The Punjab government has announced a whistleblower system to identify and report illegal Afghan residents, part of a renewed push to deport undocumented migrants in the wake of deadly border clashes with Afghanistan.

During a meeting chaired by the Chief Minister of Punjab, it was decided that informants’ identities will remain confidential, while combing operations will target undocumented Afghans and their businesses. Those found without legal status will be deported under the federal government’s repatriation policy.

In what initially appeared to be a clerical error, the provincial government also moved to bring Afghan nationals into the tax net.

However, Punjab Information Minister Azma Zahid Bukhari clarified to The Express Tribune that the policy applies only to those residing in

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