Pakistan: White House announces $70 million for girls education in Pakistan
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Pakistan, United States of AmericaThursday, October 22, 2015 USAID Press Office Telephone: +1.202.712.4320 | Email: USAIDPressOfficers@usaid.gov...
View ArticleSlovenia: Croatia putting at risk the lives of people by unannounced arrivals
Source: Government of the Republic of SloveniaCountry: Afghanistan, Austria, Croatia, Iraq, Pakistan, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, World"Croatia is sending migrants across the green border...
View ArticlePakistan: Winning the War on Polio in Pakistan - Asia Report N°273, 23...
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: PakistanEXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONSAs the world marks Polio Day on 24 October, Pakistan remains the greatest impediment to a polio-free world. It...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Dengue claims another life in Multan
Source: Frontier PostCountry: PakistanMULTAN: Dengue virus claimed another life in Multan on Thursday, raising the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in the district to two this year, hospital...
View ArticleWorld: Reasons to be optimistic about ending polio
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldThirty years ago, there were over 350,000 cases of wild polio virus each year. In 2014, there were just 359 and so far this year,...
View ArticlePakistan: At least 16 dead in blast targeting Shiites in Pakistan: officials
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: PakistanKarachi, Pakistan | AFP | Friday 10/23/2015 - 16:18 GMT by Ashraf KHANAt least 16 people were killed and dozens injured in a suspected suicide blast...
View ArticlePakistan: Ban condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan on religious holiday
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Pakistan23 October 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today's bombing of a procession of worshippers marking the Shia religious holiday of...
View ArticlePakistan: Death toll from Pakistan Shiites blast rises to 24: minister
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Pakistan10/24/2015 - 08:00 GMT The death toll from a suspected suicide blast which targeted Shiite Muslims in the southern Pakistani city of Jacobabad has risen to...
View ArticleWorld: South Asia Water Governance Programme (SAWGP)
Source: Department for International DevelopmentCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, WorldBackgroundThe South Asia Water Governance Programme (SAWGP) delivers better...
View ArticleWorld: World Polio Day: Statement by Dr Ala Alwan, Regional Director, WHO...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Afghanistan, Pakistan, WorldOn World Polio Day, our Region and the World is closer than ever to eradicating polio.There has been real progress in eradicating...
View ArticlePakistan: Situation Report #2 Pakistan Floods 2015, 24th October 2015
Source: Human Relief Foundation - PakistanCountry: PakistanHighlights of the report:12, 500 flood affected people benefited through program initiatives - health, protection, NFIs, and food security -...
View ArticlePakistan: Refusals, repatriation and remissness: Why Pakistan is still a...
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanAs World Polio Day is celebrated across the globe, Pakistan remains one of only two countries on the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list of...
View ArticlePakistan: Upon directives of President, UAE provides 86.6 million polio...
Source: Emirates News AgencyCountry: Pakistan, United Arab EmiratesISLAMABAD, 23rd October, 2015 (WAM) – On the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide...
View ArticlePakistan: Japanese Parliamentarians meet Health Minister; keen to support Key...
Source: Government of Pakistan, World Health Organization, UN Children's FundCountry: Japan, PakistanIslamabad, the 14th October, 2015 - A high level delegation from Japan currently visiting Pakistan...
View ArticlePakistan: Sprinting to the finish line
Source: Government of Pakistan, World Health Organization, UN Children's FundCountry: PakistanBy Ayesha Raza Farooq, PM's Focal Person on Polio Eradication - Published in The NewsSaturday, October 24,...
View ArticlePakistan: Balochistan losing groundwater, warns report
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKHAWAR GHUMMANISLAMABAD: In addition to an insurgency and rampant mis-governance, the restive province of Balochistan is facing a groundwater shortage...
View ArticlePakistan: Woman dies of dengue fever as Karachi death toll climbs to seven
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanHASAN MANSOOR KARACHI: The provincial health authorities on Friday confirmed the death of a woman suffering from mosquito-borne haemorrhagic fever at a...
View ArticlePakistan: Dengue death toll rises to 10 in Rawalpindi
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanRAWALPINDI/TAXILA: A 14-year-old dengue patient from Sangjani died at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH), taking the death toll to 10 in Rawalpindi.Mohammad...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Nearly 280 dead as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanIslamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Monday 10/26/2015 - 19:53 GMT by Khurram SHAHZADNearly 280 people were killed Monday when a powerful 7.5-magnitude...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Situation Report – Earthquake in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North...
Source: Sphere IndiaCountry: Afghanistan, India, PakistanA. Situation ReportA massive earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on Richter scale (as per IMD) struck in Hindukush region of Afghanistan, Lat. 36.5°N...
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