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Pakistan

PDMA: No flood emergency in Punjab, but rain and inflows from India still a risk

Displaced families returning home; damage surveys underway in 27 districts

Published 04 Oct, 2025 11:54am

Pakistan

Chinese relief flights landed with 300 tents, 9,000 blankets for flood victims

Aid will augment NDMA’s relief efforts for flood-hit areas in Punjab

Published 28 Sep, 2025 02:42pm

Pakistan

Floods devastate Punjab: 131 dead, 4,700 villages destroyed in 27 districts

Flood damage surveys in Punjab to begin on September 24

Published 21 Sep, 2025 02:46pm

Pakistan

Monsoon season officially ends, but flood impact persists across Punjab

PDMA confirms rivers flowing at normal levels; 123 dead, over 3,700 villages affected

Published 20 Sep, 2025 10:07am

Pakistan

Turning Pakistan’s youth bulge into economic engine: PM Shehbaz

PM says vocational training, job creation at the core of long-term economic vision.

Published 17 Sep, 2025 05:00pm

Pakistan

Death toll rises to 112 due to floods caused by Punjab rivers: PDMA

Mangla Dam reaches 94% of its capacity

Updated 16 Sep, 2025 07:30pm

Pakistan

Flood situation at Guddu critical, villages near Gambat submerged

Water flow of 600,000 cusecs at Guddu Barrage as the Navy steps in to deliver aid

Updated 15 Sep, 2025 01:52pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz announces electricity bill waiver for flood victims

The federal govt will bear the cost from its own resources, says prime minister

Updated 15 Sep, 2025 08:22am

Pakistan

Army Chief Asim Munir stresses importance of good governance during visit to flood-hit areas

COAS says the state cannot afford yearly flood losses

Published 13 Sep, 2025 12:44pm

Pakistan

Sindh on high alert as flood wave approaches Guddu Barrage

Evacuation underway in katcha areas; over 360,000 relocated to safer locations

Published 07 Sep, 2025 08:41am

Pakistan

First flight of relief supplies for flood victims arrives from US

Relief items will be transferred to Pakistan Army’s relief camps

Published 06 Sep, 2025 02:10pm

Pakistan

Assistant commissioner passes away amid relief operation

Furqan Ahmed had been staying at Pattoki rest house for relief work

Published 31 Aug, 2025 01:57pm

Pakistan

Where will all the flood aid money go?

While the government's plan is ambitious and comprehensive, it carries few specific details

Published 11 Jan, 2023 08:08pm

Pakistan

Thousands of flood survivors still homeless as Sindh braces for cold snap

PDMA confirms 89,157 living in the open in Sindh alone; Harsh weather kills toddler in Balochistan

Updated 11 Jan, 2023 06:37pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz announces construction of Daanish Schools across Balochistan

Premier expresses hope that civilised societies will come up to support reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-hit Pakistan

Updated 04 Jan, 2023 06:08pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz announces establishment of university in Khairpur

Assures flood-affected people that govt will construct houses for their proper accommodation

Published 21 Dec, 2022 05:44pm

Pakistan

UN chief ‘committed to doing everything’ to support flood-hit Pakistan

Says Islamabad needs ‘strong’ world support for reconstruction

Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:18pm

Pakistan

Pakistan shuts down flood response centre but challenge remains

Recovery and rehabilitation are the next stage; Iqbal says floods crisis showed 'best part of Pakistan'

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 05:56pm

Pakistan

Sindh CM urges ADB to meet funds shortfall

Says initial estimates show that RS1500 billion are required to construct 1.8 million houses

Published 26 Oct, 2022 06:26pm

Pakistan

Flood-hit areas farmers to get free wheat seeds from Nov 10

Digital application developed to deliver seeds among farmers

Published 26 Oct, 2022 02:32pm

Pakistan

Govt has distributed Rs66 billion among flood affectees so far: PM Shehbaz

Premier says pvt sector won't be allowed to import wheat and make 'fat profits' as Punjab faces shortage

Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:29pm

Pakistan

Pakistan ‘seeks billions of dollars’ in new loans after floods

PM Shehbaz tells Financial Times country does not asking for rescheduling or moratorium

Published 19 Oct, 2022 08:58am

Business & Economy

ECC approves Rs20.2 bln for SAP, flood-hit farmers

Amount would be transferred to NDMA for procurement and distribution of wheat seed

Published 17 Oct, 2022 11:37pm

Pakistan

‘Nobody knows where their village is’: New inland sea swamps Pakistan

Sindh govt says more than one million people have been displaced by this new body of water

Published 10 Sep, 2022 11:35am

Pakistan

Security guard injured in exchange of fire with robbers looting relief supplies in Jacobabad

Police say the private security guard of SHO has been shifted to Larkana hospital in critical condition

Published 07 Sep, 2022 12:17am

Pakistan

CM Murad secures WB $92 m assistance for relief, rehabilitation of flood victims

Cheif minister says that the preliminary estimates suggested a loss of more than Rs 860 billion

Published 05 Sep, 2022 09:33pm

Pakistan

Mirpur Khas girl wins hearts by donating college fee to flood victims

Eight-grader Kausar Gul had saved Rs80,000 to take admission in a cadet college

Updated 05 Sep, 2022 09:35pm

Pakistan

Five arrested for looting relief supplies in DI Khan

Police searching for other people part of mob that attacked supply truck

Published 02 Sep, 2022 07:07pm

Business & Economy

Chinese company offers low-cost homes for flood victims in Pakistan

Each house will consist of two rooms, a kitchen, and a toilet

Published 02 Sep, 2022 11:33am

Pakistan

Neglect leaves 154-year-old hospital in KP’s Tank at mercy of floods

Director says hospital completely submerged

Published 01 Sep, 2022 07:41pm