On 10 July 2026, Pakistan crossed a line that had been slowly approaching for years. With a single directive — terse, bureaucratic, almost sterile — the government ordered immediate arrests of all Afghan nationals without valid visas. No grace period. No exceptions. No appeals. By noon, police vans were already full. By sunset, entire neighborhoods were silent. By midnight, Pakistan had entered a new chapter of its migration policy — one written not in diplomatic language, bu