Assessments

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY International Rescue Committee (IRC) conducted the Early Needs Identification (ENI) study focusing on Afghan refugees dwelling in the flood-affected six districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces of Pakistan. These refugee-concentrated districts were Pishin, Killa…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Early Needs Identification (ENI) exercise was jointly conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Pakistan Village Development program (PVDP), Environmental Protection Society (EPS) and Health Education and Development Society (HEADS) in five districts, i.e.,…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Early Needs Identification (ENI) exercise was jointly conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Sukaar Foundation and Research and Development Foundation (RDF) in four districts, i.e., Sanghar, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur, and Dadu of Sindh province. In…

1. Situational Overview The monsoons rains and floods from June to August 2022 in Pakistan has affected over 33 million people so far. More than 110 districts have been declared 'calamity hit,' with extreme flooding including province…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Early Needs Identification (ENI) exercise was jointly conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Emergency & Resilience Foundation (MERF) in four districts, i.e., Jhal Magsi, Lasbella, Qila Saifullah, and Nushki of…

Foreword Monsoon rains and the subsequent flash-floods and hill-torrents wreaked tremendous devastations in Pakistan. It has impacted the whole fabric of life, involving remarkable human-losses, tremendous damages to HHs’ shelters, destruction to infrastructure, collapse of dams, damages…

1. Introduction Pakistan has a long latitudinal extent and the rainfall variability during different seasons is considerably high. The climate of the country in its lower southern half is arid and hyper-arid while the northern half of…

FAO in collaboration with the Governments of I.R. Iran and Pakistan organizes an annual joint survey to check the spring breeding areas of the Desert Locust along the common border of both countries in the Baluchistan…

Situational Overview On October 7, 2021, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.9, hit the District Harnai of Baluchistan province, leaving 17 people dead, 36 critically injured and 250 injured. The earthquake jolted the district Harnai and the…

Executive Summary The global climate crisis poses a number of threats to the well-being and prosperity of the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The country already witnesses several climate- and weather-related natural hazards due to…