India, Oct. 21 -- Pakistani authorities have demolished more than 1,000 houses that were vacated by Afghan refugees in the United Nations-designated Afghan Camp in Sohrab Goth, Karachi, in the past few days, media reports said.

SSP-West Tariq Illahi Mastoi told Dawn that since the start of an operation from Oct 15, around 1,200 houses, out of over 3,000, had been demolished.

He told the newspaper that 14,000 Afghans have already left the camps.

He said intially the police faced obstruction from the land mafia but later the operation was conducted smoothly.

SSP Mastoi told the newspaper the operation was started as per the policy of the federal government because certain elements were trying to illegally occupy land, which triggered fe...