http://www.irinnews.org/Updated everydayen-gbTue, 21 May 2013 09:30:42 GMTTue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>SUKKUR 21 May 2013 (IRIN) - Since 2010, monsoon rain in Pakistan has brought with it some of the biggest seasonal flooding in living memory. Two months from this year’s rains, weather forecasters are already predicting above normal rainfall and in some areas standing water has yet to drain away from last year’s monsoon.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98071/Analysis-How-to-avoid-a-fourth-year-of-serious-flooding-in-PakistanSUKKUR 21 May 2013 (IRIN) - Since 2010, monsoon rain in Pakistan has brought with it some of the biggest seasonal flooding in living memory. Two months from this year’s rains, weather forecasters are already predicting above normal rainfall and in some areas standing water has yet to drain away from last year’s monsoon.]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>LAHORE/DUBAI 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Hamza Mazhar, a 35-year-old teacher from Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, says he never wants to see the inside of a government hospital again.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98055/Challenges-to-improving-health-care-in-PakistanLAHORE/DUBAI 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Hamza Mazhar, a 35-year-old teacher from Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, says he never wants to see the inside of a government hospital again.]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>LAHORE 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - On the frontline in the fight against dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, the authorities have a sharp eye for spare car tyres.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98010/Marshalling-smartphones-gravediggers-to-fight-dengue-in-PakistanLAHORE 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - On the frontline in the fight against dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan’s second largest city, the authorities have a sharp eye for spare car tyres.]]>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISLAMABAD 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - Delivering humanitarian aid in northwestern Pakistan has recently been hampered by attacks on schools, aid workers and polio vaccination teams, and bureaucratic procedures for aid projects are making matters worse.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97908/Red-tape-hits-humanitarian-work-in-NW-PakistanISLAMABAD 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - Delivering humanitarian aid in northwestern Pakistan has recently been hampered by attacks on schools, aid workers and polio vaccination teams, and bureaucratic procedures for aid projects are making matters worse.]]>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>SUKKUR 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is seven months since the monsoon rains fell on Mohammed Qayyum’s village in the Taib area of Shikarpur District in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97904/Slow-retreat-of-monsoon-floods-in-Pakistan-hinders-recoverySUKKUR 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is seven months since the monsoon rains fell on Mohammed Qayyum’s village in the Taib area of Shikarpur District in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh.]]>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 17 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ten-year-old Aliya and eight-year-old Asma arrived at Jalozai refugee camp two weeks ago, after escaping a recent surge in hostilities between government forces and militants near the border with Afghanistan.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97863/Far-from-home-but-closer-to-school-in-PakistanPESHAWAR 17 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ten-year-old Aliya and eight-year-old Asma arrived at Jalozai refugee camp two weeks ago, after escaping a recent surge in hostilities between government forces and militants near the border with Afghanistan.]]>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 01 April 2013 (IRIN) - Around 40,000 residents of Pakistan’s Tirah Valley, close to the border with Afghanistan, have fled their homes after renewed fighting in the last few days, according to the Disaster Management Authority in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FDMA).http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97760/Fighting-in-Pakistan-s-Tirah-Valley-displaces-40-000-peoplePESHAWAR 01 April 2013 (IRIN) - Around 40,000 residents of Pakistan’s Tirah Valley, close to the border with Afghanistan, have fled their homes after renewed fighting in the last few days, according to the Disaster Management Authority in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FDMA).]]>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANNU 28 March 2013 (IRIN) - Parents and officials are going to great lengths to immunize children after militants imposed a ban on polio vaccinations in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan Agency. Government officials are withholding money and identity documents from groups affiliated with the ban, and parents are travelling long distances to get their children vaccinated, in some cases smuggling the vaccine back home.