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"I want to dedicate this Man of the Match award to the people who were sent from Pakistan back to Afghanistan."

Appropriate or not?
 
Whats this guy smoking?

Afghanistan is no longer at war, the occupiers have left. Its a stable land which is now improving monthly.

It was Pakistan who helped the Afghan resistance to send the invaders home.

Surely anyone with self respect would want to return to their homeland or does this chap want them to live as refugees forever?
 
KingKhanWC said:
Whats this guy smoking?

Afghanistan is no longer at war, the occupiers have left. Its a stable land which is now improving monthly.

It was Pakistan who helped the Afghan resistance to send the invaders home.

Surely anyone with self respect would want to return to their homeland or does this chap want them to live as refugees forever?
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Could’ve dedicated it to Palestine but did this instead. They’re trying to create a new feud needlessly.
 
Suleiman said:
Could’ve dedicated it to Palestine but did this instead. They’re trying to create a new feud needlessly.
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Its due to their players recent history of supporting the now extinct Norther Alliance, who were helping the invaders.

They played a great game of cricket today but also shown how pathetic they are as people.
 
I think it's time the ICC takes a stand. Any cricketer making political statements either through words or by wearing some symbolic thing should be fined heavily. This should probably be limited to anything done on the cricket field. Let them say what they like on social media.
 
He will get fined for this, though personally, I support anything and everything that exposes, to an international audience, the sheer wickedness and psychopathy of Asim Munir and the Pakistani military establishment. Full support to Ibrahim Zadran and the Afghan refugees that have been, and are to be, forcefully and violently displaced by ‘the company’.
 
If Shahid Afridi can mention about Kashmir at toss, than so could this mention this aswell..

Pakistanis have no moral high ground to stand on here. If you have issue with this statement than maybe call Afridi's statement wrong than comment here.

I never had issue with Afridi's statement nor with this.

Good from Ibrahim. Now Pakistani fans will have something to whine about because there was nothing in the match they could whine about.
 
Major said:
If Shahid Afridi can mention about Kashmir at toss, than so could this mention this aswell..

Pakistanis have no moral high ground to stand on here. If you have issue with this statement than maybe call Afridi's statement wrong than comment here.

I never had issue with Afridi's statement nor with this.

Good from Ibrahim. Now Pakistani fans will have something to whine about because there was nothing in the match they could whine about.
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Which Afridi statement? He has plenty lol.

Good from him? He is disprecting his nation here and his so called people. I would be like a Palestinian calling out Iran for sending Palestinians back to their land after the invaders have gone?

Its the most stupid after match statement in the history of sport lol.
 
KingKhanWC said:
Which Afridi statement? He has plenty lol.

Good from him? He is disprecting his nation here and his so called people. I would be like a Palestinian calling out Iran for sending Palestinians back to their land after the invaders have gone?

Its the most stupid after match statement in the history of sport lol.
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bro, they won. Let them say whatever they want. If we dont want them to make statements we should had defeated them but we couldn't. Mic is in there hand now and we have to sit out this one.
 
Major said:
bro, they won. Let them say whatever they want. If we dont want them to make statements we should had defeated them but we couldn't. Mic is in there hand now and we have to sit out this one.
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I already congratulated them , great win.

The point is the statement as a dumb as it can get.

Please explain what is he trying to say here?
 
Major said:
If Shahid Afridi can mention about Kashmir at toss, than so could this mention this aswell..

Pakistanis have no moral high ground to stand on here. If you have issue with this statement than maybe call Afridi's statement wrong than comment here.

I never had issue with Afridi's statement nor with this.

Good from Ibrahim. Now Pakistani fans will have something to whine about because there was nothing in the match they could whine about.
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Respect your consistent standards 👏
Even though our perspectives are complete opposite. 🙌
 
KingKhanWC said:
Which Afridi statement? He has plenty lol.

Good from him? He is disprecting his nation here and his so called people. I would be like a Palestinian calling out Iran for sending Palestinians back to their land after the invaders have gone?

