Press Release 25 February, 2016 QUETTA: UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner Mr. George Okoth-Obbo stressed the need for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to empower youth through education and skills development as an essential element of stability and sustainable development. “Investing in Pakistani and Afghan youth equals to investment in resilience, stability and future prosperity of both countries,” ...

Press Release 19 Feb, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai congratulated Aqeela Asifi, an Afghan refugee teacher for being selected as a top ten finalist for Global Teacher Award. “I am very happy and pray you win the Global Teacher Award,” said the Nobel Laureate while speaking with Aqeela Asifi on the phone. She said Aqeela’s commitment as a teacher in the face of adversity to making education ...

Press Release 18 Feb, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The Representative of UNHCR in Pakistan Mr. Indrika Ratwatte congratulated and paid rich tribute to Aqeela Asifi, an Afghan refugee teacher who has been included in the top 10 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016. The Afghan refugee teacher, who teaches children at the Kot Chandana refugee camp, Punjab also won the prestigious 2015 UNHCR Nansen ...

Press Release 17 Feb 2016 ISLAMABAD: Aqeela Asifi, an Afghan refugee teacher, who teaches children at the Kot Chandana refugee camp, Punjab, has been included in the top 10 shortlist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016. Aqeela Asifi also won the prestigious 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her extraordinary humanitarian work on behalf of refugees. She has been recognised for her brave and ...

CHAGHI: The UN refugee agency has handed over three different projects, worth Rs.51 million in the areas of health, education and water supply schemes to the provincial authorities of Balochistan, which were upgraded under the Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas (RAHA) Initiative in Chaghi, Balochistan on Tuesday. The Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas (RAHA) initiative serves as an important vehicle for imp ...

German sponsored DAFI scholarship offers a lifeline to refugee students globally 25 Afghan refugee DAFI scholars receive their graduation certificates ISLAMABAD: At a prestigious graduation ceremony, exultant Afghan refugee students walked tall as they received scholarship completion certificates under the Deutsche Akademische Flüchtlings Initiative Albert Einstein (DAFI) scholarships in Islamabad. DAFI, th ...

18 December, 2015 Press Release ISLAMABAD: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in China, Yao Chen expressed her concerns about the staggering number of out of school Afghan refugee as well as local children in Pakistan. She stressed on the need to adopt a forward-looking approach to providing quality primary education to as many refugee children as possible. Emphasising refugee youth with education and necessary skil ...

Press Release 16 December 2015 MIANWALI: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador in China, Yao Chen today inaugurated the newly constructed classrooms at the Government Elementary School for Boys in Union Council, Khadozai, Mianwali. The school has been upgraded under the UN’s Refugee Affected and Hosting Area (RAHA) initiative funded by the US Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and implemented by the Rural Em ...

15 December, 2015 Press Release PESHAWAR: The German Ambassador to Pakistan, Ms. Ina Lepel, inaugurated the newly upgraded Radiology Department at the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) in Peshawar on Tuesday. This upgraded facility will benefit around 100 patients daily. The newly upgraded radiology department is funded by the Federal Republic of Germany through the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAF ...

15 December, 2015 Press Release ISLAMABAD: UNHCR’s Goodwill Ambassador (GWA) in China, Yao Chen, has arrived in Islamabad on a four-day official visit to meet Afghan refugee women and children and seek first-hand information to garner support for the education of refugee children. Yao Chen is an acclaimed Chinese actress and one of the world's top micro-bloggers with 71 million fan following on social media ...