Pakistan: Army chief inaugurates development projects in South Waziristan
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanRAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday visited South Waziristan and inaugurated multiple development projects as part...
View ArticlePakistan: A single teacher runs the show at 30pc of all schools
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanISLAMABAD: The sorry state of our country’s schools was laid bare on Wednesday as a report by a government-run institution revealed that at least 30 per...
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World: Polio Eradication & Endgame Midterm Review July 2015
Source: World Health Organization, Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Niger,...
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Djibouti: Djibouti: Inter-agency update on the response to the Yemeni...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Djibouti, Eritrea, Iraq, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, YemenHIGHLIGHTSAccording to the latest available...
View ArticleWorld: UNDP helps develop a Heart of Asia regional roadmap on disaster...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Pakistan, WorldThe Fourth Regional Technical Group meeting on Disaster Management under the Heart of Asia regional cooperation initiative took place today, and...
View ArticlePakistan: 25,000 cases of polio drops refusals reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanPESHAWAR: More than 25,000 people refused to vaccinate their children with the anti-polio vaccines in the recently concluded three day immunisation...
View ArticlePakistan: Two Pakistani civilians killed after Indian forces open fire:...
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: India, PakistanMuzaffarabad, Pakistan | AFP | Thursday 9/17/2015 - 19:26 GMT At least two Pakistani civilians were killed on Thursday evening when Indian forces...
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World: Polio this week as of 16 September 2015
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia,...
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World: Global Weather Hazards Summary September 18-24, 2015
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationCountry: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia,...
View ArticlePakistan: Warning of ‘exceptionally high’ flood in Punjab
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanINTIKHAB HANIFLAHORE: A monsoon depression over India which is moving towards Pakistan and an approaching westerly wave are expected to generate...
View ArticlePakistan: Balochistan University and UNDP provide assessment results and...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: PakistanThe United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Quetta office today conducted a provincial assessment steering committee (PASC) meeting which...
View ArticlePakistan: UNDP helps develop a Heart of Asia regional roadmap on disaster...
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey,...
View ArticleSerbia: In Serbia One In Four Refugee Children Arrive Alone, Save the...
Source: Save the ChildrenCountry: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Serbia, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldMedia Inquiries: Contact Mike KiernanBelgrade, Serbia (Sept. 18, 2015) — Save the Children is...
View ArticlePakistan: Residents of flood-hit Chitral worried as winter approaches
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanZAHIRUDDINCHITRAL: The flood-affected people, whose houses were fully or partially damaged, are likely to be exposed to harsh and chilly weather in...
View ArticlePakistan: Widespread rains lash Mirpurkhas, Badin and Tharparkar districts
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanMIRPURKHAS: Widespread rains with thunderstorm hit Murpurkhas, Badin and Tharparkar districts on Sunday bringing down the temperatures and turning...
View ArticlePakistan: No phone signal in a disaster? Solar network 'in a box' to the rescue
Source: AlertNetCountry: Pakistan, WorldSource: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 21 Sep 2015 07:14 GMTAuthor: Aamir SaeedLAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistani researchers...
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World: IOM: Latest Data on Europe Migrant Emergency (18 September 2015)
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Afghanistan, Albania, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Nigeria, occupied...
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World: El Niño: Implications and Scenarios for 2015, September 2015
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chad, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,...
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Pakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, September 21, 2015 - Volume: 1, Issue: 36
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanHIGHLIGHTS:Hazards convert into disasters ‘due to poor governance’Lack of preparedness blamed for dengue outbreakExperts asked to identify...
View ArticleWorld: Global eradication of wild poliovirus type 2 declared
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: Afghanistan, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, WorldDeclaration further milestone for globally-coordinated vaccine switch in 201620 September, Bali –...
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