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World Bank to provide $850m in aid to 34 flood-affected districts of Pakistan

UN representative in Pakistan says the UNO wants to work with local administration

Published 17 Oct, 2022 04:45pm

PM Shehbaz calls for collective measures to ensure food security

Says Pakistan will have to import edible items to compensate for losses

Published 16 Oct, 2022 08:05pm

UK announces additional £10m aid for flood relief efforts in Pakistan

Aid will be spent on providing shelter, water, and sanitation to prevent waterborne diseases

Published 14 Oct, 2022 05:04pm

Pakistan lost over 1,76,153 acre crops due to floods: NFRCC

Committee issues province-wise data on damages caused by floods across the country

Published 13 Oct, 2022 04:06pm

Malala Yousafzai visits flood-hit Dadu

Nobel laureate says women and children have been the most affected

Updated 12 Oct, 2022 03:53pm

Set politics aside, focus on people affected by floods, urges Sherry Rehman

Climate minister says recent floods in the country were the biggest tragedy after 1971

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 02:26am

UNGA adopts resolution to boost aid to flood-hit Pakistan

UN chief Antonio Guterres says people of Pakistan are victims of ‘grim calculus’ of climate injustice

Published 08 Oct, 2022 09:09am

Floods to drag up to 9 million Pakistanis into poverty: World Bank

Report says Pakistan's poverty rate is expected to rise between 2.5 and 4 percentage points

Published 07 Oct, 2022 12:06am

We will be ready to cultivate crop by end of November: Bilawal

Says Pakistan suffers $30bn loss due to rains, floods

Published 06 Oct, 2022 06:49pm

Flood Relief Village with 100 housing units constructed in Tank

The construction in record 24 days

Published 06 Oct, 2022 01:54pm

UN hikes flash appeal to $816mn to support Pakistan’s flood victims

Revised appeal is made on the basis of an updated on-ground need assessment

Published 04 Oct, 2022 06:06pm

South Asia’s poorest city dwellers bear brunt of worsening floods

Urbanisation and unplanned development raise city flood threats

Published 04 Oct, 2022 09:51am

Police latest spoiler as Sindh LG polls face another delay

Tells Sindh Home Department it is short of over 16,000 cops

Updated 03 Oct, 2022 08:32pm

Int’l inflation, floods minimize economic outlook for FY2023

Trade deficit in goods and services declined marginally in July as both exports and imports gained strength

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:51pm

PM highlighted climate change impacts on Pakistan in UNGA effectively: Tarar

SAPM criticizes the harassment of Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb

Published 27 Sep, 2022 06:26pm

Time to do hectic relief work, not hold rallies: PM

Premier also visited the medical camp set up for the flood-affected people

Published 27 Sep, 2022 05:16pm

PM Shehbaz’s debut UNGA speech today will focus on floods

Premier to also highlight Kashmir issue

Published 23 Sep, 2022 10:20am

Pakistan has lost crops worth half a trillion during rains, floods this year

Sindh biggest loser among provinces; cotton crops worth Rs239 billion destroyed

Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:01pm

Joe Biden urges world to help Pakistan

US president annouces over $2.9 billion in new assistance to address global food insecurity

Published 22 Sep, 2022 03:12pm

Pakistan going through its most difficult time: PM Shehbaz

Six more die of waterborne diseases over the last 24 hours

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 04:09pm

Pakistan’s economy to slow to 3.5% in 2023, says Asian Development Bank

'The recent devastating floods in Pakistan add profound risk to the country’s economic outlook,' says ADB Country Director for Pakistan Yong Ye

Published 21 Sep, 2022 01:41pm

France will make a pitch for revival of Pakistan’s economy by year end

PM Shehbaz meets French President Emmanuel Macron on sidelines of UNGA session

Updated 21 Sep, 2022 11:03am

Death toll from Pakistan floods rises to 1,569 as 10 more die

Total of 12,860 people have been injured

Published 20 Sep, 2022 10:09pm

Canadian-Sikh doctor joins flood relief efforts in Quetta

Sets up camp of 400 tents, distributes rations and supplies

Published 20 Sep, 2022 08:55pm

Badin’s Thar Coal road sit-in enters fourth day as efforts to disperse protesters fail

Proponents of cut demands of govt to fill ‘man-made’ crack at MMD Pran Sem Nullah

Updated 19 Sep, 2022 12:13pm

Pakistan will ‘absolutely not’ default on debt despite floods: Miftah Ismail

Says most stabilisation policies and targets are still on track

Published 19 Sep, 2022 12:03am

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

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