Pakistan violence
Last reviewed: 19-10-2009
VIOLENCE PLAGUES WESTERN BORDER
International Crisis Group's website includes reports on politics, sectarianism, and the spread of Islamist extremism in Pakistan. The Human Rights Watch Pakistan page carries reports on rights, violence and the impact on civilians. Also see the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan for information on rights concerns around the country. The South Asia page of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, one of India's top thinktanks on security issues, offers commentaries on violence in Pakistan. The Pakistan page of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre gives an overview of the different causes of displacement, including the situation in Waziristan. For the latest news, figures and background on displacement see also the U.N. Refugee Agency's Pakistan page. The Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance features regular news items on violence in Pakistan in its online Asia-Pacific Daily Report. The United Nations homepage for Pakistan provides information on the activities of different U.N. agencies in Pakistan. Here are some online English-language newspapers in Pakistan: Daily Times (Lahore) Pakistan Times Dawn The Nation (Lahore) Daily Mail (Islamabad) The Frontier Post (Peshawar & Quetta)
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