Stories

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 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 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: 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 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 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...

UNHCR making a difference: helping refugee drug addicts News story QUETTA: Rahmatullah, a 26-year-old Afghan refugee was a bright student and wanted to become an engineer. He would score top marks. His life took a turn for the worst and he ended up addicted to heroin....