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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative  Ruven Menikwela decided to enumerate Afghan Refugees living in Sindh particularly in Karachi.It was an introductory meeting of UNHCR Representative with Sindh chief minister here at CM House. In the meeting they discussed Afghan and other refugees living Karachi and rehabilitation of street children in the city.The UNHCR representative told the chief minister that they have a $200 million fund for rehabilitation of street children. The UNHCR representative agreed to work for rehabilitation of street children in the city if they were given NOC to start the work. The chief minister directed Secretary Home and Commissioner Karachi to issue NOC to UNHCR for rehabilitation of street children in the city. It is said that over 1.5 million homeless children are living on streets in the country, of them 30,000 are in Karachi. The Sindh government has already imposed ban on beggary of the children and is going to establish shelter homes for their rehabilitation. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that the provincial government has no idea about the number of Afghan and other nationals living here as refugees. He urged the UNHCR to enumerate them so that necessary measures in terms of water, food and other resources could be made accordingly. According to UNHCR report Pakistan is home to at least 1.38 million registered Afghan refugees. Another million refugees live outside the formal refugee registration system. Over 50,000 Afghan refugees are settled in Karachi, but most of the circles do not accept these figures of Afghan refugees particularly of Karachi. The chief minister urged UNHCR to recount the Afghan refugees living in Karachi.

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