These guards, similar to a significant portion of New Delhi's 20 million inhabitants, voiced complaints of eye irritation and scratchy throats as the air took on a dense gray hue.
People injured in the strong earthquake which has killed 137, were receiving treatment at a hospital on Saturday after Nepal's worst tremor in eight years toppled buildings and was felt as far away as the Indian capital.
According to the ministry's statistics, tens of thousands of migrants still await entry at the Torkham border crossing, hoping to return to various regions within Afghanistan.
Many of these farmers have turned to cotton cultivation, paired with the utilization of solar energy, as a promising solution.
Out of the more than 4 million Afghan residents in Pakistan, the government estimates that 1.7 million are undocumented.
Reports accompanying the enforcement of Islamabad's decision to expel Afghan refugees have cited incidents of force, harassment, humiliation, and mistreatment
Pakistani authorities initiated the rounding up of undocumented foreigners, with a majority of them being Afghans
The daily number of arrivals has surged from an average of about 300 individuals per day to now between 9,000 and 10,000 individuals.
Residents of the demolished Afghan colony, who had been given a mere two-week notice to vacate the premises, voiced their grievances over the insufficient time provided.
Pakistani officials said that at least 104,000 Afghan nationals have exited through the main Torkham border crossing.
