Tag: Relief

Iran dispatches relief goods

Iran on Monday sent two plane-loads of relief goods for the assistance of flood stricken-people in Sindh, the Foreign Office said. Foreign Minister Hina...

CS orders report on relief efforts

Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Raja Muhammad Abbas directed the secretaries of Health, Livestock, Agriculture and Rehabilitation departments on Wednesday to ensure all possible assistance...

PDMA orders district administrations to take all measures for relief of...

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) of the Rehabilitation Department has issued directives to all administrators/district coordination officers (DCOs), district disaster management authorities, Karachi...

‘Children of God’ refused relief

As the Pakistan Meteorological Department predicts more rains in the days to come, the worst victims of rain and breaches in the monsoon-swollen Left...

‘Children of God’ refused relief

As the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts more monsoon rain in the days to come, the worst victims of rain and breaches in a...

Complacency in relief efforts intolerable: Haq

No complacency or negligence will be tolerated in the ongoing relief efforts for rain-affected people, Senior Sindh Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq warned the...

In guise of relief, extremism creeping in

The government’s ban on international donors and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) – prohibiting them from working in the rain-hit areas of lower Sindh – has...

KU staff, students distribute relief goods among rain affectees

The faculty, staff and students of the University of Karachi (KU) distributed relief goods worth over Rs 600,000 among the rain affectees in Thatta,...

Army continue rescue, relief operation in flood-hit Kohistan: ISPR

Rescue and relief operation is under way in flood-hit Kohistan, where dozens of people were killed in recent days, military said on Sunday. According to...

Intellectuals urge relief for rain-affected people in Sindh

Islamabad-based intellectuals and writers on Saturday appealed to the international relief organisations to help the millions of people affected by the heavy monsoon rain...

BISP and China to collaborate for Emergency Relief

Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Madame Farzana Raja during her visit to China, held a meeting with Chinese Minister of...

A sigh of relief for expecting couples!

Hundreds of expectant mothers breathed a sigh of relief when the administration of one of the primary maternity hospitals of the city, the historic...

414 relief camps have been established in Badin: Fehmida

National Assembly speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza said that that the ill planning of WAPDA and World Bank on LBOD project resulted in losses worth...

Army dispatches relief items for displaced people

Pakistan Army’s Lahore Garrison on Saturday dispatched its first consignment of 15 trucks of relief items worth Rs 5.5 million for dislocated brethrens of...

Seven relief camps for Thatta’s 16,300 rain-affectees

The number of rain-affected people in Thatta are around 16,300 and the provincial and district governments have established seven relief camps, where 400 bags...

Islamic Relief hosts ‘Iftar with Orphans’

Representatives of civil society, the diplomatic community, heads of INGOs and government officials attended an Iftaar dinner for orphans, sponsored by the Islamic Relief...

No relief for blood transfusion officers

The Punjab Finance Department has refused to include blood transfusion officers and demonstrators in the special salary package of Rs 5.2 billion announced by...