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Pakistan’s flood survivors: "What are we going to do now?"
Posted by Peter.Biro on August 18th, 2010
In a rare reprieve from the heavy monsoon rains, Zubadia Razia, 20, walks through the mud and rubble that was once her home. She is looking for a suitcase she kept clothes in, but it is nowhere to be found. This area, near the city of Peshawar, was wiped out in Pakistan’s worst flooding in living memory. more »
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Quoted: Prepping for a "second disaster" in Pakistan
Posted by The.IRC on August 17th, 2010
At least 1,600 people have been killed and 20 million impacted by the flooding throughout Pakistan. IRC senior communications officer Peter Biro spoke with CNN today about the "second disaster" now facing the country: outbreaks of disease. more »
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"Desperate" situation in flood-ravaged Pakistan
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 5th, 2010
New photos from IRC staff members who are on the ground providing aid to victims of the worst flooding in Pakistan’s modern history. At least 1,400 people have been killed and three million people have been affected by the devastating monsoon rains. more »
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Pakistan: Aiding thousands who fled fighting in South Waziristan
Posted by Peter.Biro on December 23rd, 2009
More than two months after the Pakistani military launched an offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan, only now are the IRC and other humanitarian aid organizations gaining access to the estimated 430,000 people who have fled the fighting. more »
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Pakistan: Mukhtar Mai - 'School for girls, not marriage' [16 Days]
Posted by The.IRC on December 10th, 2009
A Pakistani woman named Mukhtar Mai made news around the world in 2002 when she took a group of men to court after they raped her in what they called “honor revenge” against her family because of something Mai’s brother had done. more »
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Pakistan: "No Peace"
Posted by The.IRC on October 20th, 2009
IRC senior policy adviser Anna Husarska writes in The Guardian about the difficult and delicate work of our colleague Rahmad Pari, who is assisting people who fled the fighting between Pakistan's military and the Taliban in Swat Valley. more »
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Pakistan’s forgotten crisis
Posted by Peter.Biro on October 13th, 2009
While hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been able to go back to their homes in Pakistan’s conflict-ridden Swat Valley, some of the poorest people in the country are unable to return to their destroyed homes and crops. more »
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Pakistan: Going home could be deadly
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 7th, 2009
Even as thousands of displaced Pakistani families head home to the Swat district, thousands more are still fleeing violence elsewhere in the country’s volatile northwest. "The crisis in Pakistan is far from over," says Mike Young, the IRC's Pakistan country representative. more »
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Latest from Pakistan: "Like Bosnia and Rwanda"
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 29th, 2009
As the crisis in Pakistan deepens, the IRC is racing to meet the basic lifesaving needs of thousands of families. But relief funds are scarce and time is running short, says the IRC's Mike Young, who compares the current scale of displacement in Pakistan to the wars in Rwanda and Bosnia. more »
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A "humanitarian corridor" for Pakistan's combat zone
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on May 19th, 2009
The IRC is calling for a humanitarian corridor in Pakistan's combat zone so people can flee to safety and vital aid can be delivered to trapped civilians. Meanwhile, we're continuing to respond to the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands who have escaped to the relative safety of family and friends, camps and other temporary shelter. more »
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