NA body concerns presence of Afghan Refugees in the Country
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD—National Assembly’s Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) expressed its concern that inspite of huge repatriation of Afghan Refugees still 2.4 million Afghan Refugees are in Pakistan due to recycling and other unfair means.
It also expressed concern over the service structure of Federal Levies is quite different to provincial Levies inspite of having similar kind of duties and recommended that Ministry should take effective steps to strengthen the levies and to improve/strengthen the federal levies.
These concerns were expressed during the committee meeting, which held here in the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani.
During the meeting, various suggestions were given by the members to improve/strengthen the federal levies.
Chairman Committee Sardar Fateh Muhammad Muhammad Hassani constituted a five-member sub-committee headed by Rais Munir Ahmed MNA, to review the service structure of the levies and forward its recommendations to the main committee within one month.
The issue of Afghan Refugees was also discussed. The committee recommended that the ministry may take effective measures to ensure the maximum repatriation of Afghan Refugees and also stop their recycling as they are effecting badly on economy, security and infrastructure sectors etc.
Earlier, the committee was briefed in detail about the service structure of federal and provincial levies. The committee was also informed about the efforts made by the government for repatriation of Afghan Refugees.
The meeting was attended by MNAs Rais Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Fiaz Tamman, Maulana Syed Nek Zaman, Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman, Baktiar Manni, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan Nasir and Ch. Qamar Zaman Kaira, Federal Minister for SAFRON Yar Muhammad Rind and other senior officials of the ministry of SAFRON and Levies also attended the meeting.