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APP ISLAMABAD: The country’s one-third land has been submerged due to torrential rains and flash floods and it has been causing health complications among the affected people particularly in the children and women. Senior Medical Officer…

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: 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…

APP ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said Pakistan was going through a climate-induced humanitarian disaster at the moment. She said the media should play an effective role in highlighting…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecasted more rain-wind/thundershower in north/east Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next 24 hours. A few…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned the concerned authorities to take precautionary measures in wake of more rains during the coming days due to another low-pressure area (LPA) approaching Sindh from…

News Desk Chitral: The scenic valley of Oveer Lasht is always in danger of Glacial Lake outburst flood and they have sleepless nights this year too. The residents of the area have appealed to the government to construct a protection…