Pakistan
Vai alla Scheda Paese »If you do not learn from history, it tends to repeat itself.
— Benazir Bhutto
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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan requests US$550 million
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, PakistanThe continued deepening and geographic spread of the conflict has increased the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance 2017, now 9.3 million. OVERVIEW THE CRISIS The continued deepening and geographic spread of the conflict has prompted a 13% increase in the ...
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Esplosione in un mercato in Pakistan, almeno 21 morti
Esplosione in un mercato in Pakistan, almeno 21 morti. L’esplosione è avvenuta il 21 gennaio in un mercato affollato nella regione tribale del Kurram, vicino al confine con l’Afghanistan. L’attacco è stato rivendicato sia dai talebani pachistani sia da un ramo del gruppo jihadista Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, affiliato ad Al Qaeda. Un ...
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Kenya will not shut down internet on Election Day
Kenya has no plans to shut down the internet before, during or after the general election in August, the Communications Authority said yesterday. The Authority officials made the statement in response to reporters' questions at a briefing on what is expected of broadcasters covering the August 8 polls. "We are ...
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The lost years: secondary education for children in emergencies
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldThe Human Rights Watch report offers solutions host countries, donors, and humanitarian actors could adopt to promote secondary education in countries affected by crises or large refugee flows.Amin, 18, became a refugee when his family fled Syria for Lebanon five years ago. ...
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More than 1.3 million Afghan children under five need treatment for acute malnutrition
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, PakistanNutrition surveys in 2016 show global acute malnutrition (GAM) prevalence ranging from 10.9% to 20.7%. Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has breached emergency thresholds in 20 of 34 provinces. NEEDS SUMMARY Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous, and most violent, crisis ridden ...
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Political dynasties prepare to take seats in 2017
For years political families have ruled and wielded power over Kenya's economy and society and this year the children of 'royalty' run for election. Do they have a birthright? Dynasties appear to be taking root. Family brand names carry cachet, some dating back to the freedom struggle. This, along with ...
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What are aid groups' priorities for 2017? - Expert views
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Uganda, World, YemenAfter a year of record humanitarian needs, 2017 looks set to be even more challenging. The Thomson Reuters Foundation asked aid agencies to name their three priorities for ...
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Pakistan commissions China-assisted fourth nuke plant
Pakistan’s fourth nuclear power plant was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday, with the leader inviting further Chinese investment in power generation. The plant, known as Chashma-3, or C-3, has been build with Chinese assistance at Chashma in the Mianwali district of southern Pakistan, where two similar plants ...
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The duty to defend the constitution (2)
In Golak Nath v Punjab,(AIR [1967] SC 1643), which concerned a constitutional amendment that abolished property rights, the Supreme Court ruled that an amendment could not abridge fundamental rights even if it followed the constitutional procedure.In 1973, following the enactment of four constitutional amendments that limited the power of judges ...
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Record numbers of Afghan refugees return from Pakistan in 2016
Source: Afghanistan Analysts Network Country: Afghanistan, PakistanThe younger ‘returnees’ include those who have never lived in Afghanistan and some whose parents weren't even born there. Many now find themselves in a desperate situation, with neither jobs nor proper housing. Author: Jelena Bjelica Date: 22 December 2016 More than half a million Afghan refugees ...
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Ongoing conflicts continue to intensify food insecurity, FAO says
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Afghanistan, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, ...
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Pakistan - Investimenti e collaborazioni: governo e imprese in missione in Pakistan
Oltre 35 imprese, sei associazioni e più di 80 partecipanti. Questi i numeri della prima missione di Sistema in Pakistan, che è partita ieri e che, fino a domani, toccherà le tappe di Islamabad e Lahore con l'obiettivo di approfondire le opportunità di investimento e collaborazione tra i due paesi. La...
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First global fund to finance disaster response before it happens
Source: Start Network Country: WorldAid agencies will be able to secure financial support in anticipation of flooding, a refugee exodus or other foreseeable emergencies from the Start Fund.Aid agencies will be enabled to tackle looming disasters before they have occurred, under a pioneering project being launched today by a fast-growing humanitarian ...
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Pakistan says Japan traders among those eyeing LNG tender
Pakistan says Japan’s biggest trading houses are among almost two dozen companies eyeing its liquefied natural gas purchase tender that it says is the largest on record. Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Marubeni Corp., have expressed interest in the LNG order, which was announced earlier this month and has ...
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Robust funding critical to ending the pandemic of violence against women and girls
Source: UN Women Country: WorldUrging governments and international actors to back up agreed international commitments, this year’s “Orange the World” initiative will focus on raising money to end violence against women and girls.UNiTE campaign’s “Orange the World” initiative urges raising money to end violence against women and girls during ...
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Oxfam launches campaign to end violence against women and girls
Source: Oxfam Country: Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, World, ZambiaOxfam is kick-starting campaigns in Morocco, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, South Africa and Zambia to coincide with the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women ...
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Oxfam launches campaign to end violence against women and girls
Source: Oxfam Country: Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, World, ZambiaOxfam is kick-starting campaigns in Morocco, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, South Africa and Zambia to coincide with the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women ...
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Global landmine casualties at 10-year high in 2015
Source: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Cluster Munition Coalition Country: WorldAccording to the Landmine Monitor, 2015 marked a 75% increase from the number of casualties caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance recorded for 2014, while clearance funding keeps declining. Alarm at mine victim rise Landmine report finds global casualties at 10-year high while ...
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Anti-mondialisation, en Algérie le Brexit et le vote Trump sont déjà au pouvoir
Une question essentielle se pose : si la mondialisation ne convient plus aux pays qui en sont le cœur nucléaire, alors peut-être est-ce parce qu’elle profite surtout aux pays de la périphérie dont fait partie l’Algérie. L’argumentaire du Brexit et du vote Trump le laissent penser. Ils reprochent à la ...
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Turkey, Pakistan free trade deal to be ready in December
A free trade agreement between Turkey and Pakistan will be ready to be signed in December, according to Ankara’s ambassador to Islamabad.
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Chinese ship opens new trade route via Pakistani port
Pakistan’s top civilian and military leaders traveled to the country’s southwest on Sunday to open a new international trade route by seeing off a Chinese ship that’s exporting goods to the Middle East and Africa from the newly built Gwadar port. The first convoy of Chinese trucks carrying goods for ...