Pakistan: BISP to enrol 1.6m children in schools by June: Memon
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme has enrolled 1.3 million under- privileged children in primary schools, and its target is to take this...
View ArticlePakistan: 750 schools to be set up in Balochistan: minister
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanQUETTA: Provincial Minister for Education Abdul Rahim Ziaratwal has said that the government has opened 1,000 new schools and during the current...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan: Baseline Mobility Assessment - Summary Results,...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanThe DTM Baseline Mobility Assessment was conducted from 29 January to 16 March 2017 in 3...
View ArticleItaly: North Africa Mixed Migration Hub - Survey Snapshot - Italy | January 2017
Source: Mixed Migration HubCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Return of Undocumented Afghans - Weekly Situation Report - 26...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), PakistanHighlights5,821 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan7,805 undocumented Afghans returned...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan – Deadly bombing (DG ECHO) (ECHO Daily Flash of 3 April 2017)
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: PakistanTwenty-four people died and 100 others were injured in a car bomb...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan resumes repatriation of Afghan refugees
Source: Reuters - Thomson Reuters FoundationCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanPakistan is home to the world's second largest refugee population, with a total of 2.5 million Afghans living thereBy Saad...
View ArticleGreece: UNHCR Regional Bureau Europe: Weekly Report (April 3, 2017 11:47 AM)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Gambia, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Libya,...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan on Verge of Disastrous Water Shortage
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: PakistanApril 03, 2017 12:14 PM Ayesha TanzeemISLAMABAD — Two weeks ago a minor water crisis hit Pakistan. The flow in rivers fell below agricultural requirements. Then...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Afghanistan Weekly Field Report | 26 March - 1 April 2017
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanCountrywide Conflict DisplacementThe total number of individuals displaced by conflict in 2016 reduced to...
View ArticleWorld: The Climate Change - Human Trafficking Nexus
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, WorldClimate change increases the risk of natural disasters and...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Desert Locust Bulletin 462 (March 2017)
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsCountry: Algeria, Benin, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran (Islamic...
View ArticlePakistan: 'Waziristan IDPs to be counted with FDMA help’
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanMubarak Zeb KhanISLAMABAD: The population and housing census will be conducted as per normal in Fata, except for North and South Waziristan, which are...
View ArticlePakistan: Seven more children die of malnutrition in Thar
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanHANIF SAMOONSeven more children in Thar lost their lives due to waterborne diseases and malnutrition in a span of two days, bringing the past three...
View ArticlePakistan: Out of school for a decade: A refugee girl finally finds a school
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanPESHAWAR, 05 April 2017 – An Afghan girl had never been to school, but after years she found a ray of hope. Tahira Naz’s family...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan – Malnutrition (DG ECHO, HANDS) (ECHO Daily Flash of 5...
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsCountry: PakistanAdditional seven children in Thar, Sindh Province, Pakistan, have lost...
View ArticlePakistan: Helping promote inclusive education in remote areas of Pakistan
Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationCountry: PakistanSeven-year-old Shehzad goes to a UNESCO-supported school in Dera Ismail Khan District in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleSerbia: UNHCR Serbia Update, 27 March - 2 April 2017
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldHighlights and StatisticsOn 02 April,...
View ArticleSerbia: UNHCR Serbia - Europe Refugee Situation - Serbia 2016 in Numbers...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Pakistan, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of...
View ArticlePakistan: Afghanistan Reacts Angrily to Pakistan's Fencing of Border
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanAyaz GulISLAMABAD — Afghanistan is calling on Pakistan to stop fencing off the border between the two countries, suggesting that Kabul might resort...
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