HARIPUR: Representatives of government departments and civil society organisations on Friday assured full support to the Sarhad Rural Support Programme’s project aimed to foster inclusive social cohesion and sustainable development through involvement of Afghan refugees and their host community.

Additional deputy commissioner human rights and relief Mohammad Abid chaired the meeting.

SRSP has started implementing the Netherlands-funded project — improvement resilience and economic growth of vulnerable segments of Afghan refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — in Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra districts of Hazara.

Zubair Anwar, SRSP regional programme manager, briefed the participants about the project.

He said for achieving the objectives of inclusive social cohesion, economic growth, water sanitation and hygiene, SRSP would conduct activities under the mandatory participation formula of 50 per cent Afghans living outside the camps and 50pc local hosting community from the selected localities.

He said by ensuring proper gender balance from both the communities the organisation would conduct different livelihood trainings for men and women for their economic well being. “For prevention and response against gender-based violence, mental health and psycho-social support would be provided to the victims. Psychologists would arrange sessions for the selected communities during the next three years.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Abid appreciated the significance of the project and implementation strategies, and assured of all legal support to SRSP and the donor agency in that regard.

SHOT DEAD: A man was killed over an unknown reason in the the TIP Housing Society here, the police said on Friday.

The TIP police quoted Kulsoom Jabran as saying that she was home with her husband, Sohail Jabran, when a man, identified as Samar of Pharhala village, came to their guestroom at 9:30pm on Thursday. She said her husband took water to the guest, but after few minutes later she heard gunshots and rushed to the guestroom. “I found my husband critically injured,” she said, adding their guest was leaving the room holding a pistol in his hand.

The complainant said the injured was shifted to the trauma centre, whose doctors later referred him to Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad. However, he succumbed to head injuries before reaching the hospital.

The police registered a murder case, and were looking for the suspected killer.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2024