Coming Events
Validation and Ideation Workshop
20 February, 2026 The Ideation and Validation Workshop for the assignment Evidence for Mobility (E4M): Collaboration with Public Institutions to Strengthen a Pakistan-EU Hub for Research and Policy Dialogue, was held on 20 February 2026 in the Migration Research Cell (MRC) at the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar. This assignment is implemented by […]
One Day Seminar
May 13, 2025 Exploring Labor Mobility: Navigating Restrictions and Opportunities One Day Seminar on “Pakistani Migrant Workers Circumventing Saudi Restrictive Border Regimes through Umra” with esteemed speaker Dr. Ismail Khan from the University of Edinburgh, UK The Migration Research Cell hosted a successful hybrid session on labor mobility, featuring Dr. Ismail Khan from the University […]
Seminar on Afghans Repatriation
28th April 2025, The Migration Research Cell, University of Peshawar, in collaboration with Debate Society, Department of Political Science organized a one-day seminar on “Repatriation and Reintegration Challenges In Protracted Displacements”. Debate society president, Abdullah, welcomed the speakers and participants. The speakers of the session were Prof. Shahida Aman, Chairperson of the Department of Political […]
Parliamentary Debate Competition
25th April 2025, The Migration Research Cell, University of Peshawar, in collaboration with Debate Society, Department of Political Science organized a Parliamentary Debate. Students from the Department of Political Science and other departments of Peshawar university participated in the debate. The motion for the session was: “This House Opposes Afghan Repatriation Plan”. The session was […]
Seminar with Robert Nicholas
13 March, 2025 The Migration Research Cell (MRC) and the Afghan Research Cell at the Department of Political Science jointly organized a seminar on the “Recent Migration Problem” featuring Professor Rober Nichols (affiliated with Stockton University and UPENN, USA) on 13 March 2025 at the Iqbal Tajik Open Dialogue Forum Hall. The department chairperson, Professor […]
World Refugees Day
24th June, 2024 The MRC team attended World Refugee Day, organized jointly by UNHCR and the Commissioner ate for Afghan Refugees, KP(KP). It was a well-organized event that highlighted the vulnerabilities and contributions of Afghan Refugees living in Pakistan. It also called attention to the efforts made by UNHCR and the Commissioner ate for Afghan […]
Documentary Launch
5th June 2024 ‘How We Work’ was launched and screened online yesterday. The film is an output of the PDE project that we conducted in collaboration with the University of Sussex. The film includes two stories from Pakistan (‘The Labour of One’s Hand is Beautiful’ and’ Comrade Obaid’).
Stakeholders Meeting
The Migration Research Cell organized and hosted a roundtable meeting of stakeholders under the ‘Better Assistance in Crises’ project jointly run with the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and the Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar. The meeting was attended by NGOs/INGOs, IOM, UNHCR and various government departments involved in providing social […]