Its the most stupid after match statement in the history of sport lol.
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Afridi dedicated pakistan's team effort in advance for the kashmiris at 2011 world cup semi final against india in mohali.
 
Saanji said:
Hmm.. so you condone abusing fellow Muslims and yet you espouse the concept of ummah..
There is a limit to hypocrisy sir.
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no abuse, this is the view of most Afghans who stayed in their land to fight. This chap and many others inc Rashid supported the northern alliance who were part of the occupation. It may be something you'd also do but most wouldnt.
 
Religion and politics should be banned while the player is still at the ground. It takes away the attention from the actual game.
 
Saanji said:
Afridi dedicated pakistan's team effort in advance for the kashmiris at 2011 world cup semi final against india in mohali.
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Fake news spread by Gambhir was it? Just like the fake news that those fans chanting Kohli Kohli at him were in fact chanting anti-India slogans :rp

Afridi after losing to India in a T20 WC said in the next match's toss, probably to divert attention, that a lot of Kashmiris had come to watch Pak play.

What else has he said regarding Kahsmir on the cricket field?
 
pillionrider said:
I think it's time the ICC takes a stand. Any cricketer making political statements either through words or by wearing some symbolic thing should be fined heavily. This should probably be limited to anything done on the cricket field. Let them say what they like on social media.
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This. No need for political statements while representing your country in sport. Let him tweet and support whoever he wants in his private time.

This simply causes unnecessary issues
 
Major said:
If Shahid Afridi can mention about Kashmir at toss, than so could this mention this aswell..

Pakistanis have no moral high ground to stand on here. If you have issue with this statement than maybe call Afridi's statement wrong than comment here.

I never had issue with Afridi's statement nor with this.

Good from Ibrahim. Now Pakistani fans will have something to whine about because there was nothing in the match they could whine about.
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Fair play , Major. I don't agree with your stance but at least you apply it uniformly.

Respect!
 
I am surprised that there has been no reaction from Pakistan Board till now?
Zadran clearly made a political statement. Why has PCB not filed an official complaint to ICC against him ?
 
Let it be.

Otherwise they could be deported for Rizwan’s tweet
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
I am surprised that there has been no reaction from Pakistan Board till now?
Zadran clearly made a political statement. Why has PCB not filed an official complaint to ICC against him ?
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What did he say?
Please add more details for a better discussion :srini
 

Ibrahim Zadran dedicates player of the match award to Afghan refugees ‘sent back’ by Pakistan​


Rajdeep said:
What did he say?
Please add more details for a better discussion :srini
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Cricket World Cup: Ibrahim Zadran dedicates player of the match award to Afghan refugees ‘sent back’ by Pakistan

Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran scored 87 and played a pivotal role in his team's first ever win over Pakistan.
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Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran, who was adjudged player of the match for hos match-winning 87 against Pakistan has dedicated his award to the “Afghan refugees,” who has been sent back by Pakistan.

Chasing a stiff total of 283, Zadran put on 130 runs for the opening wicket with Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) to give Afghanistan a flying start. He forged a 60-run stand for the second wicket with Rahmat Shah (77 not out). The unbeaten 96-run partnership for the third wicket between Rahmat and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (48 not out) steered their team home.
 
Frankly I do not have anything against him for saying this. I mean, its very hypocritical of you to cry about Gaza if you can't be sympathetic towards people being uprooted from their homes, their livelihoods and their everyday reality. The essence of humanity is always the same, irrespective of whatever human rights issue you care for.

And please save me the rhetoric about about the "legality" of their living arrangements here; you and I both know how much you really care about the legal process and rule of law. I just hope Pakistanis won't ever have to be on the receiving end of what Afghan refugees have gone through over the years. Otherwise, after burning so many bridges, where would you go? The Arabian ocean? China?
 
