Karachi, Oct. 20 -- Pakistani authorities, amid an increased crackdown on the nationwide deportation of Afghan nationals in the country, demolished over 1,200 homes in a long-standing Afghan refugee settlements in the city of Karachi.
Targeting the metropolis' neighbourhoods of Gulshan-e-Maymar, and Manghopir, which for decades harboured thousands of Afghan refugees, police officials overseeing the five-day-long operation said the demolitions were a part of the government's policy to clear encroachments on state land and facilitate the repatriation of Afghans in the country.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Manghopir said that over 90% of the settlement's residents have already crossed back into Afghanistan, while another 800 to 1,000 peop...