Providing free treatment to poor cancer patients is truly a noble act: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Press Release PESHAWAR, Saturday 8 September: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi commended the charitable work of the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital saying providing free-of-cost treatment to underprivileged cancer patients is a...
Top UN officials meet Prime Minister Imran Khan during Pakistan visit
Press Release ISLAMABAD – Friday 7 September 2018: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock met with Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday in Islamabad. The...
Investing in youth will pay dividends for peace and prosperity: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Press Release ISLAMABAD, Friday 7 September: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi Friday said empowering youth and investing in their future will pay dividends for peace, security and prosperity. “Empowering Afghan and Pakistani youth...
Closure of UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation Centres on Pakistan Day
Closure of UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation Centres on Pakistan Day Registered Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) or UNHCR-issued documents, who are planning to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan under the UN Refugee Agency’s facilitated voluntary...
Refugee girl aspires to become her country’s first female foreign minister
Refugee girl aspires to become her country’s first female foreign minister News story PESHAWAR, 27 July 2018: Growing up in a refugee camp, Safia was engulfed by fear and uncertainty – but she never gave up and continued chasing her dream to get an education. Safia...
Closure of UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation Centers during General Election
Closure of UNHCR Voluntary Repatriation Centres during General Election Afghan refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) or UNHCR-issued documents, who are planning to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan under the UN Refugee Agency’s facilitated voluntary...
ONE PERSON DISPLACED EVERY TWO SECONDS
One person displaced every two seconds: UNHCR 85 percent of the world’s refugees are hosted by developing countries ISLAMABAD, 20 June 2018: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and GiZ (German Development Cooperation)...
Balochistan opens state-of-the-art kidney centre
Balochistan opens state-of-the-art Kidney Centre QUETTA, 2 May 2018: Balochistan opens a state-of-the-art public health facility providing free treatment to Pakistanis and Afghan refugee patients suffering from kidney disease. UNHCR Representative, Ms. Ruvendrini...
UNHCR provides high-tech medical equipment worth Rs.710 million to Peshawar hospital
UNHCR provides high-tech medical equipment worth Rs.710 million to Peshawar Hospital Press Release PESHAWAR, 4 April, 2018: The UN refugee agency has procured high-tech machines worth Rs.710 million (USD 6.2million) for Peshawar’s Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer...