Pakistan has ordered 18 Afghan students, including 11 medical students and six interns, to leave the country within 24 hours.
A document obtained by 8AM on Wednesday, September 9, shows that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has called on the Afghan students to return to Afghanistan.
The 18 individuals are students at Sheikh Zayed University in Lahore and are required to leave Pakistan after completing the necessary administrative and legal procedures.
According to the document, the students have been instructed to stop their educational activities, leave their place of residence, and report to the student affairs department to complete administrative procedures and obtain the required documents.
The order also states that the students must not be allowed to remain in the country, attend classes, enroll, transfer, or engage in any educational or administrative activities in violation of the PMDC’s directives.
Previously, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council had also ordered Afghan students studying at universities in the country to return to Afghanistan.
The council had also asked Pakistani universities to refrain from enrolling new students from Afghanistan.
