Tag: Drought

MITHI: At least 257 children died of malnutrition and diseases during four months of this year in Thar region as drought condition persist, sources...

KARACHI: The drought's severity has lowered in Sindh after month-long rains in the province’s districts of Tharparkar, Umerkot, Khairpur, Matyari, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Sajawal and Thatta; however,...

KARACHI: The Sindh government is likely to demand an additional 1,200 cusecs of water for the provincial capital as the demand for water has...

QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has decided to form a task force comprising pubic representatives, concerned federal and provincial department’s authorities along with representatives of...

ISLAMABAD: The National Drought Monitoring Centre of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) released another drought warning for this year. A PMD notification said that most...

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), on the directives of President Arif Alvi has submitted a comprehensive report on the drought-like situation in Sindh. The report that contains...

MITHI: Two more children died of malnutrition here on Thursday at Civil Hospital, Mithi in Thar region. According to local media reports, two girls including...

Pakistan is blessed with the most abundant of geological resources and its geostrategic position makes it one of the most influential countries in the...

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government launched the emergency relief operation in the drought-hit Tharparker region Monday to provide free-of-charge wheat to over 200,000 deserving families, Radio...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan arrived back in Pakistan on Thursday after his visit to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE). This was...

-- From May to August, there was -24.4 percent of rainfall all over Pakistan, says PMD The National Drought Monitoring Centre of Pakistan Meteorological Department...

The Sindh government declared Thar a drought-hit area and planned to install a desalination plant in Karachi in a meeting on Monday. The cabinet also...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday issued a drought alert in most parts of the country in which it was informed that “water availability...

LAHORE: Pakistan Meteorological Depart­ment (PMD) has said that the three to four spells of rain and snowfall in the country in March are not...

CAPE TOWN: A water crisis is deepening in South Africa's drought-stricken southwest. It has dried up dams and led to water restrictions for residents and...

COLOMBO: When Siri Hettige, a sociology professor at Colombo University, conducts surveys of young people across Sri Lanka, he never fails to ask one key...

LAHORE: Climate change and conservation experts on Saturday said that Pakistan’s biodiversity and ecosystem were being severely affected by climate change. Long spells of hot...