Pakistan has threatened to deport around 20,000 Afghan refugees awaiting relocation unless their cases are processed swiftly by host governments, following a pause in U.S. refugee programs. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set a deadline of March 31 for their expulsion from Islamabad and Rawalpindi if not relocated. Concerns have been raised about the fate of Afghan refugees, with reports of arbitrary detention and harassment in Islamabad.
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