Background: The International Day of Peace which is also known as World Peace Day is annually observed on 21 Sep. It is dedicated to world peace and condemning the wars and violence. The day was first celebrated in 1982 by many nations and political groups however in 2013 the day was dedicated by the Secretary […]
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Post title:Â Lawyer No. of positions: 01, Female Duty station:Â Â Chitral Job Description: The incumbent will act as Lawyer under the direct supervision of Team Leader. To deal with refugees / asylum seekers and respect and dignity; To listen to refugees/asylum seekers to talk about issues and provide them legal guidance; Actively listen to client concerns
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Zakia Faizi, an Afghan refugee born in Kabul, Afghanistan moved to Pakistan along with other family members in 1992, is an ambitious lady determined to contribute positively in return of protection provided to her in Pakistan. Passing many years full of love and protection in Pakistan, she dreamt of a new start to continue her
Zakia an inspiration for all Read More »
Access to quality education is the fundamental right of every human without any discrimination of cast, color, race and creed. Unfortunately, bias attitude by the society towards the afghan refugees has been witnessed many a times. SHARP-Pakistan team received information from District Jhelum that administration of Govt. Elementary school Thekrian was reluctant to promote/register Afghan
Afghan students go back to school at Jhelum Read More »
Almost 93 Afghan families (539 individuals having PoR cards) were living in the village Noor Pur for the last 20 years. Noor Pur village comes under the jurisdiction of Police station Rango in Tehsil Hazroo, district Attock. District Attock in Punjab is considered one of the most sensitive locations in Pakistan because of the military
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Community members of Afghan community living in Jand district Attock shared In SHURA meeting ( conducted on 8th-march-17 ) that under the policy shift of Govt.of Pakistan for Afghan refugees the Afghan refugees are not issued the Stamp paper by stamp vendors even though they are legally registered having PoR cards. This creates hurdle to
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Badar Khan, an Afghan Refugee currently residing in Mir Pur Azad Kashmir with POR Card # ER20740925751. Badar got admission in M.Com Department at Federal Urdu University Islamabad .When he went to deposit admission fee in University admission office the staff refused to deposit his fee and informed that Afghans are not allowed to get
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Two brothers Hassan & Nadir worked with a local factory in Swabi. Both were terminated in year 2013 with an outstanding compensation and gratuity of around half million due on employer. The employer refused to pay the settlements. With the help of a private lawyer, they filed a suit for recovery in local court under
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Due to SHARP’s team efforts, the Punjab police ensured computerized tenancy registration of Afghan refugees in newly established front disk in Punjab region.
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Team conducted Meeting with Mr. Riaz Hussain Principal Wisdom Grammar School Lahore in order to enroll 18 Afghan children in his School. After successful interventions, these 18 Afghans students were enrolled in the School.
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Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid (SHARP), is a Non-Profitable, Non-Political and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) registered with the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies, Islamabad Capital Territory under Registration and Control Ordinance 1961 (XLVI of 1961). It got Registration No. VSWA/ICT/300 on 11th March 1999.
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