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  1. Sadaf Rahman, Safety and Security Officer, CARE Pakistan. PHOTO:CARE

    Pakistan Blog: Women working in security

    18 May 2012 10:53 BST | Comments (0)

    Sadaf Rahman | Aid Worker Diaries

    A security officer has to be on her toes to always be a step ahead than those who wish us damage. Not many may know it but it...

  2. Aid running out for conflict-hit Pakistanis

    30 April 2012 15:49 BST | Comments (0)

    nita-bhalla | Photo Blog

  3. A man pulls his motorcycle rickshaw as he wades out of the flood waters in the Badin district of Pakistan's Sindh province on September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

    How can Pakistan ensure water security?

    11 April 2012 15:44 BST | Comments (1)

    Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio | Climate Conversations

    Increasingly water-short Pakistan needs to get water priorities in place, particularly in the face of climate pressures

  4. An Afghan migrant sits with his granddaughter at the doorway to his family's dwelling on the outskirts of Peshawar REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

    Pakistan: Meeting the people at the heart of the latest displacement crisis

    03 April 2012 16:49 BST | Comments (3)

    Sarah Kakakhel / Save the Children | Aid Worker Diaries

    A large “Welcome to Peshawar” sign greeted me as I got off the motorway from Islamabad. I could not help but think how ...

  5. A journalist reports in front of smoke rising from burning fuel tankers in Quetta on December 9, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

    CPJ Blog: A Pakistani 'sword of Damocles' in the making?

    03 April 2012 10:02 BST | Comments (0)

    Bob Dietz | TrustMedia partner blog

    Given that it is usually punishable by death, "treason" is a dangerous word to bandy about. When it is applied to journalists...

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