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American Institute of
Pakistan Studies (http://www.pakistanstudies-aips.org/)
Nonprofit educational organization that is a member of the Council of
American Overseas Research Centers. The goals of AIPS are to support
research on issues regarding Pakistan
and to promote scholarly exchange between the United
States and Pakistan. Includes the
bulletin, Pakistan
studies news (1998) and a select list of links to Pakistani news and
government Web sites.
Animal
Info--Indus River Dolphin (http://animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/platmino.htm)
Animal Info, based in Severna Park, Maryland, highlights the Indus
river dolphin, as part of a resource on rare, threatened, and endangered
mammals. The Indus river dolphin is a mammal of the order Platanista minor and is found in Pakistan.
Animal Info describes the physical characteristics, location, reasons for
decline, habitat, birth seasons, diet, and social organization of the Indus river dolphin. An illustration of the dolphin
and a listing of references are available.
The Asia
Foundation: Pakistan (http://www.asiafoundation.org/country/overview/pakistan)
The Asia Foundation, based in San Francisco,
is a private non-profit, non-governmental organization working to promote
the mutual interests of the USA
and the countries of Asia and the Asia
Pacific region. The website contains perspective papers and project reports
on the countries where the Asia Foundation is active.
Association of Pakistani Scientists and
Engineers of North America (APSENA). (http://www.apsena.net/)
Features the Association of Pakistani Scientists and Engineers of North
America (APSENA), a professional, non profit and non political organization
of Pakistani scientists and engineers, based in Houston, Texas.
Describes current and past projects and conferences.
Baghdad
Pact; February 4, 1955 (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mideast.asp)
The Avalon Project of the Yale University Law
School in New Haven, Connecticut,
presents the full text of the Baghdad Pact, dated February 4, 1955. The
pact became a multilateral regional security organization in which the
original members included Iraq,
Turkey, the United Kingdom, Pakistan,
and Iran.
Brief Report of
World Health Organization (WHO) Activities Since 11 September as of 9
October 2001 (http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/7363.doc)
"Brief Report of World Health Organization (WHO) Activities Since 11
September as of 9 October 2001" is a document prepared by the
Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action (EHA) of the World Health
Organization (WHO). In the report, EHA provides an overview of WHO humanitarian activities in Afghanistan since U.S. air strikes against the
country have commenced in October 2001. The WHO Afghanistan international staff were evacuated from Afghanistan
and were relocated to sub-offices in Pakistan. The WHO is
coordinating with United Nations (UN) agencies and other nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) to deliver emergency medical supplies and to assess
the situation of potential refugees outside Afghanistan. Information about
water and sanitation projects and other health care activities of the WHO
in Afghanistan and Pakistan is
available. The EHA presents the online version of the document.
Cancer Patients Aid Association (http://www.cpaaindia.org/)
Charitable NGO established in 1969 that advocates a holistic approach to
working with cancer patients in India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal,
and Pakistan.
Features organizational information with reports (since 1999), general
reference information in the form of FAQs,
articles, newspaper clippings (since 1999), and a resource directory (a
database of services and organizations).
Environmental Protection Society (http://www.eps-swat.org/)
Nonprofit NGO concerned with the physical, social and cultural environment
in district Swat, Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province.
The Web site discusses programs in natural resource management, human
resource, social, and physical development, and poverty alleviation.
Includes information about the region and the structure and programs of
EPS, reports and a list of other NGOs in the region.
Exchange of Letters
Between General Musharraf and Senator Johnson (http://www.acronym.org.uk/spletts.htm)
The Acronym Institute, a nonprofit research organization located in London,
England, presents a collection of letters exchanged between Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf
(1943- ) and U.S. Senator Tim Johnson. The letters were written after
Senator Johnson visited Pakistan
in January 2000, and concern the South Asia
nuclear crisis.
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce
& Industry (http://www.fpcci.com.pk/)
Federation that promotes selected sectors of the Pakistan economy. The site
provides links to major airlines, banks, hotels, newspapers, sea ports,
stock markets. Includes a directory of foreign trade missions in Pakistan.
