Islamabad, October 11, 2018 (PPI-OT): A new challenge is calling on young innovators across Pakistan to design solutions that will help improve girls’ knowledge and practice of safe menstrual hygiene. During an event held in Islamabad today, UNICEF and the...
Read More »Message of United Nations Secretary-General on International Day of the Girl Child
Islamabad, October 10, 2018 (PPI-OT): Today, 600 million adolescent girls are preparing to enter a world of work transformed by innovation and automation. They are the largest generation in history and a vast source of ideas and solutions for all...
Read More »Efforts continue to build disaster resilience in 9 districts of Pakistan
Islamabad, October 04, 2018 (PPI-OT): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Concern Worldwide in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) launched Phase-II of the project “Building Disaster Resilience in Pakistan” (BDRP) with the financial assistance...
Read More »UNIDO helps Pakistan to raise skills of energy professionals and adopt Cluster approach on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Islamabad, October 01, 2018 (PPI-OT): Within the framework of the UNIDO/GEF project entitled “Sustainable Energy Initiative for Industries”, UNIDO organised twin events marking the concluding of its country wide Training Program on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The event helped...
Read More »UNICEF condemns attack on school in Chitral, Pakistan
Islamabad, October 01, 2018 (PPI-OT): UNICEF strongly condemns the attack on a primary school at Arandu village in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday. The small building, located in the Chitral district near the border with Afghanistan, is said to have been...
Read More »Celebration of World Habitat Day 2018, 1st October, 2018
Islamabad, October 01, 2018 (PPI-OT): The first pilot Integrated Resource Recovery Center in Pakistan established in Sector G-15, Islamabad, in 2014 by UN Habitat in collaboration with Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan Memorial Trust (AHKMT), and support of UNESCAP, was visited...
Read More »Good Laws and Practices for Open Societies: Powering Sustainable Development with Access to Information
Islamabad, September 27, 2018 (PPI-OT): To mark the third international Day for Universal Access to Information, UNESCO jointly with the European Union, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Embassy of Sweden organized the IPDC talks in...
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