Teachers in Peshawar protest ‘abrupt layoffs’ by UNHCR

“Teachers in Peshawar protest ‘abrupt layoffs’ by UNHCR”

PESHAWAR: Hundreds of Pakistani teachers, who provided education to Afghan children in refugee camps for decades, but were laid off without any financial relief, protested here on Tuesday against the ‘abrupt’ layoffs. As many as 291 teachers, who have been providing education to Afghan children under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the past 35 to 40 years, have been laid off without prior notice or any financial relief. The affected teachers,…