Freedom
in the World 2000-2001: Pakistan (http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7678)
Freedom House, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, offers a collection
of country reports on human rights as part of the Freedom in the World
2000-2001 survey resource. A report notes political rights and civil
liberties within Pakistan
and includes basic social and economic data.
Government of Pakistan: Statistics
Division. (http://www.statpak.gov.pk/)
The Statistics Division of Pakistan consists of the Federal Bureau of
Statistics and the Population Census Organization, headquartered at Islamabad, and the Agricultural Census Organization,
headquartered at Lahore.
The division is in charge of planning policies and improving statistical
services in Pakistan.
The division provides the text of the General Statistics Act of 1975, a
country profile, and links to each department.
Indo American
Kashmir Forum (IAKF) (http://www.kashmirforum.org/about-iakf.htm)
The Indo American Kashmir Forum (IAKF) is a volunteer organization that
seeks the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Kashmir valley. Some 300,000 Pandits
were forced from their homes during the 1991 Islamic fundamentalist
violence against the Pandits. This advocacy group
offers press releases, articles, and other documents about the forced
migration of the Pandits. Membership information
is available.
Insan Foundation-Pakistan (http://insan.org.pk/aboutus.html)
Pakistani NGO working since 1990 for human rights, particularly the rights
of underprivileged children. The site provides information on projects
which include a school, training center, information resource center, and
theater and concert performances.
Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (http://www.issi.org.pk/)
Nonprofit autonomous research and analysis center for promoting public
understanding of international peace and security. Features a large number
of articles (with bibliographies), commentaries, and book reviews by
Institute researchers. Includes tables of contents from past issues of the
journal "Strategic Studies" (since 1991), staff and contributors'
credentials, and information on lectures, meetings, and programs.
International Labour
Organization (ILO), Islamabad, Pakistan (http://www.ilo.org.pk/))
The International Labour Organization (ILO), an
international agency that works for social justice and freedom from
discrimination worldwide, highlights its activities in Pakistan. The ILO has been
assisting Pakistan
through technical cooperation programs in such areas as labor standards,
labor administration, industrial relations, human resource development, and
occupational safety and health. The headquarters of the ILO in Pakistan are located in Islamabad.
International Medical
Corps (IMC): Pakistan (http://www.imcworldwide.org/Pakistan/)
The International Medical Corps (IMC), a humanitarian nonprofit
organization, presents information about its programs in Pakistan. The focus of the IMC
programs in Pakistan is
on the Afghan refugees, who began fleeing Afghanistan in 1979. The IMC
attempts to offer basic health care services to the refugees.
International Organization of Pakistani
Women Engineers (IOPWE). (http://www.iopwe.org/)
Presents the International Organization of Pakistani Women Engineers
(IOPWE). The organization provides a forum for discussion of issues
relating to women of Pakistani origin who have chosen engineering as their
profession. Includes news items and information on the IOPWE newsletter. Links
to related sites.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation
Front (http://www.geocities.com/jklf-kashmir/)
Organization formed in Birmingham, UK in 1977 with the aim of establishing Jammu and Kashmir as
an independent nation. The site explains the group's ideology,
organizational structure, and three points of struggle. Also includes group's
press releases (archived since 1997) and full text of various publications
and reports.
Kashmir
Record and Research Council (KRRC) (http://www.krrc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=198&Itemid=330)
The Kashmir Record and Research Council (KRRC) is an independent,
nongovernmental organization that conducts research on the Kashmir conflict, including political, economic,
legal, social and cultural aspects. The organization offers a profile of Jammu and Kashmir,
articles, and current news about the conflict.
Khidmat Foundation (http://al-khidmatfoundation.org/)
The Khidmat Foundation supports participatory
self-reliance for rural development in Pakistan. The Web site provides
information on programs in plant nutrition, poverty alleviation and
nutrition enhancement, rural development, alternative energy and low cost
construction.
