Pakistan is home to more glaciers than anywhere in the world outside the polar regions, but as the climate warms, it’s becoming more vulnerable to sudden outbursts of melting glacier water that have the power to bring widespread destruction to its people. The country’s chief meteorologist has warned that this year alone, Pakistan has seen […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to give a major relief to the university students in flood-affected areas including fee waivers and scholarships, Education Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain said Wednesday, 31 August. The decision comes following a meeting with the chairman Higher Education Commission and other officials of the ministry for devising a strategy to […]
Striking new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistan’s record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh Province into a 100 kilometer-wide inland lake. Swaths of the country are now underwater, and it is described as a “monsoon on steroids” brought the heaviest rainfall in living memory and flooding […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
There may be many reasons for excessive sweating. Some of them are following: 1. Anxiety At the point when you get restless, you sweat; the body’s frenzy reaction is introduced to create an overabundance of sweat if something compromises us. The specialists at the Anxiety Center have a far-reaching clarification with regards to why: Stress […]
The fast-spreading delta form is so contagious that it has highlighted vaccine flaws and altered the outlook for stopping the epidemic, according to Moderna President Stephen Hoge. In a phone interview, he said Delta is “simply so good at infecting people and multiplying that it increases the bar on how strong vaccinations have to be.” […]
Prime Minister Imran Khann on Sunday criticised the partial coronavirus lockdown imposed by the Sindh government; against the federal government’s wishes, explaining that doing so would break the back of the common man. He expressed his views on the issue while conversing with the people of Pakistan; in a live question-and-answer session via telephone. The premier […]
