Cips) Are Prepared by Researching Publicly Accessible Information Currently Available to the Refugee Documentation Centre Within Time Constraints

30 June 2011

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Pakistan

Disclaimer Country Information Packs (CIPs) are prepared by researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Refugee Documentation Centre within time constraints. CIPs contain a selection of representative links to sources under a number of categories for use as Country of Origin Information. Please note that CIPs are not, and do not purport to be, exhaustive with regard to conditions in the countries surveyed or conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or protection. The General Human Rights Reports category contains links to information which may be useful for a number of the other categories.

List of Contents

Nationality/Citizenship/Residency Maps Local Information/Languages/Culture/Customs General Human Rights Reports Conflict/Security Minorities/Ethnic Groups Religion/Cults Political State Protection Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems Press/Media/Freedom of Expression Women/Children/Family Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery Crime/Corruption Education Health Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight

1. Nationality/Citizenship/Residency

Government of Pakistan (31 July 2004) The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan http://pakistanconstitution-law.org/

Government of Pakistan (13 April 1951) Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 http://www.unhcr.org/cgi- bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?page=printdoc&docid=3ae6b4ffa

United States Office of Personnel Management (March 2001) Citizenship laws of the world, Pakistan http://www.multiplecitizenship.com/wscl/ws_PAKISTAN.html

2. Maps

CIA (2002) Pakistan http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/pakistan_pol_2002. pdf

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (30 September 2010) Internal Displacement in Pakistan, September 2010 http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4caeaf442.pdf

United Nations (January 2004) Map of Pakistan http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/460a3b2f2.pdf

United Nations Habitat (20 October 2010) 2010 Flood Affected & Un- Habitat Assessment Area http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/EB675DC8AC3033438 52577D0005A095C-map.pdf

3. Local Information/Language/Culture/Customs

BBC News (14 May 2011) Country Profile: Pakistan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1157960.stm

CIA (15 June 2011) The World Factbook, Pakistan https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html

Ethnologue, Languages of the World (2009) Languages of Pakistan http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=PK

United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office (1 April 2011) Country Profile: Pakistan http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by- country/country-profile/asia-oceania/pakistan?profile=all

Government of Pakistan Ministry of Culture (undated) Customs and Festivals of Pakistan http://www.culture.gov.pk/

United States Department of State (6 October 2010) Background Note, Pakistan http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3453.htm

4. General Human Rights Reports

Asian Human Rights Commission (December 2010) The State Of Human Rights In Pakistan – 2010 http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2010/AHRC-SPR-007- 2010.pdf

Amnesty International (13 May 2011) Report 2011, Pakistan http://amnesty.org/en/region/pakistan/report-2011

Freedom House (1 June 2010) Freedom in the World 2010, Pakistan http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2010&country =7893

Human Rights Watch (24 January 2011) World Report 2011, Pakistan http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/pakistan

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (14 April 2011) State of Human Rights in 2010 http://www.hrcp-web.org/Publications/AR2010.pdf

United Kingdom Border Agency (Home Office) (17 January 2011) Country of Origin Information Report, Pakistan http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/c oi/pakistan/

United States Department of State (8 April 2011) 2010 Human Rights Report: Pakistan http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/sca/154485.htm

5. Conflict/Security (Kashmir in India)

General

BBC News (3 May 2011) Pakistan's shadowy secret service, the ISI http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13272009

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (10 May 2011) Pakistan: Violence Vs. Stability

3 http://csis.org/files/publication/110504_stabilizing_pakistan.pdf

Council on Foreign Relations (13 May 2011) Pakistan's New Generation of Terrorists http://www.cfr.org/pakistan/pakistans-new-generation-terrorists/p15422

The Guardian (1 June 2011) Pakistan still reeling one month after raid that killed Osama bin Laden http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/01/pakistan-osama-bin-laden- military?INTCMP=SRCH

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (2010) Police Organisation in Pakistan http://www.hrcp-web.org/pdf/Police_Organisations_in_Pakistan[1].pdf

Inter Press Service (8 May 2011) Pakistan in Deep Turmoil http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/05/08/9554

Mortara Center for International Studies (May 2011) Poverty and Support for Militant Politics: Evidence from Pakistan http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/MORTARA-FAIR- Poverty-and-Support-for-Militant-Politics-Pakistan.pdf

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (12 June 2011) Pakistan Security Report (May 2011) http://san-pips.com/index.php?action=reports&id=201

Rand Corporation (18 May 2011) The Al Qa’ida Threat in Pakistan http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/2011/RAND_CT3 59.pdf

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (4 June 2011) Pakistan: Armed With Power, Perks, And Privileges http://origin.rferl.org/content/pakistani_military_is_armed_with_power_perk s_and_privileges/24215518.html

Reuters (23 May 2011) Pakistan's paradox: Both fighting and supporting the enemy http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/analysis-pakistans-paradox-both- fighting-and-supporting-the-enemy/

