Several Pakistani policemen dismissed for sympathizing with Afghan refugees

A number of Pakistani policemen have been dismissed following the posting of a video on social media, which went viral, where they could be seen expressing sympathy with Afghan refugees facing deportation from Pakistan, local media reported on Sunday.

This development was confirmed by Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, who said the officials involved in making the TikTok video had been suspended. These officials were first suspended and then dismissed, while they will face further action, Bugti confirmed, Samaa TV channel reported.

In the said video, one of the officials could be seen criticising the government for deporting the allegedly illegal Afghan refugees, and requested his fellow security officials not to treat the Afghans inappropriately.

He goes on to say that after the video, even if he was suspended he wouldn’t mind, and would move to Afghanistan for work where he would be treated with respect. He also mentioned how the properties of all the Afghans being forced to leave Pakistan had been occupied and their houses razed.

In another video, uploaded to his TikTok account, which has over 50,000 followers, the officer, Kansi, said after being dismissed that he was not worried at all as he had sacrificed his duty for the Afghans.

“I’m from the family of Aimal Kansi. I have no tension about losing my job,” he ends the clip laughing.