Arzy8 said:
He will get fined for this, though personally, I support anything and everything that exposes, to an international audience, the sheer wickedness and psychopathy of Asim Munir and the Pakistani military establishment. Full support to Ibrahim Zadran and the Afghan refugees that have been, and are to be, forcefully and violently displaced by ‘the company’.
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The real Afgans stayed in Afganistan to rebuild the country, not run off with puppets like Ashraf Gahni.
 
SM1989 said:
Frankly I do not have anything against him for saying this. I mean, its very hypocritical of you to cry about Gaza if you can't be sympathetic towards people being uprooted from their homes, their livelihoods and their everyday reality. The essence of humanity is always the same, irrespective of whatever human rights issue you care for.

And please save me the rhetoric about about the "legality" of their living arrangements here; you and I both know how much you really care about the legal process and rule of law. I just hope Pakistanis won't ever have to be on the receiving end of what Afghan refugees have gone through over the years. Otherwise, after burning so many bridges, where would you go? The Arabian ocean? China?
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I don't see why Gaza or Israel is being brought into this, they are very different circumstances. Unless you think offering refugee status to people fleeing their own homes under attack from foreign invaders is somehow the same as occupying land and bombing the people who live there.

Seriously, can we have some logical discussion here without nationalistic trolling?
 
Refugees will always be treated with contempt anywhere, comments are there for everyone to see on social media.

Coming from refugee family maternally and paternally I have always been grateful for my motherland India accepting us allowing us to flourish without any name calling, that’s why even though I might not agree with society I have a lot of love towards India.
 
Major said:
before saying others ran away and the real ones stayed back. This would apply to every immigrant and their generations that reside outside of there country. So dont make such comments on others
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No it doesn't. And your case is definitely "pot calling the kettle black" I'm not taking lectures from a guy who supports murder, corruption, to suit his own narrative!
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
How? Was he sent home to Afghanistan from Pakistan as a refugee?

I don't get his point, does he not want Afghan refugees to return to their homeland?
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I can’t do your critical thinking for you buddy, but you can start with this: There is a difference between repatriotizing refugees and deporting refugees.
 
I think therfore I am said:
How many of the Afghan cricket players live in Afghanistan??????? Do they all support the new government 🤔🤔🤔 hypocrisy at its finest.
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They don’t, they live in India, as does their women’s team as does their government in exile, as do many who could get out when they could. None of them are inclined to return to Afghanistan just yet, and thus the crisis of deported refugees.
 
captain.hansolo said:
They don’t, they live in India, as does their women’s team as does their government in exile, as do many who could get out when they could. None of them are inclined to return to Afghanistan just yet, and thus the crisis of deported refugees.
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Exactly point proven case closed. Hence no need for them to be making political statements.

They even have the wrong flag on their cricket world cup shirts. Who funds the ACB
 
I know not all Indians are like this…

But the loud mob mentality folk who have been brainwashed by their country’s propaganda always come out in droves to never let any opportunity involving Muslims and/or Pakistan go untouched.

Absolutely always have to take the opposing perspective. Ofc. Otherwise they would cease to exist.

They will preach to us on how to deal with other Muslims but will endorse a ruthless PM who has blood on his hands and oversees a country where Hindus are going out of their way to harass and make lives difficult for Indian Muslims, partly because of the propaganda they are fed. All the way down to school level where even their textbooks are edited to incite hatred and the anthems they chant there.

My Indian Muslim brothers and sisters, we are with you! We will be reunited soon In Sha Allah, and justice will be served.
 
I think therfore I am said:
Exactly point proven case closed. Hence no need for them to be making political statements.

They even have the wrong flag on their cricket world cup shirts. Who funds the ACB
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They live in India because they cannot in Afghanistan. Conditions are dire there, and refugees deported there are going to experience a torrid time.
 
captain.hansolo said:
I was under the impression they live in India. Which is why the Delhi gymkhana stadium is their unofficial home ground.
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Delhi gymkhana? I thought it was Noida which is on the outskirts of delhi

They cant play at home cause no country is gonna tour them.

They could had made pakistan therehome if there wasnt politics involved
 
I think therfore I am said:
But it's ok for the million plus Afghan refugees to live in Pakistan for the last 35 years.

