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PDMA issues flood alert in Punjab

LAHORE: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a flood alert for parts of Punjab in anticipation of outflows from Indian reservoirs and...

Rs210m to be released to deal with floods

LAHORE: Caretaker Punjab Minister for Irrigation, Local Government and PDMA Zafar Mehmood has said that funds amounting to Rs210 million will be released soon...

Govt working hard for safer communities: PDMA project director

 LAHORE: Lahore College for Women University Environmental Science Department in collaboration with Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) arranged an...

Efforts of PDMA, provincial depts against rains, floods lauded

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Planning and Development (P&D) and Cabinet Committee on Floods Chairman Malik Nadeem Kamran has appreciated the Cabinet Committee members, Provincial Disaster...

New NDMA-WFP tool to support interventions in food security, natural disasters

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has launched a new tool to support interventions related to food security and natural disasters in the...

Moot calls for initiating rescue service 1122 in Sindh

KARACHI: Speakers at a conference have called for establishing emergency rescue service 1122 in Sindh like in other provinces in order to help people...

National Disaster Awareness Day observed to commemorate 12th anniversary of 2005...

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: National Disaster Awareness Day was observed on Sunday to commemorate the 2005 earthquake, which caused massive destruction in Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The ceremony,...

National Disaster Awareness Day: ‘Objective is to build preparedness against disasters’

--PDMA Punjab shows solidarity with victims of Oct 8 earthquake while creating awareness against calamities LAHORE: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab, in collaboration with...

Balochistan PDMA launches CBDRM, school safety projects

‘Millions of people have been impacted by natural disasters; it is important to build resilient communities’  UN’s WFP, NDMA, PDMAs sign framework of...

Lowari tunnel closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall: PDMA

  Lowari tunnel is closed for traffic due to heavy snowfall spokesman of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Latif-ur-Rehman confirmed. The largest district Chitral is...

Flash floods, rains kill 46 people in KP in July: PDMA

At least 46 people, including nine children and 12 women, were killed and 21 others were injured in separate incidents of flash floods and...

Monsoon rains kill 45 in KP: PDMA

The heavy torrential rains and flash floods have killed 45 persons and injured 25 others in various incidents during the last ten days in...

700 buildings declared unfit for residence across city

As many as 700 buildings across the provincial capital have been identified as unfit to live in. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has asked...

PDMA on high alert after heavy rains in Balochistan

The Balochistan government has put Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on high alert; flash floods are expected that might be caused by heavy rains...

NDMA reports on quake relief

44,179 tents, 52,885 blankets, medicines etc distributed in quake hit areas: NDMA National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with other agencies has distributed 44,179...

Chitral affectees allege administration of political bias in goods distribution

Victims of the massive quake on Wednesday alleged the local administration of distributing the relief goods pouring from across the country including armed forces...

As unready as ever!

Disaster management bodies fail to respond to calamity again Punjab PDMA remains absent from scene, all phone lines cut-off NDMA fails to act in time, only...