Tag: Afghan

NADRA starts registration of undocumented Afghan nationals

ISLAMABAD, Nov 06 (APP): National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) on Monday started the registration process of undocumented Afghan nationals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on an emergency basis. NADRA has collected 22 mobile vans from all over the country and delivered them to Landi Kotal for the registration of citizens returning to Afghanistan, said the spokesperson.… Continue reading NADRA starts registration of undocumented Afghan nationals

Interim Govt decides to evict 11 lacs foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (APP): The caretaker government has decided to evict 11 lacs foreigners living illegally in Pakistan because of their involvement in funding, facilitating terrorists and other illegal activities. In the first phase, illegal residents, in the second phase, those with Afghan citizenship and in the third phase, those with proof of residence cards… Continue reading Interim Govt decides to evict 11 lacs foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan

Pakistan can’t allow misuse of Afghan transit trade agreement: FO

ISLAMABAD, Sep 11 (APP): Pakistan on Monday said that for the last several decades, it had facilitated Afghan transit trade and would continue to do so, however, it could not allow the misuse of the agreement. The Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, in response to a statement by the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on… Continue reading Pakistan can’t allow misuse of Afghan transit trade agreement: FO

UN chief slams Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN; calls for revocation

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday strongly condemned a decision by the Taliban authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the UN, and called for the decision to be immediately revoked, his spokesperson said. “This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said… Continue reading UN chief slams Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN; calls for revocation

Afghanistan still needs immense humanitarian assistance: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 12 (APP):Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday. Following the Taliban takeover last August, UN agencies and their partners remained in Afghanistan, providing aid to nearly 23 million people,… Continue reading Afghanistan still needs immense humanitarian assistance: UN

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