Angelina Jolie, visiting Iraqi refugees in Syria, urges world not to forget their plightOctober 2nd, 2009 Jolie urges world not to forget Iraqi refugeesDAMASCUS, Syria — Angelina Jolie met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who cannot return home because of the trauma they suffered and the country's instability. Jolie visited Syria in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR, and was accompanied by her partner, Brad Pitt, the agency said.
UNHCR says over 20,000 Bhutanese refugees resettled abroadSeptember 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - UN refugee agency UNHCR and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday announced that over 20,000 Bhutanese refugees have left camps in Nepal for resettlement countries since the beginning of the programme in November 2007. The United States has accepted the largest number of refugees - 17,612, many of whom have resettled in Texas, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and California, a statement read.
Pakistan wants US role in resolving issues with IndiaJune 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.
Pakistan's parliament passes $36 bn budgetJune 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's parliament Thursday passed a Rs.2.9 trillion ($36 billion) budget for fiscal 2009-10 focusing on sustainable development, revival of industry and providing relief to the vulnerable and the millions of refugees uprooted by the anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest. The budget, which was presented June 13 by Minister of State for Finance Hina Rabbani Khar, will be effective July 1.
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt donate $1 million to UN agency caring for Pakistan refugeesJune 18th, 2009 Jolie, Pitt give UN agency $1 millionGENEVA — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have donated $1 million to the U.N. refugee agency providing aid to hundreds of thousands uprooted by violence in Pakistan.
Over 70 Taliban killed in Pakistan's northwestJune 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After making considerable headway against the Taliban in three districts of the country's troubled northwest, the military has opened up another front in the Bannu district, killing some 70 militants in two days of fighting. Quoting sources, Geo TV said more than 70 militants have been killed during two days of operation in Bannu's Baka Khel and Jani Khel areas.
UN receives just $136 mn for Pakistan's displacedJune 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN has received just $136 million, or just under one-fourth, of the $543 million it has appealed for to aid the three million civilians who have been displaced by the Pakistani military's anti-Taliban operations in the country's restive northwest. Another $15 million has been pledged, APP news agency Tuesday quoted UN officials as saying.
Pakistan's army, air force chiefs visit SwatJune 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's army and air force chiefs Monday visited Mingora, the largest town in Swat in the restive northwest that has just been cleared of the Taliban, even as the military operations against the militants entered their 44th day. That the town has been completely cleared of the Taliban was evident from a photograph the military released, showing Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman being briefed in the open on a street with minimal security in evidence.
US accuses Pakistan's Geo TV of biasJune 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The US has accused private Pakistani channel Geo TV of bias in reporting America's efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of the millions of civilians who have been displaced by the military's anti-Taliban operations in the country's northwest. In an interview with a Geo TV correspondent after visiting a refugee camp near Mardan in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), US special envoy Richard Holbrooke advised the channel to tell the truth to Pakistanis about the huge financial assistance Washington was providing for the displaced persons.
Three towns in Pakistan's northwest cleared of Taliban: MinisterJune 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Three towns in Pakistan's restive northwest have been cleared of the Taliban, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday as the military operations against the militants entered their 42nd day. Speaking to reporters outside parliament, Malik said the towns of Mingora, Kalam and Buner in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had been cleared of the Taliban and the civilians who had fled the fighting could now return home.
Four killed in blast in Pakistan's northwestJune 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Four people were killed in a blast Monday in Kohat town in Pakistan's restive northwest where the military is currently engaged in a major anti-Taliban operation, a media report said. The blast, the second in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in a week, occurred at a bus stand in Kohat's Teera Bazar area, Geo TV said.
10,000 men guarding Pakistan's nuclear arsenal: officialMay 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - About 10,000 security personnel are guarding Pakistans nuclear arsenal and Western fears about the safety of the weapons are unfounded, a senior official has said. Air Commodore Khalid Banuri, director of arms control and disarmament affairs at the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), said that Pakistans command and control structure for the weapons was better than that of many other nuclear-armed states, and many countries had officially acknowledged this, DawnNews reported Thursday.
Pak Govt. must rehabilitate 800,000 swat refugeesMay 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - As many as 600,000 to 800,000 Pakistani refugees are streaming from the mountains and valleys of the greater Swat region, leaving the Pakistan Government with the gigantic task of rehabilitating them, the Central Science Monitor reports. Pakistan Government has a make or break chance to win the public acceptance.
Sri Lankan refugees arrive at Tamil Nadu coastal townApril 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - Three Sri Lankan refugees from strife-torn northern areas of the island nation arrived in the coastal Tamil Nadu town of Rameshwaram by a fishing boat after reportedly paying Rs.25,000 for the cross over, police said Friday. 'The refugees had paid upto Rs.50,000 in Sri Lankan currency (Rs.25,000) to reach the Indian territorial waters,' a police source said.
Postal department, Statistical Organisation join handsMarch 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Department of Posts (DoP) and the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) Monday entered into an agreement to use the postal network for collecting data on prices of commodities in select villages. This data will be be used for compilation of Consumer Price Index (CPI) for rural areas by the CSO, an official statement said.
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