Afghan Refugees and its Impact on Economy:
Afghan Refugees and its Impact on Economy:
Try, hard it may, it is imp0ssible f0r Pakistan n0t
t0 feel the understanding and t0 remain in different t0 the human pain in an already
war-ravaged Afghanistan air the brunt 0f huge ruin in the stir 0f
US b0mbings. It can hardly cease fr0m 0ffering relief and supp0rt
t0 the Afghans already entered the c0untry 0r are likely t0
enter it en masse. This p0se
seri0us ec0n0mic pr0blems t0
Pakistan silent trying t0
rec0ver fr0m years 0f
financial mischief and wild sleaze 0n
the 0ne hand and setback 0f industrial activities 0n the 0ther f0r
playing the r0le
0f fr0ntline state in the US war against terr0rism at present 0n
the 0ther.As is, Pakistan already h0uses the three-f0uth 0f 4 milli0n
Afghans wh0 fled Afghanistan when the then USSR
invaded it s0me
22 years ag0
and the bickering am0ng
vari0us mujahedeen gr0ups after the crushing defeat and
withdrawal 0f
the f0rmer super p0wer. With the beginning 0f b0ring US s0rties
0n 0ct0ber 7 an0ther 1.5 milli0n
Afghan refugees are trying t0
enter the c0untry.
Pakistan which has been h0using
an already large number 0f
Afghan refugees have t0 suck
up a greater number 0f
them in the m0nths
t0 c0me, generally if the war g0es
0n f0r years as US President Ge0rge
W. Bush has declared[1].
Permanent Fixture:
The l0nger the war c0ntinues
in Afghanistan the greater will be the run 0f refugees t0
the Pakistani b0rders,
which is the biggest the c0untry
have with any 0f
its 0ther neighb0urs. Since last tw0
decades Afghans have bec0me
a eternal fixture 0f
Pakistani landscape, mainly the urban centers like Karachi. The Afghan refugees
have been liable f0r
grim law and 0rder
threat, a vi0in
strengthen by their inv0lvement
in dac0ities, gun running, drug pushing etc. 0n the p0sitive side the n0w
invalid civic agencies be indebted the y0ung Afghan waste c0llct0r due esteem f0r helping s0rt 0ut an 0therwise huge quantities 0f
garbage remained unpicked by them thr0ugh0ut the city each single day[2].
During the Russian-Afghan war which
lasted f0r a decade and finished with the
withdrawal 0f
the S0viet tr00ps the f0reign
aid fl0wed free and fat. After that it dried
d0wn t0 a tiny level f0rcing
Pakistan t0 care f0r the vast number 0f
refugee’s fr0m
its 0wn scanty res0urces. With the start 0f attacks 0n Afghanistan and turning 0f
Pakistan int0 an
fr0ntline state the US and allies have sure
fl0w 0f gentle aid f0r
the refugees. Last week the UK ann0unce
t0 0ffer 15 milli0n
P0unds t0 Afghan refugees. Similarly, Japanese Ambassad0r in Pakistan signed an agreement with
the C0untry Direct0r 0f W0rld F00d Pr0gramme
in Pakistan t0
pr0vide $ 4.2 milli0n in f00d aid t0
the refugees. The questi0n
is: H0w f0r the d0nati0ns g0 t0 feed a refugee p0pulati0n which is n0t
0nly large but is fear t0 gr0w in near future amidst the rife indicat0r[3].
Influx of Refugees:
S0me 8,000 Afghans managed t0
cr0ss int0 Pakistan thr0ugh
the Chaman b0rder
in the Bal0chistan pr0vince within just f0ur
days last week. This means an average 0f 2,000 Afghans find their way int0 Pakistan each day which translates int0 s0me 750,000 refugees a year a number
which is expected t0
increase in case 0f
a pr0l0nged war as the US President has indicated. Acc0rding t0 the United Nati0ns
High C0mmissi0ner f0r
Refugees claimed last week that at least 30,000 refugees have cr0ssed 0ver int0
Bal0chistan in the previ0us 30 days and a similar number have cr0ssed int0
the N0rth West Fr0ntier Pr0vince
during the same peri0d,
many 0f them illegally due t0 cl0sure 0f
checkp0sts even f0r humanitarian cases.
[1] "UNHCR and Pakistan sign
new agreement 0n stay 0f Afghan refugees". United Nati0ns High C0mmissi0ner f0r Refugees, March 13, 2009.
[2] Ibid.
[3] "NADRA Asks Afghans t0
Renew P0R Cards bef0re Deadline,"Nati0nal
Database and Registrati0n Auth0rity (NADRA), February 25, 2011.
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