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Girls in Pakistan Fight for the Right to Education
Armed with only a slightly used copy book sent by her aunt from Peshawar, the capital of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtoomkhw’a province, Azeera Gul, 12, is fighting for the rights of girls to an education.
Preparing for the Monsoon in Pakistan
Muhammad Gul has built a stone wall around his home in a village near Mingora, the main city in Swat Valley, in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, and hopes it can keep away rainwater during the just-started monsoon season.
Senior PDP Leader Shahzad Khan Strongly Criticizes NC Led Coalition Government for Misleading the Public
Senior PDP leader Shahzad Khan has strongly criticized the NC led present coalition government for misleading the people throughout its tenure.
Flood Survivors in Pakistan Determined to Help Themselves
In Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley, where the floods that swamped the country in August began, shock has given way to a new determination among communities to get back on their feet.
PAKISTAN: More Rain Expected As Floods Kill Over 800
Floods triggered by exceptionally heavy monsoon rains in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have killed at least 800 people and affected up to a million across the country. Officials fear the worst is to come if floods hit the more populated...
PAKISTAN: IDPs Reluctant to Return
An ongoing UN survey of internally displaced persons from various conflicted-affected parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), adjacent to the Afghan border, has found that the main reasons they do not want to return are insecurity, damaged...
PAKISTAN: Help At Hand for Traumatized Conflict Victims
Nearly a year after the army defeated the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, a district of North West Frontier Province, the physical impact of the conflict is plain to see in damaged or destroyed buildings, but the underlying psychosocial impact...
Suicide Bomber Kills 13 People in a Crowded Pakistan Market
Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber has killed 13 people in a crowded market. The victims include a mayor who formed a militia to fight the Taliban. The bomber attacked the market outside the northwestern city of Peshawar Sunday as shoppers purchased...
