Tag: Flood

Donors pledge $150m for flood victims

The international donors had so far pledged $150 million for providing food, shelter, medicine and other facilities to the flood-hit people of Sindh. National Disaster...

Iran offers flood relief support

The Iranian government has offered to provide complete assistance to the Sindh government in rehabilitating the rain- and flood-hit people along with reconstruction of infrastructure...

At flood relief camps, life’s a struggle

Sana was pregnant when the floods hit her village. Her baby was born 10 days ago in her relief camp, and the unhygienic living...

18 dead in Vietnam floods

The death toll from the worst floods to strike Vietnam’s Mekong Delta in a decade has risen to 18, the government said on Friday...

Britain announces more aid for flood victims

In response to the United Nations Pakistan Floods Rapid Response Plan 2011, Britain will provide emergency shelter to more than 255,000 homeless flood victims...

‘Germany to provide 5.6m euros for flood victims’

Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms Gudrun Kopp, announced at the National Day reception in Islamabad that...

South Korea abandons bid to send flood aid to North

South Korea said Tuesday it had abandoned efforts to send flood relief to North Korea after Pyongyang failed to respond to Seoul’s offer, amid...

Thailand’s ‘worst’ floods leave 224 dead

Thailand’s worst monsoon floods in decades have killed 224 people and affected three quarters of the country, including part of the ancient city of...

Pakistanis in UAE raise Rs20m for flood victims

A group of at least 10 Senators led by Senate Chairman Farooq H. Naik took a whirlwind tour of the UAE early this week...

Shoaib, Sania to raise funds for flood victims

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and his wife, Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday and discussed their efforts...

They do have a heart! Cops donate a day’s salary to...

Personnel of the Sindh Police would donate one day’s salary to the prime minister’s relief fund for the rehabilitation of the flood affected people...

Meera joins journalists to help flood victims

Media representatives and Meera on Tuesday joined hands to raise funds for the flood-affected people when the famous film actress along with the National...

SC directs Sindh govt to submit fresh report on relief given...

A three-member Supreme Court bench on Monday directed the Sindh government to submit a fresh report on the relief so far given to the...

Death toll over 400 in recent floods

Pakistan's recent torrential floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains in different parts of the country, killed at least 412 people and injured 1,172 others...

Stagnant water spreading epidemics in flood affected areas

Solution of the sufferings and miseries of the people of rains and flood hit areas of Sindh have not been sorted out as they...

FAO seeks $18.9 million for Pakistan flood relief

A UN food agency on Friday launched an appeal for $18.9 million to help farmers in southern Pakistan hit by floods it said were...

CM’s flood committee urges swift action against ‘delinquents’

In line with the findings of the Punjab Flood Enquiry Tribunal Report 2010 and Report of Flood Inquiry Commission appointed by Supreme Court of...