UNICEF Pakistan

Children play with each other in an Afghan refugee community on July 18, 2023 in, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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Annual report

UNICEF Pakistan Annual Report 2025

An in-depth overview of UNICEF's activities in Pakistan

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Press release
09 July 2026

BISP, WFP, WHO, UNICEF extend partnership to protect 3.3 million children and women from malnutrition in Pakistan

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Article

The Knock That Saves Lives

With support from the Republic of Korea and UNICEF, trained Lady Health Workers are giving newborns a better chance to survive.

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Building a learning pathway for 30,000 children

The Sindh Learning Programme supported by the Global Partnership for Education and UNICEF is reaching the youngest learners

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Press release
23 June 2026

Over 760,000 Children Gain Access to Quality Education through The European Union, Government of Balochistan and UNICEF Partnership

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Press release
19 June 2026

Pakistan closer to eliminating neonatal tetanus after WHO pre-validation for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in partnership with UNICEF

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Our focus in Pakistan

A girl washes her hands at a at a handwashing station established by UNICEF in Mehar Veesar village, Khairpur district, Sindh.
WASH: Water, sanitation and hygiene
Shaista (10) attending her first-class in UNICEF supported Temporary learning centre (TLC) next to the flood water in village Allah Dina Channa, district Lasbela. Baluchistan province, Pakistan. The primary school has badly damaged in the area.
Education
Ten-month-old Zarrine, who has been screened to be a case of Severely Acute Malnutrition (SAM), sucks onto Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) provided to her mother, Lal Bibi, as a treatment for SAM, at the Basic Health Unit, Allah Yar Khosa in Jaffarabad District of Balochistan province in Pakistan.
Nutrition
Reshma stands holding his son Azaan Ali (16 months old) Fiza, 6,her daughter and Saaein Bakhsh , her husband, at Village Ismail Bhand, Shaheed Benazirabad district, Sindh province, Pakistan
Early Childhood Development
Children pose after getting vaccinated against measles in Chaman District, Balochistan.
Health
A five year old boy receives the polio vaccine from Shumaila, a polio vaccinator in Lahore.
Polio
8-year-old Maryam plays with a lamb outside a UNICEF-supported transitional school in Hanna Urak, Quetta District, Balochistan.
Child Protection

Blogs

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From Balochistan to the United Nations General Assembly

UNICEF Youth Advocate Zunaira shares how believing in herself helped her to advocate for children on the world’s biggest stage.

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Educating Minds, Strengthening Bodies, Building Futures

UNICEF Youth Advocate’s reflections from International Day of the Girl 2025

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Breastfeeding is public health

An op-ed by UNICEF Deputy Representative in Pakistan

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Beauty, defeat and the unbroken spirit of Pakistan

Reflections by UNICEF Representative in Pakistan as his term in the country comes to an end

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