees in the country.
The Chief Commissioner disclosed during the meeting that the family of former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is residing in Sector D-12 of Islamabad while two POR card holders are also playing cricket matches for Afghanistan once morest Pakistan in Sri Lanka. have played.’
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2024-07-20 04:56:59
