Tag: Disaster
China says war over Iran will bring disaster
A top Chinese diplomat said Tuesday war over the Iranian nuclear issue would bring disaster to the world economy and urged all nations involved...
Time to design disaster contingency plan
There is an urgent need to prepare contingency plans to cope with frequent disasters, after witnessing the worst-ever disasters in Sindh during the past...
14 bodies found, 39 feared dead in Russian oil rig...
The bodies of 14 crew from a sunken oil rig were located Monday off Russia’s Sakhalin island as searches for survivors went into a...
‘Sluggish response to flood disaster worrying’
Representatives of leading national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), donor organisations, civil society groups and the media have expressed serious concern over the sluggish...
Latest China mine disaster kills 4, traps 50
An accident at a colliery in central China has killed four miners and trapped 50, state media said on Friday, in the latest disaster...
‘Effective response to disaster a must’
The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster-resilient communities, said Provincial Disaster Management...
Rain disaster or not, ‘tribal values’ come first
Despite being displaced by recent rains and floods, the affected people in Sindh are not ready to give up their “tribal values” and seek...
Oxfam warns of human disaster in Sindh
Lamenting the sluggish response of donors to the floods in Sindh and Balochistan, Oxfam said on Tuesday that only $1.30 per person, as opposed...
Natural or man-made disaster?
We are a strange country, where when it rains, there are floods and when it does not rain, there is a drought. In both...
NDMA has no disaster policy, admits chairman
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) chairman on Tuesday admitted before the Senate that no national disaster policy had been drafted to prepare for...
Merkel team braces for latest poll disaster
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fractious coalition faced another stinging electoral setback Sunday as voters trooped to the polls in state elections in Berlin. The...
Poor implementation of Canal Act led to flood disaster: NDMA
High ups of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told senators on Thursday that absence of the “River Act” in the country and poor...
Natural disaster early warning system to be improved
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) and the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) have launched a joint initiative to improve the country’s natural disaster...
WFP, PMD to launch disaster early warning system
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Friday signed an agreement to launch a joint initiative to improve Pakistan’s...
Japan to sack top officials over nuclear disaster
Japan may replace three senior bureaucrats in charge of nuclear power policy, the minister overseeing energy policy said on Thursday, five months after the...
Punjab govt sleeps as disaster looms
The Punjab government is yet to set up district disaster management authorities (DDMAs) across the province as envisaged in the National Disaster Management Ordinance,...