Reuters (23 May 2011) Q+A Pakistan's Taliban - who are they, what can they do? http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/qa-pakistans-taliban-who-are-they-what- can-they-do/

Reuters (5 May 2011) Factox-Major militant groups in Pakistan http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/factbox-major-militant-groups-in- pakistan/

South Asia Terrorist Portal (16 May 2011) Terror in Allah's Name http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/sair9/9_45.htm

United States Department of State (5 August 2010) Country reports on Terrorism 2009 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2009/140887.htm

War Resisters' International (27 March 1998) Refusing to Bear Arms: A worldwide survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service, Pakistan http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/pakistan.htm

Balochistan

Amnesty International (3 June 2011) Pakistan: Government must stop unlawful killings in Balochistan http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA33/003/2011/en/b6352aea- fe50-4a05-b88b-ed0e093b826c/asa330032011en.pdf

Asian Human Rights Commission (3 June 2011) Pakistan: What is the score in Balochistan? http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-034- 2011/?searchterm=

BBC News (29 May 2011) Pakistan: Abuses in mineral-rich Balochistan province http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13567079

IRIN News (27 May 2011) Pakistan: Forced out of town by ethnic violence http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92822

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province; includes SWAT)

BBC News (11 June 2011) Deadly blasts at market in Pakistani city of Peshawar http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13739949

New York Times (13 May 2011) Questions of Motives in Bombing in Pakistan http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/world/asia/14bomb.html?_r=1&partner =rss&emc=rss

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (6 June 2011) Tribal Region Conflict Report, May 23 to May 29, 2011 http://san-pips.com/print.php?id=521

Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies (May 2011) Crisis and Reconciliation in Swat* http://www.pakistaniaat.org/article/view/7969/5844

Punjab (includes Lahore)

The Guardian (3 April 2011) Pakistan bomb attack leaves 40 worshippers dead http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/pakistan-bomb-attack- worshippers-dead

New York Times (3 April 2011) Blast at Pakistan Shrine Kills Dozens http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/world/asia/04pakistan.html?adxnnl=1 &partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1307962809- K2vYDPebVqb3rhE25EeLVQ

South Asia Terrorism Portal (10 January 2011) Punjab: Frankenstein's Conspiracy http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/sair9/9_27.htm

South Asia Terrorism Portal (December 2010) Punjab Assessment – 2011 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/pakistan/punjab/index.html

Sindh (includes Karachi)

BBC News (25 May 2011) 'New kind of militant' behind Pakistan Karachi attack http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13508864

Daily Times (10 June 2011) 11 fall prey to target killings in Karachi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C06%5C10%5Cs tory_10-6-2011_pg7_1

The Guardian (23 May 2011) Pakistani commandos retake Karachi naval base http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/23/pakistan-commandos- retake-karachi-base

The News (2 May 2011) Violence rattles Karachi; 5 killed, 26 vehicles torched http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=15037

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (includes Waziristan)

BBC News (13 June 2011) Pakistani soldiers killed in blast http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13745639

Inter Press Service (7 June 2011) Pakistan: Tribes Plead for End to Army Offensives http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/06/06/9966

IRIN News (30 May 2011) Pakistan: Backgrounder on Khyber Agency militancy

6 http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92847

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (5 April 2011) Why Are Peace Deals So Difficult To Keep In Pakistan's Tribal Areas? http://www.rferl.org/content/why_peace_so_difficult_in_pakistan_tribal_are a/3548016.html

Reuters (6 June 2011) The battle against militancy in South Waziristan http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/factbox-the-battle-against-militancy-in- south-waziristan/

6. Minority/Ethnic Groups

Homosexuals

Daily Times (1 November 2009) Karachi mob kills elderly ‘homosexual’ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2009%5C11%5C01%5Cstor y_1-11-2009_pg7_8

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (6 February 2008) Human Rights and Transgender People in Pakistan http://www.iglhrc.org/binary-data/ATTACHMENT/file/000/000/73-1.pdf

International Lesbian and Gay Association (May 2011) State-sponsored Homophobia 2011: Pakistan http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia _2011.pdf

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (18 November 2009) Pakistan: Situation of homosexuals in urban centres, particularly in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore (December 2007 - November 2009 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=452643&l=e

Minorities/Ethnic Groups

Minority Rights Group International (1 July 2010) State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2010 – Pakistan http://www.minorityrights.org/10068/state-of-the-worlds-minorities/state-of- the-worlds-minorities-and-indigenous-peoples-2010.html

Minority Rights Group International (undated) Baluchis http://www.minorityrights.org/5626/pakistan/baluchis.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Pathans http://www.minorityrights.org/5620/pakistan/pathans.html

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Sindhis and Mohajirs http://www.minorityrights.org/5619/pakistan/sindhis-and-mohajirs.html

