Beekeeping by Afghan refugees helps boost Pakistan’s honey business
High in Pakistan’s rolling hills, a mountain valley is a refuge not only for bees, but also refugees from Afghanistan. By Qaiser Khan Afridi and Aoife McDonnell in Buner, Pakistan Dressed in a protective suit and a mesh head-net, Nazak Mir approaches a hive box and...
Amid harsh winter and flooding, UNHCR provides emergency supplies to hundreds of people in Balochistan
QUETTA: As temperatures plummeted – blanketing part of Balochistan province with snow, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency delivered emergency supplies to hundreds of people affected by the unprecedented weather this month. After conducting a rapid assessment to identify...
Pakistan concludes ‘drive’ to issue smartcards to registered Afghan refugees
04 January 2022 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the Government of Pakistan for its country-wide campaign to verify and update the data of some 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees and to issue them with smart identity cards. Following a short pilot, the...
UNHCR delivers 500 tents, thousands of relief items for families affected by earthquake
QUETTA/ISLAMABAD, 11 October 2021: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has provided 500 emergency tents and thousands of core relief sets today to Balochistan’s provincial government for families affected by the earthquake that struck the region on 7 October. The emergency...
Country-wide DRIVE updates details of 500,000 registered Afghan refugees
PESHAWAR, 21 September 2021 – Pakistan has updated details of more than 500,000 registered Afghan refugees as part of a country-wide campaign to issue renewed Proof of Registration (PoR) cards. Some 1.4 million already registered Afghan refugees are being verified and...
1 million children born as refugees in three years globally
Number of people fleeing wars and violence rose to 82.4 million; forced displacement hits record high; one per cent of humanity is displaced. Press release ISLAMABAD, 18 June 2021: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency revealed on Friday that almost 1 million children were...
UNHCR’s assistance strengthens public health facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nine Basic Health Units and two Rural Health Centres handed over to the government authorities Press release Peshawar, 14 June 2021 – In an effort to improve public health services, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency rehabilitated and enhanced nine Basic Health Units and...
Government delivered first new Proof of Registration smartcards to Afghan refugees
Press release ISLAMABAD, 25 May 2021 – Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) issued today the first new biometric identity smartcards to Afghan refugees registered in the country. The new Proof of Registration (PoR) cards are legally...
UNHCR and EU’s support in education sector helps increase enrolment of Pakistani, refugee children
Press release PESHAWAR, 20 May 2021: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s rehabilitation of five public schools in Swabi district will help increase the enrolment of students by 70 per cent, thanks to the support of the European Union. A number of schools are also being...