The death toll from recent floods, which are estimated to have affected around 33 million people,…
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Sindh’s Johi left in the dark as waters recede
JOHI: Displaced women draw water through a hand-driven pump as the town remains without electricity.—Umair Ali…
US says it expects Pakistan to take ‘sustained action’ against all terrorist groups
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington expected Islamabad to take “sustained…
Women, girls most vulnerable following catastrophic floods: US envoy
ISLAMABAD: Just as the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the disproportionate impact on women’s participation in workforce, the…
Authorities scramble to save Dadu city, Bhan Syedabad from flood threat
Several areas in Sindh remained inundated with floodwater as authorities continued efforts to safeguard Sehwan’s Bhan…
Five killed, dykes breached as rains lash Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar in Sindh
MIRPURKHAS: Lightning strikes killed three men, two others drowned in floodwater as downpour continued to wreak…
Cut made at Dadu’s Badani-Bhan Road as more villages at risk of inundation
A cut was made at the Badani-Bhan Road in Dadu’s Pir Shahawaz tehsil on Monday after…
More villages in Sindh’s Dadu at risk of inundation; authorities race to keep floodwaters out of power station
The floodwaters flowing from Manchar Lake continued to wreak havoc in Dadu district on Monday as…
Pakistan’s envoy calls for collective response to floods
Masood Khan WASHINGTON: The floods in Pakistan are a forewarning to other nations that climate change…
Draining floodwater from towns and fields will take 3-6 months, says Sindh CM
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that it would take between three to…