Multiple Pakistani policemen have been dismissed following a viral video on social media where they could reportedly 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 said TikTok video were 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 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 boasting over 50,000 followers apparently following his suspension from duty, Kasi says 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 with laughter.The post Several Pakistani policemen dismissed for expressing sympathy with Afghan refugees first appeared on Ariana News.