The Sindh government has established a control room in the office of the Sindh Home Department to monitor the process of evacuating illegal immigrants from the province.

The control room will be active round the clock from October 31 to November 3, according to the notification.

It will be responsible for monitoring the situation and ensuring that the evacuation process is carried out orderly across the province.

The Sindh government has said that it is committed to protecting the rights of all immigrants regardless of their legal status.

However, it has also said that it will not tolerate illegal immigration and that it will take action against those who violate the law.

The evacuation of illegal immigrants from Sindh is part of a larger effort by the Pakistani government to crack down on illegal immigration.

The government has said that it is concerned about the security and economic implications of illegal immigration and that it is committed to taking steps to address the issue.

Pakistan has set a November 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants including hundreds of thousands of Afghans to leave the country or face forcible expulsion.

Some 1.73 million Afghans in Pakistan have no legal documents.

Islamabad alleges that Afghan nationals carried out over a dozen suicide bombings this year.

Pakistan has hosted the largest number of Afghan refugees since the Soviet invasion of Kabul in 1979. Islamabad says the number of Afghan refugees in Pakistan totalled 4.4 million.

Some 20,000 or more Afghans who fled the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan are in Pakistan awaiting the processing of their applications for US Special Immigration Visas (SIVs) or resettlement in the United States as refugees.

Sources said that Afghans who are under trial or have been convicted of serious crimes won't be sent back.

Meanwhile, district administration, police, prosecution, and jail administration will be given special authority. From November 1, they can arrest and deport illegal Afghan citizens.

Afghans who are detained in any of the four provinces will be kept in special centres during this process.

Recently, United States (US) also urged Pakistan to allow Afghans seeking protection to enter the country.

The US State Department said last Thursday that it strongly encourages Afghanistan's neighbours, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking international protection and to coordinate with international humanitarian organizations to provide humanitarian assistance.

"We strongly encourage Afghanistan's neighbours, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking international protection and to coordinate with international humanitarian organizations ... to provide humanitarian assistance," a US State Department spokesperson told reporters as reported by Reuters.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have said Pakistan's move to evict illegal Afghan migrants was "unacceptable".

Relations have deteriorated between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past couple of years, largely over accusations that militants fighting the Pakistani state operate from Afghan territory. The Taliban deny this claim.