15 June 2020 After heartbreak, a Pakistani doctor's plea for vigilance against COVID-19 Health workers are risking their own lives to treat COVID-19 patients. They are also putting their families at risk.
Story 02 July 2020 Cleantech innovators take on COVID-19 Pakistan: Using nanotechnology to develop face masks in the first line of defence: nano fibre-based N-95 MASK
Story 18 June 2020 Planting seeds in the new normal: Rural women in Pakistan amid COVID-19 IFAD is partnering with the Government of Pakistan to develop interventions that can help rural women continue to farm and generate an income.
Story 15 June 2020 Pakistan: Further desert locust damage forecast in coming agricultural seasons The Government of Pakistan needs $372 million over the coming three years in additional funding to survey, control and recover from the locust damage.
Story 04 June 2020 Bringing the classroom home in Balochistan A new initiative is helping parents and teachers keep children learning at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story 02 June 2020 Helping vulnerable adolescents fight COVID-19 UNICEF and Abbottabad’s Water and Sanitation Services Company (WSSCA) installed 54 hand washing stations at different locations in the city.
Story 16 March 2020 A Coordinated Response to Coronavirus The UN Secretary-General urged all countries to take a comprehensive approach tailored to their circumstances.
Story 18 February 2020 Pakistan-India crossing is a ‘Corridor of Hope’, UN chief says, wraps up visit with call for interfaith dialogue UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday said he had been moved by the show of religious unity he had witnessed in Pakistan.
Story 18 February 2020 Polio eradication a UN priority, says Guterres in Pakistan visit In one of the last bastions of polio on the planet, millions of children are being given a fighting chance against the paralyzing and potentially fatal disease.
