NADRA to register one million undocumented Afghan refugees till Jan 16

ISLAMABAD: National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) will complete the process of registering one million undocumented Afghan refugees till January 16.

An official source told APP here on Wednesday that the authority had expedited the registration process of undocumented Afghan refugees living in different parts of country.

He said that around 500,000 undocumented Afghan refugees had been registered across the country during the last four months while around 300,000 refugees had been registered in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

To a question, he said that, Afghan refugees might get another extension of six months as the duration of stay for Afghan refugees in Pakistan had expired on December 31, 2017.

However, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has requested Pakistan to extend that duration.

In this regard, a meeting of the Foreign, Interior and SAFRON ministries was held in which it was decided to extend the stay of Afghan refugees by six months.

The federal cabinet is expected to approve the summary sent by the SAFRON Ministry during its next meeting.

According to official record, Pakistan is currently hosting 1.9 million Afghan refugees including 1.3 million registered and 600,000 unregistered refugees. Registration process has been launched recently for unregistered refugees.