http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Pakistan Country content en http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-asia-keys-solving-hunger-films-trivia-contest There are three "Keys To Solving Hunger" -- what are they? Each month between April and June 2013, we'll be unveiling a new "key" through a short film - and we want you to discover them with us! And, to make the discovery more fun, we're also giving away some limited edition WFP Moleskine notebooks. So get your pencil and paper at the ready and click play! Climate Change Nutrition Preventing Hunger Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia India Indonesia Korea, Democratic Republic Lao Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Sri Lanka Timor-Leste Asia contest film hunger keys keys to solving hunger solve solving trivia Global Asia Climate Change Nutrition Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:15:10 +0000 WFP 404383 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-receive-large-wheat-donation-government-pakistan Islamabad - The Government of Pakistan has announced a donation of 75,000 metric tons of wheat to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) at a time when critical funding shortages threatened the provision of emergency food assistance to almost one million displaced people in the country’s north-west. Pakistan Asia Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:33:07 +0000 WFP 395791 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/feedback-desk-gives-pakistan-families-voice-food-aid A new feedback desk in Pakistan has opened a direct line between WFP and the people who depend on it for food assistance. In just a few short years, the service has already evolved into an essential part of WFP’s work in the country, informing its operations on the ground while making the agency more accountable to the people it serves. Pakistan Asia Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:26:53 +0000 Amjad Jamal 388718 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-donates-equipment-worth-162-million-rupees-balochistan-health-department Quetta- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today handed over medical equipment worth over 16.2 million rupees to the health department of the Government of Balochistan. Hunger in the news Journalists Pakistan Asia Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:02:45 +0000 WFP 381685 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/energy-crisis-compounds-pakistans-woes Double-digit inflation pushes price of basic staples beyond the reach of many families amid widespread poverty. (..) The UN says more than half its population barely have enough to eat, and an energy shortage is making things worse. Hunger in the news Pakistan hunger in the news Al Jazeera Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:33:45 +0000 WFP 373911 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/pakistan-inflation-hits-food-security Despite efforts by the Pakistani government and international organizations, inflation, declining income, natural disasters and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security for the country’s 180 million citizens. (..) “Over the last couple of years, Pakistan has officially been a food surplus country in terms of cereal production,” says Krishna Pahari, head of WFP’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping unit in Islamabad. “But many households here don’t have access to that food. Many are marginal, deficit, subsistence farmers whose own production is not enough to meet their needs.” Hunger in the news Pakistan hunger in the news Asia IRIN Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:59:31 +0000 WFP 351762 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/floods-2012 For the third consecutive year, monsoon floods hit Sindh and Balochistan region in Pakistan. According to the Government of Pakistan, 451 people were killed and nearly 5 million were affected. The flood also damaged more than 1.1 million acres of agrciultural land. Pakistan Pakistan Global Emergencies Floods Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:52:54 +0000 WFP 327268 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/floods-2012 For the third consecutive year, monsoon floods hit Sindh and Balochistan region in Pakistan. According to the Government of Pakistan, 451 people were killed and nearly 5 million were affected. The flood also damaged more than 1.1 million acres of agrciultural land. Pakistan Pakistan Global Emergencies Floods Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:52:54 +0000 WFP 327268 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/communities-pakistan-battle-mother-nature A third successive year of flooding in Pakistan has hit millions of people already suffering from high food prices, malnutrition and poverty. EMOP Nutrition Preventing Hunger Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Global Asia Emergencies Floods General Food Distribution Nutrition Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:42:33 +0000 Amjad Jamal 323033 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/communities-pakistan-battle-mother-nature A third successive year of flooding in Pakistan has hit millions of people already suffering from high food prices, malnutrition and poverty. EMOP Nutrition Preventing Hunger Responding to Emergencies Pakistan Pakistan Global Asia Emergencies Floods General Food Distribution Nutrition Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:42:33 +0000 Amjad Jamal 323033 at http://www.wfp.org