Balochistan, the country`s area-wise largest province of Pakistan, is faced with an electricity crisis in these flash floods. A power supply of 220kV has been stopped from Uch-Sibi transmission line to the province on Thursday, August 26 afternoon, the Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) spokesperson said. Due to the suspension of 220kV from the Sibbi […]
The fate of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey hangs in the balance amid fears that they may become pawns in the country’s changing politics. Syrian refugees have become central in the political debate in Turkey ahead of elections next year. Calls to repatriate them to war-torn Syria used to be the cause of fringe, […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan will need to “work hard” for self-sufficiency and urged structural reforms following the revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program. The revival of the IMF program was “critical” to the economy, tweeted PM Shehbaz. However, the economic stability brought by the IMF deal is just the […]
The Pakistani rupee surged against the US dollar Tuesday. During intraday trade after the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board revived the much-awaited bailout program for Islamabad. The rupee rose 2.42 against the US dollar to 219.50. During intraday trading on the interbank market from Monday’s close of 221.92. After months of desperate efforts. Global […]
Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover up to a third of the country of 220 million people by the end of the monsoon season. Climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday the unprecedented rain had created […]
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 […]
Wednesday marks six months since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine. As Russia bombs its neighbor, what has become the biggest European war since 1945 has had an outsized impact far south, in the Middle East. A volatile region with an array of existing problems, the Middle East was no exception to the disruptions brought on by the […]
Unprecedented rainfall over the last few weeks has wreaked havoc across Pakistan since June and left destruction in their wake, with no respite for people as rivers continue to overrun, resulting in flash floods. Pakistan is going through a difficult time politically as well as economically and now natural disaster has hit us bad. Floods […]
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 […]
