UNITED NATIONS (Reuters/AFP)Syrian families have been burned in their homes, people bombed waiting for bread, children tortured, raped and murdered and cities reduced to rubble in Syria’s two-year-old war that has sparked a humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Friday. The ...

SEOUL AFP North Korea barred a delivery of supplies to South Koreans in the closed Kaesong industrial zone Wednesday, as the South's president said it was time to stop rewarding Pyongyang's provocations.A delegation of 10 businessmen representing the 123 South Korean firms in Kaesong had applied to ...

ISLAMABAD – Many thousands of families from Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency have been forced to leave their homes following heavy fighting between rival militant groups. The displacement has resulted in significant unmet humanitarian needs. The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) Disaster ...

BY SARAH NAWAZISH RIZVIThe word ‘if’ becomes the most powerful determinant of any ensuing probability. Syllogistic reasoning arrives at viable conclusions on the basis of this ‘conditional’ two-letter word.  If we followed Islam in letter and spirit, the intransigent ...

ISLAMABAD  - People to people contact and humanitarian diplomacy among Pakistan and India is a key for a lasting peace in the region.This was stated during the India Pakistan Soldiers Initiative (IPSI) for peace delegation visit to Pakistan Red Crescent Society National ...

The European Union has announced additional funding of €15 million in order to continue delivering immediate relief to the victims of two humanitarian crises in Pakistan. These funds will provide assistance to those affected by the on-going conflict in the north of the country as well as to ...

ISLAMABAD – Lack of funds and limited relief stocks will severely hamper the Pakistan government’s and aid agencies’ ability to respond to further flooding this monsoon season, international and national humanitarian organisations warned Monday.According to statement, the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Early Recovery Working Group (ERWG) has prioritised the needs of the most vulnerable and the funding gap to meet the critical humanitarian needs at around $ 570m. According to the latest update issued on Tuesday by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as many as 2.47 million ...

LAHORE Pakistan tennis hero Aisamul Haq Qureshi won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award for the second time by the ATP. In 2002, Aisam won this award for partnering with an Israeli tennis player. Since last year, Aisam has been pairing regularly with Indias Rohan Bopanna. They reached the US Open ...

These days, exactly a period of 43 years has passed since the occupation of Gaza Strip. The Strip was occupied by the Zionist regime on June 5, 1967 as a result of the 6-day war between the Arabs and Israel, and continues to be under occupation until today. The Gaza Strip, 360sq km area and with ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa Thursday said it has given its 2008 humanitarian award to former Cuban president Fidel Castro for his contributions to "humankind beyond boundaries." Castro, who turned 82 Wednesday, becomes the first non-African and the third ex-head of state to win the ...

UNITED NATIONS- The UN coordinator of relief efforts called Tuesday for a new international plan for Afghanistan, warning that humanitarian problems there were getting worse as a result of soaring food prices, declining security and increasing civilian deaths. "It's becoming clearer and clearer ...