KARACHI: Sindh’s displaced communities, who are already stuck in stagnant rainwater, face another challenge the breakout of water diseases and skin infections This is because of unhygienic conditions and contaminated water. Health experts warn of outbreaks of diseases including malaria, dengue, typhoid, diarrhea, and skin infections among children, women, and elderly persons. The helpless, displaced […]
With the flood death toll hitting 937 and still on the rise, the government of Pakistan has declared the monsoon rain-induced floods a “climate-inducted humanitarian crisis of epic proportions”. Leaving 30 million people shelter-less, the floods have caused tremendous damage. The government, both provincial and federal, and many non-governmental organisations are working hard to provide relief to […]
Since June of 2022, floods caused by monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan killed at least 1,003 people, including 340 children and six military officers in a helicopter crash and over 1,700 more were injured. It is world’s deadliest flood since 2017. Heavy monsoon rainfall and floods have affected 30 million people in Pakistan since mid-June, destroying nearly 218,000 […]
KP government declares an emergency in Swat till August 30 amid extreme flooding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has declared an emergency in Swat. The scale of devastation caused by extreme flooding in the district reached out of control following record rains. Provincial authorities are facing difficulty in rescuing affected families from hill stations of Swat, Dir, and […]
Already battered by flash floods, Pakistan’s Balochistan province lost communication with rest of the country after overnight rains as the South Asian nation struggles to cope with the humanitarian disaster, officials said on Friday. Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country’s […]
Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed al-Thani meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Doha, Qatar August 24, 2022. Qatar’s Emiri Diwan Wednesday confirmed that the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) aims to invest $3 billion in Pakistan. Qatar is lending support to the South Asian nation’s insolvent economy. “The Qatar Investment Authority announced its […]
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of the country, warning of urban flooding in several major cities and flash flooding in numerous areas of Balochistan Warning about the possible impacts, PMD stated that the heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi, Hyderabad, Tando Jam, […]
Indian criminal smuggled the head of the Bodhisattva, worth half a million dollars, out of Pakistan and sold it to Canberra gallery Australia returned on Monday an ancient Bodhisattva statue of the Gandhara art to Pakistan following an exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra. It was handed over to Pakistan’s High Commissioner for Australia […]
Many people, including those whose bread and butter thrives on uninterrupted internet service, in the northern and central regions of Pakistan recently suffered massive internet outages due to a technical fault in the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) optic fiber network. “A cut in the optic fiber has been repaired,” Amir Pasha, head of cooperate communication […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted PTI chief Imran Khan protective bail till Thursday (August 25) in a terrorism case registered against him for “threatening” a female judge and senior police officers at a public rally. Imran Khan was booked on Sunday under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act regarding his comments in […]
