• High-level team to visit Tehran, study Iranian model
• Minister rules out opening of border with Afghanistan
• Officials fear fresh influx can boost sectarian outfits
ISLAMABAD: As the withdrawal of American and Nato troops from Afghanistan enters its final phase and the Taliban make more territorial gains, an influx of refugees into Pakistan seems inevitable. But this time around, Islamabad appears not in favour of opening its border, and instead is ready to look into the ‘Iranian model’ if the situation demands.
“We have decided not to open our border for refugees; the aid agencies can help the needy on the other side too,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told