Climate Change
Locals say they have been living without electricity, drinking water, proper accommodation, and medical facilities.
Updated 26 Aug, 2025 07:13pm
Term flooding "new normal"; call for flood-resilient farming, early warning systems; stress need to address weak land-use planning, corruption.
Updated 26 Aug, 2025 04:52pm
The mistakes have not been addressed even three years after the super floods of 2022.
Updated 26 Aug, 2025 09:33am
Senior meteorologist highlights poor storage capacity in major river catchments at SDPI roundtable.
Updated 26 Aug, 2025 09:59am
Directs authorities to make arrangements for flood victims; heavy rains expected in Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lahore; PMD issues flood warning for Chenab, Ravi.
Published 25 Aug, 2025 08:19pm
Pakistan Medical Association secretary general calls for immediate “prevention plan” involving the provision of basic health necessities; CM Gandapur gives 6-day deadline for payments to flood victims.
Updated 25 Aug, 2025 08:30pm
In past eight years, lightning strikes in desert region have killed over 350 people, thousands of livestock.
Updated 24 Aug, 2025 01:03pm
Lake measuring 2,000 feet in length formed after Ghizer River's flow blocked on Friday, says govt spokesperson.
Published 23 Aug, 2025 09:09pm
Flood blocks Ghizer River for several hours, creating artificial lake; over 330 households affected across six villages.
Updated 23 Aug, 2025 10:00am
An unknown number of people remain missing, with dead bodies still being recovered, officials say.
Published 22 Aug, 2025 07:17pm
Highlights concerns over structures that reflected "catastrophic beauty", says "no room for man-made disasters"; UK govt announces humanitarian aid for monsoon-affected regions.
Updated 22 Aug, 2025 06:55pm
There is much that each provincial government needs to do to increase preparedness for the natural disasters hitting the country.
Updated 21 Aug, 2025 09:19am
Irreversible changes in Antarctica driven by climate change could lift global oceans by metres, warn scientists.
Published 21 Aug, 2025 05:37am
OCHA, with partners, is conducting direct observation assessments in nine flood-hit KP districts to identify priority needs.
Updated 21 Aug, 2025 09:42am
PM accompanied by COAS, federal ministers; emphasises that every available resource will be mobilised for recovery; death toll rises to 385; UK's King Charles offers condolences.
Updated 20 Aug, 2025 10:29pm
So far, this monsoon season has seen four major cloudbursts, including in India's Uttarakhand and Pakistan's Buner.
Published 20 Aug, 2025 05:22pm
Residents complain of water shortage in several districts.
Updated 20 Aug, 2025 09:40am
Underneath the fatal climate events that have hit the country's mountainous north are factors that are controllable yet ignored every year, every time.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 03:00pm
Many go missing as torrential downpour triggers landslides, flash floods; 17 dead in Swabi, two in Nowshera.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 07:22am
Met Office insists recent heavy rains in northern areas do not qualify as "cloudburst".
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 07:46am
NDMA says 660 killed, 935 injured since June 26; PM pledges federal cabinet’s one-month salary for flood relief.
Updated 19 Aug, 2025 12:24am
Climate justice without fiscal justice is an illusion.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 03:06pm
Says Aug 18 marks launch of nationwide tree plantation drive at a time when Pakistan faces the harsh realities of climate change.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 11:44am
At least 323 dead, 150 missing in the province; PM orders ministers to supervise KP relief efforts; 657 lives lost nationwide.
Updated 18 Aug, 2025 10:13am
“It was exactly 9am when I had a last glance at the stream and sensed it was going to burst its banks due to continuing rains,” Saeed Ahmad says.
Published 17 Aug, 2025 10:37pm
Buner district alone accounts for 217 deaths and 120 injuries, with more than 850 rescued; PM orders federal ministers to oversee relief operations.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 10:52pm
The floods of 2010, 2022 and now 2025 mark an unbroken chain of escalating disasters.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 08:22am
Many question govt’s claims of halting deforestation after sudden accumulation of logs.
Updated 17 Aug, 2025 09:52am
Flash floods claim over 300 lives and wreak destruction across KP, GB and AJK.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 10:36pm
PDMA states 208 deaths in Buner alone, with DC saying 50 missing; PM directs NDMA chief to expedite rescue work in 9 affected districts.
Updated 16 Aug, 2025 11:23pm
