Pakistan orders out 2,000 Arabs
Sunday 16 May 1993 23:02 BST
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Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province has ordered all unauthorised Arab nationals to leave the country by 31 May or face arrest, AFP reports from Peshawar. The order is aimed at ridding the area of Islamic militants suspected of terrorism.
It is estimated there are about 2,000 Arab nationals living there.
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