Almost half of the people in the country face food insecurity which has increased because of the ‘war on terror’ and its fallout on economy and development. (..) The report — The state of food security in Pakistan — sponsored by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation says that almost half of the people are chronically food insecure. (..) The report is a follow-up of the ‘Food security analysis of rural Pakistan, 2003’ that the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) produced in 2004 in collaboration with World Food Programme.