Tag: Floods

Floods in Gaza, homes evacuated

Floods by heavy rains in the Gaza Strip have forced more than 5,000 people to evacuate from their homes. Rescue workers rowed boats to reach...

234 dead, 1,129 injured in floods: NDMA

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Punjab inspector general (IG) to form a joint investigation team to recover Muddasir Iqbal, who has been...

207 dead, 1,122 injured in floods: NDMA

A total of 207 people have so far lost their lives and 1,122 sustained injuries in recent floods in the country, says the National...

Five dead as flood hits hundreds of villages in Sindh

At least five people were killed in electrocution and other incidents as swelling water of Indus River wreaked havoc in Katcha area of district...

Death toll from floods soars to 183

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Tuesday that over five thousand villages, mostly in Punjab and Sindh, were affected by the recent...

PM directs provincial govts to rehabilitate flood-affected people

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said the provincial governments should utilise all available resources to rehabilitate the flood-affected people. The PM was in Qadirabad...

Floods continue to play havoc in Punjab, Sindh

  With most of the rivers playing havoc in Punjab, 50 more villages in the province were inundated on Tuesday as floodwater threatened Multan district. Jehlum,...

India’s release of water adds to flooding misery

Sutlej, Chenab, Indus in high flood, torrents enter Kamoke, Six more killed in rain and flood-related incidents Punjab sends 23 trucks of relief for KP flood-affected...

Govt making every effort for relief, rehab of flood affected:Asif

Minister for water and power calls for ensuring monthly cleaning of nullahs to prevent future floods in Sialkot Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif...

Floods inundate hundreds of villages in Punjab and Sindh

Floods in rivers and nullahs due to recent torrential rains wreaked havoc in various cities and villages of Punjab and Sindh, disrupting communication links...

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NA session starts today

The fourth session of the National Assembly (NA) will be held at the Parliament House today. Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq is likely to chair the...

Floody fiasco

Floodwater inundates 50 villages in DG Khan, 300 villages in Jaffarabad More than 50 villages in Dera Ghazi Khan (DG Khan) were submerged with floodwater...

Army seeks polling scheme from ECP

Floods may change by-polls scheme, all parties to submit details by Aug 29: ECP The Pakistan Army on Tuesday sought the polling scheme from the...

Heavy rains, floods leave scores dead in their trail

  The death toll from heavy rains and subsequent floods has climbed to more than 55 per official estimates, however, unofficial numbers put the deaths...

35 more lost to rains, floods

  Torrential monsoon rains and ensuing flooding of rivers and rainwater drains continued to wreak havoc across the country, washing away houses, crops and installations...

36 killed in rains, flash floods in Pakistan

As many as 36 people were killed and over 50 injured in rain-related incidents as torrential downpours inundated Karachi and the country's northwest on...