Funny how no Afghanis mention this.
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do you follow Afghanistan cricket? Do you read there players interviews? You saw one match saw one post match interview and have made this statement.

Afghan Cricketers have often mentioned they lived in Pakistan and played their cricket and learned there cricket from there. Alot of the senior guys have often said that they were inspired by the 1992 world cup
 
captain.hansolo said:
They don’t, they live in India, as does their women’s team as does their government in exile, as do many who could get out when they could. None of them are inclined to return to Afghanistan just yet, and thus the crisis of deported refugees.
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Right so the Afghan players protesting against Pakistan are living and earning their bread in India. I think it's fair to say that means they will be "motivated" to put out political statements in line with their hosts anti-Pakistan policy.

So if you want to give lectures to Pakistan about repatriotising or deporting Afghan refugees, why not offer a million or so free route to India where you can put them up in better conditions? India is far richer than Pakistan, and let's not forget you have an open door to Hindus/Sikhs/Buddhists to repatriate to India from Pakistan.
 
Major said:
do you follow Afghanistan cricket? Do you read there players interviews? You saw one match saw one post match interview and have made this statement.

Afghan Cricketers have often mentioned they lived in Pakistan and played their cricket and learned there cricket from there. Alot of the senior guys have often said that they were inspired by the 1992 world cup
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Indeed I do my friend, hence my bemusement as to why they were celebrating the win as if they have won the world cup or turned Afghanistan into a modern progressive country.

Were you watching the celebrations on and off the field????
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Exactly what I'm wondering. Does he want the Afghan refugees to remain in Pakistan? Surely he should also be having a pop at the Afghan 'government' too if he doesn't feel the refugees are able to return home.
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Exactly could not have said it better myself. Selective point scoring statements, to please their BCCI pay masters.

Why don't they grow a pair and cirticise their savage backward government. Not a peep when it comes to important issues.
 
I think therfore I am said:
Indeed I do my friend, hence my bemusement as to why they were celebrating the win as if they have won the world cup or turned Afghanistan into a modern progressive country.

Were you watching the celebrations on and off the field????
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because it was there first win over Pakistan..

You are hurt the fact that Why Afghanistan beat Pakistan and why they celebrate the win. If Naseem and Pakistani players can run on to the ground as if they wont the world cup, than there is no harm in Afghan players in celebrating there first win over Pakistan.

The players have mentioned this many times that they grew up watching pakistan. Offcourse they want to beat the team they grew up watching.

The problem with people like you is that you dont respect Afghans and you expect them to kiss up to you. This is why Afghans do the opposite. Just like how pakistans take a mic to every foreign cricketer begging to do tareef of PSL.
 
Major said:
because it was there first win over Pakistan..

You are hurt the fact that Why Afghanistan beat Pakistan and why they celebrate the win. If Naseem and Pakistani players can run on to the ground as if they wont the world cup, than there is no harm in Afghan players in celebrating there first win over Pakistan.

The players have mentioned this many times that they grew up watching pakistan. Offcourse they want to beat the team they grew up watching.

The problem with people like you is that you dont respect Afghans and you expect them to kiss up to you. This is why Afghans do the opposite. Just like how pakistans take a mic to every foreign cricketer begging to do tareef of PSL.
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The irony of your post is comical. You have just made blanket statements and assumed many things about me. Let me educate you, I am not Pakistani.

Maybe your are not able to grasp context. I will attempt once more.

The issue my friend is not they beat Pakistan or celebrated their win. I was one of the first to congratulate the Afghan team.

However it's the political statements made internally and externally which is disgraceful.
 
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I think therfore I am said:
The irony of your post is comical. You have just made blanket statements and assumed many things about me. Let me educate you, I am not Pakistani.

Maybe your are not able to grasp context. I will attempt once more.

The issue my friend is not they beat Pakistan or celebrated their win. I was one of the first to congratulate the Afghan team.

However it's the political statements made internally and externally which is disgraceful.

