The Federal Ministry of the Interior has asked the authorities of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to give records of Afghan students enrolled in the province as part of an update to its foreign citizens’ database.

The Ministry’s security cell sent an official letter to the provincial home secretary and instructed that details of Afghan students were submitted by March 27.

The move comes as Pakistan approaches the last phase of its crashes on undocumented foreigners, including Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders.

The government has ordered all illegal Afghan residents to leave before March 31.

Authorities say that over 876,000 Afghans have already left Pakistan since the repatriation drive began, with thousands more expected to leave in the coming days.

The government has assured that deportations will be performed humanly.

To facilitate the process, officials have arranged food and medical assistance to those who return. However, the authorities warn that strict litigation will be taken against those who remain outside the deadline.

Previously, the KP government had decided to comply with the federal government’s decision to repatriate Afghan refugees.

However, it has been made clear that refugees would not be forced to be taken out from KP, but would have the opportunity to voluntarily return to their homeland.

For this they also get the necessary facilities.

The central government has given a deadline on March 31, 2025 to all Afghan refugees who are illegal or have proof of registration cards to leave Pakistan and return to Afghanistan.