ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 8 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun helping some 3,000 Afghan refugees move from a slum in the Pakistani capital to an undeveloped plot of land in a green belt on ...

Temporary settlements at mercy of courts as development authority seals water access. As the winter sun sets on Islamabad, residents of the city’s largest Christian slum use bicycles, donkey carts and ...

Residents vow to resist future demolitions. Wrapped in a purple shawl, Mirjan wanders downcast among the ruins of the Islamabad slum where she lived, newly demolished. Authorities in the capital have ...

Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...

Peter Joseph says he does his best to keep his family safe during the coronavirus pandemic. They all wear masks. They use hand sanitizer when they can find a supply – it's in short supply across the ...

That Islamabad has been built strictly in accordance with its master plan - designed by a reputed firm of Greek architects - will be nothing but a misleading statement. Different sectors or ...

Pakistani church leaders and rights activists have denounced government plans to demolish dozens of Christian-majority slums in Islamabad. In a report submitted to the Supreme Court, the Capital ...

A planned demolition of 12 Christian and Muslim slums in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has been met with threats of large-scale protest. Former MP Julious Salik, a prominent Christian community ...

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