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97743/Battling-militants-ban-on-polio-vaccines-in-Pakistan-s-North-WaziristanBANNU 28 March 2013 (IRIN) - Parents and officials are going to great lengths to immunize children after militants imposed a ban on polio vaccinations in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan Agency. Government officials are withholding money and identity documents from groups affiliated with the ban, and parents are travelling long distances to get their children vaccinated, in some cases smuggling the vaccine back home.]]>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 07 March 2013 (IRIN) - In his village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nazeer Butt, 40, points to his ruined house on a steep mountainside.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97606/Building-flash-flood-resilience-in-Pakistan-s-mountainous-regionsPESHAWAR 07 March 2013 (IRIN) - In his village near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Nazeer Butt, 40, points to his ruined house on a steep mountainside.]]>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 01 March 2013 (IRIN) - Residents escaping the latest round of fighting in Khyber Agency in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) say they did not even have time to bury their dead before leaving their homes in the Tirah valley.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97570/How-best-to-serve-Pakistan-s-750-000-IDPsPESHAWAR 01 March 2013 (IRIN) - Residents escaping the latest round of fighting in Khyber Agency in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) say they did not even have time to bury their dead before leaving their homes in the Tirah valley.]]>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 20 February 2013 (IRIN) - Justice in Pakistan's tribal border areas is a contested issue. “We are quite clear what justice is. If someone kills, commits adultery or some other offence, they deserve to die,” said Javaid Khan of the Utman Khel tribe in Bajaur Agency, one of seven tribal agencies (districts) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97511/How-justice-works-in-Pakistan-s-tribal-areas-and-beyondPESHAWAR 20 February 2013 (IRIN) - Justice in Pakistan's tribal border areas is a contested issue. “We are quite clear what justice is. If someone kills, commits adultery or some other offence, they deserve to die,” said Javaid Khan of the Utman Khel tribe in Bajaur Agency, one of seven tribal agencies (districts) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.]]>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 14 February 2013 (IRIN) - Salim Mehsud, from Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal agency, was first displaced by conflict.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97477/WFP-food-ration-cuts-hit-IDPs-in-PakistanPESHAWAR 14 February 2013 (IRIN) - Salim Mehsud, from Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal agency, was first displaced by conflict.]]>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>PESHAWAR 07 January 2013 (IRIN) - Attacks on polio campaign and other aid workers push security threats to “an all-time high”.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97186/Growing-risks-for-aid-workers-in-PakistanPESHAWAR 07 January 2013 (IRIN) - Attacks on polio campaign and other aid workers push security threats to “an all-time high”.]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT]]>KARACHI 03 January 2013 (IRIN) - Measles has killed 210 children in Pakistan’s Sindh Province over the past year, and health officials and experts say further deaths are likely.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97166/Measles-kills-over-200-in-Pakistan-s-Sindh-ProvinceKARACHI 03 January 2013 (IRIN) - Measles has killed 210 children in Pakistan’s Sindh Province over the past year, and health officials and experts say further deaths are likely.]]>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISLAMABAD 27 December 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by September monsoon flooding in Pakistan have not yet moved back into their homes, according to aid groups.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97136/PAKISTAN-Struggling-to-provide-for-flood-victimsISLAMABAD 27 December 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by September monsoon flooding in Pakistan have not yet moved back into their homes, according to aid groups.]]>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KARACHI 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - The government of Sindh Province in Pakistan has called off its polio vaccination campaign after unidentified militants carried out coordinated attacks today on vaccination teams in three different parts of Karachi, killing four women and injuring two men.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97071/In-Brief-Attack-halts-polio-drive-in-Pakistani-provinceKARACHI 18 December 2012 (IRIN) - The government of Sindh Province in Pakistan has called off its polio vaccination campaign after unidentified militants carried out coordinated attacks today on vaccination teams in three different parts of Karachi, killing four women and injuring two men.]]>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>BANGKOK 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. The bad news: between January and October, natural disasters still claimed more lives here than anywhere else in the world - and experts predict the trend will continue as populations and industries expand in a region that already houses the world’s largest number of urban residents.