Flood Emergency
UN chief says country "awash in suffering"; Bilawal says country has become "ground zero" of global warming; PM calls economic situation "grim".
Updated 31 Aug, 2022 01:11pm
The problem is that climate change is also turning into an excuse.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:58am
A sustained nutritional strategy is needed in the flood-hit areas.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:04am
The developed nations must take responsibility to restore at least some of the damage their actions have caused.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:49am
Body says $34m urgently needed to ramp up relief efforts; Japan, Belgium, UAE, Singapore pledge aid.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:13am
Alleges it did not implement Rs177bn flood protection scheme that could have minimised devastating impact of floods this year.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:22am
Fact-finding committee constituted for the probe.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:43am
Huddle of top civil, military brass resolves to get rid of illegal structures along riverbanks.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:07am
Chinese envoy says Beijing fast-tracking delivery of supplies; Modi hopes for "early restoration of normalcy".
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 08:38am
IHC CJ asks PTI counsel how threatening language against judge could be justified; Imran holds live telethon
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 11:43am
DI Khan authorities say floods have killed around 20 people, injured 60 and devastated 236 villages in district since August 25.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 12:04pm
Official informs govt floods have inundated more than 2,500 acres of cultivable land across district.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 12:06pm
Nearly 0.2m cases of diarrhoea, dysentery reported in August; teams in affected areas say fever, snake-bite cases are common.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 11:53am
MPA Sajid Jokhio says 3,000-4,000 people coming to city daily; Saeed Ghani fears land grabbers, criminals may exploit situation.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 11:57am
Standing cotton, rice crops in Sindh destroyed; provincial government waives Abiana charges.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 09:47am
The discourse on whether they should be donated is useless and, frankly, rather ridiculous. Pads aren't a luxury and, as so many people have pointed out, periods don't stop when it floods.
Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:07pm
Artist Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, author Fatima Bhutto and Menaal Munshey have arranged a multi-event series to raise funds for flood affectees in Sindh.
Published 29 Aug, 2022 05:07pm
Water level still at 'high' level in Kabul River; KP CM and PM Shehbaz visit flood-affected areas; Imran raises Rs5 billion for victims in telethon.
Updated 30 Aug, 2022 01:43am
The extent of the flooding is such that the magnitude of the destruction and loss will only become clear once the waters recede.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 09:06am
CM says affected people will be repatriated as situation gets better.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:33am
Medical camps in 12 districts record 53,000 cases of different ailments.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:34am
The July 2010 floods had also washed away houses, crops and orchards in Drab Shahgram village.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:37am
No local production as CDA’s allotted agricultural land being used for palatial houses in Islamabad.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:21am
All resources should be utilised for timely evacuation of people. he says.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:17am
Shravan or Sawan Maas is the fifth month in the solar calendar followed by the Hindus.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 10:39am
Says a committee headed by PTI leader Dr Sania Nishtar will deal with all the matters related to donations.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 08:14am
Turkish Red Crescent, Qatar Charity begin operation; first flight from UAE carrying over 3,000 tonnes of relief goods arrives.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 08:19am
Says as many as 1,033 people have lost their lives and more than 1,500 are injured.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 08:25am
Torrents from swollen tributaries in the mountainous north are coursing down the Indus, due to arrive in coming days.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 08:27am
Farmers Associates Pakistan director says all crops have been badly damaged due to inclement weather.
Updated 29 Aug, 2022 08:35am
