U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a hotel in Peshawar in which a staff member of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was among those killed. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban said he is saddened by the large number of people killed and wounded in the attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Pakistan's Peshawar city. He said that Aleksander Vorkapic, the UNHCR employee who died in the attack, was part of an emergency team recently sent to Pakistan to assist with the current displacement crisis in the nation's northwest region. "Once again, a dedicated staff member of the United Nations is among the victims of a heinous terrorist attack which no cause can justify," the statement said.16 people were killed and 57, including foreigners, injured when the militants yesterday set off an explosive-laden vehicle on the hotel premises. On the humanitarian front, UNHCR said that it continues to extend its shelters to accommodate the flood of displaced people in northwest Pakistan, while a growing number of pregnant women uprooted by the military offensive against militants in the region are seeking essential medical care.