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Pakistan orders over 100 Turkish teachers to leave country

Pakistan has ordered over 100 Turkish teachers to leave the country by Sunday. The Interior Ministry said, the teachers and staff of Pak-Turk schools and colleges have been asked to leave the country along with their family members, ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Islamabad today. <br/><br/>Around 108 Turkish teachers have been serving in the Pak-Turk Schools and colleges in the country. <br/><br/>They were denied extension to their visas on the request of the Erdogan administration as these schools were run by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Turkey blamed for July's failed military coup. <br/><br/>The management of the educational network expressed concern over the abrupt move.

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