Pakistan still hosts over two million Afghan refugees, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Lt. General (Retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, told the National Assembly on Wednesday. He said the total number of unregistered Afghan refugees is 1.4 million while registered is 1.63 million. Pakistan last month decided to extend the stay of the Afghan refugees […]
Richard Albright, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance at the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, inaugurated “Shop for Cause” at Malikabad Plaza, Rawalpindi. This exclusive outlet for the hand-embroidered fashions and handicrafts of Afghan women refugees is a direct result of collaboration between the U.S. government and the Hashoo Foundation. The artisans studied tailoring and marketing with […]
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Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman says that Pakistan will not opt for favourits in Afghanistan, saying the immediate impact of 2014 NATO draw-down from Afghanistan is on everyone’s mind in Islamabad. Referring to imminent transitions in Afghanistan in her speech at the Atlantic Council, she said, “there is a bandwidth of […]
Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated by Afghan refugees, says Hina Rabbani Khar Foreign Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has blamed Afghan refugees for the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. She claimed so during the Envoys’ conference at the Foreign office in Islamabad on Tuesday. During a question answer session at the conference, she said, […]
Drug Abuse: The age old social pariah Drug Abuse is an increasing problem in our affluent societies and carries great social and economic costs through its impacts on crime and health. From a neuroscientist’s point of view addiction is increasingly seen as an organic disorder of brain function; if this could be better understood we […]