Pakistan: Pakistan - Earthquake 2015 - DREF Operation n ° MDRPK012 -...
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: PakistanSummary:On the afternoon of 26 October 2015, an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck North West Pakistan. With the...
View ArticlePakistan: Zhob suicide blast injures five
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanQUETTA: At least three security personnel, a civilian and a minor were injured in a suicide blast at the entrance of a military cantonment compound in...
View ArticlePakistan: United States Provides $20 Million for Food Rations to Support...
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Pakistan, United States of AmericaThe U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, recently contributed $20 million to...
View ArticlePakistan: Landless women farmers receive land tenancy for the first time in...
Source: UN WomenCountry: PakistanAuthor: Faria SalmanDurdana is a young widower from Pakistan’s Dadu District in Sindh Province. She is one of 1,214 landless women farmers and sharecroppers who have...
View ArticlePakistan: UNDP and the United Kingdom launch new support to FATA
Source: UN Development ProgrammeCountry: Pakistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandPeshawar, 27 January 2016 – The Government of Fata has a signed a new agreement with the United...
View ArticleWorld: Global brief - Climate change: Melting glaciers: danger ahead!
Source: Swiss Agency for Development and CooperationCountry: China, Colombia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Peru, Switzerland, WorldEditorialSwitzerland's glaciers are melting. In less than 40 years,...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya: Kakuma New Arrival Registration Trends 2016 (as of 1 Feb 2016)
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran (Islamic...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistan: Events of 2015
Source: Human Rights WatchCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanUnder pressure from the military leadership, the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ceded significant constitutional and decision-making...
View ArticleSerbia: Serbia Daily Update, 29 - 31 January 2016
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Pakistan, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,...
View ArticleWorld: The Market Monitor - Trends and impacts of staple food prices in...
Source: World Food ProgrammeCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Congo,...
View ArticlePakistan: Technical advisory group optimistic about Pakistan's progress on polio
Source: Global Polio Eradication InitiativeCountry: PakistanJanuary 29, Islamabad: Pakistan’s polio eradication initiative (PEI) has been put under the microscope by members of the Technical Advisory...
View ArticlePakistan: Crisis Response Bulletin, February 01, 2016 - Volume: 1, Issue: 55
Source: Alhasan SystemsCountry: Afghanistan, PakistanHIGHLIGHTS:22 so far tested positive for infection at allied hospitalsEarthquake shakes Swat, adjoining areasGovt taking steps to counter...
View ArticlePakistan: Anti-tank landmine defused
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanSIALKOT: The Bomb Disposal Squad on Sunday defused a high intensity anti-tank landmine near bordering Village Phookaliyaan-Bajwat along the Sialkot...
View ArticlePakistan: Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies in Pakistan - NDMA &...
Source: Government of Pakistan, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: PakistanExecutive SummaryThe Government of Pakistan has been using cash transfer programmes (CTP) in...
View ArticlePakistan: Sindh Drought Needs Assessment - Preliminary Findings: Agriculture,...
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security ClusterCountry: PakistanDrought Vulnerability Index in Sindh - Southern Sindh...
View ArticleWorld: CrisisWatch No. 150, 1 February 2016
Source: International Crisis GroupCountry: Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,...
View ArticleWorld: Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 27 January – 2 February 2016
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the...
View ArticleWorld: Desert Locust Bulletin 448 (January 2016)
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mauritania, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Western Sahara, World, YemenGeneral...
View ArticlePakistan: Pakistani women at forefront of drive to give poor rural girls an...
Source: AlertNetCountry: PakistanSource: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 2 Feb 2016 05:00 GMT By Ummul BaneenISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For years, Fatima would wake up in the...
View ArticlePakistan: 143 Thar children died in four months: official
Source: DAWN Group of NewspapersCountry: PakistanKARACHI: Sindh health officials have confirmed the death of a total of 143 children aged up to five years in Tharparkar district because of malnutrition...
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