Mahira Khan says Pakistan has given refugees a home
Photo: Mahira Khan/ Twitter
Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and Humsafar actor Mahira Khan took to social media on Thursday to talk about World Refugees’ Day and the plight of refugees.
With a series of tweets, she also posted a heartwarming video highlighting how Pakistan as a nation has created a home for these refugees.
More than70 million people were forced to flee in 2018.
That’s one person every two seconds who have been denied a home.
Please join me and take a #StepWithRefugees this #WorldRefugeeDay – go to https://t.co/ofVoctFQhE#WorldRefugeeDay #UNHCR pic.twitter.com/QPlYqc4He2
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) June 20, 2019
“Pakistan has been hosting millions of Afghan refugees over several years and continues to do so, we have given them a home within our motherland,” said Khan.
They’ve been denied a home.. but we haven’t denied them hope. Pakistan has been hosting millions of Afghan refugees over several years and continues to do so, we have given them a home within our motherland 🇵🇰 #WorldRefugeeDay #UNHCR @UNHCRPakistan pic.twitter.com/olNs55kqtd
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) June 20, 2019
“When the refugees of Makkah were welcomed by the Ansar of Medina with an open heart, the tradition of brotherhood and solidarity came alive,” she added. “To this day, the nation has kept these traditions alive.”
The video also features actor Yasir Hussain and UNHCR representative in Pakistan Ruvendrini Menikdiwela along with short interviews of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan
Last year, Khan travelled to Peshawar with the United Nations High Commission For Refugees Chief Filippo Grandi who was in Pakistan for a three-day visit along with UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock.
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