{"id":52856,"date":"2019-06-21T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T10:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52856"},"modified":"2019-06-21T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T10:55:16","slug":"islamabads-status-as-family-station-for-un-staff-restored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabads-status-as-family-station-for-un-staff-restored.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad&#8217;s status as family station for UN staff restored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York: The United Nations (UN) has restored Islamabad\u2019s status as a \u2018family station\u2019 for its international staff, according to a news source.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/un-offers-assistance-to-tackle-drought-situation-in-balochistan.html\">UN offers assistance to tackle drought situation in Balochistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Larbi Djacta, chairperson of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), notified the staff members concerned that they were allowed to travel to Pakistan with their families.<\/p>\n<p>According to the notification, the UN\u2019s policy discontinuing Islamabad\u2019s status as a \u2018Non-family Duty Stations\u2019 (NFDS) went into effect on June 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/undp-to-fund-green-climate-projects-in-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNDP to fund green climate projects in Pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The letter stated that this decision was made on the recommendation of the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations Department for Safety and Security after the officials concerned had conducted a thorough security evaluation of the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pakistan\u2019s Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi welcomed the decision as a \u2018positive development\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/undp-study-suggests-rezoning-islamabad.html\">UNDP study suggests rezoning of Islamabad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The previously implemented NFDS status meant that all eligible dependants of UN international personnel were restricted from staying in Islamabad for a period of six months or longer due to security risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York: The United Nations (UN) has restored Islamabad\u2019s status as a \u2018family station\u2019 for its international staff, according to a news source. Read:\u00a0UN offers assistance to tackle drought situation in Balochistan Larbi Djacta, chairperson of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), notified the staff members concerned that they were allowed to travel to Pakistan with their families. According to the notification, the UN\u2019s policy discontinuing Islamabad\u2019s status as a \u2018Non-family Duty Stations\u2019 (NFDS) went into effect on June 14. Read:\u00a0UNDP to fund green climate projects in Pakistan The letter stated that this decision was made on the recommendation of the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations Department for Safety and Security after the officials concerned had conducted a thorough security evaluation of the capital city. Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Pakistan\u2019s Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi welcomed the decision as a \u2018positive development\u2019. Read:\u00a0UNDP study suggests rezoning of Islamabad The previously implemented NFDS status meant that all eligible dependants of UN international personnel were restricted from staying in Islamabad for a period of six months or longer due to security risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":52857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11960],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-islamabads-status-as-family-station-for-un-staff-restored"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamabad&#039;s status as family station for UN staff restored - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New York: The United Nations (UN) has restored Islamabad\u2019s status as a \u2018family station\u2019 for its international staff, according to a news source. 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