flood in pakistan

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…

Zareef Baloch Quetta: Yar Mohammad Sakim, a 60-year-old farmer from Kech, is one of the victims of recent Monsoon flood devastations in Balochistan. Sakim’s date palm farms have been ruined which was his major source of income to sponsor…

Shazia Mehboob In the wake of recent floods across Pakistan, the risk of waterborne diseases has increased manifolds. According to the state-issued statistics, an estimated 33 million people, a large majority of whom are women and…

APP Islamabad: NHEPRN Director General Dr Sabina Durrani on Tuesday stressed for provision of potable water in flood-hit areas as stomach-related infections and skin diseases are dangerously high. In an exclusive interview, National…

APP PESHAWAR: The Irrigation Department reported on Tuesday that while the floods caused significant damage to property and human life on the one hand, they also contaminated drinking water reservoirs, leading to a severe drinking water…

News Desk Islamabad: Speakers at a discussion session, held in connection with International Day on Enforced Disappearances, urged the state to act against those involved in enforced disappearances. The event was organized by Human…

AFP Shikarpur: The smattering of homes in Panjal Sheikh started to collapse one by one, as torrential rain lashed the tiny southern Pakistani village and flooded the vast stretches of farmland around it. After nearly two weeks of…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Millions of people have been affected by floods in Pakistan and hundreds have been killed, besides infrastructure damages worth billions of dollars. According to a press release issued by UNFPA on Tuesday, as many…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Millions of people –hit by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history of six decades‒ need huge humanitarian aid in terms of food and non-food items, and cash for quick response, rescue and recovery; said, Pakistani…

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…