Spokesperson UNHCR in Pakistan says there are around one million registered Afghan refugees living in K-P out of a total of 1.65 million in Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
This decision was approved by the prime minister in a meeting held on December 12. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government will provide all facilities to refugees based in the province with valid Proof of Registration cards, it said.
Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Pakistan, Dunya Aslam Khan, said there are around one million registered Afghan refugees living in (K-P) out of a total of 1.65 million in Pakistan. In the past few years, around seven million have willingly returned to their native country.
She added that at a meeting held earlier last month between the UNHCR and officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan the extension in deadline had been discussed, which was initially set at December 30.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2013.
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@Ms.Duniya, I would like to volunteer for UNHCR Pakistan in the IDP and Afghan Refugee Returning process, if you can kindly guide me in your reference..Thank You
correction: The total number of Afghans returned home since 2002 is 3.8 million not seven million.