Almost 40 years ago, Allah Noor took his family to a safe haven in Pakistan, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Last week he returned, to a country at war. At...
Year: 2016
Zakhilwal Says 3,80,000 Afghan Refugees Repatriated
As many as 3,80,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan since January till October 6 this year, Afghan Ambassador Omer Zakhilwal said Friday (October 7,...
World Bank report: Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality
Two complementary goals to leave no one behind On April 20, 2013, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank adopted two ambitious goals: end global extreme poverty and...
Top NATO Aide Wants Kashmir Dispute Resolved
A top Nato official on Thursday said the world cannot remain indifferent to the issue of Kashmir. “The Kashmir dispute has to be addressed as two nuclear powers are party...
The Brussels Conference on Afghanistan (2016)
On 5 October, the European Union and the government of Afghanistan co-hosted the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. This conference brought together 75 countries and 26...
Businessmen Demand End to Excessive Taxation
Provinces should proactively and vigorously collect taxes and the burden should shift from the captive tax-payers like the salaried class, Mr. Naveed Qamar, parliamentary leader...
Pakistan's Afghan refugees: A timeline
Pakistan officially hosts the third largest refugee population in the world after Jordan and Turkey, sheltering some 1.4 million registered Afghans and, according to estimates,...
Pakistan’s Afghan refugees: A timeline
Pakistan officially hosts the third largest refugee population in the world after Jordan and Turkey, sheltering some 1.4 million registered Afghans and, according to estimates,...
Pakistan an Exemplary Host To Afghan Refugees, Says UNHCR Rep
More than 200,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, the UN High Commissioner said on Tuesday. Nearly half of those Afghan men, women and children...
Pakistan Wants Peace in Afghanistan to Bring Stability In Region: Envoy
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Syed Abrar Hussain said on Sunday that Pakistan wants lasting peace in Afghanistan to bring stability in the region. In an interview, the...
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