Some 58 Afghan refugees are still missing after the boat taking them to Australia sank in Indonesian waters, while 14 have been rescued by local fishermen, a rescue official said Saturday.The boat, which was believed to carry 72 asylum seekers from Afghanistan, sank in waters off Indonesia's Sunda ...

BAHAWALPUR – Seven children at a refugees’ camp located in Moza Moro near River Sutlej here have died of different diseases like gastro during the last one week, it is learnt. The district health officer said that children did not die of measles but they were suffering from gastro and ...

PESHAWAR - The UNHCR has urged Afghan refugees to renew their registration cards before June 18, 2012, as the UNHCR after the expiry of the set deadline will not process any card for renewal.All registered Afghans who have not yet renewed their Proof of Registration (PoR) cards are directed to ...

DAMASCUS - Syrian artillery gunners turned their sights on the rebel city of Rastan, killing seven civilians, monitors said, as the Red Cross delivered aid Sunday to refugees from the battered Baba Amr quarter nearby.The aid distribution came as relief agencies waited for a third straight day for ...

PESHAWAR – In order to expedite voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, voluntary repatriation centres have become functional in Timergara, however the similar remaining centres will be made operational by March 2012. Sources in Home and Tribal Affairs Department, ...

QUETTA - The Balochistan National Party-Mengal leaders have rejected the house-listing and census saying they will not accept such a survey in the province until Afghan refugees are repatriated to Afghanistan. Addressing a protest rally outside the Quetta Press Club on Sunday, the BNP leaders ...

ROME (AFP) - Around 760 people including women and children fleeing the crisis in Libya crammed into a single fishing trawler were rescued by Italy's coast guard on Tuesday as their vessel floundered. "It's one of the biggest landings on Lampedusa," a Red Cross helper said, adding that there were ...

ISLAMABAD - The repatriation of Afghan refugees would not achieve the desired goals without bringing stability in Afghanistan as the UN Refugee Agency facilitates the return of registered Afghan refugees back to their homeland. With the start of Afghan refugees repatriation since Tuesday under the ...

PESHAWAR The Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT) on Thursday distributed winter kits among 675 flood-affected Afghan refugee families currently staying at Aza Khel village in district Nowshera. The representatives of the trust distributed the kits containing three steel beds, three quilts, pillows, bed ...

ISLAMABAD Influential property moguls from powerful land mafia in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are reportedly using pressure tactics to get the Government-owned lands vacated from the Afghan refugees for land grabbing motives. Repo-rts receiv-ed from Peshawar, Nowsh-era and Chars-adda, the cities that have ...

President Asif Ali Zardari underwent medical checkup on Wednesday with cardiologists including Dr. Javed Suleman, Martin Goldman and Samin Sharma in New York. Talking to a private TV after the checkup, Dr. Javed Suleman said Asif Ali Zardari is in good health and his heart is functioning normally. ...