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1st February, 2013
420,000 people in Homs desperate for aid: UN
UNICEF staff determined that in addition to those most in need of aid, another 280,000 people were severely affected by the Syria conflict.
UNICEF staff determined that in addition to those most in need of aid, another 280,000 people were severely affected by the Syria conflict.
2nd August, 2012
Looming IDP crisis: KP requests centre for wheat supply
Following WFP's warning to slash food rations for Fata IDPs, the provincial govt has requested the centre to urgently release 200,000 metric tons of wheat to the UN body.
Following WFP's warning to slash food rations for Fata IDPs, the provincial govt has requested the centre to urgently release 200,000 metric tons of wheat to the UN body.
21st March, 2012
Military operation in Bara: Thousands trapped in conflict zone
PESHAWAR, March 20: Thousands of people are trapped in the Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency because of the ongoing military operation.
PESHAWAR, March 20: Thousands of people are trapped in the Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency because of the ongoing military operation.
12th March, 2012
Bid to smuggle rice foiled
NOWSHERA, March 11: Nowshera police on Sunday seized two trucks loaded with high quality rice taken from a storage facility of the World Food Programme at the Jalozai camp, meant for the internally displaced persons.
NOWSHERA, March 11: Nowshera police on Sunday seized two trucks loaded with high quality rice taken from a storage facility of the World Food Programme at the Jalozai camp, meant for the internally displaced persons.
16th October, 2011
Only 18pc of funds needed for flood relief received: UN
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that assistance to people affected by floods in Sindh and Balochistan may come to a halt in November.
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said that assistance to people affected by floods in Sindh and Balochistan may come to a halt in November.
14th October, 2011
Standing up for teenage girls
LONDON: Catherine Bertini, the former head of the World Food Programme is beating a drum for teenage girls, especially those girls who live in rural…
LONDON: Catherine Bertini, the former head of the World Food Programme is beating a drum for teenage girls, especially those girls who live in rural…
3rd October, 2011
Pakistanis at risk over world inaction on floods: WFP
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations warned on Monday that the international community had failed to respond to the latest flooding crisis in Pakistan, leaving three million…
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations warned on Monday that the international community had failed to respond to the latest flooding crisis in Pakistan, leaving three million…
8th August, 2011
UN agency sells toxic wheat to private firm
PESHAWAR: The World Food Programme has sold a huge quantity of decomposed wheat, stored in its two warehouses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to a Karachi-based private…
PESHAWAR: The World Food Programme has sold a huge quantity of decomposed wheat, stored in its two warehouses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to a Karachi-based private…
23rd July, 2011
More than two million Somalis out of aid groups’ reach
EL ADOW, Kenya: Aid agencies are unable to reach more than two million Somalis facing starvation in the famine-struck Horn of Africa country where Islamist…
EL ADOW, Kenya: Aid agencies are unable to reach more than two million Somalis facing starvation in the famine-struck Horn of Africa country where Islamist…
19th April, 2011
Sharing favourite meal helps feed world’s young hungry
ROME: From sushi to pizza or spicy chicken curry, favourite meals are being transformed into cash for school dinners to feed the world’s hungry in…
ROME: From sushi to pizza or spicy chicken curry, favourite meals are being transformed into cash for school dinners to feed the world’s hungry in…
18th January, 2011
UN agency warns of shortfall in fight on hunger
RAMALLAH: The World Food Programme is nearly $3 billion short this year in its fight against global hunger, and the gap is likely to grow…
RAMALLAH: The World Food Programme is nearly $3 billion short this year in its fight against global hunger, and the gap is likely to grow…
16th September, 2010
UN agencies joining forces to address food security emergency
ROME, Sept 15: Three UN agencies said on Wednesday they were joining forces to address Pakistan’s food security emergency following floods that ravaged 10 per…
ROME, Sept 15: Three UN agencies said on Wednesday they were joining forces to address Pakistan’s food security emergency following floods that ravaged 10 per…
15th September, 2010
‘Time to save lives’
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Now is the time to save lives in Pakistan as receding waters could cause an outbreak of diseases and…
By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Now is the time to save lives in Pakistan as receding waters could cause an outbreak of diseases and…
14th September, 2010
`Time to save lives`
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Now is the time to save lives in Pakistan as receding waters could cause an outbreak of diseases and failed crops could…
WASHINGTON, Sept 13: Now is the time to save lives in Pakistan as receding waters could cause an outbreak of diseases and failed crops could…
