{"id":7708,"date":"2024-02-06T05:09:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=7708"},"modified":"2024-02-06T05:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T05:09:57","slug":"unhcr-peshawar-zalmi-announce-partnership-ahead-of-pakistan-super-league-season-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=7708","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR, Peshawar Zalmi announce partnership ahead of Pakistan Super League Season 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"7709\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240205-WA0037-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240205-WA0037-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240205-WA0037-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240205-WA0037-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG-20240205-WA0037.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0ISLAMABAD : As the Pakistan Super League Season 9 starts from 17 February, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced a partnership with Peshawar Zalmi to promote the refugee cause through cricket in Pakistan.Peshawar Zalmi is the leading franchise of Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket championship, which has been taking place since 2015.\u00a0As part of the partnership, Peshawar Zalmi and UNHCR will work together to highlight refugee issues during one of the most popular cricketing contests. Peshawar Zalmi will showcase the emblem of UNHCR on their jerseys, marking a visible commitment to the cause.\u00a0The Chief Operating Officer, of Peshawar Zalmi, Mr. Mian Abbas and cricketer Mr. Mohammad Haris, presented the official jersey of Peshawar Zalmi to UNHCR\u2019s Representative in Pakistan, Ms. Philippa Candler, in Islamabad.\u00a0On behalf of Mr. Javed Afridi, owner of the Peshawar Zalmi, Mian Abbas said that war and conflict forced millions of people to become refugees worldwide adding that Peshawar Zalmi and UNHCR will jointly partner to run an awareness campaign during the Pakistan Super League.\u00a0\u201cTeaming up with humanitarian organization such as UNHCR will allow us to use our platform to highlight global challenges and help mobilize our people for a greater humanitarian impact,\u201d he said quoting Javed Afridi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Candler commended Peshawar Zalmi\u2019s commitment to the refugee cause. \u201cIn featuring UNHCR\u2019s logo on Peshawar Zalmi\u2019s jersey, they are demonstrating their dedication to raising awareness and supporting those in need.\u00a0\u201cSports build bridges, transcend borders and cultures and foster a greater understanding of humanitarian issues,\u201d she said. We wish good luck to Peshawar Zalmi during Season 9,\u201d she added.Pakistan has remained a generous refugee host for more than four decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0ISLAMABAD : As the Pakistan Super League Season 9 starts from 17 February, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced a partnership with Peshawar Zalmi to promote the refugee cause&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7710,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7708\/revisions\/7710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}