refugees

AFP/APP Herat: “When we went to the village, we passed out and they brought us back to the city unconscious,” said Afghan earthquake survivor Negar from a makeshift aid camp in Herat city, the provincial capital. Negar further said,…

News Desk Islamabad: The absence of domestic laws on refugees is no excuse for failing to protect their rights, given Pakistan’s obligations under its tripartite agreement with Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: Illegal immigrants living in Pakistan have only 26 days left to leave the country or face imprisonment and deportation if they fail to meet the given deadline. With the deadline looming, federal and provincial…

News Desk Kampala: Nearly 60 internally displaced people have died from starvation, including 33 children and 27 adults (17 women and 10 men) in the central Congo province of Kwilu, according to the Provincial Humanitarian Commission on…

News Desk Derna, Libya: A road accident on Sunday claimed the lives of four members of a Greek rescue team that had been deployed to Libya following the disastrous floods that struck Derna, stated Libyan Minister. Fifteen members of…

News Desk United Nations: More than 2.4 million refugees will require resettlement in 2024, compared to just over 2 million in 2023, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report. In its ‘Projected…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Book Review: This was a common policy and practice applied by the British authorities for the public places during their rule of India. It was perhaps this that led Mahatma Gandhi to remark when asked by a…

News Desk Islamabad: At the United Nations, Pakistan has cautioned that reducing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan would be immoral and politically ineffective as it would hurt the human rights of 28 million Afghan people who are already…

News Desk A private aesthetic clinic Sunday set up a medical camp for the Afghan refugees exposed to infectious skin diseases and provided treatment to many, including children and women. The refugees, who were exposed to infectious…