1. GENERAL SITUATION & TURKISH RED CRESCENT ACTIVITIES TRC operations in Pakistan started in the wake of the 2005 earthquake, with the TRC and Pakistan Red Crescent signing a MoU for activities such...
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Report: 2016 Participatory Assessment with Afghan Refugees (POR Cardholders) in Pakistan
1. Introduction Purpose: This report presents the analysis and consolidated findings of the 2016 Participatory Assessment (PA). The purpose of the PA was to understand the protection concerns of...
Pakistan: At least 9 more infants die in Thar in two days
At least nine more infants died due to malnutrition and outbreak of the various diseases in Thar during that last two days, raising the toll to 476 this year. With the death of nine more children the...
European Union Supports Livelihoods And Nutrition In Drought-Stricken Sindh
SINDH - The European Union has contributed critical funds to enable livelihoods and nutrition programmes, run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), to continue in the hardest-hit drought...
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UNHCR supports free health services to mothers and children in Quetta
QUETTA (28 December 2016): The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has completed the refurbishment and upgrading of a maternal and child health facilities in Quetta to provide uninterrupted, quality health...
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Polio this week as of 28 December 2016
In 2016 to date, 35 children have been paralyzed due to wild poliovirus, fewer than in any preceding year. However, eradication requires reaching zero. Poliovirus survives in a limited number of...
Pakistan Red Crescent fosters community ownership of risk reduction programmes
By Majda Shabbir, IFRC At the crack of dawn, Ghulam Haider and several of his neighbours from Gulhatra village in Mansehra District, climb a steep hill to repair a broken pipeline after a landslide...
WFP Pakistan Country Brief, November 2016
Highlights WFP continues its relief food assistance to displaced and returnee populations in the country’s north-west, complemented by livelihoods, nutrition and education support in the region...
Pakistan: Education rekindles hope in minds of displaced Fata children
Schools are being established across Fata, encouraging conflict stricken children to continue learning By FARID SHINWARI As the sun sets behind the mountains, young boys ranging from nine to 16 sit...
Pakistan: Hundreds of Tirah IDPs still await return plan
LANDI KOTAL: Authorities are yet to announce any plan for repatriation of hundreds of displaced families of Tirah valley in Khyber Agency though the federal government and Fata Disaster Management...
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Summary of poliovirus circulation in 2016 – Pakistan
Disease outbreak news 27 December 2016 In Pakistan, a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been detected from environmental samples in Quetta, Balochistan. Two isolates with...
Crisis Response Bulletin, December 26, 2016 - Volume: 2, Issue: 52
HIGHLIGHTS 250 students of 30 schools, 150 volunteers trained to deal with emergencies Another 100 patients diagnosed with Chikungunya virus in Karachi Three killed as thick blanket of fog covers...
Pakistan: At least eight children die of measles in Balochistan
At least eight children died and dozens other contracted the ailment in the aftermath of a measles outbreak in Balochistan's Zhob and Awaran districts on Saturday. "Five children died and 36 other...
Creating a childhood
In Pakistan, more than 1 million people are internally displaced, meaning that many families with children are moving back and forth between their region of origin, IDP (Internally Displaced Persons)...
UNICEF Launches Adolescent Empowerment Project in Punjab
Lahore – 22 December, 2016: Adolescents from various youth associations of Punjab came together at a colourful ceremony organized by UNICEF and the College of Youth Activism and Development (CYAAD)...
'Honest answers needed to UN concerns about human rights record'
Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday urged the state agencies to provide honest answers to questions raised last week by the United Nations (UN) on Pakistan’s rights record. They...
Pakistan Market Price Bulletin, December 2016
Highlights In November 2016, the price of wheat and wheat flour negligibly increased by 0.8% each; Headline inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) negligibly increased by 0.2% from the...
Pakistan: "As good as dead": The impact of the blasphemy laws in Pakistan
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are often used against religious minorities and others who are the target of false accusations, while emboldening vigilantes prepared to threaten or kill the accused, a new...
Pakistan: Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination/WHO Joint Statement on the chikungunya virus
There have been unconfirmed reports of the presence of chikungunya virus in Karachi, Sindh, especially in areas of Malir. The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination,...
49 ‘chikungunya’ cases identified in Karachi's Malir
KARACHI: A team of experts has so far identified 49 suspected cases of chikungunya in Malir, a mosquito-borne disease, it emerged on Tuesday. According to sources, the patients were found to have an...