PESHAWAR, 18 Feb, 07: The Government of Pakistan  has announced that the Kacha Garhi camp,on the outskirts of Peshawar which is the oldest refugee settlement, would be closed down by June 15 this year, to be followed by Jalozai camp in Nowshera by end of August.

 

 Unregistered Afghan refugees residing in the Kacha Garhi camp had been directed to leave the place by March 15, otherwise they would face legal action, a senior official said.

He said those Afghan refugees who had got themselves registered under the Proof of Registration (PoR) programme had been asked to get ready for either repatriation to Afghanistan or relocation to Dir and Chitral districts of the NWFP.

The programme was approved by representatives of the UNHCR and the Afghan and Pakistani governments at a recent meeting of the tripartite commission held in Islamabad.