The problem with people like you is you are not able to think #Lemming

BTW Your punctuation is horrendous
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nice try in shifting the goalpost.

First your issue was why the celebrated, now you are saying that why they made a political statement.
 
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Major said:
nice try in shifting the goalpost.

First your issue was why the celebrated, now you are saying that why they made a political statement.
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You are just arguing over semantics now. Obviously no one would have any problem with a player celebrating their win over another country. Even Zadran can make a political point if he so wishes, but at least it should make sense.

What is he trying to say? Pakistan hosted over 4 million Afghan refugees at one point, maybe he was one of them. As @DeadlyVenom correctly points out, why does he think it is only Pakistan's responsibility to host millions of refugees indefinitely? He's living in India, why can't his adopted country bring them over there? Or why doesn't he ask Afghan homeland to arrange to bring them back?
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
You are just arguing over semantics now. Obviously no one would have any problem with a player celebrating their win over another country. Even Zadran can make a political point if he so wishes, but at least it should make sense.

What is he trying to say? Pakistan hosted over 4 million Afghan refugees at one point, maybe he was one of them. As @DeadlyVenom correctly points out, why does he think it is only Pakistan's responsibility to host millions of refugees indefinitely? He's living in India, why can't his adopted country bring them over there? Or why doesn't he ask Afghan homeland to arrange to bring them back?
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Look what he wrote above. The guy had issue with the team celebrating and had to quickly shift goal post
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Right so the Afghan players protesting against Pakistan are living and earning their bread in India. I think it's fair to say that means they will be "motivated" to put out political statements in line with their hosts anti-Pakistan policy.

So if you want to give lectures to Pakistan about repatriotising or deporting Afghan refugees, why not offer a million or so free route to India where you can put them up in better conditions? India is far richer than Pakistan, and let's not forget you have an open door to Hindus/Sikhs/Buddhists to repatriate to India from Pakistan.
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I am fully supportive of that endeavor, I think India should welcome more displaced and refugees from Afghanistan. But I am not Indian, I am American, and welcoming more refugees from Afghanistan is one of the criteria upon which I determine who to vote for.

Also as per another poster, I was incorrect thst the Afghanistan cricket team lives in India, they don’t, they live in Afghanistan
 
Major said:
Look what he wrote above. The guy had issue with the team celebrating and had to quickly shift goal post
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You are arguing about a poster shifting the goalpost rather than the actual issue. The topic isn't about a poster, it's about what Zadran said, this is why I said you are getting stuck in semantics rather than discussing intelligently.
 
Major said:
Look what he wrote above. The guy had issue with the team celebrating and had to quickly shift goal post
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I would guess you are a very obtuse individual. Let make it clear for you to understand, everyone else seems to have grasped my point.

No one is bothered they celebrated a well deserved victory. It's the context and manner of statements that they were inferenced under

It's like Bangladesh winning the WC final against Pakistan and then saying dedicate this victory to all those that were killed during our independence or the displaced refugees, that were created as a result.

The only goal post that are being shifted, remain in your head.
Major said:
nice try in shifting the goalpost.

First your issue was why the celebrated, now you are saying that why they made a political statement.
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captain.hansolo said:
I am fully supportive of that endeavor, I think India should welcome more displaced and refugees from Afghanistan. But I am not Indian, I am American, and welcoming more refugees from Afghanistan is one of the criteria upon which I determine who to vote for.

Also as per another poster, I was incorrect thst the Afghanistan cricket team lives in India, they don’t, they live in Afghanistan
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I welcome the day India takes in a few million Afghan refugees and supports them until their country is able to take them back. Hopefully it won't take a few decades for them to return.
 
I think therfore I am said:
I would guess you are a very obtuse individual. Let make it clear for you to understand, everyone else seems to have grasped my point.

No one is bothered they celebrated a well deserved victory. It's the context and manner of statements that they were inferenced under

It's like Bangladesh winning the WC final against Pakistan and then saying dedicate this victory to all those that were killed during our independence or the displaced refugees, that were created as a result.

