Minority families in Pakistan displaced by war but optimistic about peace
News Stories, 7 July 2014 BANNU, 7 July (UNHCR) – Firdos, a 55-year-old member of the small Christian community, suffered the same fate as hundreds and thousands of families who have fled their homes due to the military operation against the Taliban in Pakistan’s...
Accessing the inaccessible
BAGH, 30 June, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK): From Mirpur, in Pakistan Administered Kashmir, a UNHCR team bumped for eight hours along the road that winds through the mountains to reach Bagh – a faraway, lush, forested valley. The journey was tiring yet exciting as...
UNHCR commemorates the World refugee Day amidst escalating displacement globally
Press Release ISLAMABAD: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), marked the World Refugee Day on Friday 20 June with a series of events across Pakistan involving the Government of Pakistan, UNHCR, its...
Fighting in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region uproots more than 400,000
News Stories, 24 June 2014 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 24 (UNHCR) – The current military offensive by Pakistan’s military against Taliban militants in the north of the country has displaced more than 400,000 people and the number continues to rise. According to...
Orphaned and terrorized, Afghan siblings fly to a new start in Australia
News Stories, 16 June 2014 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 16 (UNHCR) – Fourteen-year-old Mustafa* is a self-starter. He’s had to be to survive the brickbats that have flown his way, including the murder of his parents in Afghanistan and beatings from an abusive...
World Humanitarian Week 2014: Celebrating humanitarian heroes
Nergis Ameer Khan, Case Manager, International Catholic Migration Commission “Helping people and bringing happiness back into broken lives is like an addiction…..you do it once, and then keep going for the rest of your life” says the dedicated and meticulous Nergis...
Feature Story – A ray of hope in despair
An inspirational story of a young Afghan woman who fought all biases to support her community CHARSADDA, 07 May 2014, PAKISTAN (UNHCR): On a cold winter morning, Zarghona* stands alert alongside a lady doctor in the small, dark dome used as vaccine room at a Basic...
NADRA with support from UNHCR has delivered 50 per cent of the new PoR cards to Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) with the support of the UN Refugee Agency have successfully delivered new Proof of Registration (PoR) cards with a validity date of 31 December 2015 to 50 per cent of the total 1.6 million registered...
Japan contributes USD 6 million in support of UNHCR refugee programme in Pakistan
02 April 2014 ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan has announced a generous contribution of USD 6 million in support of the UNHCR’s refugee programme in Pakistan. The new funding will bolster UNHCR’s interventions in the areas of education, healthcare and the provision...