Caritas Pakistan President says more help is needed after floods

27 January 2011 (Caritas<)—Bishop Joseph Coutts, President of Caritas Pakistan, talks about the challenges Caritas faces in Pakistan six months after the country was devastated by extensive floods.Read more<

UN: More than 13 million children internally displaced worldwide

PAKISTAN, 5 November 2010 (United Nations<)—The United Nations says more than 27 million people are displaced within more than 50 countries around the world as a result of armed conflicts. At least half this group—more than 13 million—are children. The world body is introducing guidelines to help governments and humanitarian agencies protect and provide for this group's special needs.Read more<

Pakistan flood response: On the ground for early recovery

Fighting trafficking a challenge in Malaysia

PENANG, 20 September 2010 (UCAN<)—Malaysia is becoming a key transit point as well as destination for global human trafficking activities, a workshop learnt recently.Read more<

Vatican appreciates Pakistan's role

ISLAMABAD, 15 September 2010 (The Nation<)—On the second day of his visit to Italy, Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti Tuesday met with Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti and Cardinal Jean Louis, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, TheNation has learnt.Read more<

Pakistan flood survivor: "I have nothing but my family"

ISLAMABAD, 24 August 2010—As flood waters continue to cover acres of land in Pakistan, ICMC makes an urgent appeal to donors to support the organisation’s front-line response to the medical needs of thousands of families in flood-affected areas.

An estimated 18 million people have been affected by Pakistan’s most recent natural disaster, and the sheer scale of the catastrophe has been described by United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon as “almost defying comprehension.” “This is far more than a disaster for Pakistan alone,” he said earlier this week, “this represents one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our time.”Read more<