United Nations International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (16 March 2009) Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 9 of the Convention : International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination : concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : Pakistan http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/49d48e7f2.pdf

United Nations Radio (2 June 2011) Pakistan’s floods alter lifestyle of the Jam people http://reliefweb.int/node/405571

7. Religion/Cults

Ahmadis

Asian Human Rights Commission (30 May 2011) Pakistan: A year on from the Lahore attacks but Ahmedis still suffering http://www.humanrights.asia/opinions/columns/AHRC-ETC-017-2011

Express Tribune (28 May 2011) Ghari Shahu attacks anniversary: 88 Ahmadis killed. 1 year on. 0 justice. http://tribune.com.pk/story/177562/ghari-shahu-attacks-anniversary-88- ahmadis-killed-1-year-on-0-justice/

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (11 November 2009) Pakistan: Intermarriage between a non-Ahmadi Muslim and an Ahmadi; whether the marriage would be legally recognized; the consequences for the couple and the officiant of the marriage http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=452644&l=e

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Ahmddiyas http://www.minorityrights.org/5628/pakistan/ahmaddiyas.html

United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons All-Party Group (24 September 2010) Report of the PHRG Fact Finding Mission to Pakistan to Examine the Human Rights Situation of the Ahmadiyya Community http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4cc7ea9c2.pdf

Christians

Asian Human Rights Commission (3 May 2011) Pakistan: The growing situation of the Religious Intolerance in Gujranwala http://www.humanrights.asia/news/forwarded-news/AHRC-FST-031- 2011/?searchterm=

Asian Human Rights Commission (12 April 2011) Pakistan: Victims of forced conversion and forced marriages

8 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/forwarded-news/AHRC-FAT-015- 2011/?searchterm=

Compass Direct (13 May 2011) Pakistan's 'Blasphemy' Laws Pose Growing Threat http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/article_112455.htm l

International Christian Concern (2 May 2011) Muslim Mob In Pakistan Attacks Seminary, Forces Thousands of Christians to Flee Their Homes http://www.persecution.org/?p=21052&upm_export=print

Reuters (22 April 2011) Low-key Easter preparations for Pakistan's fearful Christians http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/low-key-easter-preparations-for- pakistans-fearful-christians/

Hindus

Asian Human Rights Commission (17 May 2011) Pakistan: Young Hindu was abducted from police station by a religious mob and his whereabouts are unknown. Police refuse to investigate http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-097-2011

Hindu American Foundation (25 May 2011) Hindus In South Asia And The Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights 2010 http://www.hafsite.org/sites/default/files/HHR2010.pdf

IRIN News (6 January 2011) Pakistan: Hindu minority lives in mounting fear http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=91544

Minority Rights Group International (Undated) Hindus http://www.minorityrights.org/5630/pakistan/hindus.html

General/All others

BBC News (28 April 2011) Climate of fear over Pakistan blasphemy laws http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13038060

BBC News (25 January 2011) Pakistan's evolving sectarian schism http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12278919

Council on Foreign Relations (5 May 2011) Islam and Politics in Pakistan http://www.cfr.org/pakistan/islam-politics-pakistan/p24728#p5

The Economist (31 March 2011) A great deal of ruin in a nation http://www.economist.com/node/18488344

The Guardian (3 April 2011) Pakistan bomb attack leaves 40 worshippers dead http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/03/pakistan-bomb-attack- worshippers-dead

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (April 2011) Life at Risk http://www.hrcp-web.org/pdf/Life%20at%20risk.pdf

Human Rights Watch (25 April 2011) Minorities are Collateral Damage in the Battle for Pakistan’s Soul http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/25/minorities-are-collateral-damage- battle-pakistan-s-soul

Jinnah Institute (7 June 2011) A Question of Faith, A Report on the Status of Religious Minorities in Pakistan http://www.humanrights.asia/opinions/columns/pdf/AHRC-ETC-022-2011- 01.pdf

Jamestown Foundation (22 April 2011) Pakistani Taliban Continue Their Campaign against Sufi Shrines http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5 D=37826

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (May 2011) Sectarian Conflict in Gilgit-Baltistan http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/Conflict_Management/GB- SectarianConflit-BackgroundPaperEng-May2011.pdf

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (6 May 2011) Deaths Reported In Attack On Shia In Pakistan's Quetta http://www.rferl.org/content/at_least_five_dead_in_attack_in_pakistans_qu etta/24093011.html

Religions and Development Research Programme (2011) Interactions between Religion, the State and Civil Society in Pakistan: Some Implications for Development http://www.religionsanddevelopment.org/files/resourcesmodule/@random4 54f80f60b3f4/1302706070_working_paper_65___complete_for_web.pdf

Religions and Development Research Programme (2011) Sectarian conflict and its aftermath in Jhang and Gilgit, Pakistan http://www.religionsanddevelopment.org/files/resourcesmodule/@random4 54f80f60b3f4/1297863386_policy_brief_9.pdf

