Pakistan

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• Amnesty International - Pakistan
• Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
• Associated Press of Pakistan
• BBC News - Special Report: Kashmir Flashpoint
• BBC Urdu
• Dawn
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Pakistan
• Government of Pakistan: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Pakistan
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Pakistan
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Pakistan
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Pakistan
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Kashmir
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Pakistan
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Pakistan
• Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam
• National Accountability Bureau, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• New York Times - Pakistan News
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Pakistan
• Pakistan International Human Rights Organization (PIHRO)
• Pakistan Observer Online
• Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
• Pakistaniat.com - All Things Pakistan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) - Pakistan
• ReliefWeb - Pakistan
• The Frontier Post
• Time Magazine - Asia Edition
• UNHCR - Pakistan
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Pakistan
• United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
• United States Department of State - Pakistan
• United States Department of State: Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS) and Issue Briefs
• Women's Learning Partnership - Claiming Equal Citizenship
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Pakistan
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Pakistan