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News Desk Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday issued an advisory urging the relevant departments to enhance preparedness for flash floods, and emergency response amid ongoing rainfall. The NDMA's NEOC…

News Desk Kaghan: Severe monsoon rain on Friday paralysed life throughout the Manshera district, and the scenic Kaghan Valley has experienced landslides and floods along rainwater drains which resulted in the closure of the crucial…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of urban flooding in low-lying areas of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Sialkot, Narowal, Gujranwala, and Lahore during the next 24 hours due to…

News Desk Islamabad: At least six million people are suffering from acute food insecurity across Pakistan after the disastrous floods, according to the World Food Programme (WFP). A recent Food Security report issued by the World Bank…

APP Quetta: As the sole breadwinner for his 13 members' family, Dil Murad used to earn Rs 200 to Rs 400 per day by collecting rags from trash cans and public dumps as means of subsistence. He was leading a difficult but happy life when…

News Desk Islamabad: The recent heavy monsoon rains and subsequent floods across the country killed around 1500 people and injured 12,749, creating a “humanitarian crisis” in the country, stated a situation report issued by the National…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: One of the litmus tests for any country’s claim to civility and inclusiveness is how it treats its religious minorities. Religious minorities make up about 4 percent of Pakistan’s indigenous population, comprising…

News Desk Islamabad: The Met Office on Sunday informed that monsoon currents are continuously penetrating in the country likely to become stronger from August 10 (Wednesday). Under the influence of this weather system:…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Metrology Department (PMD) on Saturday predicted widespread wind-thunderstorms or rain-showers with scattered heavy or extremely heavy falls in parts of Balochistan and Sindh provinces from 16 to 18…

Web Desk Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday issued a pre-monsoon rain alert to all district administrations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The PDMA through a notification conveyed to the district…