Religions and Development Research Programme (31 December 2010) Dilemmas of Pride and Pain: Sectarian Conflict and Conflict Transformation in Pakistan http://www.religionsanddevelopment.org/files/resourcesmodule/@random4 54f80f60b3f4/1293020787_working_paper_48___complete_for_the_web.p df

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (28 April 2011) USCIRF Annual Report 2011 - Countries of Particular Concern: Pakistan http://www.uscirf.gov/images/ar2011/pakistan2011.pdf

United States Department of State (17 November 2010) Pakistan, International Religious Freedom Report 2010 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/148800.htm

8. Political

CIA (9 March 2011) World Leaders, Pakistan https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders- p/pakistan.html

Daily Times (4 June 2011) A budget in wake of political imbalance http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C06%5C04%5Cs tory_4-6-2011_pg7_20

Electoral Commission of Pakistan (Undated) Electoral System in Pakistan http://www.ecp.gov.pk/ElectionLaws/EloctoralLawAndSystem.aspx

International Crisis Group (30 March 2011) Reforming Pakistan’s Electoral System http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south- asia/pakistan/203%20Reforming%20Pakistans%20Electoral%20System.a shx

Inter Parliamentary Union (30 November 2010) Pakistan, National Assembly http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2241.htm

Inter Parliamentary Union (3 December 2010) Pakistan, Senate http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2242.htm

The Nation (7 June 2011) Furore as Haideri made Opp Leader http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english- online/Politics/07-Jun-2011/Furore-as-Haideri-made-Opp-Leader

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (30 May 2011) Why Are There No Indigenous Political Parties In Pakistan's Tribal Areas? http://www.rferl.org/content/why_are_there_no_indigenous_political_partie s_in_pakistans_tribal_areas/24209855.html

Reuters (3 May 2011) Key political risks to watch in Pakistan http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/idINIndia-56736220110503

Rulers (2008) Pakistan

11 http://rulers.org/rulp1.html#pakistan

9. State Protection

Asian Human Rights Commission (9 June 2011) Pakistan: A young man was shot dead at public place by the Rangers -- a complete breakdown of the rule of law http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-076- 2011/?searchterm=

Asian Human Rights Commission (30 May 2011) Pakistan: The appeasement policy -- government misses the initiative of taking the armed forces to task http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-033- 2011/?searchterm=

BBC News (9 June 2011) Pakistan probes 'unlawful' videoed killing in Karachi http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13717106

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (6 May 2011) Report of HRCP fact finding into assassination of four activists of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz in Sanghar, Sindh http://www.hrcp-web.org/showfact.asp?id=15

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (16 April 2011) State institutions must tackle people’s problems: HRCP http://www.hrcp-web.org/showprel.asp?id=205

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (January 2011) Revising Police Laws http://www.hrcp-web.org/pdf/Revisiting%20Police%20Laws%20- %20Asad%20Jamal.pdf

United States Institute of Peace (1 February 2011) Reforming Pakistan's Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure: Is It Too Flawed to Fix? http://www.usip.org/publications/reforming-pakistan-s-police-and-law- enforcement-infrastructure

10. Government/Civil Society/Legal Systems

Civil Society

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (12 May 2011) Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the killing of human rights defender Siddique Eido http://www.forum- asia.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2717&Itemid=129

Asian Human Rights Commission (24 May 2011) Pakistan: A human rights defender was booked on murder charges for raising the cases of scheduled caste Hindus http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-105- 2011/?searchterm=

Council on Foreign Relations (25 August 2008) Pakistan’s Institutions and Civil Society http://www.cfr.org/publication/14731/pakistans_institutions_and_civil_socie ty.html?breadcrumb=%2Fregion%2Fpublication_list%3Fgroupby%3D3%2 6id%3D283%26filter%3D2008%26page%3D2

Directory of Development Organisations (January 2010) Country Finder, Pakistan http://www.devdir.org/files/Pakistan.PDF

United Nations Human Rights Committee (4 April 2011) Human rights body reminds Pakistan of duty to report on civil and political rights http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID= 10917&LangID=E

World Organisation Against Torture/OMCT (13 September 2010) Steadfast in Protest; Annual Report 2010 http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/reports-and- publications/2010/09/d20875/

Development/Economic/Humanitarian

Asian Development Bank (2011) Pakistan http://www.adb.org/documents/books/ado/2011/ado2011-pak.pdf

Bertelsmann Transformation Index (4 March 2010) Pakistan Country Report http://www.bertelsmann-transformation- index.de/fileadmin/pdf/Gutachten_BTI2010/ASO/Pakistan.pdf

Centre for Social Protection (January 2011) Social Protection in Pakistan: in the Midst of a Paradigm Shift? http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/idspublication/social-protection-in-pakistan-in-the- midst-of-a-paradigm-shift

