Some Afghan refugees in Pakistan: We live in an atmosphere of fear
A number of Afghans living in Pakistan say that they have been living in an atmosphere of fear since two days and cannot leave their homes.
Abdul Basit is one of these Afghans in Pakistan. He told Radio Azadi yesterday evening:
“Afghan immigrants who are here do not feel safe. Their concern is that they can neither return to their country, nor do they feel safe in Pakistan. From the countries that advance the cases of Afghan immigrants, the Afghans who are in danger here We request that their cases be dealt with seriously as soon as possible.”
These Afghans say that their internet has been cut off for three days. They cannot leave their homes with their wives and children.
Abdul Rahman Karimi, another Afghan, told Radio Azadi about his and his family’s problems in Islamabad:
“We cannot easily go to the market to buy Sawada, women are facing many problems. Our children, who used to be able to go to the market with women, now cannot. These problems are increasing day by day. On the other hand, the problem of the Internet and work Not using social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp are the problems that we immigrants in Pakistan are facing.
These Afghans left Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban to power and are expecting to migrate to other countries.
Demonstrations and chaos continue in Pakistan after the arrest of the former prime minister.
Today is the third day that the angry supporters of Imran Khan and members of his Tehreek-e-Insaf party have taken to the streets in different cities, blocked the roads and set fire to some buildings and government equipment.
Until yesterday evening, Wednesday, the news indicated that around 1,000 Imran Khan supporters were arrested by the security forces in Punjab and around 200 others in Karachi.
English-language newspaper Dun Pakistan reported that angry protesters set fire to several ambulances at Reddy Reading Hospital in Peshawar last night.
The members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led by Imran Khan, have claimed that the police suppressed and tortured the protesters.
Demonstrations turned violent in Punjab and Khyber Pashtun Khwaja provinces yesterday, where Pakistani media reported eight people were killed and dozens more were injured.
But these figures have not yet been officially confirmed.
With the continuation of the demonstrations, the Pakistani army has warned that they cannot tolerate the attacks of angry demonstrators and supporters of Imran Khan on military installations. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement yesterday that these groups want to push Pakistan on the path of civil war. According to the Pakistan Army, the responsibility of their reaction to the violent demonstrations in Pakistan will be on the shoulders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party.
These protests in Pakistan started on the 9th of May after the former Prime Minister of this country, Imran Khan, was arrested on charges of involvement in administrative corruption.
