Although flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan in recent weeks, around eight million people need essential health assistance, the World Health...
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Pakistan: More than 6.4 million in ‘dire need’ after unprecedented floods
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians warned on Friday. With more than 33 million people impacted, that...
Pakistan: Schools ‘must never be targeted’, UNICEF says after deadly blast
A deadly bombing that killed at least seven people at a religious school in Pakistan on Tuesday, has been strongly condemned by the Children's Fund (UNICEF). "Education is the fundamental right of...
First Person: fighting anti-vaccination rumours in Pakistan
Polio, a deadly, debilitating, yet easily curable disease, is eradicated in most countries, but is still endemic in Pakistan, partly due to a reluctance to vaccinate amongst some parts of the...
Ban condemns terrorist attack against Sufi shrine in Pakistan
13 November 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attack on a Sufi shrine in southwestern Pakistan yesterday that reportedly killed dozens of worshippers. ...
Pakistan: Ban condemns ‘appalling’ terrorist attack at hospital in Quetta
8 August 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s terrorist bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, underscoring that the targeting of mourners at a...
UN agricultural agency helps Pakistan cope with natural disasters such as floods, quakes, droughts
24 January 2016 – With Pakistan suffering a multitude of natural disasters each year, including floods, earthquakes, droughts, landslides and avalanches, a United Nations development agency is...
Pakistan: Ban condemns suicide bombing near polio eradication centre in Quetta
13 January 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned today’s suicide bombing close to the premises of a polio eradication centre in Quetta, Pakistan, reportedly killing at...
Ban condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan on religious holiday
23 October 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned today's bombing of a procession of worshippers marking the Shia religious holiday of Ashura in Jacobabad, and the recent...
UNESCO chief denounces killing of media workers in Pakistan
14 September 2015 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the recent killing of two media workers in Pakistan, and called for an investigation into...
UN chief condemns terrorist attack in eastern province of Pakistan
17 August 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Bam Ki-moon has condemned the bomb attack today in District Attock, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, and was saddened to learn that the attack had...
Pakistan: UN chief deplores terrorist attack on Christian sites of worship
16 March 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the terrorist attacks committed against two Christian churches in Pakistan. The suicide bombings,...
Ban condemns deadly attack on Shia mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers
13 February 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns an attack on a Shia mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, during Friday prayers that killed some 19 people – including Mr. Naveed...
UN chief condemns deadly bomb attack on Shia mosque in southern Pakistan
30 January 2015 – Condemning the deadly bombing today of a Shia mosque in Sindh province in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored this “vicious targeting of people on...
Taliban attack on Pakistan school an act of ‘horror and rank cowardice', says UN chief
16 December 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the “blood-curdling attack” on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, which has cost the lives of at least 130...
UN urges prompt investigation into murder of Pakistani human rights lawyer
9 May 2014 – The United Nations today condemned the killing of prominent human rights lawyer Rashid Khan Rehman in Pakistan and urged the Government to bring the perpetrators to justice. Mr. Rehman,...
Ban deplores recent deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan
9 April 2014 – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned today the two recent deadly bomb blasts in Pakistan, in the capital Islamabad and in the Baluchistan province. “The...
Ban ‘strongly condemns’ spate of deadly terrorist attacks in Pakistan
22 January 2014 – Reiterating deep concern over continued terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Pakistan, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a spate of deadly...
Secretary-General appalled by terrorist attack on church in Pakistan
22 September 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is “appalled” by today's terrorist attack on a Christian church in north-western Pakistan, and urged the Government to do everything...
Ban deplores deadly attacks targeting female students in Pakistan
15 June 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned a series of deadly attacks targeting a bus, a hospital facility and a historic house in Pakistan, which killed at least 20...