The only goal post that are being shifted, remain in your head.
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I don't even think that is a valid comparison. Bangladeshis it could be argued might have valid grievances over what happened. Since Pakistan was the country which hosted Afghan refugees at great cost for decades, it just seems ingracious to be standing in Bharat and criticising Pakistan treatment of refugees when Afghanistan is now free and all refugees could return there, the country they were refugees from in the first place. Zadran should be aiming his criticism at his own govt, assuming he actually even lives there himself which I doubt.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
You are arguing about a poster shifting the goalpost rather than the actual issue. The topic isn't about a poster, it's about what Zadran said, this is why I said you are getting stuck in semantics rather than discussing intelligently.
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The poster said he had issue with celebrations and than shifted goal post immediately.

Why should what the poster said be ignored.
 
I think therfore I am said:
Indeed I do my friend, hence my bemusement as to why they were celebrating the win as if they have won the world cup or turned Afghanistan into a modern progressive country.

Were you watching the celebrations on and off the field????
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When posters deny what they themselves wrote...
 
Major said:
The poster said he had issue with celebrations and than shifted goal post immediately.

Why should what the poster said be ignored.
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Because the topic isn't about a poster on a message board. Make your point and move on, you don't have to keep your own private discourse going.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Because the topic isn't about a poster on a message board. Make your point and move on, you don't have to keep your own private discourse going.
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Bro if a poster is gonna come here and whine about a celebration than of course i will voice my opinion.

Plus, if he still tries to deny what he wrote and keep shifting goalpost, than he should admit what he wrote before was wrong
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I don't even think that is a valid comparison. Bangladeshis it could be argued might have valid grievances over what happened. Since Pakistan was the country which hosted Afghan refugees at great cost for decades, it just seems ingracious to be standing in Bharat and criticising Pakistan treatment of refugees when Afghanistan is now free and all refugees could return there, the country they were refugees from in the first place. Zadran should be aiming his criticism at his own govt, assuming he actually even lives there himself which I doubt.
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Correct I had to result to absurdity, in attempt to get my point across for the confused Major.
Cpt. Rishwat said:
I don't even think that is a valid comparison. Bangladeshis it could be argued might have valid grievances over what happened. Since Pakistan was the country which hosted Afghan refugees at great cost for decades, it just seems ingracious to be standing in Bharat and criticising Pakistan treatment of refugees when Afghanistan is now free and all refugees could return there, the country they were refugees from in the first place. Zadran should be aiming his criticism at his own govt, assuming he actually even lives there himself which I doubt.
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Stewie said:
Thanks to Zadran, the evacuation of Afghan refugees back to their homeland will speed up now. lol

I guess he does not think his homeland is good enough for his countrymen. He believes they are better off in Pakistan?
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Lol Mission accomplished 😜. That's why they were celebrating in the manner they were. It all makes sense now. Clear as mud
 
As the evening sun casts long shadows on Islamabad International Airport, a special chartered flight taxis on the runway, its destination: the United Kingdom.

It is the first in a series of flights, carrying about 200 Afghan refugees, leaving behind a life of uncertainty for a chance at a new beginning.

This operation, a joint effort between the British High Commission and the Civil Aviation Authority in Pakistan, is set to operate 12 flights from now until the end of December.

Each flight is tasked with transporting around 200 Afghans on a journey towards safety and opportunity.

Source: BNN News
 
As the government-ordained deadline for the deportation of illegal immigrants — mostly Afghans — draws near, authorities have intensified their efforts by setting up ‘holding centres’, and opening additional border crossing points to speed up the repatriation process.

To expedite the repatriation of undocumented foreigners to Afghanistan and Iran, the Balochistan government is opening three more crossing points.

“These crossing points are being opened in Qila Saifullah, Qameruddin Karez and Baracha Noor Wahab in Chagai district to help Afghan and Iranian Baloch immigrants to meet the deadline of Oct 31,” said Balochistan Information Minister Jan Achakzai at a press conference on Friday.

