MANSEHRA: Additional Sessions Judge Ijazur Rehman has turned down bail applications of the Afghan nationals languishing in prison here and directed the district administration to take legal action against them under the existing law.
“Almost 95 per cent of applications of around 125 Afghan nationals arrested under the Foreigners Act 1946 have been turned down by the subordinate judiciary, which directed the district administration to proceed for their deportation to their native country,” Advocate Sahar Gul told reporters here on Thursday.
The district administration had demolished slum houses at four residential camps established at Ichrian, Barari, Khaki and Sheikhabad areas and directed the Afghan nationals to leave for their native country.
It had also sealed dozens of shops rented to Afghans by locals and arrested around 125 of them who, despite repeated warnings, did not leave for their motherland.Almost all of them who were arrested under Section 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946 moved to different courts seeking bail, but the judges turned down their applications.
Advocate Sahar Gul and his fellow members of the district bar council Mansehra moved bail applications of Afghan nationals, but the judges did not grant them relief, citing the recent ruling of the Peshawar High Court bench led by Chief Justice Attique Shah.
“Only five per cent of applicants whose cases are pending with the National Database and Registration Authority are granted bail by the judges and directed to appear before the committees constituted for the purpose,” Gul said.
Meanwhile, the district administration had revitalised its crackdown against the Afghans who, despite submitting surety bonds, had not left for their country as yet.The shops, which were also sealed, were reopened following submission of surety bonds by the Afghans that they would leave their country, as the border was reopened following the Eidul Fitr, would also face the law during the ongoing crackdown.
