About one million Afghans living in Pakistan have been registered so far in a registration drive that will come to an end on December 31 this year, a UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) statement said. Over 631,000 Afghans have been registered in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), 174,000 in Balochistan, 122,000 in Punjab, 67,000 in Sindh and 6,000 in Azad Kashmir since the registration started in October. About 48 percent of those registered are females. This is the largest registration by a host government anywhere in the world, Sajid Hussain Chattha, secretary of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON), said in the statement.
