The Sindh apex committee meeting began on Friday in Karachi with the eviction of illegal immigrants on the agenda, as the government takes steps after fresh wave of terrorism in the country.

Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar is presiding over the meeting. The corps commander Karachi, the Rangers director general, the inspector general of Police, and other officials are in attendance.

Pakistan has set a November 1 deadline for illegal immigrants to leave the country. The order would also apply to 1.73 million illegal Afghan refugees.

But Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have described such an order as “unacceptable”. On Thursday, at least 16 trucks, having 30 Afghan families aboard, arrived at the Torkham border in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Sources told Aaj News that the Sindh IGP would brief the huddle on the security situation, crackdown against illegal smugglers, National Action Plan, and operation in riverine areas.

They added that officials would present a report on the deportation of illegal Afghan refugees in Pakistan and their apparent involvement in the crime.

The caretaker foreign minister has defended the order, saying that no other country allowed illegal immigrants and the decision was in line with international practice.