Missile
proliferation (http://fas.org/irp/threat/missile/)
Missile Proliferation in countries such as: Afghanistan Algeria Argentina
Brazil Chile China Congo Cuba Egypt France India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel
Japan Libya North Korea Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa South
Korea Syria Taiwan United Kingdom United States Yemen
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) official Web
site (http://www.mqm.com/)
Political party headquartered in Karachi,
Pakistan.
The international secretariat of MQM is located in Middlesex, England.
The Web site outlines the group's political manifesto, provides links to
news in English and Urdu from many sources, audio files of political songs
(.ra), and many external links to cultural and
historical information about Pakistan. Includes a profile of
founder and leader Altaf Hussain,
and reports of atrocities committed by Pakistani government agencies upon
MQM leaders, workers, and supporters.
National Fund for
Cultural Heritage (http://www.heritage.gov.pk/)
Organization established in 1994 to promote the conservation and
preservation of the archaeological, architectural, historical and cultural
heritage of Pakistan.
The site lists projects undertaken by the Fund and gives an overview of
places of concern from various time periods. Includes discussions of the
major historical eras of Pakistan,
photo galleries, and lists of museums and libraries in Pakistan.
National Tuberculosis Control Programme (http://www.ntp.gov.pk/homePage.htm)
Stop Tuberculosis is an organization that aims to stop the spread of
tuberculosis (TB) worldwide. The organization provides information about
programs that the government of Pakistan has implemented to
control the disease. Progress in the control and treatment of TB in Pakistan
has been very slow, due to past neglect and the low priority afforded to TB
control. The Pakistani government has teamed up with international
organizations for more effective TB control in the country. TB-related
statistics for the country are provided.
Northern
Areas Development Project Chilas (http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/project/tags/pakistan/1042/project%20overview)
The Northern Area Development Project (NADP), funded by the International
Fund for Agriculture Development, UNDP, Pakistan
and the Government of Pakistan, is a rural development and poverty alleviation
intervention program in the Northeast Pakistan.
The project focuses upon three tribal groups: Shin, Yashkun
and Kamin. The Web site details project
activities and includes photographs.
Pakistan
Cultural and non-Governmental associations(WWWVL) (httphttp://www.vl-site.org/pakistan/culassoc.html)
List of Pakistan
organizations.
Pakistan Institute for Air Defence
Studies (http://www.pakdef.info/pids/)
Nonprofit independent research institute that specializes in research in
air defense and the "Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Army Air Defence, Pakistan Naval Aviation, missiles and nuclear
weapons systems, their tactics and strategy, and their role in Pakistan's defence [sic], security and its geo-political and
strategic environment." The Web site contains newsletters "Pakistan defence news bulletin" (1994-1999) and "PAF
news" (1999), statistics, texts of speeches and glossary of air
defense acronyms. Includes various articles and statistics on military
aviation, missile systems, nuclear weapons
systems, tactical and strategic planning regarding relations with India.
Pakistan Institute of Labour Education
and Research (http://www.piler.org.pk/)
Nonprofit established in May 1982 by members of the trade union movement,
academics, and professionals in Karachi working toward realizing the full
potential of working people. Functions as an educational, cultural and
literary institution by coordinating research groups, publishing research
materials, organizing training courses, and undertaking cultural
activities.
Pakistan Peoples Party (http://www.ppp.org.pk/)
The Pakistan Peoples Party, based in Islamabad,
is a Pakistani political party. The party provides biographical sketches of
its leaders, as well as transcripts of speeches delivered by them. News
articles relating to party activities, an overview of the history of the
party, and descriptions of previous achievements of the party are
available. The Pakistan Peoples Party outlines its political manifesto.
Pamir
peoples (http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ehrafe/cultureDescription.do?owc=RO03)
The Pamir peoples live in one of the highest mountain ranges in the world,
the western Pamir
Mountains in the
Mountain-Badakhshan District of Tajikistan. The Pamirians are an ethnic subgroup of the Tajiks and include various named groups, some of whom
live in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The dialects of these groups are mostly mutually unintelligible. Western
Iranian Farsi of India and the Dari language of Afghanistan are lingua francas. Grain and legume agriculture and animal
husbandry are the primary economic activities. The Pamirians
belong to the Isma'ili sect of Islam. This file
contains one document that was originally published in the Encyclopedia of
World Cultures, 1994. It is a cultural summary of the Pamir
peoples that includes information on their history, settlement patterns,
economy, kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and
religion.
