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Unidentified gunmen open fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff working for a United Nations development agency in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. No casualties have been reported.
2024-07-30

U.S. military drone attacks carried out by the CIA on Pakistan raise serious legal questions, announces United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay at the end of a fact-finding visit to Pakistan.
2012-06-7

The historic city of Thatta is preserved by troops and volunteers fighting severe floodwaters in Pakistan; it had been thought of as being at great risk.
2010-08-30

The United Nations states there is high risk for as many as 3.5 million children who may be struck down by diseases in the water.
2010-08-16

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon visits Pakistan to inspect the relief effort for the 2010 Pakistan floods.
2010-08-15

The United Nations estimates that the relief efforts are yet to reach six million people.
2010-08-14

The United Nations launches a major appeal for assistance dealing with the ongoing floods that have devastated Pakistan.
2010-08-12

The United Nations warns that there could be a second wave of deaths due to the devastation caused by the floods.
2010-08-11

The United Nations states more than four million people are now affected by the most severe flooding in Pakistan's history, while the death toll rises to at least 1,600.
2010-08-5

The United Nations World Food Programme warns that parts of northwest Pakistan are facing urgent food shortages.
2010-08-4