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Violence, abuse, and social and religious intolerance by militant organizations and other nongovernmental actors contributed to a culture of lawlessness in some parts of the country, particularly...
2012 was a year of many challenges where Pakistan did not prove
equal to the task. The pace of implementation of human rights treaties
that the country had ratified left a lot to be...
Pakistan had a disastrous year in 2011, with increasing attacks on civilians by militant
groups, skyrocketing food and fuel prices, and the assumption of near-total control of
foreign...
UNHCRworked closely with the humanitarian
community in theGovernment-led response to the floods
that ravaged Pakistan in 2010, assisting affected nationals
andAfghan refugees...
Beginning in late July 2010, the flood waters in what was to
become Pakistan's worst natural disaster began to spread. Homes, businesses
and thousands of acres of farmland were...
The project is committed to mitigating the vulnerability
in the face of disasters in the communities of the riskprone
Chail Valley (Swat) through investment in
disaster...
Pakistan's One UN Programme (OP I) was signed on 4 February 2009 in the presence of the UN
Secretary General and the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Initially for a two-year period from...
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform, based in Brussels, Belgium, is a coalition
of 18 environmental, human and labour rights organisations first created in September 2005. That year, it was...
This paper presents proof-of-concept of an innovative model, Heartfile Health Financing (HHF), developed in Pakistan by an NGO to address these problems.
HHF comprises three elements: a...