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PAKISTAN: Polio Vaccination: One Hurdle Down, One More to Go

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 3 (IPS) - Until the Taliban were forced to flee by the military, the militant groups deadly opposition to vaccination had been severely hampering efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country in the ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  World Health Organization,  United Nations,  Ghani Khan

PAKISTAN: Students Want Schools to Remain Open Amid Attacks

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 26 (IPS) - Tiny Spogmay, a Grade 1 student in one of the biggest schools in the violence-wracked North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is deeply disturbed by the governments decision to shut down ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  26 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Rehman Malik

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: There Is Life after the Taliban, But Fears Linger

RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 14 (IPS) - "Life under the Taliban was like hell. They destroyed our school and the video shop of my father. Now we are again marching towards peace, but fears of the Taliban persist," said ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Kajol

PAKISTAN: Local Residents Tacitly Approve of Swat Killings

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 1 (IPS) - Widespread reports of extrajudicial killings of suspected Taliban by the military do not seem to have raised alarm bells among a people that have been deeply traumatized by the militant group's ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban

HEALTH: Swine Flu's Impact on 7 Billion Dollar Hajj Industry

HEALTH: PESHAWAR, Aug 20 (IPS) - A swine flu advisory issued by the Saudi government, banning the entry of pilgrims under 12 and over 65 years, is a blow for Hajj pilgrims as Muslims the world over prepare for Ramadan which starts this ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  19 Aug 2009

PAKISTAN: Ruined Farmers Say Children Won't Go to School

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Aug 6 (IPS) - Fertile Swat's famous orchards of peach, plum and apple were just starting to ripen when the Pakistan military launched an air and land attack on Taliban fighters in end-April, uprooting tens of thousands ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  6 Aug 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  World Bank

PAKISTAN: Scared, But Terrible Camp Life Forces IDPs Home

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Jul 16 (IPS) - Civilians who fled the Malakand region in northwest Pakistan after the army launched operations against the Taliban, are starting to trickle home. On Wednesday, the government said 2,885 families have ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Omar Abdullah

PAKISTAN: Displacement Traumatic for Pregnant Women

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, Jul 9 (IPS) - Pregnant women uprooted by the violence in the Malakand region, northwest Pakistan, have suffered acutely in refugee camps for the internally displaced. Displaced women from Swat, Buner and Dir - the three ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  9 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations,  Antonio Guterres

PAKISTAN: Pakhtuns Open Their Doors to Uprooted Civilians

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, May 26 (IPS) - For Pakistans Pakhtuns, hospitality is part of an old tradition that assures even strangers a warm welcome into their homes. Estimates vary but between two and three million people have been displaced in ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  26 May 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Ayub Khan

PAKISTAN: Taliban Stop Civilians From Leaving

PAKISTAN: PESHAWAR, May 8 (IPS) - Thousands of people are stranded in violence-wracked Swat and Buner districts in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) because the Pakistan Taliban have refused to allow them passage to safer ...

From ASHFAQ YUSUFZAI, Inter Press Service,  8 May 2009

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