(3 Oct 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi - 2 October 2023
1.Various of an Afghan refugee family having tea at home
2. Qurban Nazar having tea with his sister Bibi Laila whose oldest son Attaullah, 24, has been in jail for 25 days
3. Various of family members having tea
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Qurban Nazar, Afghan refugee:
“(Police) arrested him although he had the identity document. If he has committed any crime, they should charge him. He has been arrested only for being an Afghan. If he didn't have an identity document (issued by the Pakistan government) with him, it would have been understandable. We have documents that we obtained from the government after a lot of effort. But if we are arrested like this, what is the value of this document that I have in my pocket?"
5. Various of Laila showing her son's picture on mobile phone
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Qurban Nazar, Afghan refugee:
"If we are forced to leave Pakistan, we will leave. But it is our right to remain in Pakistan, under Islamic law as well as under democratic norms. Forty years is a very long time. There should be justice. History should be seen (considered). Islamic history should be seen. There is no precedent of expelling people who have been living for 40 years in a country."
7. Various of Laila trying to hold back her tears then crying

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Islamabad - 3 October 2023
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sarfraz Bugti, Pakistan's caretaker Interior Minister:
"Our illegal immigrants and illegal citizens who are living with illegal means in Pakistan, we are giving them a Nov. 1 deadline. (They have) until Nov. 1 when they should go back to their own countries. If they do not, then whatever law enforcement we have, whatever law enforcement the state has, be it provincial governments, be it federal government agencies, whatever our enforcement is, we will deport them under this enforcement."
9. Cutaway of reporters
10. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sarfraz Bugti, Pakistan's caretaker Interior Minister:
"Those people who are living here illegally have built illegal properties, they have built illegal businesses (that) are not in our tax net (revenues), or run businesses that belong to legal citizens, but Pakistani citizens are collaborating with them. The intelligence agencies and our law enforcement agencies will find them, and we will seize these businesses."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi - 2 October 2023
11. Various of a market in a neighbourhood where many Afghans live
12. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abdullah Shah Bukhari, community leader for Afghan refugees:
"I appeal to the government to release all the refugees at the earliest. The government should make a policy for the Afghan refugees. It can’t be done without a clear policy. The refugees have been living here since 1979. Now the government wants us to leave, all of a sudden. How can we leave? People should be given at least three years so that they can properly wind up their businesses."
13. Afghan man preparing kebabs
14. Various of people and vehicles in neighbourhood where many Afghans live
STORYLINE:
Pakistan’s government announced a major crackdown on migrants in the country illegally on Tuesday, saying it would expel them starting next month and raising alarm among foreigners without documentation who include an estimated 1.7 million Afghans.

The country’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said the crackdown was not aimed at Afghans and would apply to all nationalities, though the vast majority of migrants in the country are Afghans.






Bibi Laila, a 45-year-old Afghan woman, has been living in Pakistan for more than 40 years.



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