Pakistan Floods 2010

Pakistan Floods 2010

Date: July – August 2010 Torrential rains during the monsoon season in 2010 put a fifth of Pakistan under water including the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan regions. Close to 2,000 lives were lost and 21 million others affected by the...
Swat Valley Armed Conflict 2009

Swat Valley Armed Conflict 2009

Date: March – June 2009   A major humanitarian crisis unfolded in the Swat Valley in March 2009 following the violation of a peace agreement by the Pakistani Taliban. The conflict displaced some two million residents of the Swat Valley, which also suffered...
Muzaffarabad Earthquake 2005

Muzaffarabad Earthquake 2005

Date: 8 October 2005 Magnitude: 7.6 The devastating earthquake that struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir in October 2005 resulted in the loss of more than 80,000 lives with more than 41,000 injured. Entire villages were destroyed, leaving survivors homeless with...
South Asia Flood 2014

South Asia Flood 2014

Date: September 2014   Torrential monsoon rains that began at the start of September 2014 triggered mass flooding and widespread damage in Pakistan and parts of northern India. More than 2.53 million people were affected, with 1,000 dead across Nepal, Bangladesh,...