Dawn (3 June 2011) `Land rights critical to reduce poverty` http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/03/land-rights-critical-to-reduce- poverty.html

European Union (20 May 2011) Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief, January-April 2011 http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/am568e/am568e00.pdf

Freedom House (26 August 2010) The Global State of Workers’ Rights, Free Labour in a Hostile World http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/special_report/92.pdf

Giews (23 May 2011) Pakistan Country Brief http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_1029.pdf

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (30 March 2011) HRCP demands lawful treatment of tenant marchers http://www.hrcp-web.org/showprel.asp?id=204

International Committee of the Red Cross (26 May 2011) Pakistan: The struggle to keep flood survivors fed in Pakistan http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/asiapacific/pakistan/the-struggle-to-keep-flood-survivors-fed-in-pakistan/

International Trade Union Confederation (8 June 2011) Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights 2011: Pakistan http://survey.ituc-csi.org/+-Pakistan-+.html

IRIN News (8 April 2011) Pakistan: Tough road to post-flood recovery http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92414

Oxfam (2 June 2011) My land, my right, Putting land rights at the heart of the Pakistan floods reconstruction http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/conflict_disasters/downloads/bp 149-my-land-my-right-pakistan-floods-reconstruction-020611-en

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (13 May 2011) In Pakistan's Tribal Areas, Doubts About Development http://www.rferl.org/content/doubts_about_development_in_pakistan_tribal _areas/24107741.html

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (5 May 2011) Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2011, Country note, Pakistan http://www.unescap.org/pdd/publications/survey2011/notes/pakistan.pdf

United States Social Security Administration (March 2011) Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2010, Pakistan http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010- 2011/asia/pakistan.html

World Food Programme (1 June 2011) Over 50pc have limited access to food: WFP http://www.wfp.org/content/over-50pc-have-limited-access-food-wfp

Governance/Justice

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (February 2011) Federalism & Provincial Rights http://www.hrcp- web.org/pdf/Federalism%20and%20Provincial%20rights%20--- %20final.pdf

Inter Press Service (16 May 2011) Pakistan: Parliament Backs Army and Intel Service http://www.australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article &id=6244:pakistan-parliament-backs-army-and-intel- service&catid=122:security&Itemid=169

South Asian Terrorism Portal (9 May 2011) Justice in Terror http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/sair9/9_44.htm

United Nations Development Programme (2011) Recognizing the Role of Informal Justice in Pakistan’s Law – A Legal Review http://undp.org.pk/images/publications/Legal%20Review.pdf.pdf

11. Press/Media/Freedom of Expression

Amnesty International (31 May 2011) Pakistan must probe intelligence agencies as body of journalist is found http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/pakistan-must-probe- intelligence-agencies-body-journalist-found-2011-05-31

Committee to Protect Journalists (1 June 2011) Getting Away With Murder http://cpj.org/reports/CPJ.2011.Impunity.Index.pdf

Committee to Protect Journalists (15 February 2011) Attacks on the Press 2010 – Pakistan http://www.cpj.org/2011/02/attacks-on-the-press-2010-pakistan.php

The Express Tribune (2 June 2011) Pakistan: Freedom of expression, new law robs journalists of their sources http://tribune.com.pk/story/178318/freedom-of-expression-new-law-robs- journalists-of-their-sources/

Freedom House (1 October 2010) Freedom Of The Press - Pakistan (2010) http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=251&year=2010

The Guardian (1 June 2011) Missing Pakistan journalist Saleem Shahzad found dead near Islamabad http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/31/missing-pakistan-journalist- found-dead?INTCMP=SRCH

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (1 June 2011) Murder meant to muzzle media: HRCP

15 http://www.hrcp-web.org/showprel.asp?id=214

International Federation of Journalists (17 May 2011) IFJ Backs Pakistan's Journalists in Demands to End Safety Crisis http://www.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-backs-pakistans-journalists-in-demands-to- end-safety-crisis

International Federation of Journalists (3 May 2011) Free Speech in Peril: Press Freedom in South Asia 2010-11 http://asiapacific.ifj.org/assets/docs/043/219/7bb382b-82afadb.pdf

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (11 May 2011) Pakistani journalist killed by car bomb http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistani_journalist_killed_by_car_bomb/2409 8367.html

Reporters Sans Frontiers (4 April 2011) 14 journalists murdered in 13 months http://en.rsf.org/pakistan-14-journalists-murdered-in-13-04-04- 2011,39950.html

South Asia Terrorism Portal (6 June 2011) No Country for Freedom http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/sair9/9_48.htm

United Nations News Service (17 May 2011) UN agency deplores slaying of another Pakistani journalist http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38407&Cr=journalist&Cr 1=

12. Women/Children/Family

Children

Asian Human Rights Commission (5 May 2011) Pakistan: Child slavery -- 20,000 children with small heads are run by the shrines for beggary http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-028- 2011/?searchterm=

