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Pakistan “halts” the return of undocumented immigrants

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The UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi’s recent visit to Pakistan is said to have prompted the decision.

Grandi conducted discussions with high-ranking officials, including Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Afghan refugees in Peshawar and Haripur, while here.

With reference to humanitarian considerations, the head of UNHCR asked the Pakistani government to halt the return of undocumented immigrants.

Until June 22, 620,981 Afghan nationals who were in the country illegally resumed their return home as a result of this decision.

Thirteen,815 Afghans, comprising five,014 men, four,087 women, and four,714 children, returned home between the eleventh and the twenty-first of September.

This is a good time to point out that on October 3, 2023, the National Action Plan’s (NAP) upper committee met under the chair of Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the country’s caretaker prime minister at the time. The committee gave all foreign nationals living in the country illegally until October 31 to leave voluntarily or risk deportation.

Through the frontiers of Torkham and Chaman, more than 500,000 illegal Afghans have returned home since the deadline expired.

Other nations, such as the US and the UK, as well as Afghanistan, also criticised Pakistan, but the country denied all of the accusations and insisted that the only people being deported were illegal Afghan residents in order to reduce the country’s rising crime rate.

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As of today, the F-8 Underpass is now open to traffic. Naqvi

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According to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, traffic will begin to flow through the F-8 Exchange Underpass today.

During his inspection visit to the F-8 Exchange Interchange and Serena Interchange Projects in Islamabad, the minister made the statement.

According to him, the F-8 Exchange Chowk Interchange Project is still being worked on nonstop.

Serena Chowk Interchange will be opened in January, according to Mohsin Naqvi, and the construction will be finished in 60 days.

He said any kind of hindrance to the projects should be removed and projects be completed on time at all costs.

He said with the completion of the projects, citizens’ traffic woes will end.
The minister also ordered protection of trees during construction of projects.

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An event for medical training is being held at CMH Peshawar, and Major General Masood is distributing awards.

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Romina Khurshid Alam, the Coordinator of the Prime Minister’s Office, underlined the significance of gender-inclusive climate resilience during her presentation on climate change. This was done in light of the fact that Pakistan is seeing a worsening of the consequences of climate change.

When Alam was having a conversation with a group of people from the Green Tech Hub at NUST and UN-Women, he brought up the idea that women who live in rural regions are particularly vulnerable, but that they are also quite important in the process of creating solutions that are sustainable.

It was discussed by the delegation that the Green Tech Hub, which was formed in October at NUST, should be enlarged in order to foster innovation in the disciplines of climate adaptation and renewable energy. This was done in order to encourage innovation in these domains. For the purpose of bolstering the initiative, Romina Alam has committed to give assistance in the search of collecting funds and collaborations.

The necessity of providing women with the knowledge and tools necessary to create resilience was emphasized by Romina Alam, who also called for climate strategies that are inclusive and take into account the specific issues that women face and the potential that they have to take on leadership roles.

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Climate-related challenges are growing in Pakistan, and the prime minister’s climate aide is advocating for gender-inclusive climate resilience.

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During her presentation on climate change, Prime Minister’s Coordinator Romina Khurshid Alam emphasized the importance of gender-inclusive climate resilience in light of the fact that Pakistan is experiencing a worsening of the effects of climate change.

Alam brought up the fact that women living in rural areas are especially vulnerable, but they are also vital to finding sustainable solutions during a discussion with a team from the Green Tech Hub at NUST and UN-Women.

It was discussed by the delegation that the Green Tech Hub, which was established in October at NUST, should be expanded in order to encourage innovation in the fields of climate adaptation and renewable energy. In order to bolster the project, Romina Alam has committed to providing help in the pursuit of acquiring financing and collaborations.

The necessity of providing women with the knowledge and tools necessary to create resilience was emphasized by Romina Alam, who also called for climate strategies that are inclusive and take into account the specific issues that women face and the potential that they have to take on leadership roles.

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