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Rain-related incidents leave 30 killed in Pakistan

Apr 15, 2024, at 02:25 am

At least 30 people were killed and several others injured in rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.

One year on from catastrophic floods, millions of children in Pakistan still need urgent support: UNICEF

Aug 25, 2023, at 08:11 pm

One year after historic floods devastated Pakistan and a national state of emergency was declared, millions of children continue to need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services, UNICEF warned today. Recovery and rehabilitation efforts remain underfunded.

Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods

Jan 10, 2023, at 10:30 pm

New York: UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer, continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.

Guterres urges radical global finance shake-up to help Pakistan after deadly floods

Jan 10, 2023, at 08:26 pm

New York: UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer, continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.

Pakistan floods: 9 million more risk being pushed into poverty, warns UNDP

Jan 06, 2023, at 11:25 pm

New York: An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said on Thursday, ahead of next week’s International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan in Geneva.

Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan, warns WHO

Nov 02, 2022, at 10:43 pm

New York: Although flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan in recent weeks, around eight million people need essential health assistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

After Biden dubs Pak 'most dangerous nation', it leans on Russia for cheap fuel and wheat supplies

Oct 19, 2022, at 04:36 am

Amid a diplomatic row with the US, Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the country wants to import fuel from Russia but at the same rate supplied to neigbouring India, media reports said.

Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million

Oct 05, 2022, at 10:40 pm

New York: Battling what the top UN aid official in Pakistan has warned is a “second wave of death and destruction”, following catastrophic flooding since June that left a third of the country submerged, UN humanitarians on Tuesday raised their funding request from $160 million to $816 million.

Pakistan: Minister says 600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack facilities

Oct 01, 2022, at 10:44 pm

Pakistan's Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Dr Aisha Ghous Pasha has said  600,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas lack maternal health services and have no safe place to deliver.

Survey shows majority of Pakistan's flood victims are unhappy with performance of state institutions, ruling parties

Sep 24, 2022, at 03:41 am

Islamabad: A large section of Pakistan's flood victims appeared to be unhappy with the performance of state institutions and ruling parties, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: Flood leaves 22 people dead

Sep 16, 2022, at 10:30 pm

Islamabad: At least 22 people were killed and nine others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

UN chief sees ‘great heights’ of human endurance and heroism amid ‘climate carnage’ in Pakistan

Sep 12, 2022, at 06:00 pm

New York: Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday reiterated that the needs in flood-ravaged Pakistan are enormous and called for urgent financial support, as he wrapped up a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the climate-driven disaster with flights over some of the hardest hit areas.

Pakistan: Hindu temple gives shelter to flood-hit people

Sep 12, 2022, at 03:57 pm

Quetta: Tucked in the Kachhi district of Balochistan in the tiny village of Jalal Khan, the local Hindu community opened the doors of the Baba Madhodas Mandir to the flood-hit people and their livestock.

Pakistan: UN scales up financial and other support after ‘latest climate tragedy’

Sep 11, 2022, at 04:01 am

New York: A $7 million disbursement from the UN’s Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF), announced on Friday, will bolster response to the devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan, the worst in more than a decade.

Pakistan floods: Exporters pine for Indian cotton to meet demands

Sep 09, 2022, at 11:47 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has approached the federal government to allow the import of cotton from India via Wagah to meet the rising export orders as the country's cotton belt remains badly hit due to monsoon rains and floods.

Pakistan: Flood victims forced to stay under open sky

Sep 05, 2022, at 03:04 pm

Karachi: A large number of flood-hit victims in Pakistan are forced to live under the open sky and dealing with troubles like  hunger and disease.

Pakistan Floods: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari slams ex-PM Imran Khan for holding concerts in KP, Punjab

Sep 05, 2022, at 03:33 am

Pakistan Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has slammed ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan for holding  "concerts" in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab at a time when the nation is ravaged by devastating floods.

Pakistan: Floods cause up to $12.5bln in damage

Sep 04, 2022, at 11:48 pm

Islamabad: Flood damage in Pakistan could reach up to $12.5 billion, Pakistani media reported on Sunday, citing preliminary estimates from the government.

Pakistan floods: Death toll touches 1,265

Sep 03, 2022, at 11:21 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's death toll due to ongoing flooding has now touched 1,265 as 57 more people died in the past 24 hours, media reports said.

Pakistan: More than 6.4 million in ‘dire need’ after unprecedented floods

Sep 03, 2022, at 05:52 pm

New York: The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.

Pakistan: 32 Balochistan districts declared ‘calamity-hit’

Sep 03, 2022, at 03:30 am

Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan government has declared 32 out of the total 34 provincial districts “calamity-hit”.

Pakistan: Death due to flood touches 1,162

Aug 31, 2022, at 08:46 pm

Islamabad: The death toll due to the ravaging flood in Pakistan has touched 1,162 on Wednesday, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan planning to import vegetables from India amid spike in vegetable prices due to flood

Aug 30, 2022, at 09:30 pm

Islamabad:  Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan is considering importing vegetables from arch-rival India to mitigate flood fallout.

Pakistan minister says flood caused at least $10bn of damage to the country

Aug 30, 2022, at 02:59 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan planning minister said early estimates showed the ongoing floods in the country have caused at least $10bn of damage.

Pakistan: Flood to cause USD 4b loss to economy

Aug 29, 2022, at 06:07 pm

Quetta: The ongoing flash floods and heavy rains, which is ravaging Pakistan, is estimated to have cost the country's  economy over USD 4 billion in the current fiscal year.

Pakistan: Flood death toll crosses 1,000-mark

Aug 28, 2022, at 10:49 pm

Islamabad/UNI: The death toll from floods triggered by heavy rains across Pakistan has crossed the grim milestone of 1,000, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) data.

Flood continues to ravage different parts of Pakistan, rescue operations on

Aug 28, 2022, at 06:41 pm

Islamabad: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohistan tehsil was reeling on Sunday as officials continued to call for help in rescuing people stranded in areas “completely cut off” due to the deadly floods that has disrupted normal life in Pakistan.

Flood continues to ravage Pakistan, 42 die in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Aug 27, 2022, at 03:45 pm

Islamabad: Flood continues to devastate Pakistan and even 42 people have died in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of the country due to rain related incidents, media reports said on Saturday.

Flash floods, heavy rains leave 27 people dead in Pakistan

Jul 13, 2022, at 03:56 pm

Karachi: At least 27 people died as flash floods and heavy rains hit various parts of Pakistan for the past two days, media reports said on Wednesday.