Daily Times (2 June 2011) Children rights in deplorable condition: SPARC conference http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C06%5C02%5Cs tory_2-6-2011_pg13_7

Dawn (23 May 2011) Violence against children in the headlines once again http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/23/violence-against-children-in-the- headlines-once-again.html

Dawn (11 May 2011) CJ calls for laws to protect children`s rights

16 http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/11/cj-calls-for-laws-to-protect-childrens- rights.html

Dawn (1 May 2011) Plight of children http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/01/plight-of-children.html

The Express Tribune (8 April 2011) 2,252 children sexually abused in 2010 http://tribune.com.pk/story/145331/2252-children-sexually-abused-in-2010/

IRIN News (19 April 2011) Pakistan: Unsafe water kills 250,000 children a year – government http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92518

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (8 April 2011) Six Pakistanis Arrested For Arranged Marriages Of Children http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistanis_arrested_arranged_marriages_child ren/3551728.html

Sahil (19 May 2011) Cruel Numbers 2010 http://www.sahil.org/images/cruel%20numbers%202010.pdf

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (15 October 2009) Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention Concluding observations: Pakistan http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx?country=pk

United States Department of Labor (15 December 2010) 2009 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/pdf/2009OCFTreport.pdf

Women

Agence France Presse (13 April 2011) $750 million earmarked for Pakistan's tribal women http://reliefweb.int/node/395999

Amnesty International (21 April 2011) Pakistan must bring justice to rape victim http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/pakistan-must-bring- justice-rape-victim-2011-04-21

Asian Human Rights Commission (19 May 2011) Pakistan: Acid attacks -- five men and seven women attacked during the first four months of 2011 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-031- 2011/?searchterm=

Asian Human Rights Commission (12 May 2011) Pakistan: Eleven persons were killed in the name of honour during the first four months of 2011 in Sindh province

17 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-ART-029- 2011/?searchterm=

BBC News (21 May 2011) Pakistan's valley of wine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13469826

BBC News (27 April 2011) Pakistan rape victim Mukhtar Mai faces new injustice http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13205439

Dawn (26 May 2011) Pakistan: Victims of Acid Attack http://www.peacewomen.org/news_article.php?id=3662&type=news

Daily Times (1 April 2011) Free-will marriage couple seeks security http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011\04\01\story_1-4- 2011_pg7_26

Dawn (13 April 2011) Pakistan stillbirth rate second highest in world http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/14/pakistan-stillbirth-rate-second-highest- in-world.html

The Express Tribune (18 May 2011) FAFEN report: Crimes against women rising http://tribune.com.pk/story/170870/fafen-report-crimes-against-women- rising/

The Express Tribune (5 May 2011) Karo-kari: Woman who went to court for protection is killed by husband http://tribune.com.pk/story/162200/karo-kari-woman-who-went-to-court-for- protection-is-killed-by-husband-karachi-city/

The Express Tribune (11 April 2011) Young couple from Sukkur fleeing honour killers http://tribune.com.pk/story/147183/young-couple-from-sukkur-fleeing- honour-killers/

The Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women & Women Living Under Muslim Laws (March 2010) No Justice in Justifications: Violence against Women in the Name of Culture, Religion, and Tradition http://stop-stoning.org/files/No%20Justice%20in%20Justifications%20- Violence%20against%20Women%20in%20the%20Name%20of%20Cultur e,%20Religion%20and%20Tradition%20(Greiff).pdf

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (22 April 2011) HRCP’s dismay at acquittal of Mukhtaran rape accused http://www.hrcp-web.org/showprel.asp?id=209

Human Rights Watch (22 April 2011) Pakistan: Prevent Injustice for Gang- Rape Victim

18 http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/22/pakistan-prevent-injustice-gang- rape-victim

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (17 November 2010) Pakistan: Circumstances under which a woman has the legal right to get a divorce through the courts (judicial divorce) through her own initiative; circumstances under which single women can live alone http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca:8080/RIR_RDI/RIR_RDI.aspx?id=453229&l=e

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (7 June 2011) Briefing paper on flood-displaced women in Sindh Province, Pakistan http://www.internal-displacement.org/briefing/pakistan

Inter Press Service (28 May 2011) Women Lose Livelihood Centres to Militants http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2011/05/29/pakistan-women-lose- livelihood-centres-to-militants/

Inter Press Service (16 May 2011) Rape Victims Left Feeling Hopeless http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/05/16/9675

Inter Press Service (8 March 2011) Pakistan Is Not for Single Women http://globalgeopolitics.net/wordpress/2011/03/08/womens-day-pakistanis-not-for-single-women/

IRIN News (6 June 2011) Pakistan: Women’s secret drug-taking hurting families http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92791

The News (14 April 2011) 239 women, children raped, molested http://pakistan.childrightsdesk.com/?p=10902

