Jump to content

Nasir Bagh

Coordinates: 34°02′N 71°25′E / 34.033°N 71.417°E / 34.033; 71.417
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nasir Bagh (Pashto: ناصر باغ) was an Afghan refugee camp located on the edge of Peshawar in North-West Frontier Province (known in Afghanistan as "شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ Śhumāl Maġribī Sarhadī Sūbha") province of Pakistan. It opened in 1980 following the outbreak of the Soviet-Afghan War and at one time had a population of 100,000 refugees.[1] The camp was closed down by UNHCR in May 2002, with most refugees returning to Afghanistan (the Taliban were ousted by then) and the remaining moving to other camps in the region.[2]

The Nasir Bagh Project

[edit]

As part of the Peshawar Beautification Plan, the reconstruction and restoration project of Nasir Bagh road was given to Frontier Works Organization. This project completed in 2023.

Housing Societies

[edit]

Today Nasir Bagh road is a home various housing societies some of which includes

  • Defence Housing Authority Peshawar
  • Regi Model Town
  • Askari
  • Police Colony
  • Professor Model Town
  • Sheikh Yaseen Town
  • University Model Town


References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Afghanistan/Pakistan: No way back for Nasir Bagh refugees - Afghanistan".
  2. ^ "Nasir Bagh refugee camp closed". 19 May 2002.

http://pk.geoview.info/nasir_garden,48609475p

[edit]

34°02′N 71°25′E / 34.033°N 71.417°E / 34.033; 71.417