Overview
- Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif ordered police to register FIRs against anyone renting or leasing property to undocumented foreign nationals, with daily rental reporting mandated across districts.
- Mosques across Punjab were directed to make public announcements to help identify Afghans living without legal status, with patwaris, numberdars and SHOs assigned to compile tenant reports.
- Rawalpindi police registered 20 cases under the Foreigners Act and the Punjab Information of Temporary Resident Act and detained more than 70 Afghan nationals for transfer to a holding centre.
- Officials reported five FIRs already filed in Khanewal against landlords, as authorities began raids to arrest property owners accused of housing illegal residents.
- Authorities say 45 holding centres are operating to house and feed detainees and transport them to the Torkham border, with facial recognition deployed, while Punjab cites recent repatriations in the tens of thousands and a directive to avoid wrongful targeting.