Pakistan Cabinet led by PM Nawaz Sharif on Friday decided to allow about three million Afghan refugees to stay in the country till March next year, saying adequate and concrete steps would be taken for them.
“Afghans are our brothers and very dear to us. Adequate and concrete steps will be ensured for facilitation of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan,” said an official statement of the cabinet meeting held here.
The meeting approved to extend the stay of Afghan refugees in Pakistan till March 31, 2017. Previously, the government had set a deadline of December 31 this year for their return.