Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has called on the U.S. to ensure a balanced approach in the South Asian Region particularly between Pakistan and India without any discrimination as that will greatly help …

New York: The new United Nations agency promoting women’s rights and their full participation in global affairs will reinforce its presence in individual countries, as opposed to relying on regional representation, to more clearly understand …

New York: An estimated 166,000 people in Pakistan remain displaced six months after last year’s devastating floods and in need of assistance, the United Nations refugee agency reported today. The floods, which struck northern Pakistan …

Pakistan remains in need of humanitarian and early recovery assistance as a result of the devastation wrought by last year’s massive floods, the United Nations special envoy for the country said today after visiting one …

I remember when the food crisis was at a peak throughout the world, during March/April-2008, Ms. Josette Sheeran – the WFP Executive Director (UN World Food Program) – had painted a gloomy picture then about …

New York: Even as Pakistanis displaced by the devastating floods that hit their country this year continue streaming back to their homes, many of them destroyed by the deluge, the United Nations and its partners …

The humanitarian situation in Pakistan remains precarious four months after the devastating floods and could worsen this winter with more children at risk of acute respiratory infections and malnutrition, even as polio cases increase, the …

Violence and discrimination against women and girls remains pervasive and is often overlooked, a United Nations independent human rights expert said today, adding that efforts to achieve the global anti-poverty goals should include closer attention …

The United Nations humanitarian chief today visited the flood-ravaged area of Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh to review relief efforts among people still suffering from the effects of the deluge that cut a …

ISLAMABAD: The launching ceremony of 24 projects under Grassroots Initiative Programme (GIP) was held here on Thursday. The program is being implemented by Ministry of Environment in collaboration with One United Nations Joint Program on …