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“Climate adaptation assistance, not reparations, realistic goal for Pakistan”

Aaj News discusses donor fatigue, global shocks with South Asia analyst Michael Kugelman

Published 19 Sep, 2022 11:14pm

Children main victims as water-borne diseases claim 15 more lives in Sindh

One girl died of hunger at a camp for flood refugees in Sehwan

Updated 19 Sep, 2022 03:30pm

WHO concerned over potential for second disaster in Pakistan

Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says body will issue a revised appeal shortly

Published 18 Sep, 2022 01:41pm

Sindh reports majority deaths as flood death toll at 1,545

Thirty-two casualties in Sindh, five in Balochistan in last 24 hours: NDMA

Published 17 Sep, 2022 09:26pm

Video: It’s raining hailstones in Dera Ismail Khan

Hailstones were not large enough to cause serious damage

Published 17 Sep, 2022 06:21pm

Children, women prone to diseases in Pakistan’s stagnant flood water

Death toll from the inundation surpassed 1,500

Published 17 Sep, 2022 12:28am

Clashes feared as intended cut on RD 211 brings flood-hit people against each other

Police stand as a boundary wall against two groups on Thar Coal Road in Badin; Traffic from Badin to Tharparkar has been suspended

Updated 17 Sep, 2022 02:21pm

Tough times ahead at tandoors with flour panic buying

Naan and roti hitting Rs30

Published 16 Sep, 2022 04:10pm

‘Rs3.3b so far received’ in PM’s flood relief kitty

Senate chairperson seeks reports from four provinces on policies, efforts for forests’ preservation

Published 16 Sep, 2022 10:48am

Human-caused climate change ‘likely worsened’ Pakistan floods

Researcher calls upon Pakistan to ask developed countries to provide adaptation plus loss and damage support

Published 16 Sep, 2022 09:19am

Worst yet to come for Sindh as food insecurity follows rain, floods

Provinces received nearly six times its 30-year average rainfall this monsoon season

Updated 15 Sep, 2022 06:27pm

Death toll from Pakistan devastating floods surges to 1,486

Five more perished in past 24 hours

Published 15 Sep, 2022 04:30pm

Social media ‘experts’ clueless about cuts in bunds: Sindh CM

We try to flood katcha areas to protect the pacca areas

Updated 15 Sep, 2022 01:19pm

Govt strategizing to cope with the swelling needs of gas: PM Shehbaz

Urges affluent classes to play their due role to change the nation’s fate

Published 14 Sep, 2022 06:21pm

Death toll from Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding surges to 1,481

Sindh is the worst-hit region where 638 people are killed

Published 14 Sep, 2022 12:11am

World in ‘wrong direction’ as climate impacts worsen: UN

They pointed to Pakistan's monumental floods and China's crop-withering heatwave this year as examples of what to expect

Published 13 Sep, 2022 10:29pm

PM Shehbaz says no to medicine price hike

Health ministry had proposed the increase

Published 13 Sep, 2022 05:14pm

Fodder dries up for cattle as floodwaters stay high

Flood caused by rains and glacial melt in northern mountains have affected 33m and killed almost 1,400 people

Published 13 Sep, 2022 04:18pm

Sherry Rehman fears for Sindh as Kotri Barrage in high flood

Climate minister warns more rains in province could impact relief, rescue operation

Updated 13 Sep, 2022 12:19pm

Flood affectees stage protest against artificial cut on LBOD in Badin

Protestors vow they will not let the administration carry out the cut

Updated 12 Sep, 2022 10:59pm

Fact check: Are flour bags from UK aid being sold in Sindh?

CM House clarifies that the story is "fabricated" and is a politically motivated propaganda to undermine relief work

Published 12 Sep, 2022 07:25pm

Sharjeel Memon accuses PTI of running propaganda against flood donations

Demands state institutions to take action against Imran Khan

Published 12 Sep, 2022 05:16pm

Rain with a vengeance: Torrential downpour in Karachi

Puddles on major roads, visibility poor

Updated 12 Sep, 2022 03:36pm

Sindh’s flood-hit people may have to endure more

Rain water drainage can take three to six months, says Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah; Dadu at risk, Jhal Magsi awaits aid despite two months on

Updated 11 Sep, 2022 11:25am

UN chief Antonio Guterres sees no loss of hope, reiterates Pakistan needs massive support

Stresses need for ending madness of ‘treating nature’, calls for reviewing carbon emissions

Updated 10 Sep, 2022 12:53pm

Newborns ‘Sailaab’ and ‘Barish’ keep hope afloat in flood-hit Kandhkot

Both babies unwell, locals call for ‘immediate help’

Published 09 Sep, 2022 04:21pm

Floods inflict $12 bn loss on Pakistan’s economy - report

Finace Ministry estimates the economic growth rate to drop from 5% to 3.3%

Published 09 Sep, 2022 12:37am

More rains likely in Sindh as new weather systems coming

Flood water is coming out from Qamber, Naseerabad and Warah

Updated 09 Sep, 2022 03:07pm

Dangerously high water levels endanger Bhan Syedabad, villages around Manchar Lake

500 villages of seven union councils of Sehwan in path of floodwaters

Published 08 Sep, 2022 01:01pm

Another 12 die in Pakistan’s unprecedented floods, death toll at 1,355

Six fatalities reported in Sindh

Updated 08 Sep, 2022 01:44pm