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97021/DISASTERS-Asia-s-2012-figures-and-trendsBANGKOK 11 December 2012 (IRIN) - The good news: fewer people died from natural disasters in Asia in 2012 than in previous years. The bad news: between January and October, natural disasters still claimed more lives here than anywhere else in the world - and experts predict the trend will continue as populations and industries expand in a region that already houses the world’s largest number of urban residents.]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>PUNJAB 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Rashid Minhas, a 35-year-old father of four living in a remote village in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, sees prices rising while his income is static. He worries about educating his four daughters, and believes times will get harder.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96860/PAKISTAN-Rashid-Minhas-Driver-PakistanPUNJAB 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Rashid Minhas, a 35-year-old father of four living in a remote village in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, sees prices rising while his income is static. He worries about educating his four daughters, and believes times will get harder.]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>NAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Price Watch (Our lives)http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96695/BANGLADESH-KENYA-Our-Lives-A-survivors-apos-guide-to-hard-timesNAIROBI 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - Price Watch (Our lives)]]>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>LAHORE 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - For most of his adult life, Aslam Rehmat, 53, a dental assistant in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, has struggled to educate his children and put food on the table. Despite his efforts, life is getting harder as inflation hits. Higher education costs are a fresh burden on the family.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96861/PAKISTAN-Aslam-Rehmat-Dental-assistant-PakistanLAHORE 06 December 2012 (IRIN) - For most of his adult life, Aslam Rehmat, 53, a dental assistant in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, has struggled to educate his children and put food on the table. Despite his efforts, life is getting harder as inflation hits. Higher education costs are a fresh burden on the family.]]>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISLAMABAD 05 December 2012 (IRIN) - A high birth rate is not making life any easier for Pakistan’s 180 million people, already affected by political instability, economic stagnation and natural disasters.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96969/Analysis-Tackling-Pakistan-s-population-time-bombISLAMABAD 05 December 2012 (IRIN) - A high birth rate is not making life any easier for Pakistan’s 180 million people, already affected by political instability, economic stagnation and natural disasters.]]>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KARACHI 04 December 2012 (IRIN) - A new local government law is causing tension, protests and fresh violence in Pakistan’s mega-city of Karachi and elsewhere in Sindh Province.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96958/Briefing-Local-government-law-sparks-unrest-violence-in-Sindh-ProvinceKARACHI 04 December 2012 (IRIN) - A new local government law is causing tension, protests and fresh violence in Pakistan’s mega-city of Karachi and elsewhere in Sindh Province.]]>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>MELBOURNE 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - Activists in Australia have expressed concern over a recent decision by the government to reinstate the processing of asylum seekers offshore.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96940/Analysis-Australia-apos-s-offshore-asylum-processMELBOURNE 30 November 2012 (IRIN) - Activists in Australia have expressed concern over a recent decision by the government to reinstate the processing of asylum seekers offshore.]]>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>ISLAMABAD 22 November 2012 (IRIN) - Despite efforts by the Pakistani government and international organizations, inflation, declining income, natural disasters and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security for the country’s 180 million citizens.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96849/PAKISTAN-Inflation-hits-food-securityISLAMABAD 22 November 2012 (IRIN) - Despite efforts by the Pakistani government and international organizations, inflation, declining income, natural disasters and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security for the country’s 180 million citizens.]]>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT]]>KARACHI 24 October 2012 (IRIN) - When ethnic riots erupt in Karachi, Qasba Colony is usually the worst affected: The violence has taken a dramatic toll on education and the main beneficiaries are Islamic religious schools, or madrasas.http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96628/PAKISTAN-Madrasas-fill-education-gap-in-Karachi-hotspotKARACHI 24 October 2012 (IRIN) - When ethnic riots erupt in Karachi, Qasba Colony is usually the worst affected: The violence has taken a dramatic toll on education and the main beneficiaries are Islamic religious schools, or madrasas.]]>