‘Leaving empty-handed’: Afghan refugees in Karachi sell off years of savings ahead of deportation

KARACHI: On an ordinary double-carriage road on the outskirts of Karachi, the hum of traffic gives way each afternoon to the bustling chaos of a makeshift market. Refrigerators, washing machines, fans, wardrobes and other household items are offered at throwaway prices. For their Afghan owners, the sale is a painful necessity — a distress liquidation forced by uncertainty over their future in Pakistan amid an ongoing deportation drive. “All this household stuff is not just things,” Muhammad Khan, a 32-year-old Afghan refugee, said. “These were ... dreams we worked hard to fulfill.

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