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title: "PHC halts deportation of Afghan medical students"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Peshawar High Court temporarily stopped the deportation of 86 Afghan students studying in public-sector medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Both excerpts led with the court's decision, with Dawn providing slightly more context about the students continuing their studies, while Minute Mirror offered a more concise version of the same information."
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# PHC halts deportation of Afghan medical students

pakistan · updated 5 Oct 2026, 3:44 PM PKT · 5 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Peshawar High Court temporarily stopped the deportation of 86 Afghan students studying in public-sector medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Both excerpts led with the court's decision, with Dawn providing slightly more context about the students continuing their studies, while Minute Mirror offered a more concise version of the same information.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Minute Mirror** — [PHC halts deportation of 86 Afghan medical student...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/phc-halts-deportation-of-86-afghan-medical-students-639912/) · 5 Oct 2026, 3:44 PM PKT
  > The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has temporarily barred the deportation of 86 Afghan students enrolled in public-sector medical and dental colleges across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- **Dawn** — [PHC stays deportation of 86 Afghan medical students](https://www.dawn.com/news/2034790/phc-stays-deportation-of-86-afghan-medical-students) · 5 Oct 2026, 10:45 AM PKT · 93% identical wording to the newest filing
  > PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has temporarily stopped deportation of 86 Afghan students studying in different public sector medical colleges in the province and allowed them to continue their studies. A bench consisting of Justice Wiqar Ahmad and Justice Farah Jamshed issued notices to respondents including the federal interior secretary, director general of immigration and passport and Pakista...

## Part of a bigger story

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- [PHC halts deportation of Afghan medical students](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9848-phc-halts-deportation-of-afghan-medical-students) · 23 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 95% related
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- [IHC restrains expulsion of Afghan doctor, suspends PMDC order](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8649-ihc-halts-deportation-of-afghan-doctor-suspends-pmdc-order) · 16 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 78% related

2 articles from 2 outlets, 5 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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