Afghan Refugees and its Impact on Economy,Permanent Fixture,Influx of Refugees:



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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