floods in pakistan

News Desk Peshawar: Flash floods washed away several houses and link bridges in Lower and Upper Chitral as residents of Miragram, Koghzi, Kari and Kailash Valley evacuated their houses. Deputy Commissioner Chitral Muhammad Ali…

News Desk Peshawar/Bahawalpur: The Met Office on Tuesday forecast widespread rains with thunderstorms and strong winds in most parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa until July 23, with occasional gaps. Meanwhile, the local Met Office has forecast…

News Desk Abbottabad: In the aftermath of the intense monsoon rains, flooding in the Abbottabad district’s rivers and streams has hampered traffic and caused difficult issues for locals in nearby places. Flash floods and sections of…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasts rain, wind, and thundershowers in Kashmir, the Pothohar region, the upper Punjab, northeastern Balochistan, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa during the next 24 hours.…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: “My children ask how we will run the house system if we keep this art alive because the revenue generated from this artwork is not sufficient to burn the hearth of the house,” said master craftsman Haji Amir…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan needs at least US$16.3 billion for rehabilitation and reconstruction in a resilient way and overall resilience of the country to future climate shocks, said a report of Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)…

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…

News Desk Islamabad: The faculty and students of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) are working on a concept of “Own a Village” for revival of livelihood and shelter for the flood-hit people. NUST's “Own a Village”…