Boosting ties: Afghan Consul-General calls on K-P CM

PESHAWAR: Afghan Consul General in Peshawar, Syed Muhammad Ibrahim Khel, held a with meeting Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister (CM) Amir Haider Khan Hoti and discussed bilateral relations, regional security and the Afghan refugee situation. Khel said that many Afghans consider Pakistan their second home and that people of K-P have set an example of brotherhood by giving shelter to the refugees for more than three decades. The CM directed the health department to ensure they admitted Afghan students in the Khyber Medical College. Khel thanked the CM for allocating seats for Afghan students in medical institutions. The meeting also decided that Afghans with legal travel documents would also be provided health facilities in hospitals in Peshawar. A compensation of over Rs20 million was also approved for landowners of the Jalozai camp, as the camp for internally displaced persons and refugees had been established in 2008 on private property.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 14^th, 2012.