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (11 April 2011) Pakistan Considers Life Sentence For Acid Attacks On Women http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan_considers_life_sentence_for_acid_att acks_on_women/3554148.html

United States Department of State (14 June 2010) Trafficking in persons report, Country Narratives: n-t [Pakistan pages 260-263] http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/143188.pdf

13. Prison/Detention/Torture/Slavery

Asian Human Rights Commission (15 April 2011) Pakistan: Four activists protesting the disappearance of their leader also disappeared after their abduction by the law enforcement agencies http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-078- 2011/?searchterm=

Asian Human Rights Commission (26 June 2010) Hegemony Of Wilderness, Torture Situation In Pakistan http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/special-reports/AHRC-SPR-001- 2010

Associated Press (17 March 2011) Seven Pakistani prisoners die in jail clashes http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/seven-pakistani-prisoners- die-in-jail-clashes-2244019.html#

Dawn (14 April 2011) Mismanagement blamed for violence in prisons http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/15/mismanagement-blamed-for-violence-in- prisons.html

Hands Off Cain (May 2011) Pakistan http://www.handsoffcain.info/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=23& nome=pakistan

14. Crime/Corruption

Business Anti-Corruption (June 2010) Pakistan Country Profile http://www.business-anti-corruption.eu/country-profiles/south- asia/pakistan/show-all/

International Crisis Group (6 December 2010) Reforming Pakistan’s Criminal Justice System http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south- asia/pakistan/196%20Reforming%20Pakistans%20Criminal%20Justice%2 0System.ashx

Pakistan Today (20 May 2011) Pakistan: Crime on the Rise in ICT http://www.unpan.org/PublicAdministrationNews/tabid/115/mctl/ArticleView /ModuleID/1467/articleId/26215/default.aspx

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (23 March 2011) UNODC and Pakistan step up cooperation to confront grave challenges http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2011/March/unodc-and- government-of-pakistan-take-stock-of-increasing-cooperation-and-future- challenges.html

15. Education

Associated Press of Pakistan (7 June 2011) Demand for Women's Education on Rise in Pakistan: Expert http://www.peacewomen.org/news_article.php?id=3724&type=news

BBC News (9 March 2011) Pakistan faces educational 'emergency', says government

20 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12691844

The Brookings Institution (June 2010) Beyond Madrasas, Assessing The Links Between Education And Militancy In Pakistan http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2010/06_pakistan_educ ation_winthrop/06_pakistan_education_winthrop.pdf

Daily News (16 May 2011) 7 million kids out of school in Pakistan: Unicef http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=47235&Cat=6&dt= 5/16/2011

Daily Times (5 June 2011) School blown up in Bara http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C06%5C05%5Cs tory_5-6-2011_pg7_9

Daily Times (28 March 2011) ‘Poverty behind falling school enrolments’ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C03%5C28%5Cs tory_28-3-2011_pg7_2

Dawn (3 June 2011) Economic survey uncovers pathetic picture of education http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/03/economic-survey-uncovers-pathetic- picture-of-education.html

Dawn (21 April 2011) Call to improve female education http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/21/call-to-improve-female-education.html

The Express Tribune (10 June 2011) 30% of Pakistani children out of school due to malnutrition http://tribune.com.pk/story/185978/30-of-pakistani-children-out-of-school- due-to-malnutrition/

The Express Tribune (1 May 2011) The woeful state of education in K-P, FATA http://tribune.com.pk/story/160307/the-woeful-state-of-education-in-k-p- fata/

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (3 June 2011) Killings of teachers, activists unacceptable: HRCP http://hrcpblog.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/killings-of-teachers-activists- unacceptable-hrcp/

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (31 March 2011) Pakistan: Internally displaced children miss education in tribal areas http://www.internal- displacement.org/8025708F004D31AA/(httpIDPNewsAlerts)/82872AB6D9 B05EC9C12578640056CCE1?OpenDocument#anchor5

IRIN News (26 April 2011) Pakistan: Schools shut as fear drives teachers away

21 http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92575

The Nation (9 May 2011) 60pc girls out of schools in Pakistan: UNICEF http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english- online/Regional/Islamabad/09-May-2011/60pc-girls-out-of-schools-in- Pakistan-Unicef

The Pakistan Education Task Force (2011) Education Emergency Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/wp-content/uploads/education-emergency- pakistan.pdf

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (June 2011) Right to Free and Compulsory Education in Pakistan http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/EFA/RighttoFreeandCompul soryEducationinPakistanBackgroundpaper.pdf

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2010) The hidden Crisis: Armed conflict and education; Regional overview: South and West Asia http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ED/pdf/gmr2011- region-swa.pdf

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2011) Education for All: The Missing Link for Pakistan’s Progress http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/media_6974.htm?q=printme

United Nations International Children’s Fund (19 May 2011) After the floods, new schools provide normalcy and opportunities for communities in Pakistan http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_58589.html

