--- title: "Punjab repatriates over 142,820 illegal Afghan residents" description: "Most outlets highlighted the number of repatriated Afghan nationals from Punjab, with the Business Recorder leading with the figure of 142,820 and the Daily Times noting it as part of a broader total of 2.76 million repatriations nationwide. The Daily Times also mentioned the role of the Punjab Home Department’s Foreign National Security Cell, while the Business Recorder emphasized the ongoing crackdown and government policy as context." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9316-punjab-repatriates-142-820-illegal-afghans-in-ongoing site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Punjab repatriates over 142,820 illegal Afghan residents pakistan · updated 19 Sep 2026, 4:54 AM PKT · 19 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets highlighted the number of repatriated Afghan nationals from Punjab, with the Business Recorder leading with the figure of 142,820 and the Daily Times noting it as part of a broader total of 2.76 million repatriations nationwide. The Daily Times also mentioned the role of the Punjab Home Department’s Foreign National Security Cell, while the Business Recorder emphasized the ongoing crackdown and government policy as context. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Business Recorder** — [Punjab repatriates 142,820 illegal Afghans in ongoing crackdown](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440229/punjab-repatriates-142820-illegal-afghans-in-ongoing-crackdown) · 19 Sep 2026, 4:54 AM PKT > LAHORE: The Foreign National Security Cell of the Punjab Home Department has intensified campaign for the repatriation of illegally residing Afghan nationals. In accordance with government policy, illegally residing Afghan nationals are being apprehended and shifted to holding centres, where the necessary documentation and legal formalities are completed before they are repatriated to Afghanist... - **Daily Times** — [Over 2.76 million illegal Afghan residents repatriated](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1555103/over-2-76-million-illegal-afghan-residents-repatriated/) · 19 Sep 2026, 2:39 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > A total of 2.76 million illegally residing Afghan nationals had so far been repatriated from Pakistan, including 142,820 from Punjab, as the Punjab Home Department’s Foreign National Security Cell continued its province-wide repatriation drive on the directives of Punjab chief minister. According to a Punjab Home Department spokesperson, illegally residing Afghan nationals were being apprehende... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Punjab repatriates hundreds of Afghan nationals through Torkham border](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1320-over-139-902-illegal-afghan-nationals-repatriated) · 1 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 92% related - [Nearly 2.7 million Afghans returned from Pakistan since deportation drive began](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2455-nearly-2-7m-afghans-returned-from-pakistan-since-deportation) · 10 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 80% related - [Nearly 2.7 Million Afghans Repatriated from Pakistan Since 2023](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2533-nearly-2-7m-afghans-repatriated-from-pakistan-since-2023) · 10 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 79% related - [Over 300,000 Afghans return from Pakistan this year: UNHCR](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7105-over-300-000-afghans-return-from-pakistan-this-year-unhcr) · 8 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 70% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 19 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.