"They cannot get ID cards and passports and this is why they are denied jobs," said Imran Khan.

On his maiden visit to Karachi after being elected Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan on Sunday announced all Pakistan-born refugees of Afghan and Bangladeshi origins will be issued National Identity Cards (NICs) and Pakistan passports.

"There is no social security system and hundreds of thousands of unregistered Afghans and Bangladeshis are living in this metropolis. They cannot get ID cards and passports and this is why they are denied jobs," Khan said, adding that unemployment led to criminal activities in the Sindh metropolis.

Khan granted the Sindh government a two-month deadline to clean-up Karachi failing which the federal government will intervene and devise a comprehensive plan to rescue the Sindh government.

The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) visited the Quaid's mausoleum before heading to the State Guest House where he planted a tree. Later, the PM presided over a meeting on the prevailing law and order situation in the city.

Besides, the Pakistan PM also reviewed ongoing development projects under the federal government's Karachi package and asked to expedite work on Green Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the K-IV water project. He called for the inclusion of a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation's representative in the BRT project.

Khan also stressed on building Diamer-Bhasha dam for which the government needed to collect Rs30 billion every year to achieve its target over the next five years. Citing international statistics, he said that China had built 80,000 dams and was making rapid progress. "Even India has built several major and small dams, but Pakistan has (built) just two major and 150 small dams."