Tag: Floods

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak on Monday blamed encroachments for widespread damage and casualties during the floods in the province. “A law would be...

Death toll in rain and flood-related incidents tops 50 as NDMA and provincial relief authorities make efforts to rescue people with assistance from Pakistani armed forces

PM tells officials to employ all resources to provide relief to flood-affected people

Flash flooding triggered by torrential rains has killed 41 people in India’s western Gujarat state, as the annual monsoon season hits the country, a...

As many as 2.7 million people could be affected yearly by river-floods in Pakistan by 2030; while the number of people globally affected by...

Minister says heavy rains hit IHK and Pakistan at same time giving respective govts just three to four hours to respond to flood situation

*Sharif spends Eid with flood victims of Narowal, says govt committed to rehabilitating flood victims Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Monday that the government will...

Finance minister tells donors $2b needed just for resettlement and rehabilitation of IDPs

The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) said on Saturday that rescuers with boats and helicopters have evacuated about 50,000 people from the country's south...

THATTA- The distirct adminstrations of Thatta and Sujawal declared emergency on all protective embankments of Indus river in both districts and advised the residents of...

Addressing a tree plantation ceremony organised by Subh-e-Nau at Pakistan Sports Complex, Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Main Riaz Husain Pirzada Thursday said...

SUKKUR- With Chenab starting to resume its normal flow, Indus River is steadily surging with torrent of 318,000 cusecs, a private news channel reported. The...

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan  Army has rescued 55,967 persons to safer places and distributed 1,816 tons ration of flood hit areas during relief and rescue operation in...

SUKKUR- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday arrived in Sukkur to review the flood situation in Guddu Barrage with a 35-vehicle escort,...

  SRINAGAR- Doctors in the flood-ravaged Himalayan region of Kashmir said Wednesday that they were seeing outbreaks of gastroenteritis among people crowded into shelters after...

JHANG- Hundreds of flood victims on Tuesday attacked trucks carrying food supplies in Chund Bharwana town of Jhang, a private news channel reported. According to the...

Khan had claimed that the decision to breach Athara Hazari protective dyke also rested on the government’s objective to save Sharif brothers’ sugar mill.