pakistan floods

News Desk  Karachi: Kate Somvongsiri, the Mission Director for Pakistan at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), recently engaged with provincial leadership, government counterparts, and development partners during her…

News Desk  Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif kickstarted a nationwide initiative to combat climate change by inaugurating the spring plantation campaign with the planting of a sapling. He pledged the government's dedication to…

APP Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has issued a dense fog alert following the Meteorological Department's forecast of moderate to dense foggy conditions in Peshawar and its…

News Desk Peshawar: The catastrophic flooding in Pakistan in 2022 has increased five-fold the burden of malaria cases in the country, reveals WHO’s annual malaria report, delving into the nexus between climate change and malaria.…

APP   Peshawar: Peshawar, the provincial metropolis of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, has been in the grip of smog due to the emission of poisonous smoke and increasing dust in the prevailing winter season. This has affected the city's residents with…

Sana Akhtar Quetta: In the last few years, climate change’s effects have become more evident in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The average temperature has risen, as measurements show, and the weather has become more erratic. Heavy…

News Desk Quetta: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has initiated a series of multi-hazard mock drills and exercises to enhance the preparedness and response capabilities of Balochistan’s disaster management agencies to…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecasts rain-wind or thunderstorm with snow over high mountains is expected in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Kashmir, Islamabad, the Potohar…

APP Lahore: Startling data revealed an increase in child marriages in flood-affected areas, underscoring the need for targeted interventions in these regions. Therefore, the fight against child marriages demands collective efforts and…

News Desk Mirpur: In the final leg of the monsoon, certain parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), including the lakeside Mirpur district, experienced the heaviest spell of torrential rain, strong winds and thunder late Friday. While this…