LEAVING NO PAKISTANI BEHIND

Working hand in hand to advance the Sustainable Development Goals

Flood Recovery Programme

Learn more about UNDP's programme to support the communities impacted by the 2022 Pakistan Floods.

Read more

Featured

PRESS RELEASE
Jazz and UNDP collaborate to launch Women Initiative in Social Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan inaugurated the Women's Initiative in Social Entrepreneurship (WISE) Bootcamp, a transformative program that aims to empower and uplift 400 women social entrepreneurs across 12 cities in Pakistan.

Discover
Blog
UNDP's Commitment to Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan

Collaborating with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the UNDP recently conducted a ten-day Train the Facilitator (TtF) workshop in Islamabad as part of the Strengthening Electoral and Legislative Processes (SELP) Project.

Discover
Stories
How UNDP is creating income-generating opportunities for flood-affected people of Pakistan

The consequences of the 2022 floods were borne by 3 million people, leaving families without a source of income and with little or no access to even the most basic amenities of life.

Discover
PRESS RELEASE
Creating awareness on climate change: Senator Sherry Rehman launches UNDP’s Coffee Table Book “Fading Vistas - Beauty of Northern Pakistan”

The book, “Fading Vistas” holds a collection of exquisitely curated photographs of Northern Pakistan's valleys, glaciers, and mountains to reinforce the need to safeguard them from the devastating impacts of climate change.

Discover
PRESS RELEASE
Four Agriculture Training Centers Established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Merged Districts

The objective of establishing these centers is to enhance the capacity of farmers in the merged districts to promote the cultivation of alternative crops and eradicate illicit crops and other drug-related crimes.

Discover
PRESS RELEASE
U.S. Ambassador Donald Blome, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, and UNDP Pakistan inaugurate $17 million Joint Police Training Center

The project is the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)’s largest construction project in its 41-year history in Pakistan. Thanks to the U.S. Embassy, KP Police, and UNDP, the center now boasts a training capacity of 1,700 police officers at one time.

Read
PRESS RELEASE
Jazz & UNDP extend collaboration to promote women-led social innovation in Pakistan

The WISE Bootcamps, registrations for which are open now, aim to empower 400 women social entrepreneurs across 12 cities of Pakistan with essential business knowledge and skills to manage sustainable social enterprises.

Discover
Press release
Pakistan pitches multi-billion dollar climate investment portfolio at UN

he Government of Pakistan unveiled a diversified portfolio of climate-resilient investments worth $2.84 billion at the UN SDG Investment Fair 2023, held in New York on 18th - 20th April.

Discover
Stories
Strengthening SDGs aligned development in Balochistan

With an overall aim to provide immediate recovery support to impacted communities, UNDP supported by the Government of China embarked upon a mission to retrofit 16 hospitals and 40 schools to restore basic services in flood-affected areas.

Read more
Press release
UNDP and Pakistan Textile Council conduct a consultation for the development of a Human Rights Due Diligence Code of Conduct for Pakistan’s Textile Sector

As part of a partnership with the Embassy of Norway in Pakistan, UNDP, in collaboration with Pakistan Textile Council (PTC), organised a two-day consultation on the development of a Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) Code of Conduct for Pakistan's textile sector.

Discover
News
Flood Response Plan

Joint Launch of 2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan by Government of Pakistan and the United Nations.

Read more
Statement
Co-Chairs Summary International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan

During the conference, delegations recalled their assistance to the immediate relief efforts and affirmed their support to the people of Pakistan for a resilient recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. Read the joint statement.

Read
Press release
UNDP holds training on responsible reporting on Climate Change and GLOFs for journalists in Khyber Paktunkhwa

The training briefed 27 journalists from Chitral, Swat, Upper Dir, Peshawar and Kohistan on catastrophic impacts of climate-induced disasters such as Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), torrential rains, and floods.

Discover
Stories
Stranded with no Place to go: Story from Balochistan

In Balochistan, like other parts of the country, it kept on raining throughout August. The situation worsened in the last week of August, when it rained non-stop for 48 hours.

Discover
Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment
Zero tolerance for Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Abuse of Authority

UNDP is committed to creating and maintaining a working environment that respects the inherent dignity of all persons, affording them the opportunity to reach their fullest potential and empowering them to deliver the best possible results for UNDP and the people we serve.

Discover
Press Release
Multiple crises halt progress as 9 out of 10 countries fall backwards in human development, UNDP report warns

The world must jolt itself out of its global paralysis to secure the future of people and planet by re-booting its development trajectory

Discover
UNDP Response
UNDP support to Pakistan's National Response to contain the impact of COVID-19

An integrated global response is an investment in our future

What we do

UNDP is working with the Government of Pakistan, civil society, national partners and the people of Pakistan to help find solutions to persistent development challenges.

We work to build lasting institutional capacity, provide technical expertise to improve development outcomes, and help link the Government and people of Pakistan to innovative global solutions in areas such as improved data quality and collection, better environmental management, climate change finance and adaptation, strong and accountable governance mechanisms and capacities to respond effectively to conflict and disasters.

Publications

Report

UNDP in Pakistan: Annual Report 2021

In 2021, UNDP continued its long-standing partnership with Pakistan to achieve its development goals and to ensure that no one is left behind.

Read more
UNDP-Strategic-Plan-2022-2025-cover.jpg
Report

UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025

The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 describes how UNDP intends to work together with our partners to deliver what’s required of us in these extraordinary times. This bold, ambitious Plan is structured around “3x6x3” – 3 directions of change, 6 signature solutions and 3 enablers – a clear framework for where we need to head. Over the next four years, we will work with countries to expand people’s choices for a fairer, sustainable future. Helping to get us back on track to deliver on the SDGs.

Read more
Report

Pakistan National Human Development Report on Inequality

UNDP launched its third Pakistan National Human Development Report 2020, entitled ‘The three Ps of inequality: Power, People, and Policy’, authored by Dr. Hafiz Pasha.

The report highlights why studying inequality is important for Pakistan, and how this issue has affected the country’s economic and social progress. It discusses how, despite the Constitution of Pakistan upholding equality and despite global commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals, there appear to be two different Pakistans – one for the rich, with access to the best avenues and opportunities, and one for the poor, who have a narrow pool of choices.

Read more

Our Impact

Our work in sustainable development, governance, resilience building

and environment and climate change.

15.1

million

voters reached with information on the local government elections

8,188

people

(1,884 women) attended legal awareness sessions in the Merged Areas

615K

people

in KP’s Merged Areas benefited from community mobilization, improved services and economic opportunities

158

people

(50 women) in Balochistan received entrepreneurship training, 100 people (25 women) received vocational training

78K

young people

(37,200 women, 20 transgender) participated in youth engagement and economic empowerment activities

09

Districts

Emergency Operations Centres strengthened

18K

youth

spoke up about their needs through the Youth Conversations platform

87K

hectares

of land in Sindh freed of encroachment and brought under the forest department

19.4K

people

in GB accessed health services – 17,825 youth, 250 people in extreme poverty, 1,385 women, 27 people with disabilities

Take Action

Work with the United Nations to make Pakistan a better place.
Browse jobs
We work collectively with Pakistan's people and government on developing & supporting nationally-driven solutions to challenges & improving livelihoods. Take a look at the people we work with and projects we do in Pakistan.
Life changing stories
Boxes
As a public organization entrusted with donor funds and committed to supporting developing economies, UNDP works to improve access to quality assured supplies in a cost effective and reliable way.
Browse Procurement notices