Similarly, foreigners found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa without proper documents would be repatriated from KP crossing points, he added. After the deadline, he asserted, the government would implement its plan with full force, involving all relevant institutions in expelling illegal foreigners from across the province.
 
The city administration has said that around 1.25 Lac Afghan nationals still illegally staying in Karachi, ARY News reported on Saturday.

Commissioner Karachi Saleem Rajput has said that those illegally settled in city will be legally sent back to their countries if they fail to leave by October 31.

He said 18,000 illegal immigrants have been sent back from the metropolis so far.

“A place in the city will be declared holding point and deputy commissioners and security institutions will retain illegal immigrants at the holding point.

He said illegal immigrants will be handed over to the security officials at Jacobabad and Chaman border. “The convoy of five buses will be sent from Karachi under security,” Rajput said.

“People illegally staying, will not be allowed in the country, after November 01st,” he reiterated.

The city’s police have been activated for repatriation of illegally staying immigrants.

On the instructions of the Commissioner Karachi, mosques in Afghan settlements and concerned areas announcing repatriation of illegal immigrants on loudspeakers.

Saddar Police in District South has launched a campaign informing citizens to avoid offering houses, flats and shops to people illegally staying in city warning that “it is a legal offence”.

“A crackdown will be initiated against illegal foreign immigrants from November 01,” the police warned.

Source: ARY
 
At least two were killed including a woman and several were injured when a heavy truck en-route to Afghanistan overturned on G.T Road in Punjab.

The vehicle was traveling to Afghanistan carrying several families along with their belongings when it overturned near the Hattian area of Attock in Punjab on Sunday.

More than a dozen were injured in the accident and were moved to the hospital along with the bodies.

On October 3, Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that illegal foreign nationals residing in Pakistan have until November 1, 2023, to leave the country as part of the government’s crackdown on illegal immigr
ants.

During a meeting of the apex committee meeting, it was decided that the immigrants would have time to sell their assets and return to their country of origin. In case they fail to comply, they would be expelled and their properties confiscated.

According to government data, out of 1.7 million Afghan refugees 52,000 have returned to their country.

Source: AAJ News
 
No sign of let-up as repatriation deadline nears

PESHAWAR: With the government-ordained deadline for the expulsion of illegal foreign nationals looming, provincial and federal authorities across the country say they have finalized preparations to round up all those who do not leave the country voluntarily.

“After the November 1 deadline, there will be no compromise on the issue of the expulsion of illegal immigrants,” caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on Sunday.

Separately, a spokesperson for the KP Home and Tribal Affairs Department told APP that between Oct 1 and Oct 23, approximately 33,555 undocumented Afghan immigrants had left the country through Khyber district.

According to PPI, 149 families returned to Afghanistan in 174 trucks during the last 24 hours.

An official from the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees in Peshawar told APP that over 1.5 million Afghan nationals had entered Pakistan after August 15, 2021, when the Afghan Taliban took control of Kabul.

He said almost half of these were registered with UNHCR, seeking resettlement in Europe, UK, United States and other countries, while the rest remained undocumented.

The official said most of the undocumented Afghan nationals lived in Peshawar, Karachi and Mardan.

Meanwhile, giving details of the repatriation plan for those immigrants who would be held in ‘holding centres’, Sarfraz Bugti said that the process of deportation for such people would begin anywhere between one to four weeks.

He said the authorities have been clearly directed to treat all inmates in a dignified manner, especially women, children and the elderly, who should be treated with respect and provided with meals and medical facilities.

He clarified that during the first phase, those with no valid documents will be repatriated, and those who illegally procured Pakistani national identity cards or passports through Nadra will also be expelled following the cancellation of their identity documents.

Afterward, he said, even those with Proof of Registration (POR) cards would be sent back since conditions had improved in their home country.

The interior minister said that the authority was working round the clock, and the government had done geo-fencing and identified areas where illegal immigrants were residing.

DAWN​
 
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