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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A father holds his daughter
Annual report

UNICEF Pakistan Annual Report 2025

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

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Speaking up for Youth Voices

My experience at the Global Mental Health Conference in Cape Town

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Article

School Rebuilt, A Future Reimagined: Ume Hani’s Journey Back

With support from the GPE-funded Balochistan Student Learning Improvement Programme, UNICEF is working with communities in Lasbela to make schools safer

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Article

Bringing life-saving vaccines closer to mothers and children

With support from GAVI and UNICEF, a new solar powered warehouse and cold room in Lasbela is helping strengthen immunization services

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Press release
03 September 2026

Nearly 1 in 16 internet-using children in Pakistan experienced technology-facilitated exploitation and abuse in one year – UNICEF

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Press release
31 August 2026

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contributes $1.2 Million to strengthen maternal and newborn health in Pakistan

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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
Bakhta (10 right to left) Sajna (11) and Sajjad lives in Ismail Bhelai village, Sajawal, Thatta district, Sindh province Pakistan.
Child Protection

Blogs

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Speaking up for Youth Voices

My experience at the Global Mental Health Conference in Cape Town

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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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