Revolutionary Association of the Women of
Afghanistan (http://www.rawa.org/)
Political and social organization working for peace, freedom, democracy and
women's rights, operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Their work involves
documenting human rights abuses in Afghanistan distributing
humanitarian aid to victims, education for women and refugee children, and
health care. This large site includes extensive information about their work,
press releases, press clippings, a photo gallery, video clips (in MPG,
RealAudio, MOV, and AVI formats), audio clips of patriotic songs (in MP3
format), contents of their publications, RAWA documents, and general
information on Afghanistan and women. Many of the pages are avaliable in Italian, Spanish, French, or Persian.
Rugmark Foundation U.S.A (http://www.rugmark.org/)
Highlights Rugmark Foundation USA, an organization based in Washington, D.C.,
that is working to eradicate child labor and that supports education
programs for former child workers in the carpet industry. Discusses how to
become a Rugmark-certified importer and offers
background details on child labor. Explains that India,
Nepal, and Pakistan
are carpet-producing countries that participate in the RUGMARK program.
Sahil (http://www.sahil.org/)
Sahil is a nonprofit organization that seeks to prevent child sexual abuse
and exploitation in Pakistan.
Sahil provides training for those who work with
abused children, crisis intervention for victims and their families, and
legal assistance. Features a large number of study results and reports with
statistics, and quarterly newsletter (archived since December 1996).
Shuhada Organization (http://www.shuhada.org.af/)
The Shuhada Organization is a nongovernmental,
nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the reconstruction and
development of Afghanistan.
The organization is based in Quetta
City, Pakistan.
The Shuhada Organization offers access to annual
reports, related news, and links to additional resources.
Thardeep Rural Development Programme (http://www.thardeep.org/)
Thardeep Rural Development Programme brings
together the efforts of various organizations concerned with conditions in
the Thar Desert.
In 1987 UNICEF responded to a prolonged drought and established a humanitarian aid program which lead to other agencies
undertaking work in the Thar
Desert. The Web site highlights these activities and provides
mission statements, organizational structures of ten major programs and
partners and lists of publications and reports.
United
Nations (UN) in Pakistan (http://unportal.un.org.pk/sites/unpakistan/pages/default.aspx)
The United Nations (UN) provides information about its activities in Pakistan since the beginning of the 2001 U.S. and British air strikes against
terrorist targets in Afghanistan.
The UN highlights the activities of its agencies, which include the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour
Organization (ILO), the UN Office for Drug Control and Prevention ((ODCCP),
and others. News briefs about the latest developments are available.
United Nations in Pakistan: Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) (http://www.un.org.pk/fao/)
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN)
highlights its activities in Pakistan. The headquarters of the UN in Pakistan are located in Islamabad. Information about the
development programs of the FAO in the area of sustainable agriculture is
available. The FAO also highlights its programs in Pakistan
that focus on food security, quality control of livestock products, and
marine fisheries.
Weapons
of mass destruction (http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/21902.pdf)
This report describes the nature and evidence of the cooperation between North Korea
and Pakistan in weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the impact of cooperation on
their WMD programs, and the apparent impact on the international nonproliferation
regime.
The World Bank in Pakistan (www.worldbank.org/pk)
Presents an overview of the development work of the World Bank in Pakistan,
including detailed information and statistics on current and proposed
projects. Also contains the text of the Pakistan Development Forums.
World Health Organization
(WHO), Pakistan (http://www.who.int/countries/pak/en/)
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides technical assistance to
individual member states, in order to improve health care for their
citizens. The division of the WHO in Pakistan
is headquartered in Islamabad.
The programs of the WHO in Pakistan focus on polio eradication, poverty
reduction, control of communicable diseases, and integration of primary
health care.
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