Call for enacting law to solve refugees’ problem

Published November 30, 2018
QUETTA: Afghan Consul Gen­eral Wahidullah Mah­mand speaks at the seminar on Thursday.—PPI
QUETTA: Afghan Consul Gen­eral Wahidullah Mah­mand speaks at the seminar on Thursday.—PPI

QUETTA: Speakers at a seminar on Afghan refugees have called for enacting a law for refugees and internally displaced persons in the country.

Addressing the seminar, organised by NGO Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid (SHARP) at a hotel on Thursday, former senator Farhatullah Babar said that it was very disturbing that successive governments in the country could not adopted a clear policy on the issue of refugees.

The seminar was ad­­dressed by Senator Afrasiab Khattak and Asghar Khan Achakzai of Awami National Party, Senator Usman Kakar of Pakh­tun­khwa Milli Awami Party, Afghan Consul Gen­eral in Quetta Wahidullah Mah­mand, Agha Hassan Baloch of Balochistan National Party and SHARP CEO Liaquat Banori.

Published in Dawn, November 30th, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Impending slaughter
Updated 07 May, 2024

Impending slaughter

Seven months into the slaughter, there are no signs of hope.
Wheat investigation
07 May, 2024

Wheat investigation

THE Shehbaz Sharif government is in a sort of Catch-22 situation regarding the alleged wheat import scandal. It is...
Naila’s feat
07 May, 2024

Naila’s feat

IN an inspirational message from the base camp of Nepal’s Mount Makalu, Pakistani mountaineer Naila Kiani stressed...
Plugging the gap
06 May, 2024

Plugging the gap

IN Pakistan, bias begins at birth for the girl child as discriminatory norms, orthodox attitudes and poverty impede...
Terrains of dread
Updated 06 May, 2024

Terrains of dread

Restored faith in the police is unachievable without political commitment and interprovincial support.
Appointment rules
Updated 06 May, 2024

Appointment rules

If the judiciary had the power to self-regulate, it ought to have exercised it instead of involving the legislature.