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PAKISTAN

Capital
Islamabad

Area
796,095 square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), bordering Iran and Afghanistan to the west, China to the north and India to the east. Karachi, with about 12 million, is Pakistan's largest city and main port on the Arabian Sea.

Language
Urdu is the official language, but it is only spoken by nine percent of the population. More commonly spoken are Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun, Mujahir, Baluch and English.

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thumb for PHOTOS: Displaced people in Pakistan 02 Nov 2009 13:28:00 GMT
PHOTOS: Displaced people in Pakistan


thumb for PHOTOS: The elderly in disasters 30 Sep 2009 15:09:00 GMT
PHOTOS: The elderly in disasters


thumb for PHOTOS: IDPs return to their homes in North West Pakistan 22 Jul 2009 09:36:00 GMT
PHOTOS: IDPs return to their homes in North West Pakistan


thumb for PHOTOS: Families displaced in Pakistan 06 Jul 2009 13:58:00 GMT
PHOTOS: Families displaced in Pakistan


thumb for MAP: Pakistan, transport overview- NWFP ( 07 JUNE 2009) 09 Jun 2009 10:49:00 GMT
MAP: Pakistan, transport overview- NWFP ( 07 JUNE 2009)

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NGO latest

•  IRC Backs Violence Against Women Legislation
International Rescue Committee

•  MSF deeply shocked by sudden forced evacuation of 7,000 displaced people in Lower Dir district (North West Frontier Province), in Pakistan
MSF International

•  Now is not the time to judge the Haiti response effort
Red Cross - UK

•  Reconstruction in Haiti: What do we know from previous disasters?
Oxfam GB - UK

•  Relief for 350,000 displaced but needs still great in Pakistan’s troubled north-west
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

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Jobs

•  Head of Programmes- Pakistan
Islamic Relief Worldwide

•  Field Coordinator, Pakistan
ACF - USA

•  Food Security and Livelihoods Program Manager, Pakistan
ACF - USA

•  Administrative Coordinator – Pakistan
HI - France

•  EXTERNAL EVALUATION MDM PAKISTAN DUA PROGRAMME Terms of reference
MDM - France

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Related links


  • BBC World Service

  • Human Rights Watch

  • The News website

  • Official government website

  • ReliefWeb on Pakistan

  • SARAI - Columbia University's South Asia Resource Access on the Internet

  • South Asia Citizens Web

  • South Asia Daily from WorldNews.com

  • South Asia Monitor - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

  • UNHCR

  • U.S. Committee for Refugees
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