United Nations International Children’s Fund (6 May 2011) Press Release: Education key but progress uneven for Pakistan http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/media_6973.htm

United Nations International Children’s Fund (6 April 2011) In Pakistan, UNICEF-supported temporary learning centres create opportunities for girls http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/reallives_6933.htm

16. Health

General

Bio Medical Central Health Services Research (24 May 2011) NGOs and government partnership for health systems strengthening: A qualitative study presenting viewpoints of government, NGOs and donors in Pakistan http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-11-122.pdf

Dawn (3 June 2011) Health sector ‘criminally ignored’ http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/04/health-sector-criminally-ignored- medical-experts.html

Dawn (3 June 2011) Situation dire as spending on health declines http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/03/situation-dire-as-spending-on-health- declines.html

The Express Tribune (4 June 2011) In Pakistan, health remains a forgotten priority http://tribune.com.pk/story/182053/in-pakistan-health-remains-a-forgotten- priority/

IRIN News (14 April 2011) Pakistan: Vicious circle of fluoride contamination, illness and poverty http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=92466

United Nations International Children’s Fund (18 May 2011) Health week delivers support to millions of mothers and children in Pakistan http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_58564.html

World Bank (25 April 2011) World Bank to help immunize 32 million children in Pakistan against polio http://reliefweb.int/node/398266

World Health Organisation/United Nations International Children’s Fund (14 May 2011) Joint UNICEF & WHO mission confirms urgency of polio eradication efforts in Pakistan http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_841.pdf

Abortion

Dawn (30 May 2011) Five held for forced abortion http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/30/five-held-for-forced-abortion.html

Dawn (10 January 2011) Concern over rising cases of abortion http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/10/concern-over-rising-cases-of- abortion.html

Guttmacher Institute (November 2009) Abortion in Pakistan http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/IB_Abortion-in-Pakistan.pdf

Disability

Dawn (7 April 2011) Disabled persons `being deprived` of jobs http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/08/disabled-persons-being-deprived-of- jobs.html

Dawn (24 March 2011) Plague of disability haunts Kasur villages

23 http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/24/plague-of-disability-haunts-kasur- villages.html

Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (2009) Counting the invisible: understanding the lives of people with disabilities in Pakistan http://recoup.educ.cam.ac.uk/publications/WP23-NS.pdf

United Nations International Children’s Fund (6 June 2011) UNICEF congratulates Pakistan on joining 100 countries in ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities http://www.unicef.org/pakistan/media_7055.htm

HIV/AIDS

Daily Times (6 June 2011) AIDS, still a taboo? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C06%5C06%5Cs tory_6-6-2011_pg13_7

Dawn (12 May 2011) 744 HIV cases reported http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/12/744-hiv-cases-reported.html

National Aids Control Program, Ministry Of Health, Pakistan (April 2010) UNGASS Pakistan Report http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2010/pakistan_2010_country_progress_r eport_en.pdf

United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (5 February 2010) Lack of resources could undermine gains made in the HIV response in Pakistan http://www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/arc hive/2010/20100204_Pakistan.asp

World Bank (July 2010) HIV/AIDS in Pakistan http://siteresources.worldbank.org/SOUTHASIAEXT/Resources/223546- 1192413140459/4281804-1231540815570/5730961- 1235157256443/5849910-1278963700621/PakistanHIVJuly2010.pdf

Mental Health

Dawn (20 December 2010) Rehabilitation facility lacking for the mentally ill http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/20/rehabilitation-facility-lacking-for-the- mentally-ill.html

The Nation (29 May 2011) Poverty, lawlessness, load shedding major causes of rise in mental diseases in Pakistan http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english- online/Regional/Karachi/29-May-2011/Poverty-lawlessness-load-shedding- major-causes-of-rise-in-mental-diseases-in-Pakistan

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2006) Mental health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Reaching the unreached http://www.emro.who.int/publications/Book_Details.asp?ID=531

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2005) Mental Health Atlas, Country Profiles N-R http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/atlas/profiles_countries_n_r1.p df

17. Asylum Seekers/IDPs/Internal Flight

Daily Times (19 April 2011) People flee troubled areas near Afghan border http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C04%5C19%5Cs tory_19-4-2011_pg7_17

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (31 May 2011) Pakistan: Returns continue in some areas but comprehensive IDP policy needed http://www.internal- displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/688A668D7EF0915 AC12578A10047C22C/$file/Pakistan_Overview_May2011.pdf

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (6 September 2010) Pakistan: Flooding worsens situation for people displaced by conflict in north-west http://www.internal- displacement.org/8025708F004BE3B1/(httpInfoFiles)/719B7634A7238264 C12577960032832C/$file/Pakistan+-+September+2010.pdf

Reuters (30 May 2011) Pakistan tells agencies to prepare for N.Waziristan evacuation http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/30/cnews-us-pakistan-waziristan- idCATRE74T36Q20110530