Full Coverage: Pakistan

27.07.2007 NEW YORK, Jul 27 (OneWorld) - Calls for increased help from Washington are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's burgeoning water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far.

26.07.2007 Karachi's superintendent of Central Prison spends sleepless nights trying to figure out how to save the life of 107 inmates -- all of whom face the death sentence. Human rights organisations in the country have chosen to remain largely mum on the issue.

26.07.2007 Pakistan 's Superintendent of Central Prison in the southern port city of Karachi spends sleepless nights trying to figure out how to save the life of 107 inmates - all of who face the death sentence. Human rights organisations in the country chose to remain mum on the issue.

25.07.2007 KARACHI, Jul 25 (IPS) - As Superintendent Nusrat Hussain Mangan of Central Prison in the southern port city of Karachi spends sleepless nights trying to figure out how to raise money to save the life of one inmate, just one of 107 on his death row, there are moments of near despair.

25.07.2007 Intel Pakistan has introduced the Intel-Powered Classmate PC, which will provide affordable, collaborative learning environments for the students of some government schools in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.

24.07.2007 Access to the Red Mosque in Pakistan was denied to US news channel CNN and its journalists were not invited for a press conference addressed by the Pakistani Prime Minister. The decision was taken by the government in aftermath of the battle in the Mosque.

23.07.2007 Pakistan's Mast FM103 radio station has been asked to stop
broadcasting BBC news bulletins which it had started on June 2007 after obtaining permission from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA). Reporters Without Borders has urged the Sindh High Court to defend the freedom of the radio station.

18.07.2007 Pakistan NGOs are calling to voice the demands of masses for ending poverty on the worldÂ’s longest banner. The campaign is a follow-up to the events of 07.07.07 that highlighted the need to actualize the Millennium Development Goals.

06.07.2007 Storms and rains have claimed over 350 lives in Pakistan, including almost 200 dead in the country's biggest city, Karachi.
+ Emergency appeals seek funds for South Asia flood victims

06.07.2007 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned the governments of India and Pakistan against the desert locust swarms from Ethiopia and northern Somalia which are expected to reach both the countries. FAO has asked them to mobilize field teams, equipment and resources to tackle the insects.

03.07.2007 People are plastering themselves with mud in an effort to keep cool as the miserable conditions continue for flood-affected people in the Kech district of Baluchistan in western Pakistan.

02.07.2007 Pakistan is launching the largest-ever measles vaccination campaign to bring down disease-related deaths by 90 per cent by the year 2010. The partners in the initiative include the American Red Cross, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Foundation, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO).